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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1638
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contribu-
tions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with ballot initia-
tives and referenda.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY17, 2023
Mr. R
UBIO(for himself and Mr. WARNER) introduced the following bill; which
was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
prohibit contributions and donations by foreign nationals
in connection with ballot initiatives and referenda.
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 ‘‘Protecting Ballot 4
Measures from Foreign Influence Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS 1
BY FOREIGN NATIONALS IN CONNECTION 2
WITH BALLOT INITIATIVES AND REFERENDA. 3
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Section 319(a)(1)(A) of the Fed-4
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 5
30121(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, or a State or 6
local ballot initiative or ballot referendum’’ after ‘‘elec-7
tion’’. 8
(b) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 9
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions 10
and donations made on or after the date of enactment of 11
this Act. 12
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