Foreign Influence Reporting in Elections Act
Latest action · Jul 22, 2019 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.
- IntroducedJul 22, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Foreign Influence Reporting in Elections Act
This bill requires all campaign officials to report any contacts (i.e., offers of contributions or services) by foreign nationals.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 22, 2019 to Oct 8, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Original | Jul 22, 2019 |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Jul 23, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Aug 2, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Xochitl Torres Small | Aug 2, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Katie Hill | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Oct 8, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Oct 8, 2019 |
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 Jul 22, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 22, 2019Introduced in House
- Jul 22, 2019Referred 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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 123, July 22, 2019, page H7161.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1562 | Foreign Influence Reporting in Elections Act | Related bill | May 21, 2019 |
| S 2242 | Foreign Influence Reporting in Elections Act | Related bill | Jul 23, 2019 |
| S 2669 | SHIELD Act | Related bill | Oct 23, 2019 |
| HR 4617 | Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting Democracy Act | Related bill | Oct 28, 2019 |
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 clarify the obligation to report acts of foreign election influence and require implementation of compliance and reporting systems by Federal campaigns to detect and report such acts.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Foreign Influence Reporting in Elections Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 22, 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.
