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119-hr-5238119th Congress

Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act

Sponsored By: Representative Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]

Introduced

Summary

Stops outside groups from acting like candidate committees. This bill would treat many paid communications coordinated with candidates as contributions and would bar federal candidates from soliciting or directing funds to noncompliant political committees and to 527 organizations.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 3 costs, 0 mixed.

Limits on candidates raising outside money

This bill would bar federal candidates and their committees from soliciting or directing funds to any political committee or 527 group that takes money outside the law’s limits, bans, or reporting rules. It would also block transfers to special accounts set up to accept such money. The ban would not apply to state or local party committees or to candidates for state or local office. It would apply to elections after January 1, 2026.

Steep fines for coordinated spending

This bill would fine people who knowingly pay for coordinated ads as if they were contributions. The fine would be the larger of 300% of the amount over the legal limit or 300% of the whole payment if contributions are barred. If the penalty is not paid within one year after it is set or after final court review, company directors or officers could be held jointly responsible. These penalties would apply to payments made after 120 days from enactment.

Tighter rules on campaign coordination

This bill would tighten when spending counts as coordinated with a candidate. If a group and a campaign have any understanding or talk about the spending, it could be treated as coordinated and as a contribution, subject to limits. Covered ads would include messages that name or promote a candidate within 120 days of a general election or 60 days before a primary, with jurisdiction limits for congressional races. There are narrow exceptions for news stories not owned by political actors and for official debates; talking only about policy positions would not, by itself, count, and firewalls would not shield coordination. Current FEC rules would be repealed 90 days after enactment and replaced, and the new standards would apply to payments made after 120 days.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]

IL • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/9/2025

  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 9/9/2025

  • Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 9/10/2025

  • Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 9/15/2025

  • Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 9/17/2025

  • Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4]

    NC • D

    Sponsored 4/22/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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