Duty to Report Act
Latest action · Apr 28, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 23, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Duty to Report Act
This bill requires political committees, candidates for federal office, and other individuals to report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) any offers of prohibited contributions, including offers of nonpublic information regarding other candidates, by foreign nationals.
Specifically, political committees and candidates must report to the FEC within 24 hours any (1) offers of prohibited contributions from foreign nationals, and (2) meetings with foreign governments or their agents.
In addition, the bill requires political committees, candidates, immediate family members of candidates, and individuals affiliated with a campaign (e.g., employees and independent contractors) to report to the FBI within 24 hours any offers of prohibited contributions from foreign nationals. Further, the bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly and willfully failing to comply with this reporting requirement. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both.
Such reported information may not be used to enforce certain immigration provisions related to the removal of undocumented aliens.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 23, 2021 to Feb 1, 2022; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Feb 23, 2021 |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Feb 1, 2022 |
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 Feb 23, 2021 |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 23, 2021 |
| Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee | Referred Apr 28, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Feb 23, 2021Introduced in House
- Feb 23, 2021Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
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. 167, no. 34, February 23, 2021, page H589.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 394 | Duty To Report Act | Identical bill | Feb 23, 2021 |
| HR 2424 | Duty to Report Act | Reintroduction of | May 20, 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 require reporting to the Federal Election Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation of offers by foreign nationals to make prohibited contributions, donations, expenditures, or disbursements, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Duty to Report Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Congressional elections
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Family relationships
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal Election Commission (FEC)
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Public participation and lobbying
- Subversive activities
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 23, 2021Introduced 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.
