Crack Down on Dark Money Act
Latest action · Jul 9, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 9, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Crack Down on Dark Money Act
This bill prohibits tax-exempt 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations from using more than 10% of their total expenditures on covered political expenditures (i.e., direct or indirect expenditures for an exempt function, including influencing or attempting to influence the selection, nomination, election, or appointment of any individual to any federal, state, or local public office or office in a political organization, or the election of presidential or vice-presidential electors, whether or not such individual or electors are selected, nominated, elected, or appointed).
The bill also requires a social welfare organization that spends funds on political intervention to publicly disclose the name and address of any contributor donating $5,000 or more to such organization. The term political intervention includes advocacy for the election, defeat, nomination or recall of a political candidate, the making of contributions to a political campaign, communications to the electorate about political candidates, and political use of resources.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Aug 7, 2020 to Nov 9, 2020.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-HI | Ed Case | Aug 7, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Aug 28, 2020 | |
| D-SC | Joe Cunningham | Aug 28, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | Aug 28, 2020 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 17, 2020 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Sep 21, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Sep 30, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Nov 9, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 9, 2020 |
| Tax Subcommittee | Referred Jul 9, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2020Introduced in House
- Jul 9, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.
- Jul 9, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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. 166, no. 124, July 9, 2020, page H3077.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5997 | Crack Down on Dark Money Act | Reintroduced Bill | Nov 17, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit 501(c)(4) entities from using more than 10 percent of total expenditures on certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Crack Down on Dark Money Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Administrative remedies
- Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
- Civics education
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Federal Election Commission (FEC)
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Political advertising
- Political parties and affiliation
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Taxation
- Television and film
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 9, 2020Introduced 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.
