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2	2	118THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION S. 512
5	5	To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for addi-
6	6	tional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations,
7	7	Super PACs and other entities, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
9	9	FEBRUARY16, 2023
10	10	Mr. W
11	11	HITEHOUSE(for himself, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. VANHOL-
12	12	LEN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. DURBIN,
13	13	Mr. R
14	14	EED, Mr. CARPER, Ms. STABENOW, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. MENEN-
15	15	DEZ, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CASEY, Mr. TESTER,
16	16	Mrs. S
17	17	HAHEEN, Mr. WARNER, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. BENNET, Mrs. GILLI-
18	18	BRAND, Mr. MANCHIN, Mr. COONS, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. SCHATZ, Ms.
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20	20	ALDWIN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. HEINRICH, Mr. KING, Mr.
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22	22	AINE, Ms. WARREN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. PETERS, Ms.
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24	24	UCKWORTH, Ms. HASSAN, Ms. CORTEZMASTO, Ms. SMITH, Ms.
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26	26	INEMA, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. KELLY, Mr. LUJA´N, Mr. HICKENLOOPER, Mr.
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28	28	ADILLA, Mr. OSSOFF, Mr. WARNOCK, Mr. WELCH, and Mr.
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30	30	ETTERMAN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re-
31	31	ferred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
32	32	A BILL
33	33	To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
34	34	provide for additional disclosure requirements for cor-
35	35	porations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other
36	36	entities, and for other purposes.
37	37	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
38	38	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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42	42	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1
43	43	(a) S
44	44	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 2
45	45	‘‘Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spend-3
46	46	ing in Elections Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘DISCLOSE Act 4
47	47	of 2023’’. 5
48	48	(b) T
49	49	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents of 6
50	50	this Act is as follows: 7
51	51	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
52	52	Sec. 2. Findings.
53	53	TITLE I—CLOSING LOOPHOLES ALLOWING SPENDING BY
54	54	FOREIGN NATIONALS IN ELECTIONS
55	55	Sec. 101. Clarification of application of foreign money ban to certain disburse-
56	56	ments and activities.
57	57	Sec. 102. Study and report on illicit foreign money in Federal elections.
58	58	Sec. 103. Prohibition on contributions and donations by foreign nationals in
59	59	connection with ballot initiatives and referenda.
60	60	Sec. 104. Disbursements and activities subject to foreign money ban.
61	61	Sec. 105. Prohibiting establishment of corporation to conceal election contribu-
62	62	tions and donations by foreign nationals.
63	63	TITLE II—REPORTING OF CAMPAIGN-RELATED DISBURSEMENTS
64	64	Sec. 201. Reporting of campaign-related disbursements.
65	65	Sec. 202. Reporting of Federal judicial nomination disbursements.
66	66	Sec. 203. Coordination with FinCEN.
67	67	Sec. 204. Application of foreign money ban to disbursements for campaign-re-
68	68	lated disbursements consisting of covered transfers.
69	69	Sec. 205. Sense of Congress regarding implementation.
70	70	Sec. 206. Effective date.
71	71	TITLE III—OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS
72	72	Sec. 301. Petition for certiorari.
73	73	Sec. 302. Judicial review of actions related to campaign finance laws.
74	74	Sec. 303. Effective date.
75	75	TITLE IV—STAND BY EVERY AD
76	76	Sec. 401. Short title.
77	77	Sec. 402. Stand by every ad.
78	78	Sec. 403. Disclaimer requirements for communications made through
79	79	prerecorded telephone calls.
80	80	Sec. 404. No expansion of persons subject to disclaimer requirements on inter-
81	81	net communications.
82	82	Sec. 405. Effective date.
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86	86	TITLE V—SEVERABILITY
87	87	Sec. 501. Severability.
88	88	SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
89	89	1
90	90	Congress finds the following: 2
91	91	(1) Campaign finance disclosure is a narrowly 3
92	92	tailored and minimally restrictive means to advance 4
93	93	substantial government interests, including fostering 5
94	94	an informed electorate capable of engaging in self- 6
95	95	government and holding their elected officials ac-7
96	96	countable, detecting and deterring quid pro quo cor-8
97	97	ruption, and identifying information necessary to en-9
98	98	force other campaign finance laws, including cam-10
99	99	paign contribution limits and the prohibition on for-11
100	100	eign money in U.S. campaigns. To further these 12
101	101	substantial interests, campaign finance disclosure 13
102	102	must be timely and complete, and must disclose the 14
103	103	true and original source of money given, transferred, 15
104	104	and spent to influence Federal elections. Current law 16
105	105	does not meet this objective because corporations 17
106	106	and other entities that the Supreme Court has per-18
107	107	mitted to spend money to influence Federal elections 19
108	108	are subject to few if any transparency requirements. 20
109	109	(2) As the Supreme Court recognized in its per 21
110	110	curiam opinion in Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 22
111	111	(1976), ‘‘disclosure requirements certainly in most 23
112	112	applications appear to be the least restrictive means 24
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116	116	of curbing the evils of campaign ignorance and cor-1
117	117	ruption that Congress found to exist.’’ Buckley, 424 2
118	118	U.S. at 68. In Citizens United v. FEC, the Court re-3
119	119	iterated that ‘‘disclosure is a less restrictive alter-4
120	120	native to more comprehensive regulations of speech.’’ 5
121	121	558 U.S. 310, 369 (2010). 6
122	122	(3) No subsequent decision has called these 7
123	123	holdings into question, including the Court’s decision 8
124	124	in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta, 9
125	125	141 S. Ct. 2373 (2021). That case did not involve 10
126	126	campaign finance disclosure, and the Court did not 11
127	127	overturn its longstanding recognition of the substan-12
128	128	tial interests furthered by such disclosure. 13
129	129	(4) Campaign finance disclosure is also essen-14
130	130	tial to enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act’s 15
131	131	prohibition on contributions by and solicitations of 16
132	132	foreign nationals. See section 319 of the Federal 17
133	133	Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121). 18
134	134	(5) Congress should close loopholes allowing 19
135	135	spending by foreign nationals in domestic elections. 20
136	136	For example, in 2021, the Federal Election Commis-21
137	137	sion, the independent Federal agency charged with 22
138	138	protecting the integrity of the Federal campaign fi-23
139	139	nance process, found reason to believe and concil-24
140	140	iated a matter where an experienced political con-25
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144	144	sultant knowingly and willfully violated Federal law 1
145	145	by soliciting a contribution from a foreign national 2
146	146	by offering to transmit a $2,000,000 contribution to 3
147	147	a super PAC through his company and two 4
148	148	501(c)(4) organizations, to conceal the origin of the 5
149	149	funds. This scheme was only unveiled after appear-6
150	150	ing in a The Telegraph UK article and video cap-7
151	151	turing the solicitation. See Conciliation Agreement, 8
