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HR8548Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
introduced
S3129119th CongressWALLET
Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act
Sponsored By: Senator Bill Hagerty
Introduced
Summary
Closes loopholes that allow foreign money to influence U.S. elections. This bill would expand the Federal Election Campaign Act to ban foreign funding for voter registration, ballot collection, voter ID checks, get-out-the-vote efforts, and public communications that clearly identify a political party, and it would explicitly cover state and local ballot initiatives, referenda, and recalls.
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- Political committees and parties would need new penalty-of-perjury certifications on reports and independent-expenditure filings that their funds comply with the foreign-money ban. This raises reporting and compliance duties for committees and other reporting entities.
- State and local ballot campaigns would be treated as covered elections, so donations tied to initiatives, referenda, and recall elections would fall under the same prohibition on foreign-funded voter and election activities.
- Donors and intermediaries face tighter rules because the bill defines "indirect contributions" and bars knowingly aiding or facilitating violations. It also creates a perjury-based certification defense and narrows the scope of investigations and subpoenas.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Ban foreign money in elections
This bill would broaden the ban on foreign money for U.S. elections. It would make donations unlawful if given for voter registration, ballot collection, voter ID, get-out-the-vote work, public messages that name a party, or election administration. It would also make it illegal to knowingly help or arrange donations that end up funding those activities. The bill would treat funds given with instructions that lead to those activities as indirect contributions. It would expand the ban to cover state and local ballot initiatives, referenda, and recall elections. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
Limit federal access to donor names
If enacted, the bill would bar federal agencies from collecting or forcing the submission of donors' identities for 501(c) tax-exempt groups. It would also bar federal public disclosure of such donor identity, with several exceptions. Exceptions include lawful IRS collection or disclosure under the tax code, Congress acting under the Lobbying Disclosure Act, the FEC acting under its authorities, court or administrative orders, and disclosures the organization authorizes. The bill would make a willful unauthorized disclosure by a current or former federal officer a felony punishable by a fine up to $250,000, up to five years in prison, or both, and would require dismissal from office on conviction. It would exclude section 527 political organizations from the definition of tax-exempt for this rule. These changes would take effect upon enactment.
Narrow FEC investigations and subpoenas
If enacted, the bill would require FEC investigations opened after a 'reason to believe' finding to be limited to the facts needed to decide if a violation occurred. It would let a person subject to such an investigation ask a federal court to quash a subpoena or order that is not so limited. These rules would apply after the FEC finds reason to believe a violation occurred and would take effect upon enactment.
Sworn certifications for campaign filings
The bill would require campaign committees, parties, and other filers to include sworn certifications that they complied with the foreign-donation ban. It would require similar sworn statements for some independent expenditures and electioneering disbursements. People named in FEC complaints could submit a sworn denial under penalty of perjury, and the FEC must consider those sworn statements when deciding whether to investigate. These rules would take effect upon enactment.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Bill Hagerty
TN • R
Cosponsors
Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]
TN • R
Sponsored 11/6/2025
Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
NC • R
Sponsored 11/6/2025
Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
TX • R
Sponsored 11/6/2025
Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA]
LA • R
Sponsored 11/6/2025
Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT]
UT • R
Sponsored 11/6/2025
Cynthia Lummis
WY • R
Sponsored 11/6/2025
Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS]
KS • R
Sponsored 11/6/2025
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