SHIELD Act
Latest action · Dec 16, 2024 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
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.
- IntroducedSep 6, 2024
- Passed HouseDec 16, 2024
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations Act or the SHIELD Act
This bill addresses campaign finance in federal elections.
Specifically, the bill requires political committees, when accepting a credit or debit card contribution over the internet, to collect the credit or debit card's verification value. The card's billing address must be in the United States, with an exception. For a contributor who is living outside of the United States and, at the time of the contribution, is a U.S. national or lawfully admitted for permanent residence, the bill requires the contributor to provide the political committee with his or her voter registration address or identification document (e.g., U.S. passport).
Additionally, the bill prohibits political committees from accepting a contribution made through the use of a general-use prepaid card, gift certificate, or store gift card.
The bill also prohibits knowingly directing, helping, or assisting any person in making a contribution in the name of another person.
The Federal Election Commission must, within 10 days, promulgate regulations to carry out this bill.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 6, 2024 to Sep 17, 2024; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NY | Anthony D'Esposito | Original | Sep 6, 2024 |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | Original | Sep 6, 2024 |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Original | Sep 6, 2024 |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Sep 10, 2024 | |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Sep 17, 2024 |
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 Sep 6, 2024Markup Sep 11, 2024Reported Sep 20, 2024 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2024Mr. Steil moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Dec 16, 2024Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7149-7151)
- Dec 16, 2024DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9488.
- Dec 16, 2024Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7149-7150)
- Dec 16, 2024Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dec 16, 2024The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 20, 2024Reported (Amended) by the Committee on House Administration. H. Rept. 118-696.
- Sep 20, 2024Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 590.
- Sep 11, 2024Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 11, 2024Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
- Sep 6, 2024Introduced in House
- Sep 6, 2024Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H7149–H7151Text printed H7149 | Bryan Steil R-WI, Joseph D. Morelle D-NY | Dec 16, 2024 |
| House | Debate and remarks H6546 | Bryan Steil R-WI | Dec 10, 2024 |
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
- Dec 18, 2024H.R. 9488, SHIELD ActAs passed by the House of Representatives on December 16, 2024
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 170, no. 138, September 6, 2024, page H5033.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | AMERICAN CONFIDENCE IN ELECTIONS: PROHIBITING FOREIGN INTERFERENCE226 pages | Committee on House Administration | Dec 18, 2024 |
| — | MARKUP OF H.R. 9488, H.R. 7764, H.R. 6394, H.R. 6969, H.R. 9489, H.R. 9487, and H.R. 624262 pages | Committee on House Administration | Sep 11, 2024 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R41542 | The State of Campaign Finance Policy: Recent Developments and Issues for Congress | Report | Jul 29, 2025 |
Titles 8
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 the disclosure of the card verification value as a condition of the acceptance of online contributions made through the use of credit or debit cards in elections for Federal office and to prohibit the acceptance of contributions made through the use of gift cards and prepaid credit cards in such elections, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclosure of the card verification value as a condition of the acceptance of online contributions made through the use of credit or debit cards in elections for Federal office and to prohibit the acceptance of contributions made through the use of gift cards in such elections, and for other purposes
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SHIELD Act
- Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- SHIELD Act
- Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- SHIELD Act
- Secure Handling of Internet Electronic Donations Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 16, 2024Engrossed in House
- Sep 20, 2024Reported in House
- Sep 6, 2024Introduced 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.
