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Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act

Source: Congress.gov  ·  326 words in original text
This bill requires federal election candidates to disclose whether they are citizens of any country other than the United States. Candidates must include this information in the official statement they file when they set up their main campaign committee. The bill is called the "Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act."
Candidates for federal office who designate a principal campaign committee (the main fundraising and spending group for a campaign).
• Candidates must disclose in their statement of candidacy if they hold citizenship in any country other than the United States (Sec. 2(a))
The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 currently requires candidates to file a statement when they set up their principal campaign committee. This bill adds a requirement that candidates must include disclosure information about foreign citizenship in that same statement if they hold citizenship in another country.
None defined in bill text.
The amendment takes effect on the date the bill becomes law (Sec. 2(b)).
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