152	152	MURs 7165 & 7196 (Great America PAC, et al.), 9
153	153	date June 28, 2021; Factual and Legal Analysis, 10
154	154	MURs 7165 & 7196 (Jesse Benton), dated Mar. 2, 11
155	155	2021. 12
156	156	TITLE I—CLOSING LOOPHOLES 13
157	157	ALLOWING SPENDING BY 14
158	158	FOREIGN NATIONALS IN 15
159	159	ELECTIONS 16
160	160	SEC. 101. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF FOREIGN 17
161	161	MONEY BAN TO CERTAIN DISBURSEMENTS 18
162	162	AND ACTIVITIES. 19
163	163	Section 319(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 20
164	164	of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121(b)) is amended— 21
165	165	(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 22
166	166	subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and by 23
167	167	moving such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right; 24
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171	171	(2) by striking ‘‘As used in this section, the 1
172	172	term’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘D
173	173	EFINITIONS.— 2
174	174	For purposes of this section— 3
175	175	‘‘(1) F
176	176	OREIGN NATIONAL.—The term’’; 4
177	177	(3) by moving paragraphs (1) and (2) two ems 5
178	178	to the right and redesignating them as subpara-6
179	179	graphs (A) and (B), respectively; and 7
180	180	(4) by adding at the end the following new 8
181	181	paragraph: 9
182	182	‘‘(2) C
183	183	ONTRIBUTION AND DONATION .—For pur-10
184	184	poses of paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), 11
185	185	the term ‘contribution or donation’ includes any dis-12
186	186	bursement to a political committee which accepts do-13
187	187	nations or contributions that do not comply with any 14
188	188	of the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting re-15
189	189	quirements of this Act (or any disbursement to or on 16
190	190	behalf of any account of a political committee which 17
191	191	is established for the purpose of accepting such do-18
192	192	nations or contributions), or to any other person for 19
193	193	the purpose of funding an expenditure, independent 20
194	194	expenditure, or electioneering communication (as de-21
195	195	fined in section 304(f)(3)).’’. 22
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199	199	SEC. 102. STUDY AND REPORT ON ILLICIT FOREIGN MONEY 1
200	200	IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. 2
201	201	(a) S
202	202	TUDY.—For each 4-year election cycle (begin-3
203	203	ning with the 4-year election cycle ending in 2020), the 4
204	204	Comptroller General shall conduct a study on the inci-5
205	205	dence of illicit foreign money in all elections for Federal 6
206	206	office held during the preceding 4-year election cycle, in-7
207	207	cluding what information is known about the presence of 8
208	208	such money in elections for Federal office. 9
209	209	(b) R
210	210	EPORT.— 10
211	211	(1) I
212	212	N GENERAL.—Not later than the applicable 11
213	213	date with respect to any 4-year election cycle, the 12
214	214	Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate 13
215	215	congressional committees a report on the study con-14
216	216	ducted under subsection (a). 15
217	217	(2) M
218	218	ATTERS INCLUDED .—The report sub-16
219	219	mitted under paragraph (1) shall include a descrip-17
220	220	tion of the extent to which illicit foreign money was 18
221	221	used to target particular groups, including rural 19
222	222	communities, African-American and other minority 20
223	223	communities, and military and veteran communities, 21
224	224	based on such targeting information as is available 22
225	225	and accessible to the Comptroller General. 23
226	226	(3) A
227	227	PPLICABLE DATE.—For purposes of para-24
228	228	graph (1), the term ‘‘applicable date’’ means— 25
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232	232	(A) in the case of the 4-year election cycle 1
233	233	ending in 2020, the date that is 1 year after 2
234	234	the date of the enactment of this Act; and 3
235	235	(B) in the case of any other 4-year election 4
236	236	cycle, the date that is 1 year after the date on 5
237	237	which such 4-year election cycle ends. 6
238	238	(c) D
239	239	EFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 7
240	240	(1) 4-
241	241	YEAR ELECTION CYCLE .—The term ‘‘4- 8
242	242	year election cycle’’ means the 4-year period ending 9
243	243	on the date of the general election for the offices of 10
244	244	President and Vice President. 11
245	245	(2) I
246	246	LLICIT FOREIGN MONEY.—The term ‘‘illicit 12
247	247	foreign money’’ means any contribution, donation, 13
248	248	expenditure, or disbursement by a foreign national 14
249	249	(as defined in section 319(b) of the Federal Election 15
250	250	Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C.30121(b))) prohib-16
251	251	ited under such section. 17
252	252	(3) E
253	253	LECTION; FEDERAL OFFICE.—The terms 18
254	254	‘‘election’’ and ‘‘Federal office’’ have the meanings 19
255	255	given such terms under section 301 of the Federal 20
256	256	Election Campaign Act of 1971 (53 U.S.C. 30101). 21
257	257	(4) A
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259	259	TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-23
260	260	mittees’’ means— 24
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264	264	(A) the Committee on House Administra-1
265	265	tion of the House of Representatives; 2
266	266	(B) the Committee on Rules and Adminis-3
267	267	tration of the Senate; 4
268	268	(C) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 5
269	269	House of Representatives; and 6
270	270	(D) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 7
271	271	Senate. 8
272	272	(d) S
273	273	UNSET.—This section shall not apply to any 4- 9
274	274	year election cycle beginning after the election for the of-10
275	275	fices of President and Vice President in 2032. 11
276	276	SEC. 103. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONA-12
277	277	TIONS BY FOREIGN NATIONALS IN CONNEC-13
278	278	TION WITH BALLOT INITIATIVES AND 14
279	279	REFERENDA. 15
280	280	(a) I
281	281	NGENERAL.—Section 319(b) of the Federal 16
282	282	Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121(b)), as 17
283	283	amended by section 101, is amended by adding at the end 18
284	284	the following new paragraphs: 19
285	285	‘‘(3) F
286	286	EDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL ELECTION.— 20
287	287	The term ‘Federal, State, or local election’ includes 21
288	288	a State or local ballot initiative or referendum, but 22
289	289	only in the case of— 23
290	290	‘‘(A) a covered foreign national as defined 24
291	291	in paragraph (4); or 25
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295	295	‘‘(B) a foreign principal described in sec-1
296	296	tion 1(b)(2) or 1(b)(3) of the Foreign Agent 2
297	297	Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 3
298	298	U.S.C. 611(b)(2) or (b)(3)) or an agent of such 4
299	299	a foreign principal under such Act. 5
300	300	‘‘(4) C
301	301	OVERED FOREIGN NATIONAL .— 6
302	302	‘‘(A) I
303	303	N GENERAL.—The term ‘covered for-7
304	304	eign national’ means— 8
305	305	‘‘(i) a foreign principal (as defined in 9
306	306	section 1(b) of the Foreign Agents Reg-10
307	307	istration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611(b)) 11
308	308	that is a government of a foreign country 12
309	309	or a foreign political party; 13
310	310	‘‘(ii) any person who acts as an agent, 14
311	311	representative, employee, or servant, or 15
312	312	any person who acts in any other capacity 16
313	313	at the order, request, or under the direc-17
314	314	tion or control, of a foreign principal de-18
315	315	scribed in clause (i) or of a person any of 19
316	316	whose activities are directly or indirectly 20
317	317	supervised, directed, controlled, financed, 21
318	318	or subsidized in whole or in major part by 22
319	319	a foreign principal described in clause (i); 23
320	320	or 24
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324	324	‘‘(iii) any person included in the list of 1
325	325	specially designated nationals and blocked 2
326	326	persons maintained by the Office of For-3
327	327	eign Assets Control of the Department of 4
328	328	the Treasury pursuant to authorities relat-5
329	329	ing to the imposition of sanctions relating 6
330	330	to the conduct of a foreign principal de-7
331	331	scribed in clause (i). 8
332	332	‘‘(B) C
333	333	LARIFICATION REGARDING APPLICA -9
334	334	TION TO CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES .— 10
335	335	In the case of a citizen of the United States, 11
336	336	clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) applies only to 12
337	337	the extent that the person involved acts within 13
338	338	the scope of that person’s status as the agent 14
339	339	of a foreign principal described in clause (i) of 15
340	340	subparagraph (A).’’. 16
341	341	(b) E
342	342	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 17
343	343	this section shall apply with respect to elections held in 18
344	344	2024 or any succeeding year. 19
345	345	SEC. 104. DISBURSEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO 20
346	346	FOREIGN MONEY BAN. 21
347	347	(a) D
348	348	ISBURSEMENTS DESCRIBED.—Section 22
349	349	319(a)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 23
350	350	(52 U.S.C. 30121(a)(1)) is amended— 24
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354	354	(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 1
355	355	(B); and 2
356	356	(2) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting 3
357	357	the following: 4
358	358	‘‘(C) an expenditure; 5
359	359	‘‘(D) an independent expenditure; 6
360	360	‘‘(E) a disbursement for an electioneering 7
361	361	communication (within the meaning of section 8
362	362	304(f)(3)); 9
363	363	‘‘(F) a disbursement for a communication 10
364	364	which is placed or promoted for a fee on a 11
365	365	website, web application, or digital application 12
366	366	that refers to a clearly identified candidate for 13
367	367	election for Federal office and is disseminated 14
368	368	within 60 days before a general, special or run-15
369	369	off election for the office sought by the can-16
370	370	didate or 30 days before a primary or pref-17
371	371	erence election, or a convention or caucus of a 18
372	372	political party that has authority to nominate a 19
373	373	candidate for the office sought by the can-20
374	374	didate; 21
375	375	‘‘(G) a disbursement by a covered foreign 22
376	376	national (as defined in subsection (b)(4)) for a 23
377	377	broadcast, cable or satellite communication, or 24
378	378	for a communication which is placed or pro-25
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382	382	moted for a fee on a website, web application, 1
383	383	or digital application, that promotes, supports, 2
384	384	attacks or opposes the election of a clearly iden-3
385	385	tified candidate for Federal, State, or local of-4
386	386	fice (regardless of whether the communication 5
387	387	contains express advocacy or the functional 6
388	388	equivalent of express advocacy); 7
389	389	‘‘(H) a disbursement for a broadcast, 8
390	390	cable, or satellite communication, or for any 9
391	391	communication which is placed or promoted for 10
392	392	a fee on an online platform (as defined in sub-11
393	393	section (b)(5)), that discusses a national legisla-12
394	394	tive issue of public importance in a year in 13
395	395	which a regularly scheduled general election for 14
396	396	Federal office is held, but only if the disburse-15
397	397	ment is made by a covered foreign national (as 16
398	398	defined in subsection (b)(4)); 17
399	399	‘‘(I) a disbursement by a covered foreign 18
400	400	national (as defined in subsection (b)(4)) to 19
401	401	compensate any person for internet activity that 20
402	402	promotes, supports, attacks or opposes the elec-21
403	403	tion of a clearly identified candidate for Fed-22
404	404	eral, State, or local office (regardless of whether 23
405	405	the activity contains express advocacy or the 24
406	406	functional equivalent of express advocacy); or 25
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410	410	‘‘(J) a disbursement by a covered foreign 1
411	411	national (as defined in subsection (b)(4)) for a 2
412	412	Federal judicial nomination communication (as 3
413	413	defined in section 324(g)(2));’’. 4
414	414	(b) D
415	415	EFINITION OFONLINEPLATFORM.—Section 5
416	416	319(b) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30121(b)), as amended by 6
417	417	sections 101 and 103, is amended by adding at the end 7
418	418	the following new paragraph: 8
419	419	‘‘(5) O
420	420	NLINE PLATFORM.— 9
421	421	‘‘(A) I
422	422	N GENERAL.—For purposes of this 10
423	423	section, subject to subparagraph (B), the term 11
424	424	‘online platform’ means any public-facing 12
425	425	website, web application, or digital application 13
426	426	(including a social network, ad network, or 14
427	427	search engine) which— 15
428	428	‘‘(i)(I) sells qualified political adver-16
429	429	tisements; and 17
430	430	‘‘(II) has 50,000,000 or more unique 18
431	431	monthly United States visitors or users for 19
432	432	a majority of months during the preceding 20
433	433	12 months; or 21
434	434	‘‘(ii) is a third-party advertising ven-22
435	435	dor that has 50,000,000 or more unique 23
436	436	monthly United States visitors in the ag-24
437	437	gregate on any advertisement space that it 25
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441	441	has sold or bought for a majority of 1
442	442	months during the preceding 12 months, 2
443	443	as measured by an independent digital rat-3
444	444	ings service accredited by the Media Rat-4
445	445	ings Council (or its successor). 5
446	446	‘‘(B) E
447	447	XEMPTION.—Such term shall not 6
448	448	include any online platform that is a distribu-7
449	449	tion facility of any broadcasting station or 8
450	450	newspaper, magazine, blog, publication, or peri-9
451	451	odical. 10
452	452	‘‘(C) T
453	453	HIRD-PARTY ADVERTISING VENDOR 11
454	454	DEFINED.—For purposes of this subsection, the 12
455	455	term ‘third-party advertising vendor’ includes, 13
456	456	but is not limited to, any third-party adver-14
457	457	tising vendor network, advertising agency, ad-15
458	458	vertiser, or third-party advertisement serving 16
459	459	company that buys and sells advertisement 17
460	460	space on behalf of unaffiliated third-party 18
461	461	websites, search engines, digital applications, or 19
462	462	social media sites.’’. 20
463	463	(c) E
464	464	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 21
465	465	this section shall apply with respect to disbursements 22
466	466	made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 23
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469	469	•S 512 IS
470	470	SEC. 105. PROHIBITING ESTABLISHMENT OF CORPORATION 1
471	471	TO CONCEAL ELECTION CONTRIBUTIONS 2
472	472	AND DONATIONS BY FOREIGN NATIONALS. 3
473	473	(a) P
474	474	ROHIBITION.—Chapter 29 of title 18, United 4
475	475	States Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-5
476	476	lowing: 6
477	477	‘‘§ 612. Establishment of corporation to conceal elec-7
478	478	tion contributions and donations by for-8
479	479	eign nationals 9
480	480	‘‘(a) O
481	481	FFENSE.—It shall be unlawful for an owner, 10
482	482	officer, attorney, or incorporation agent of a corporation, 11
483	483	company, or other entity to establish or use the corpora-12
484	484	tion, company, or other entity with the intent to conceal 13
485	485	an activity of a foreign national (as defined in section 319 14
486	486	of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 15
487	487	30121)) prohibited under such section 319. 16
488	488	‘‘(b) P
489	489	ENALTY.—Any person who violates subsection 17
490	490	(a) shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years, fined 18
491	491	under this title, or both.’’. 19
492	492	(b) T
493	493	ABLE OFSECTIONS.—The table of sections for 20
494	494	chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code is amended by 21
495	495	adding at the end the following new item: 22
496	496	‘‘612. Establishment of corporation to conceal election contributions and dona-
497	497	tions by foreign nationals.’’.
