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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 3463 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contribu- |
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| 6 | 6 | | tions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with ballot initia- |
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| 7 | 7 | | tives and referenda. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MAY18, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ANKS(for himself and Ms. SPANBERGER) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was referred to the Committee on House Administration |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to |
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| 15 | 15 | | prohibit contributions and donations by foreign nationals |
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| 16 | 16 | | in connection with ballot initiatives and referenda. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Ballot 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Measures From Foreign Influence Act of 2023’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | •HR 3463 IH |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | BY FOREIGN NATIONALS IN CONNECTION 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | WITH BALLOT INITIATIVES AND REFERENDA. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) P |
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| 29 | 29 | | ROHIBITION.—Section 319(a)(1)(A) of the Fed-4 |
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| 30 | 30 | | eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 30121(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, or a State or 6 |
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| 32 | 32 | | local ballot initiative or ballot referendum’’ after ‘‘elec-7 |
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| 33 | 33 | | tion’’. 8 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) E |
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| 35 | 35 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | this section shall apply with respect to contributions and 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | donations made on or after the date of enactment of this 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act. 12 |
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