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HR3535Reported by Committee

Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act

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Introduced
In Committee
3
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-05-21
Introduced
2
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Brian K. Fitzpatrick
Brian K. Fitzpatrick
Republican · PA · Representative
Votes with party: 84.7% (549 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/F000466

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (2)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2)Original· 2025-05-21
  • Susie Lee (D-NV-3)· 2025-08-19

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 11 - 0.

2026-05-14

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • House Committee on House AdministrationMarkup By · 2026-05-14

Previously

  • House Committee on House AdministrationReferred To · 2025-05-21

Plain-English Summary

Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act This bill prohibits contributions or donations by foreign nationals in connection with state or local ballot initiatives, referenda, or recall elections.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Government Operations and Politics

Full Bill Text

Verbatim text published on Congress.gov via GovInfo. Use Cmd+F / Ctrl+F to search within this excerpt.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3535 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3535 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the prohibition against contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with elections to contributions or donations in connection with ballot initiatives and referenda. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 21, 2025 Mr. Fitzpatrick (for himself and Mr. Golden of Maine) 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 apply the prohibition against contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with elections to contributions or donations in connection with ballot initiatives and referenda. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS BY FOREIGN NATIONALS IN CONNECTION WITH BALLOT INITIATIVES AND REFERENDA AND RECALL ELECTIONS. (a) Prohibition.--Section 319(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ``, including a State or local ballot initiative or referendum or recall election'' after ``State, or local election''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to contributions and donations made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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