Nonpartisan Bill For the People Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1612 To ensure election security, enhance Americans’ access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics through transparency, estab- lish accountability and integrity measures for Congress, and strengthen ethics rules for public servants, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 7, 2019 Mr. FITZPATRICK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Science, Space, and Technology, the Judiciary, Homeland Security, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Ways and Means, Financial Services, Oversight and Reform, and Ethics, for a period to be subsequently deter- mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To ensure election security, enhance Americans’ access to the ballot box, reduce the influence of big money in politics through transparency, establish accountability and integrity measures for Congress, and strengthen eth- ics rules for public servants, 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 ‘‘Nonpartisan Bill For 4 the People Act of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:43 Mar 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1612.IH H1612 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1612 IH SEC. 2. ORGANIZATION OF ACT INTO DIVISIONS; TABLE OF 1 CONTENTS. 2 (a) DIVISIONS.—This Act is organized into 3 divi- 3 sions as follows: 4 (1) Division A—Voting and Elections. 5 (2) Division B—Campaign Finance. 6 (3) Division C—Ethics. 7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 8 this Act is as follows: 9 Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. DIVISION A—VOTING AND ELECTIONS TITLE I—ELECTION ACCESS Subtitle A—Voter Registration Modernization Sec. 1001. Short title; findings and purpose. Sec. 1002. Automatic registration of eligible individuals. Sec. 1003. Contributing agency assistance in registration. Sec. 1004. One-time contributing agency assistance in registration of eligible voters in existing records. Sec. 1005. Voter protection and security in automatic registration. Sec. 1006. Registration portability and correction. Sec. 1007. Payments and grants. Sec. 1008. Treatment of exempt States. Sec. 1009. Miscellaneous provisions. Sec. 1010. Definitions. Sec. 1011. Effective date. Subtitle B—Access to Voting for Individuals With Disabilities Sec. 1101. Requirements for States to promote access to voter registration and voting for individuals with disabilities. Sec. 1102. Pilot programs for enabling individuals with disabilities to register to vote and vote privately and independently at residences. Sec. 1103. Expansion and reauthorization of grant program to assure voting access for individuals with disabilities. Subtitle C—CLEAN Elections Sec. 1201. Short title. Sec. 1202. Requiring open primaries. Sec. 1203. Sense of Congress on need for term limits for Members. Subtitle D—Election Integrity VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:43 Mar 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H1612.IH H1612 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1612 IH Sec. 1301. Requiring voters to provide photo identification. TITLE II—REDISTRICTING REFORM Sec. 2001. Short title; finding of constitutional authority. Subtitle A—Requirements for Congressional Redistricting Sec. 2101. Limit on congressional redistricting after an apportionment. Sec. 2102. Requiring congressional redistricting to be conducted through plan of independent State commission. Subtitle B—Independent Redistricting Commissions Sec. 2201. Independent redistricting commission. Sec. 2202. Establishment of selection pool of individuals eligible to serve as members of commission. Sec. 2203. Criteria for redistricting plan by independent commission; public no- tice and input. Sec. 2204. Establishment of related entities. Subtitle C—Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 2301. Payments to States for carrying out redistricting. Sec. 2302. State apportionment notice defined. Sec. 2303. No effect on elections for State and local office. Sec. 2304. Effective date. Subtitle D—Severability Sec. 2401. Severability. TITLE III—ELECTION SECURITY Sec. 3000. Short title; sense of Congress. Subtitle A—Financial Support for Election Infrastructure PART 1—GRANTS FOR RISK-LIMITING AUDITS OF RESULTS OF ELECTIONS Sec. 3001. Grants to States for conducting risk-limiting audits of results of elections. Sec. 3002. GAO analysis of effects of audits. PART 2—ELECTION INFRASTRUCTURE INNOVATION GRANT PROGRAM Sec. 3011. Election infrastructure innovation grant program. Subtitle B—Security Measures Sec. 3101. Election infrastructure designation. Sec. 3102. Timely threat information. Sec. 3103. Security clearance assistance for election officials. Sec. 3104. Security risk and vulnerability assessments. Sec. 3105. Annual reports. Subtitle C—Enhancing Protections for United States Democratic Institutions Sec. 3201. National