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500	500	•S 512 IS
501	501	TITLE II—REPORTING OF CAM-1
502	502	PAIGN-RELATED DISBURSE-2
503	503	MENTS 3
504	504	SEC. 201. REPORTING OF CAMPAIGN-RELATED DISBURSE-4
505	505	MENTS. 5
506	506	(a) I
507	507	NGENERAL.—Section 324 of the Federal Elec-6
508	508	tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30126) is amended 7
509	509	to read as follows: 8
510	510	‘‘SEC. 324. DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN-RELATED DISBURSE-9
511	511	MENTS BY COVERED ORGANIZATIONS. 10
512	512	‘‘(a) D
513	513	ISCLOSURESTATEMENT.— 11
514	514	‘‘(1) I
515	515	N GENERAL.—Any covered organization 12
516	516	that makes campaign-related disbursements aggre-13
517	517	gating more than $10,000 in an election reporting 14
518	518	cycle shall, not later than 24 hours after each disclo-15
519	519	sure date, file a statement with the Commission 16
520	520	made under penalty of perjury that contains the in-17
521	521	formation described in paragraph (2)— 18
522	522	‘‘(A) in the case of the first statement filed 19
523	523	under this subsection, for the period beginning 20
524	524	on the first day of the election reporting cycle 21
525	525	(or, if earlier, the period beginning one year be-22
526	526	fore the first such disclosure date) and ending 23
527	527	on the first such disclosure date; and 24
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531	531	‘‘(B) in the case of any subsequent state-1
532	532	ment filed under this subsection, for the period 2
533	533	beginning on the previous disclosure date and 3
534	534	ending on such disclosure date. 4
535	535	‘‘(2) I
536	536	NFORMATION DESCRIBED .—The informa-5
537	537	tion described in this paragraph is as follows: 6
538	538	‘‘(A) The name of the covered organization 7
539	539	and the principal place of business of such or-8
540	540	ganization and, in the case of a covered organi-9
541	541	zation that is a corporation (other than a busi-10
542	542	ness concern that is an issuer of a class of secu-11
543	543	rities registered under section 12 of the Securi-12
544	544	ties Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l) or 13
545	545	that is required to file reports under section 14
546	546	15(d) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 78o(d))) or an en-15
547	547	tity described in subsection (e)(2), a list of the 16
548	548	beneficial owners (as defined in paragraph 17
549	549	(4)(A)) of the entity that— 18
550	550	‘‘(i) identifies each beneficial owner by 19
551	551	name and current residential or business 20
552	552	street address; and 21
553	553	‘‘(ii) if any beneficial owner exercises 22
554	554	control over the entity through another 23
555	555	legal entity, such as a corporation, partner-24
556	556	ship, limited liability company, or trust, 25
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559	559	•S 512 IS
560	560	identifies each such other legal entity and 1
561	561	each such beneficial owner who will use 2
562	562	that other entity to exercise control over 3
563	563	the entity. 4
564	564	‘‘(B) The amount of each campaign-related 5
565	565	disbursement made by such organization during 6
566	566	the period covered by the statement of more 7
567	567	than $1,000, and the name and address of the 8
568	568	person to whom the disbursement was made. 9
569	569	‘‘(C) In the case of a campaign-related dis-10
570	570	bursement that is not a covered transfer, the 11
571	571	election to which the campaign-related disburse-12
572	572	ment pertains and if the disbursement is made 13
573	573	for a public communication, the name of any 14
574	574	candidate identified in such communication and 15
575	575	if such communication is in support of or in op-16
576	576	position to the identified candidate. 17
577	577	‘‘(D) A certification by the chief executive 18
578	578	officer or person who is the head of the covered 19
579	579	organization that the campaign-related dis-20
580	580	bursement is not made in cooperation, consulta-21
581	581	tion, or concert with or at the request or sug-22
582	582	gestion of a candidate, authorized committee, or 23
583	583	agent of a candidate, political party, or agent of 24
584	584	a political party. 25
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587	587	•S 512 IS
588	588	‘‘(E)(i) If the covered organization makes 1
589	589	campaign-related disbursements using exclu-2
590	590	sively funds in a campaign-related disbursement 3
591	591	segregated fund, for each payment made to the 4
592	592	account by a person other than the covered or-5
593	593	ganization— 6
594	594	‘‘(I) the name and address of each 7
595	595	person who made such payment to the ac-8
596	596	count during the period covered by the 9
597	597	statement; 10
598	598	‘‘(II) the date and amount of such 11
599	599	payment; and 12
600	600	‘‘(III) the aggregate amount of all 13
601	601	such payments made by the person during 14
602	602	the period beginning on the first day of the 15
603	603	election reporting cycle (or, if earlier, the 16
604	604	period beginning one year before the dis-17
605	605	closure date) and ending on the disclosure 18
606	606	date, 19
607	607	but only if such payment was made by a person 20
608	608	who made payments to the account in an aggre-21
609	609	gate amount of $10,000 or more during the pe-22
610	610	riod beginning on the first day of the election 23
611	611	reporting cycle (or, if earlier, the period begin-24
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614	614	•S 512 IS
615	615	ning one year before the disclosure date) and 1
616	616	ending on the disclosure date. 2
617	617	‘‘(ii) In any calendar year after 2024, sec-3
618	618	tion 315(c)(1)(B) shall apply to the amount de-4
619	619	scribed in clause (i) in the same manner as 5
620	620	such section applies to the limitations estab-6
621	621	lished under subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), 7
622	622	(a)(3), and (h) of such section, except that for 8
623	623	purposes of applying such section to the 9
624	624	amounts described in subsection (b), the ‘base 10
625	625	period’ shall be calendar year 2024. 11
626	626	‘‘(F)(i) If the covered organization makes 12
627	627	campaign-related disbursements using funds 13
628	628	other than funds in a campaign-related dis-14
629	629	bursement segregated fund, for each payment 15
630	630	to the covered organization— 16
631	631	‘‘(I) the name and address of each 17
632	632	person who made such payment during the 18
633	633	period covered by the statement; 19
634	634	‘‘(II) the date and amount of such 20
635	635	payment; and 21
636	636	‘‘(III) the aggregate amount of all 22
637	637	such payments made by the person during 23
638	638	the period beginning on the first day of the 24
639	639	election reporting cycle (or, if earlier, the 25
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642	642	•S 512 IS
643	643	period beginning one year before the dis-1
644	644	closure date) and ending on the disclosure 2
645	645	date, 3
646	646	but only if such payment was made by a person 4
647	647	who made payments to the covered organization 5
648	648	in an aggregate amount of $10,000 or more 6
649	649	during the period beginning on the first day of 7
