HR 1516 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Measures Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 2, 2021 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.

  1. IntroducedMar 2, 2021
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Measures Act

This bill prohibits contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives or referenda.

Cosponsors 26

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 12, 2021 to Jan 19, 2022.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffNov 12, 2021
D-INAndré CarsonNov 12, 2021
D-MNDean PhillipsNov 12, 2021
D-HIEd CaseNov 12, 2021
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonNov 12, 2021
D-CTJahana HayesNov 12, 2021
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyNov 12, 2021
D-CAJulia BrownleyNov 12, 2021
D-ILLauren UnderwoodNov 12, 2021
D-CAMike LevinNov 12, 2021
D-NJMikie SherrillNov 12, 2021
D-NYMondaire JonesNov 12, 2021
R-MIPeter MeijerNov 12, 2021
D-CATed LieuNov 12, 2021
D-OHTim RyanNov 12, 2021

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 2, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Mar 2, 2021Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Related bills 8

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1For the People Act of 2021Related billMar 11, 2021
S 1For the People Act of 2021Related billAug 11, 2021
S 443DISCLOSE Act of 2021Related billJul 19, 2022
HR 1334DISCLOSE Act of 2021Related billApr 28, 2021
S 3136Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Measures ActIdentical billNov 2, 2021

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 2, 2021Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

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.