strategy to protect United States democratic institutions. VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:43 Mar 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H1612.IH H1612 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1612 IH Sec. 3202. National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institu- tions. Subtitle D—Promoting Cybersecurity Through Improvements in Election Administration Sec. 3301. Testing of existing voting systems to ensure compliance with election cybersecurity guidelines and other guidelines. Sec. 3302. Treatment of electronic poll books as part of voting systems. Sec. 3303. Pre-election reports on voting system usage. Sec. 3304. Streamlining collection of election information. Subtitle E—Preventing Election Hacking Sec. 3401. Short title. Sec. 3402. Election Security Bug Bounty Program. Sec. 3403. Definitions. Subtitle F—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 3501. Definitions. Sec. 3502. Initial report on adequacy of resources available for implementation. Subtitle G—Severability Sec. 3601. Severability. DIVISION B—CAMPAIGN FINANCE TITLE IV—CAMPAIGN FINANCE TRANSPARENCY Subtitle A—Findings Relating to Illicit Money Undermining Our Democracy Sec. 4001. Findings relating to illicit money undermining our democracy. Subtitle B—DISCLOSE Act Sec. 4100. Short title. PART 1—REGULATION OF CERTAIN POLITICAL SPENDING Sec. 4101. Application of ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign na- tionals to domestic corporations, limited liability corporations, and partnerships that are foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned. Sec. 4102. Clarification of application of foreign money ban to certain disburse- ments and activities. PART 2—REPORTING OF CAMPAIGN-RELATED DISBURSEMENTS Sec. 4111. Reporting of campaign-related disbursements. Sec. 4112. Application of foreign money ban to disbursements for campaign-re- lated disbursements consisting of covered transfers. Sec. 4113. Effective date. PART 3—OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS Sec. 4121. Petition for certiorari. Sec. 4122. Judicial review of actions related to campaign finance laws. VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:43 Mar 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H1612.IH H1612 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HR 1612 IH Subtitle C—Honest Ads Sec. 4201. Short title. Sec. 4202. Purpose. Sec. 4203. Findings. Sec. 4204. Sense of Congress. Sec. 4205. Expansion of definition of public communication. Sec. 4206. Expansion of definition of electioneering communication. Sec. 4207. Application of disclaimer statements to online communications. Sec. 4208. Political record requirements for online platforms. Sec. 4209. Preventing contributions, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements for electioneering communications by for- eign nationals in the form of online advertising. Subtitle D—Stand By Every Ad Sec. 4301. Short title. Sec. 4302. Stand By Every Ad. Sec. 4303. Disclaimer requirements for communications made through prerecorded telephone calls. Sec. 4304. No expansion of persons subject to disclaimer requirements on inter- net communications. Sec. 4305. Effective date. Subtitle E—Secret Money Transparency Sec. 4401. Repeal of restriction of use of funds by Internal Revenue Service to bring transparency to political activity of certain nonprofit or- ganizations. Subtitle F—Shareholder Right-To-Know Sec. 4501. Repeal of restriction on use of funds by Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure shareholders of corporations have knowl- edge of corporation political activity. Subtitle G—Disclosure of Political Spending by Government Contractors Sec. 4601. Repeal of restriction on use of funds to require disclosure of political spending by government contractors. Subtitle H—Limitation and Disclosure Requirements for Presidential Inaugural Committees Sec. 4701. Short title. Sec. 4702. Limitations and disclosure of certain donations to, and disburse- ments by, inaugural committees. Subtitle I—Severability Sec. 4801. Severability. TITLE V—CAMPAIGN FINANCE OVERSIGHT Subtitle A—Restoring Integrity to America’s Elections Sec. 5001. Short title. Sec. 5002. Membership of Federal Election Commission. Sec. 5003. Assignment of powers to Chair of Federal Election Commission. VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:43 Mar 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H1612.IH H1612 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HR 1612 IH Sec. 5004. Revision to enforcement process. Sec. 5005. Permitting appearance at hearings on requests for advisory opinions by persons opposing the requests. Sec. 5006. Permanent extension of administrative penalty authority. Sec. 5007. Effective date; transition. Subtitle B—Stopping Super PAC–Candidate Coordination Sec. 5101. Short title. Sec. 5102. Clarification of treatment of coordinated expenditures as contribu- tions to candidates. Sec. 5103. Clarification of ban on fundraising for super PACs by Federal can- didates and officeholders. Subtitle C—Severability Sec. 5201. Severability. DIVISION C—ETHICS TITLE VI—ETHICAL STANDARDS Subtitle A—Supreme Court Ethics Sec. 6001. Code of conduct for Federal judges. Subtitle B—Foreign Agents Registration Sec. 6101. Establishment of FARA investigation and enforcement unit within Department of Justice. Sec. 6102. Authority to impose civil money penalties. Sec. 6103. Disclosure of transactions involving things of financial value con- ferred on officeholders. Subtitle C—Lobbying Disclosure Reform Sec. 6201. Expanding scope of individuals and activities subject to require- ments of Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. Subtitle D—Recusal of Presidential Appointees Sec. 6301. Recusal of appointees. Subtitle E—Severability Sec. 6401. Severability. TITLE VII—ETHICS REFORMS FOR THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, AND FEDERAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES Subtitle A—Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Sec. 7001. Short title. Sec. 7002. Restrictions on private sector payment for Government service. Sec. 7003. Requirements relating to slowing the revolving door. Sec. 7004. Prohibition of procurement officers accepting employment from Gov- ernment contractors. Sec. 7005. Revolving door restrictions on employees moving into the private sector. VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:43 Mar 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H1612.IH H1612 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HR 1612 IH Subtitle B—Presidential Conflicts of Interest Sec. 7011. Short title. Sec. 7012. Divestiture of personal financial interests of the President and Vice President that pose a potential conflict of interest. Sec. 7013. Initial financial disclosure. Sec. 7014. Contracts by the President or Vice President. Subtitle C—White House Ethics Transparency Sec. 7021. Short title. Sec. 7022. Procedure for waivers and authorizations relating to ethics require- ments. Subtitle D—Executive Branch Ethics Enforcement Sec. 7031. Short title. Sec. 7032. Reauthorization of the Office of Government Ethics. Sec. 7033. Tenure of the Director of the Office of Government Ethics. Sec. 7034. Duties of Director of the Office of Government Ethics. Sec. 7035. Agency ethics officials training and duties. Subtitle E—Conflicts From Political Fundraising Sec. 7041. Short title. Sec. 7042. Disclosure of certain types of contributions. Subtitle F—Transition Team Ethics Sec. 7051. Short title. Sec. 7052. Presidential transition ethics programs. Subtitle G—Ethics Pledge for Senior Executive Branch Employees Sec. 7061. Short title. Sec. 7062. Ethics pledge requirement for senior executive branch employees. Subtitle H—Severability Sec. 7071. Severability. TITLE VIII—CONGRESSIONAL ETHICS REFORM Subtitle A—Requiring Members of Congress To Reimburse Treasury for Amounts Paid as Settlements and Awards Under Congressional Account- ability Act of 1995 Sec. 8001. Requiring Members of Congress to reimburse Treasury for amounts paid as settlements and awards under Congressional Account- ability Act of 1995 in all cases of employment discrimination acts by Members. Subtitle B—Conflicts of Interests Sec. 8101. Prohibiting Members of House of Representatives from serving on boards of for-profit entities. Sec. 8102. Conflict of interest rules for Members of Congress and congressional staff. Sec. 8103. Exercise of rulemaking powers. VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:43 Mar 29, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H1612.IH H1612 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HR 1612 IH Subtitle C—Campaign Finance and Lobbying Disclosure Sec. 8201. Short title. Sec. 8202. Requiring disclosure in certain reports filed with Federal Election Commission of persons who are registered lobbyists. Sec. 8203. Effective date. Subtitle D—Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Sec. 8301. Short title. Sec. 8302. Definitions. Sec. 8303. Establishment of online portal for congressionally mandated reports. Sec. 8304. Federal agency responsibilities. Sec. 8305. Removing and altering reports. Sec. 8306. Relationship to the Freedom of Information Act. Sec. 8307. Implementation. Subtitle E—CLEAN Congress Sec. 8401. Short title. Sec. 8402. Prohibiting multiple subjects in single bill. Sec. 8403. Requiring equal application of laws to Members of Congress. Subtitle F—CLEAN Public Service Sec. 8501. Short title. Sec. 8502. Termination of further retirement benefits for Members of Con- gress. Subtitle G—No Budget, No Pay Sec. 8601. Short title. Sec. 8602. Definition. Sec. 8603. Timely approval of concurrent resolution on the budget and the ap- propriations bills. Sec. 8604. No [Text truncated for display. Full text available on Congress.gov.]