SCAM PAC Act
Latest action · Jan 25, 2022 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.
- IntroducedJan 25, 2022
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stopping Corrupt Actors from Making Political Action Committees Act or the SCAM PAC Act
This bill generally prohibits a political committee from disbursing funds to an entity that is owned or controlled by an individual, or the immediate family member of an individual, who has authority to carry out specified activities for the committee (e.g., soliciting funds) or is employed by the committee to provide it with professional services. This prohibition does not apply to (1) a political committee that certifies that a majority of the funds disbursed by the committee were for expenses other than administrative costs, fundraising costs, and employee salaries; or (2) an authorized committee of a candidate, a committee of a political party, or a separate segregated fund of a corporation or labor organization.
Further, the bill prohibits a political committee from employing these individuals or allowing them to volunteer on its behalf if the related entity accepted funds from a political committee.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 25, 2022 to May 31, 2022; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Jan 25, 2022 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jan 25, 2022 |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Original | Jan 25, 2022 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 25, 2022 |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Original | Jan 25, 2022 |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Original | Jan 25, 2022 |
| D-CA | Katie Porter | Original | Jan 25, 2022 |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Original | Jan 25, 2022 |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Original | Jan 25, 2022 |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jan 28, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Feb 8, 2022 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Feb 18, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 7, 2022 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Mar 9, 2022 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Mar 17, 2022 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | May 31, 2022 |
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 Jan 25, 2022 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2022Introduced in House
- Jan 25, 2022Referred 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. 168, no. 16, January 25, 2022, page H302.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit the disbursement of funds to entities owned or controlled by individuals with executive or managerial authority over the operations of political committees, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SCAM PAC Act
- Stopping Corrupt Actors from Making Political Action Committees Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 25, 2022Introduced 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.
