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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 350
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require a candidate
for Congress to file additional information about a candidate’s edu-
cational background, military service, and employment history, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY12, 2023
Mr. T
ORRESof New York (for himself and Mr. GOLDMANof New York) intro-
duced 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 a candidate for Congress to file additional infor-
mation about a candidate’s educational background, mili-
tary service, and employment history, and for other pur-
poses.
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 ‘‘Stopping Another Non- 4
Truthful Office Seeker Act’’ or the ‘‘SANTOS Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED FROM CAN-1
DIDATES FOR CONGRESS. 2
(a) I
NFORMATIONREQUIRED.—Section 302(e) of the 3
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 4
30102(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 5
‘‘(6) A
DDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED 6
FROM CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS .—Any individual 7
who is a candidate for the House of Representatives 8
or for the Senate shall include, in the designation re-9
quired under paragraph (1), the following: 10
‘‘(A) The educational background of the 11
candidate. 12
‘‘(B) The military service of the candidate, 13
if any. 14
‘‘(C) The employment history of the can-15
didate.’’. 16
(b) P
ENALTY.—Section 309(d)(1) of such Act (52 17
U.S.C. 30109(d)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 18
following: 19
‘‘(E) Any individual who knowingly and willfully vio-20
lates section 302(e)(6), including an individual who know-21
ingly and willfully provides false information described in 22
section 302(e)(6), shall be fined $100,000, imprisoned for 23
1 year, or both.’’. 24
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(c) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 1
this section shall apply with respect to elections held on 2
or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 3
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