650	650	the election reporting cycle (or, if earlier, the 8
651	651	period beginning one year before the disclosure 9
652	652	date) and ending on the disclosure date. 10
653	653	‘‘(ii) In any calendar year after 2024, sec-11
654	654	tion 315(c)(1)(B) shall apply to the amount de-12
655	655	scribed in clause (i) in the same manner as 13
656	656	such section applies to the limitations estab-14
657	657	lished under subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), 15
658	658	(a)(3), and (h) of such section, except that for 16
659	659	purposes of applying such section to the 17
660	660	amounts described in subsection (b), the ‘base 18
661	661	period’ shall be calendar year 2024. 19
662	662	‘‘(G) Such other information as required in 20
663	663	rules established by the Commission to promote 21
664	664	the purposes of this section. 22
665	665	‘‘(3) E
666	666	XCEPTIONS.— 23
667	667	‘‘(A) A
668	668	MOUNTS RECEIVED IN ORDINARY 24
669	669	COURSE OF BUSINESS.—The requirement to in-25
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672	672	•S 512 IS
673	673	clude in a statement filed under paragraph (1) 1
674	674	the information described in paragraph (2) 2
675	675	shall not apply to amounts received by the cov-3
676	676	ered organization in commercial transactions in 4
677	677	the ordinary course of any trade or business 5
678	678	conducted by the covered organization or in the 6
679	679	form of investments (other than investments by 7
680	680	the principal shareholder in a limited liability 8
681	681	corporation) in the covered organization. For 9
682	682	purposes of this subparagraph, amounts re-10
683	683	ceived by a covered organization as remittances 11
684	684	from an employee to the employee’s collective 12
685	685	bargaining representative shall be treated as 13
686	686	amounts received in commercial transactions in 14
687	687	the ordinary course of the business conducted 15
688	688	by the covered organization. 16
689	689	‘‘(B) D
690	690	ONOR RESTRICTION ON USE OF 17
691	691	FUNDS.—The requirement to include in a state-18
692	692	ment submitted under paragraph (1) the infor-19
693	693	mation described in subparagraph (F) of para-20
694	694	graph (2) shall not apply if— 21
695	695	‘‘(i) the person described in such sub-22
696	696	paragraph prohibited, in writing, the use of 23
697	697	the payment made by such person for cam-24
698	698	paign-related disbursements; and 25
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701	701	•S 512 IS
702	702	‘‘(ii) the covered organization agreed 1
703	703	to follow the prohibition and deposited the 2
704	704	payment in an account which is segregated 3
705	705	from a campaign-related disbursement seg-4
706	706	regated fund and any other account used 5
707	707	to make campaign-related disbursements. 6
708	708	‘‘(C) T
709	709	HREAT OF HARASSMENT OR RE -7
710	710	PRISAL.—The requirement to include any infor-8
711	711	mation relating to the name or address of any 9
712	712	person (other than a candidate) in a statement 10
713	713	submitted under paragraph (1) shall not apply 11
714	714	if the inclusion of the information would subject 12
715	715	the person to serious threats, harassment, or 13
716	716	reprisals. 14
717	717	‘‘(4) O
718	718	THER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 15
719	719	this section: 16
720	720	‘‘(A) B
721	721	ENEFICIAL OWNER DEFINED .— 17
722	722	‘‘(i) I
723	723	N GENERAL.—Except as pro-18
724	724	vided in clause (ii), the term ‘beneficial 19
725	725	owner’ means, with respect to any entity, 20
726	726	a natural person who, directly or indi-21
727	727	rectly— 22
728	728	‘‘(I) exercises substantial control 23
729	729	over an entity through ownership, vot-24
730	730	ing rights, agreement, or otherwise; or 25
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733	733	•S 512 IS
734	734	‘‘(II) has a substantial interest in 1
735	735	or receives substantial economic bene-2
736	736	fits from the assets of an entity. 3
737	737	‘‘(ii) E
738	738	XCEPTIONS.—The term ‘bene-4
739	739	ficial owner’ shall not include— 5
740	740	‘‘(I) a minor child; 6
741	741	‘‘(II) a person acting as a nomi-7
742	742	nee, intermediary, custodian, or agent 8
743	743	on behalf of another person; 9
744	744	‘‘(III) a person acting solely as 10
745	745	an employee of an entity and whose 11
746	746	control over or economic benefits from 12
747	747	the entity derives solely from the em-13
748	748	ployment status of the person; 14
749	749	‘‘(IV) a person whose only inter-15
750	750	est in an entity is through a right of 16
751	751	inheritance, unless the person also 17
752	752	meets the requirements of clause (i); 18
753	753	or 19
754	754	‘‘(V) a creditor of an entity, un-20
755	755	less the creditor also meets the re-21
756	756	quirements of clause (i). 22
757	757	‘‘(iii) A
758	758	NTI-ABUSE RULE.—The excep-23
759	759	tions under clause (ii) shall not apply if 24
760	760	used for the purpose of evading, circum-25
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763	763	•S 512 IS
764	764	venting, or abusing the provisions of clause 1
765	765	(i) or paragraph (2)(A). 2
766	766	‘‘(B) C
767	767	AMPAIGN-RELATED DISBURSEMENT 3
768	768	SEGREGATED FUND .—The term ‘campaign-re-4
769	769	lated disbursement segregated fund’ means a 5
770	770	segregated bank account consisting of funds 6
771	771	that were paid directly to such account by per-7
772	772	sons other than the covered organization that 8
773	773	controls the account. 9
774	774	‘‘(C) D
775	775	ISCLOSURE DATE.—The term ‘dis-10
776	776	closure date’ means— 11
777	777	‘‘(i) the first date during any election 12
778	778	reporting cycle by which a person has 13
779	779	made campaign-related disbursements ag-14
780	780	gregating more than $10,000; and 15
781	781	‘‘(ii) any other date during such elec-16
782	782	tion reporting cycle by which a person has 17
783	783	made campaign-related disbursements ag-18
784	784	gregating more than $10,000 since the 19
785	785	most recent disclosure date for such elec-20
786	786	tion reporting cycle. 21
787	787	‘‘(D) E
788	788	LECTION REPORTING CYCLE .—The 22
789	789	term ‘election reporting cycle’ means the 2-year 23
790	790	period beginning on the date of the most recent 24
791	791	general election for Federal office. 25
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794	794	•S 512 IS
795	795	‘‘(E) PAYMENT.—The term ‘payment’ in-1
796	796	cludes any contribution, donation, transfer, pay-2
797	797	ment of dues, or other payment. 3
798	798	‘‘(b) C
799	799	OORDINATIONWITHOTHERPROVISIONS.— 4
800	800	‘‘(1) O
801	801	THER REPORTS FILED WITH THE COM -5
802	802	MISSION.—Information included in a statement filed 6
803	803	under this section may be excluded from statements 7
804	804	and reports filed under section 304. 8
805	805	‘‘(2) T
806	806	REATMENT AS SEPARATE SEGREGATED 9
807	807	FUND.—A campaign-related disbursement seg-10
808	808	regated fund may be treated as a separate seg-11
809	809	regated fund for purposes of section 527(f)(3) of the 12
810	810	Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 13
811	811	‘‘(c) F
812	812	ILING.—Statements required to be filed under 14
813	813	subsection (a) shall be subject to the requirements of sec-15
814	814	tion 304(d) to the same extent and in the same manner 16
