HR 1615 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act

Introduced Mar 17, 2017 Originated House Sponsor Jamie Raskin D-MD

Latest action · Mar 17, 2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 17, 2017
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act

This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to ban campaign contributions and expenditures by corporations that are controlled, influenced, or owned by foreign nationals.

Foreign nationals and such corporations may not make disbursements to political committees that accept donations or contributions that do not comply with the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of FECA.

Corporate political action committees may make contributions and expenditures only if they comply with limitations on the involvement of foreign nationals and such corporations.

Cosponsors 84

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 17, 2017 to Dec 20, 2018; 26 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-TX	Beto O'Rourke	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-NY	Brian Higgins	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-PA	Dwight Evans	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-CA	Jerry McNerney	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-OH	Joyce Beatty	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-VT	Peter Welch	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-NV	Ruben J. Kihuen	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Mar 17, 2017
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Apr 6, 2017
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Apr 6, 2017
D-MN	Richard M. Nolan		Apr 6, 2017
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Apr 6, 2017
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran		Apr 6, 2017
D-MA	James P. McGovern		May 22, 2017
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		May 22, 2017
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Jun 6, 2017
D-NY	Grace Meng		Jul 28, 2017
D-CA	Norma J. Torres		Jul 28, 2017
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Aug 1, 2017
D-CA	Pete Aguilar		Aug 1, 2017
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Dec 13, 2017
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Dec 13, 2017
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Dec 13, 2017
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Mar 6, 2018
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice		Mar 6, 2018
D-CA	Scott H. Peters		Mar 6, 2018
D-PA	Matt Cartwright		Mar 20, 2018
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Apr 23, 2018
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Apr 23, 2018
D-CA	Juan Vargas		Apr 23, 2018
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch		Apr 23, 2018
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		May 17, 2018
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		May 23, 2018
D-WA	Denny Heck		Jun 8, 2018
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Jun 8, 2018
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jun 8, 2018
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jul 11, 2018
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Jul 11, 2018
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Jul 11, 2018
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Jul 11, 2018
D-NC	David E. Price		Jul 11, 2018
D-CA	Julia Brownley		Jul 11, 2018
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Jul 19, 2018
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jul 19, 2018
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jul 19, 2018
D-WA	Adam Smith		Jul 25, 2018
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Jul 25, 2018
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Jul 25, 2018
D-MD	John K. Delaney		Jul 25, 2018
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Jul 25, 2018
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Jul 25, 2018
D-CA	Mark Takano		Jul 25, 2018
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Jul 25, 2018
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jul 25, 2018
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Jul 25, 2018
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jul 25, 2018
D-MA	Seth Moulton		Jul 25, 2018
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard		Jul 25, 2018
D-CO	Jared Polis		Sep 6, 2018
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Sep 6, 2018
D-CA	Ted Lieu		Sep 13, 2018
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Sep 25, 2018
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Sep 25, 2018
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Sep 25, 2018
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Sep 25, 2018
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Dec 20, 2018

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Committee on House Administration	Referred Mar 17, 2017

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 17, 2017Introduced in House
Mar 17, 2017Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: ``[The Congress shall have the power] to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes . . .'' Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: ``[The Congress shall have the power to] make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 163, no. 47, March 17, 2017, page H2184.

Related bills 5

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 746	Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act	Reintroduced Bill	Jan 24, 2019
S 1585	DISCLOSE Act of 2017	Related bill	Jul 19, 2017
S 1880	We the People Democracy Reform Act of 2017	Related bill	Sep 27, 2017
S 3150	DISCLOSE Act of 2018	Related bill	Jun 27, 2018
HR 6239	DISCLOSE Act of 2018	Related bill	Jun 27, 2018

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals under such Act to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic corporations, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 17, 2017Introduced in House

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