Brighter Sunshine on Donations Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 956 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclosure of all donations. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 28, 2019 Mr. MERKLEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration A BILL To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclosure of all donations. 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 ‘‘Brighter Sunshine on 4 Donations Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF ALL DONATIONS. 6 (a) INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.—Section 7 304(c)(2)(C) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 8 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(c)(2)(C)) is amended by striking 9 ‘‘which was made for the purpose of furthering an inde- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:06 Apr 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S956.IS S956 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •S 956 IS pendent expenditure’’ and inserting ‘‘(without regard to 1 whether such contribution was made for the purpose of 2 furthering an independent expenditure)’’. 3 (b) ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 4 304(f)(2) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(2)) is amend- 5 ed— 6 (1) in the first sentence of subparagraph (E), 7 by inserting ‘‘(determined without regard to whether 8 the contributions were made for the purpose of fur- 9 thering an electioneering communication)’’ after 10 ‘‘disclosure date’’, and 11 (2) in subparagraph (F), by inserting ‘‘(deter- 12 mined without regard to whether the contributions 13 were made for the purpose of furthering an election- 14 eering communication)’’ after ‘‘disclosure date’’. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:06 Apr 05, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S956.IS S956 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS