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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8792
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require political
committees soliciting contributions by hyperlinks contained in text mes-
sages to include the full name of the hyperlink and the identification
of the committee within the message.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Mr. TIPTON 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
require political committees soliciting contributions by
hyperlinks contained in text messages to include the full
name of the hyperlink and the identification of the com-
mittee within the message.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transparency in Cam-
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paign Text Message Act’’.
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING FULL NAME OF HYPERLINK AND IDEN-
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TIFICATION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEE IN
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SOLICITATION
OF
CONTRIBUTION
BY
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HYPERLINK CONTAINED IN TEXT MESSAGE.
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(a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 315 of the Federal
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Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116) is
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amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
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section:
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‘‘(k) REQUIRING FULL NAME OF HYPERLINK AND
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IDENTIFICATION
OF COMMITTEE
IN SOLICITATION
OF
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CONTRIBUTION
BY HYPERLINK CONTAINED
IN TEXT
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MESSAGE.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A political committee may
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not solicit a contribution by a hyperlink contained in
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a text message unless the message includes—
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‘‘(A) the full, unabbreviated name of the
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hyperlink; and
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‘‘(B) the identification of the committee
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(and, in the case of an authorized committee of
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a candidate, the identification of the candidate).
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‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term
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‘text message’ has the meaning given such term in
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section 227(e)(8)(C) of the Communications Act of
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1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(e)(8)(C)).’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
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subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions so-
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licited on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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