# 119-hr-8771: Campaign Event Contract Integrity Act

119-hr-8771, Campaign Event Contract Integrity Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8771
- Congress: 119
- Title: Campaign Event Contract Integrity Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-05-12
- Sponsor: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**Would prohibit campaign insiders from trading political event contracts using material nonpublic campaign information (MNPCI).** The bill would also require trading platforms to detect, disclose, and report suspicious PEC trades tied to campaigns. - Covered campaign-affiliated individuals would be barred from trading political event contracts while possessing MNPCI and from tipping others. The bill also outlaws trading on behalf of insiders to evade the rule. - Covered platforms would have to adopt policies, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting systems to detect prohibited PEC trading, and require large traders to disclose campaign ties or possession of MNPCI. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission would write implementing rules within 180 days of enactment. - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission would gain civil enforcement authority to investigate and sue for violations, seek penalties up to $250,000 or three times the profit gained, obtain disgorgement, and impose temporary or permanent PEC trading bans. The CFTC could refer potential criminal wrongdoing to the Attorney General.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA), 2026-05-12T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Safe harbors and legal limits: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would make clear that lawful political analysis, journalism, academic research, and trading based only on public information would not be prohibited. It would also say the bill does not change the CFTC's existing authority or replace other federal securities, campaign finance,…
- CFTC fines and enforcement powers: cost, high. If enacted, the bill would require the CFTC to write implementing rules within 180 days and to investigate and sue over violations. Violators could face civil penalties equal to the greater of $250,000 or three times the profit gained or loss avoided, disgorgement of profits, and temporary or perma…
- Ban on insider trading and tipping: cost, medium. If enacted, the bill would bar covered campaign-affiliated individuals from trading political event contracts while knowingly holding material nonpublic campaign information. It would also ban those individuals from disclosing such information when it is reasonably foreseeable the information could…
- Who counts as campaign insiders: mixed, medium. If enacted, the bill would define who counts as a covered campaign-affiliated individual. That list would include candidates, authorized and party committees, campaign staff, consultants, pollsters, data analysts, fundraisers, vendors, contractors, volunteers with access to confidential information…
- Platform rules and trader disclosures: mixed, low. If enacted, covered trading platforms that handle political event contracts would have to set up policies, controls, monitoring, and recordkeeping to detect and prevent prohibited trading. Platforms would need to watch for concentrated or coordinated trades tied to campaigns and report suspicious a…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-8771 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8771)

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- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
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- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8771 (as of 2026-09-21).