Congress 115 - HR 3537 - We the People Act of 2017

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Accounting and auditing Administrative law and regulatory procedures Banking and financial institutions regulation Business records Civil actions and liability Commodity Futures Trading Commission Congressional districts and representation Congressional elections Congressional oversight Congressional-executive branch relations Constitution and constitutional amendments Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Corporate finance and management Department of the Treasury Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Employee benefits and pensions Employee hiring Executive agency funding and structure Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Federal Election Commission (FEC) Federal Housing Finance Agency Federal officials Federal Reserve System Financial services and investments Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government buildings, facilities, and property Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Government Operations and Politics Government studies and investigations Government trust funds Inflation and prices Judicial review and appeals Labor-management relations Members of Congress National Credit Union Administration Personnel records Political advertising Political parties and affiliation Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents Public contracts and procurement Public participation and lobbying Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Senate State and local courts State and local government operations Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Tax-exempt organizations Voting rights Wages and earnings

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We the People Act of 2017

This bill amends various provisions related to elections, including by:

expanding and otherwise revising various disclosure and reporting requirements related to campaign communications;
imposing penalties for willfully violating limits related to campaign contributions for coordinated expenditures;
revising notification requirements for campaign contributions of $1,000 or more from any contributor during a calendar year;
replacing the Federal Election Commission with the Federal Election Administration, which shall enforce specified election-related laws and formulate related policies;
imposing restrictions on covered financial-services regulators, such as by prohibiting them from using their position to influence any matter that provides a direct and substantial pecuniary benefit to certain former employers or clients;
requiring the President and Vice President to disclose financial interests, including tax returns, to Congress and the Office of Government Ethics;
modifying the system for the public financing of presidential elections, including by providing for 600% matching funds for smaller campaign contributions and requiring a candidate who accepts public financing to agree not to accept certain bundled contributions;
requiring each state to conduct redistricting through a plan developed by an independent commission or, if such a commission plan is not enacted, a plan selected by the state's highest court or developed by a U.S. district court; and
directing states to permit same-day voter registration.

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Sep 6, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Jul 28, 2017

Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 28, 2017

Introduced in House

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