Help America Run Act
Latest action · Oct 30, 2019 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 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 7, 2019
- Passed HouseOct 29, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Help America Run Act
This bill allows certain personal use services to be considered as campaign committee expenditures, including child care, elder care, and health insurance, if the services are necessary to enable a candidate to participate in campaign-connected activities. The candidate may not be a current federal officeholder. The amount a committee may pay a candidate as salary is reduced by the amount paid for child care and elder care.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
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 7, 2019 |
| Senate | Rules and Administration Committee | Referred Oct 30, 2019 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 30, 2019Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- Oct 29, 2019Ms. Lofgren moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Oct 29, 2019Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8576-8579)
- Oct 29, 2019DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1623.
- Oct 29, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8576-8577)
- Oct 29, 2019Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 7, 2019Introduced in House
- Mar 7, 2019Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2507-2508)
- Mar 7, 2019Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H8576–H8579Text printed H8576 | Katie Porter D-CA, Rodney Davis R-IL, Zoe Lofgren D-CA | Oct 29, 2019 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 41, March 7, 2019, page H2586.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46878 | Permissible and Prohibited Uses of Campaign Funds: Frequently Asked Questions and Policy Overview | Report | Aug 18, 2021 |
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1 | For the People Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 14, 2019 |
| S 949 | For the People Act of 2019 | Related bill | Mar 28, 2019 |
| HR 1515 | Help America Run Act | Reintroduced Bill | Mar 2, 2021 |
| S 2726 | Help America Run Act | Related bill | Oct 29, 2019 |
Titles 4
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 provide for the treatment of payments for child care and other personal use services as an authorized campaign expenditure, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Help America Run Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Help America Run Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Help America Run Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 30, 2019Referred in Senate
- Oct 29, 2019Engrossed in House
- Mar 7, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