815	815	as if such reports had been required under subsection (c) 17
816	816	or (g) of section 304. 18
817	817	‘‘(d) C
818	818	AMPAIGN-RELATED DISBURSEMENT DE-19
819	819	FINED.— 20
820	820	‘‘(1) I
821	821	N GENERAL.—In this section, the term 21
822	822	‘campaign-related disbursement’ means a disburse-22
823	823	ment by a covered organization for any of the fol-23
824	824	lowing: 24
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827	827	•S 512 IS
828	828	‘‘(A) An independent expenditure which ex-1
829	829	pressly advocates the election or defeat of a 2
830	830	clearly identified candidate for election for Fed-3
831	831	eral office, or is the functional equivalent of ex-4
832	832	press advocacy because, when taken as a whole, 5
833	833	it can be interpreted by a reasonable person 6
834	834	only as advocating the election or defeat of a 7
835	835	candidate for election for Federal office. 8
836	836	‘‘(B) An applicable public communication. 9
837	837	‘‘(C) An electioneering communication, as 10
838	838	defined in section 304(f)(3). 11
839	839	‘‘(D) A covered transfer. 12
840	840	‘‘(2) A
841	841	PPLICABLE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS .— 13
842	842	‘‘(A) I
843	843	N GENERAL.—The term ‘applicable 14
844	844	public communication’ means any public com-15
845	845	munication that refers to a clearly identified 16
846	846	candidate for election for Federal office and 17
847	847	which promotes or supports the election of a 18
848	848	candidate for that office, or attacks or opposes 19
849	849	the election of a candidate for that office, with-20
850	850	out regard to whether the communication ex-21
851	851	pressly advocates a vote for or against a can-22
852	852	didate for that office. 23
853	853	‘‘(B) E
854	854	XCEPTION.—Such term shall not in-24
855	855	clude any news story, commentary, or editorial 25
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858	858	•S 512 IS
859	859	distributed through the facilities of any broad-1
860	860	casting station or any print, online, or digital 2
861	861	newspaper, magazine, publication, or periodical, 3
862	862	unless such facilities are owned or controlled by 4
863	863	any political party, political committee, or can-5
864	864	didate. 6
865	865	‘‘(e) C
866	866	OVEREDORGANIZATIONDEFINED.—In this 7
867	867	section, the term ‘covered organization’ means any of the 8
868	868	following: 9
869	869	‘‘(1) A corporation (other than an organization 10
870	870	described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-11
871	871	enue Code of 1986). 12
872	872	‘‘(2) A limited liability corporation that is not 13
873	873	otherwise treated as a corporation for purposes of 14
874	874	this Act (other than an organization described in 15
875	875	section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 16
876	876	1986). 17
877	877	‘‘(3) An organization described in section 18
878	878	501(c) of such Code and exempt from taxation 19
879	879	under section 501(a) of such Code (other than an 20
880	880	organization described in section 501(c)(3) of such 21
881	881	Code). 22
882	882	‘‘(4) A labor organization (as defined in section 23
883	883	316(b)). 24
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886	886	•S 512 IS
887	887	‘‘(5) Any political organization under section 1
888	888	527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, other 2
889	889	than a political committee under this Act (except as 3
890	890	provided in paragraph (6)). 4
891	891	‘‘(6) A political committee with an account that 5
892	892	accepts donations or contributions that do not com-6
893	893	ply with the contribution limits or source prohibi-7
894	894	tions under this Act, but only with respect to such 8
895	895	accounts. 9
896	896	‘‘(f) C
897	897	OVEREDTRANSFERDEFINED.— 10
898	898	‘‘(1) I
899	899	N GENERAL.—In this section, the term 11
900	900	‘covered transfer’ means any transfer or payment of 12
901	901	funds by a covered organization to another person if 13
902	902	the covered organization— 14
903	903	‘‘(A) designates, requests, or suggests that 15
904	904	the amounts be used for— 16
905	905	‘‘(i) campaign-related disbursements 17
906	906	(other than covered transfers); or 18
907	907	‘‘(ii) making a transfer to another 19
908	908	person for the purpose of making or pay-20
909	909	ing for such campaign-related disburse-21
910	910	ments; 22
911	911	‘‘(B) made such transfer or payment in re-23
912	912	sponse to a solicitation or other request for a 24
913	913	donation or payment for— 25
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917	917	‘‘(i) the making of or paying for cam-1
918	918	paign-related disbursements (other than 2
919	919	covered transfers); or 3
920	920	‘‘(ii) making a transfer to another 4
921	921	person for the purpose of making or pay-5
922	922	ing for such campaign-related disburse-6
923	923	ments; 7
924	924	‘‘(C) engaged in discussions with the re-8
925	925	cipient of the transfer or payment regarding— 9
926	926	‘‘(i) the making of or paying for cam-10
927	927	paign-related disbursements (other than 11
928	928	covered transfers); or 12
929	929	‘‘(ii) donating or transferring any 13
930	930	amount of such transfer or payment to an-14
931	931	other person for the purpose of making or 15
932	932	paying for such campaign-related disburse-16
933	933	ments; or 17
934	934	‘‘(D) knew or had reason to know that the 18
935	935	person receiving the transfer or payment would 19
936	936	make campaign-related disbursements in an ag-20
937	937	gregate amount of $50,000 or more during the 21
938	938	2-year period beginning on the date of the 22
939	939	transfer or payment. 23
940	940	‘‘(2) E
941	941	XCLUSIONS.—The term ‘covered transfer’ 24
942	942	does not include any of the following: 25
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945	945	•S 512 IS
946	946	‘‘(A) A disbursement made by a covered 1
947	947	organization in a commercial transaction in the 2
948	948	ordinary course of any trade or business con-3
949	949	ducted by the covered organization or in the 4
950	950	form of investments made by the covered orga-5
951	951	nization. 6
952	952	‘‘(B) A disbursement made by a covered 7
953	953	organization if— 8
954	954	‘‘(i) the covered organization prohib-9
955	955	ited, in writing, the use of such disburse-10
956	956	ment for campaign-related disbursements; 11
957	957	and 12
958	958	‘‘(ii) the recipient of the disbursement 13
959	959	agreed to follow the prohibition and depos-14
960	960	ited the disbursement in an account which 15
961	961	is segregated from a campaign-related dis-16
962	962	bursement segregated fund and any other 17
963	963	account used to make campaign-related 18
964	964	disbursements. 19
965	965	‘‘(3) S
966	966	PECIAL RULE REGARDING TRANSFERS 20
967	967	AMONG AFFILIATES.— 21
968	968	‘‘(A) S
969	969	PECIAL RULE.—A transfer of an 22
970	970	amount by one covered organization to another 23
971	971	covered organization which is treated as a 24
972	972	transfer between affiliates under subparagraph 25
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976	976	(C) shall be considered a covered transfer by 1
977	977	the covered organization which transfers the 2
978	978	amount only if the aggregate amount trans-3
