Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1422 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the accept- ance by political committees of online contributions from certain unverified sources, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 28, 2019 Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. COOPER, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. NEWHOUSE, and Mrs. KIRKPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the acceptance by political committees of online contributions from certain unverified sources, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Foreign Dona- 4 tions Affecting Our Elections Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Mar 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1422.IH H1422 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 1422 IH SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF CREDIT VERIFICATION 1 VALUE AS CONDITION OF ACCEPTANCE OF 2 ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL ELEC- 3 TION. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Federal Elec- 5 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102) is amended 6 by adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(j)(1) No political committee shall accept any Inter- 8 net credit card contribution unless— 9 ‘‘(A) the individual or entity making such con- 10 tribution is required, at the time such individual 11 makes such contribution, to disclose the credit 12 verification value of such credit card; and 13 ‘‘(B)(i) the billing address associated with such 14 credit card is located in the United States; or 15 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a contribution made by an 16 individual who is a United States citizen living out- 17 side of the United States, the individual provides the 18 committee with the United States mailing address 19 the individual uses for voter registration purposes. 20 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (c), in the 21 case of an Internet credit card contribution— 22 ‘‘(A) no later than 10 days after receiving the 23 contribution, the person who receives the contribu- 24 tion shall forward to the treasurer such contribution, 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Mar 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1422.IH H1422 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 1422 IH the name and address of the person making the con- 1 tribution, and the date of receipt; and 2 ‘‘(B) the treasurer of a political committee shall 3 keep an account of the name and address of any 4 person making any such contribution, together with 5 the date and amount of such contribution by any 6 person. 7 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘Internet credit card 8 contribution’ means a contribution that— 9 ‘‘(A) is made using a credit card; and 10 ‘‘(B) is received through an Internet website.’’. 11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 12 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions 13 made after the expiration of the 180-day period which be- 14 gins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:04 Mar 13, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1422.IH H1422 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS