Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act
Latest action · Dec 14, 2023 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 257.
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.
- IntroducedMay 11, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act
This bill prohibits contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives, referenda, or recall elections.
Cosponsors 6
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 11, 2023 to Dec 11, 2023; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Original | May 11, 2023 |
| D-NC | Jeff Jackson | May 25, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Jun 27, 2023 | |
| D-WA | Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | Jul 12, 2023 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Dec 11, 2023 |
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 May 11, 2023Markup Nov 30, 2023Reported Dec 14, 2023 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2023Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-318.
- Dec 14, 2023Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 257.
- Nov 30, 2023Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Nov 30, 2023Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 11, 2023Introduced in House
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Mar 26, 2024H.R. 3229, Stop Foreign Funds in Elections ActAs reported by the House Committee on House Administration on December 14, 2023
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 80, May 11, 2023, page H2312.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | MARKUP OF H.R. 4460, H.R. 4396, H.R. 4316, H.R. 3162, H.R. 3229, H.R. 6513, H.R. 4555, AND H.R. 6493126 pages | Committee on House Administration | Nov 30, 2023 |
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1638 | Protecting Ballot Measures from Foreign Influence Act | Related bill | May 17, 2023 |
| S 2103 | Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 | Related bill | Jul 13, 2023 |
| HR 3463 | Protecting Ballot Measures From Foreign Influence Act of 2023 | Related bill | May 18, 2023 |
| HR 5048 | Protecting Our Democracy Act | Related bill | Jul 28, 2023 |
| HR 5841 | Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act | Reintroduction of | Nov 3, 2021 |
| HR 6471 | Stop Foreign Interference in Ballot Measures Act | Related bill | Nov 21, 2023 |
Titles 3
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 apply the prohibition against contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with elections to contributions or donations in connection with ballot initiatives and referenda.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 14, 2023Reported in House
- May 11, 2023Introduced 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.