979	979	ferred during the year by such covered organi-4
980	980	zation to that same covered organization is 5
981	981	equal to or greater than $50,000. 6
982	982	‘‘(B) D
983	983	ETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF 7
984	984	CERTAIN PAYMENTS AMONG AFFILIATES .—In 8
985	985	determining the amount of a transfer between 9
986	986	affiliates for purposes of subparagraph (A), to 10
987	987	the extent that the transfer consists of funds 11
988	988	attributable to dues, fees, or assessments which 12
989	989	are paid by individuals on a regular, periodic 13
990	990	basis in accordance with a per-individual cal-14
991	991	culation which is made on a regular basis, the 15
992	992	transfer shall be attributed to the individuals 16
993	993	paying the dues, fees, or assessments and shall 17
994	994	not be attributed to the covered organization. 18
995	995	‘‘(C) D
996	996	ESCRIPTION OF TRANSFERS BE -19
997	997	TWEEN AFFILIATES .—A transfer of amounts 20
998	998	from one covered organization to another cov-21
999	999	ered organization shall be treated as a transfer 22
1000	1000	between affiliates if— 23
1001	1001	‘‘(i) one of the organizations is an af-24
1002	1002	filiate of the other organization; or 25
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1006	1006	‘‘(ii) each of the organizations is an 1
1007	1007	affiliate of the same organization, 2
1008	1008	except that the transfer shall not be treated as 3
1009	1009	a transfer between affiliates if one of the orga-4
1010	1010	nizations is established for the purpose of mak-5
1011	1011	ing campaign-related disbursements. 6
1012	1012	‘‘(D) D
1013	1013	ETERMINATION OF AFFILIATE STA -7
1014	1014	TUS.—For purposes of subparagraph (C), a 8
1015	1015	covered organization is an affiliate of another 9
1016	1016	covered organization if— 10
1017	1017	‘‘(i) the governing instrument of the 11
1018	1018	organization requires it to be bound by de-12
1019	1019	cisions of the other organization; 13
1020	1020	‘‘(ii) the governing board of the orga-14
1021	1021	nization includes persons who are specifi-15
1022	1022	cally designated representatives of the 16
1023	1023	other organization or are members of the 17
1024	1024	governing board, officers, or paid executive 18
1025	1025	staff members of the other organization, or 19
1026	1026	whose service on the governing board is 20
1027	1027	contingent upon the approval of the other 21
1028	1028	organization; or 22
1029	1029	‘‘(iii) the organization is chartered by 23
1030	1030	the other organization. 24
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1034	1034	‘‘(E) COVERAGE OF TRANSFERS TO AF -1
1035	1035	FILIATED SECTION 501(c)(3) ORGANIZA-2
1036	1036	TIONS.—This paragraph shall apply with re-3
1037	1037	spect to an amount transferred by a covered or-4
1038	1038	ganization to an organization described in para-5
1039	1039	graph (3) of section 501(c) of the Internal Rev-6
1040	1040	enue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 7
1041	1041	section 501(a) of such Code in the same man-8
1042	1042	ner as this paragraph applies to an amount 9
1043	1043	transferred by a covered organization to an-10
1044	1044	other covered organization. 11
1045	1045	‘‘(g) N
1046	1046	OEFFECT ONOTHERREPORTINGREQUIRE-12
1047	1047	MENTS.—Except as provided in subsection (b)(1), nothing 13
1048	1048	in this section shall be construed to waive or otherwise 14
1049	1049	affect any other requirement of this Act which relates to 15
1050	1050	the reporting of campaign-related disbursements.’’. 16
1051	1051	(b) C
1052	1052	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 304(f)(6) 17
1053	1053	of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104) is amended by striking 18
1054	1054	‘‘Any requirement’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 19
1055	1055	section 324(b), any requirement’’. 20
1056	1056	(c) R
1057	1057	EGULATIONS.—Not later than 6 months after 21
1058	1058	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Election 22
1059	1059	Commission shall promulgate regulations relating the ap-23
1060	1060	plication of the exemption under section 324(a)(3)(C) of 24
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1064	1064	the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (as added by 1
1065	1065	subsection (a)). Such regulations— 2
1066	1066	(1) shall require that the legal burden of estab-3
1067	1067	lishing eligibility for such exemption is upon the or-4
1068	1068	ganization required to make the report required 5
1069	1069	under section 324(a)(1) of such Act (as added by 6
1070	1070	subsection (a)), and 7
1071	1071	(2) shall be consistent with the principles ap-8
1072	1072	plied in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commis-9
1073	1073	sion, 558 U.S. 310 (2010). 10
1074	1074	SEC. 202. REPORTING OF FEDERAL JUDICIAL NOMINATION 11
1075	1075	DISBURSEMENTS. 12
1076	1076	(a) F
1077	1077	INDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-13
1078	1078	ings: 14
1079	1079	(1) A fair and impartial judiciary is critical for 15
1080	1080	our democracy and crucial to maintain the faith of 16
1081	1081	the people of the United States in the justice sys-17
1082	1082	tem. As the Supreme Court held in Caperton v. 18
1083	1083	Massey, ‘‘there is a serious risk of actual bias— 19
1084	1084	based on objective and reasonable perceptions— 20
1085	1085	when a person with a personal stake in a particular 21
1086	1086	case had a significant and disproportionate influence 22
1087	1087	in placing the judge on the case.’’(Caperton v. A. T. 23
1088	1088	Massey Coal Co., 556 U.S. 868, 884 (2009)). 24
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1091	1091	•S 512 IS
1092	1092	(2) Public trust in government is at a historic 1
1093	1093	low. According to polling, most Americans believe 2
1094	1094	that corporations have too much power and influence 3
1095	1095	in politics and the courts. 4
1096	1096	(3) The prevalence and pervasiveness of dark 5
1097	1097	money drives public concern about corruption in pol-6
1098	1098	itics and the courts. Dark money is funding for or-7
1099	1099	ganizations and political activities that cannot be 8
1100	1100	traced to actual donors. It is made possible by loop-9
1101	1101	holes in our tax laws and regulations, weak oversight 10
1102	1102	by the Internal Revenue Service, and donor-friendly 11
1103	1103	court decisions. 12
1104	1104	(4) Under current law, ‘‘social welfare’’ organi-13
1105	1105	zations and business leagues can use funds to influ-14
1106	1106	ence elections so long as political activity is not their 15
1107	1107	‘‘primary’’ activity. Super PACs can accept and 16
1108	1108	spend unlimited contributions from any non-foreign 17
1109	1109	source. These groups can spend tens of millions of 18
1110	1110	dollars on political activities. Such dark money 19
1111	1111	groups spent an estimated $1,050,000,000 in the 20
1112	1112	2020 election cycle. 21
1113	1113	(5) Dark money is used to shape judicial deci-22
1114	1114	sion making. This can take many forms, akin to 23
1115	1115	agency capture: influencing judicial selection by con-24
1116	1116	trolling who gets nominated and funding candidate 25
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1119	1119	•S 512 IS
