# 119-hr-4786: Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act

119-hr-4786, Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4786
- Congress: 119
- Title: Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-29
- Sponsor: Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Requires mandatory post-election disbursement of unspent campaign funds by candidate committees and leadership PACs and adds certification duties for former candidates who become lobbyists or foreign agents.** It narrows how leftover campaign money may be used and limits payments to relatives.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY), 2025-09-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ex-candidates who lobby must certify: cost, low. If enacted, anyone who ran for federal office and later registers as a lobbyist or as an agent of a foreign principal would have to certify, under penalty of perjury, that their campaign committees and leadership PACs follow the bill’s post‑election fund rules. This would apply to registration fili…
- New limits on leftover campaign funds: cost, low. The bill would set strict post‑election rules for campaign committees and leadership PACs. They would have to spend or give away leftover money by the first of three dates: the end of a two‑year period tied to the next state filing deadline, the day the candidate starts lobbying that requires feder…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4786 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4786)

## Related
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-5361: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5361)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4786 (as of 2026-04-21).