Save Lives Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 5196 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a separate segregated fund of a corporation which is engaged in the manufacture of opioids from making contributions or expenditures in connection with elections for Federal office, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOVEMBER 20, 2019 Mr. DELGADO (for himself and Mr. ROSE of New York) 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 a separate segregated fund of a corporation which is engaged in the manufacture of opioids from making contributions or expenditures in connection with elections for Federal office, 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 ‘‘Save Lives Act’’. 4 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:08 Nov 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5196.IH H5196 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 5196 IH SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CAMPAIGN SPENDING BY SEPARATE 1 SEGREGATED FUNDS OF CORPORATIONS EN- 2 GAGED IN MANUFACTURE OF OPIOIDS. 3 (a) PROHIBITION.—Section 316(b) of the Federal 4 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30118(b)) is 5 amended— 6 (1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘the estab- 7 lishment’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to paragraph (8), 8 the establishment’’; and 9 (2) by adding at the end the following new 10 paragraph: 11 ‘‘(8)(A) A separate segregated fund of a corporation 12 may not solicit any contribution, and may not make any 13 contribution or expenditure, at any time during which the 14 corporation is engaged in the manufacture of opioids. 15 ‘‘(B) In this paragraph— 16 ‘‘(i) the term ‘manufacture’ has the meaning 17 given such term in section 102(15) of the Controlled 18 Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(15)); and 19 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘opioid’ has the meaning given 20 such term in section 102(18) of the Controlled Sub- 21 stances Act (21 U.S.C. 802(18)).’’. 22 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 23 this section shall apply with respect to contributions solic- 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:08 Nov 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H5196.IH H5196 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 3 •HR 5196 IH ited, and contributions and expenditures made, on or after 1 the date of the enactment of this Act. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:08 Nov 29, 2019 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H5196.IH H5196 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS