# 117-hr-5997: Crack Down on Dark Money Act

117-hr-5997, Crack Down on Dark Money Act, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-5997
- Congress: 117
- Title: Crack Down on Dark Money Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2021-11-17
- Sponsor: Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Crack Down on Dark Money Act This bill prohibits tax-exempt 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations from using more than 10% of their total expenditures on covered political expenditures (i.e., direct or indirect expenditures for an exempt function, including influencing or attempting to influence the selection, nomination, election, or appointment of any individual to any federal, state, or local public office or office in a political organization, or the election of presidential or vice-presidential electors, whether or not such individual or electors are selected, nominated, elected, or appointed). The bill also requires a social welfare organization that spends funds on political intervention to publicly disclose the name and address of any contributor donating $5,000 or more to such organization. The term political intervention includes advocacy for the election, defeat, nomination or recall of a political candidate, the making of contributions to a political campaign, communications to the electorate about political candidates, and political use of resources.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Demings, Val Butler [D-FL-10] (D-FL), 2021-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2021-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DeSaulnier, Mark [D-CA-10] (D-CA), 2021-11-17T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-5997 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5997)

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- [117-hr-1057: Greatest Generation Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-1057)
- [117-hr-8448: No Tax Breaks for Union Busting (NTBUB) Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8448)
- [117-hres-1220: Expressing support for the designation of Journeyman Lineworkers Recognition Da…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-1220)
- [117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5577)
- [117-hres-634: Expressing support for the designation of the week of September 13, 2021, throu…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-634)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5997 (as of 2025-11-18).