1120	1120	advertisements; creating public relations campaigns 1
1121	1121	aimed at mobilizing the judiciary around particular 2
1122	1122	issues; and drafting law review articles, amicus 3
1123	1123	briefs, and other products which tell judges how to 4
1124	1124	decide a given case and provide ready-made argu-5
1125	1125	ments for willing judges to adopt. 6
1126	1126	(6) Over the past decade, nonprofit organiza-7
1127	1127	tions that do not disclose their donors have spent 8
1128	1128	hundreds of millions of dollars to influence the nomi-9
1129	1129	nation and confirmation process for Federal judges. 10
1130	1130	One organization alone has spent nearly 11
1131	1131	$40,000,000 on advertisements supporting or oppos-12
1132	1132	ing Supreme Court nominees since 2016. 13
1133	1133	(7) Anonymous money spent on judicial nomi-14
1134	1134	nations is not subject to any disclosure require-15
1135	1135	ments. Federal election laws only regulate contribu-16
1136	1136	tions and expenditures relating to electoral politics; 17
1137	1137	thus, expenditures, contributions, and advocacy ef-18
1138	1138	forts for Federal judgeships are not covered under 19
1139	1139	the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. With-20
1140	1140	out more disclosure, the public has no way of know-21
1141	1141	ing whether the people spending money supporting 22
1142	1142	or opposing judicial nominations have business be-23
1143	1143	fore the courts. 24
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1146	1146	•S 512 IS
1147	1147	(8) Congress and the American people have a 1
1148	1148	compelling interest in knowing who is funding these 2
1149	1149	campaigns to select and confirm judges to lifetime 3
1150	1150	appointments on the Federal bench. 4
1151	1151	(b) R
1152	1152	EPORTING.—Section 324 of the Federal Elec-5
1153	1153	tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30126), as amend-6
1154	1154	ed by section 201, is amended by redesignating subsection 7
1155	1155	(g) as subsection (h) and by inserting after subsection (f) 8
1156	1156	the following new subsection: 9
1157	1157	‘‘(g) A
1158	1158	PPLICATION TOFEDERALJUDICIALNOMINA-10
1159	1159	TIONS.— 11
1160	1160	‘‘(1) I
1161	1161	N GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-12
1162	1162	tion— 13
1163	1163	‘‘(A) a disbursement by a covered organi-14
1164	1164	zation for a Federal judicial nomination com-15
1165	1165	munication shall be treated as a campaign-re-16
1166	1166	lated disbursement; and 17
1167	1167	‘‘(B) in the case of campaign-related dis-18
1168	1168	bursements which are for Federal judicial nomi-19
1169	1169	nation communications— 20
1170	1170	‘‘(i) the dollar amounts in paragraphs 21
1171	1171	(1) and (2) of subsection (a) shall be ap-22
1172	1172	plied separately with respect to such dis-23
1173	1173	bursements and other campaign-related 24
1174	1174	disbursements; 25
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1178	1178	‘‘(ii) the election reporting cycle shall 1
1179	1179	be the calendar year in which the disburse-2
1180	1180	ment for the Federal judicial nomination 3
1181	1181	communication is made; 4
1182	1182	‘‘(iii) references to a candidate in sub-5
1183	1183	sections (a)(2)(C), (a)(2)(D), and 6
1184	1184	(a)(3)(C) shall be treated as references to 7
1185	1185	a nominee for a Federal judge or justice; 8
1186	1186	‘‘(iv) the reference to an election in 9
1187	1187	subsection (a)(2)(C) shall be treated as a 10
1188	1188	reference to the nomination of such nomi-11
1189	1189	nee. 12
1190	1190	‘‘(2) F
1191	1191	EDERAL JUDICIAL NOMINATION COMMU -13
1192	1192	NICATION.— 14
1193	1193	‘‘(A) I
1194	1194	N GENERAL.—The term ‘Federal ju-15
1195	1195	dicial nomination communication’ means any 16
1196	1196	communication— 17
1197	1197	‘‘(i) that is by means of any broad-18
1198	1198	cast, cable, or satellite, paid internet, or 19
1199	1199	paid digital communication, paid pro-20
1200	1200	motion, newspaper, magazine, outdoor ad-21
1201	1201	vertising facility, mass mailing, telephone 22
1202	1202	bank, telephone messaging effort of more 23
1203	1203	than 500 substantially similar calls or elec-24
1204	1204	tronic messages within a 30-day period, or 25
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1208	1208	any other form of general public political 1
1209	1209	advertising; and 2
1210	1210	‘‘(ii) which promotes, supports, at-3
1211	1211	tacks, or opposes the nomination or Senate 4
1212	1212	confirmation of an individual as a Federal 5
1213	1213	judge or justice. 6
1214	1214	‘‘(B) E
1215	1215	XCEPTION.—Such term shall not in-7
1216	1216	clude any news story, commentary, or editorial 8
1217	1217	distributed through the facilities of any broad-9
1218	1218	casting station or any print, online, or digital 10
1219	1219	newspaper, magazine, publication, or periodical, 11
1220	1220	unless such facilities are owned or controlled by 12
1221	1221	any political party, political committee, or can-13
1222	1222	didate. 14
1223	1223	‘‘(C) I
1224	1224	NTENT NOT REQUIRED .—A disburse-15
1225	1225	ment for an item described in subparagraph (A) 16
1226	1226	shall be treated as a disbursement for a Federal 17
1227	1227	judicial nomination communication regardless 18
1228	1228	of the intent of the person making the disburse-19
1229	1229	ment.’’. 20
1230	1230	SEC. 203. COORDINATION WITH FINCEN. 21
1231	1231	(a) I
1232	1232	NGENERAL.—The Director of the Financial 22
1233	1233	Crimes Enforcement Network of the Department of the 23
1234	1234	Treasury shall provide the Federal Election Commission 24
1235	1235	with such information as necessary to assist in admin-25
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1239	1239	istering and enforcing section 324 of the Federal Election 1
1240	1240	Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by this title. 2
1241	1241	(b) R
1242	1242	EPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 3
1243	1243	of the enactment of this Act, the Chairman of the Federal 4
1244	1244	Election Commission, in consultation with the Director of 5
1245	1245	the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the De-6
1246	1246	partment of the Treasury, shall submit to Congress a re-7
1247	1247	port with recommendations for providing further legisla-8
1248	1248	tive authority to assist in the administration and enforce-9
1249	1249	ment of such section 324. 10
1250	1250	SEC. 204. APPLICATION OF FOREIGN MONEY BAN TO DIS-11
1251	1251	BURSEMENTS FOR CAMPAIGN-RELATED DIS-12
1252	1252	BURSEMENTS CONSISTING OF COVERED 13
1253	1253	TRANSFERS. 14
1254	1254	Section 319(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign 15
1255	1255	Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121(a)(1)(A)), as amended by 16
1256	1256	section 101, is amended— 17
1257	1257	(1) by striking ‘‘includes any disbursement’’ 18
1258	1258	and inserting ‘‘includes— 19
1259	1259	‘‘(A) any disbursement’’; 20
1260	1260	(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-21
1261	1261	ing ‘‘; and’’, and 22
1262	1262	(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-23
1263	1263	paragraph: 24
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1267	1267	‘‘(B) any disbursement, other than a dis-1
1268	1268	bursement described in section 324(a)(3)(A), to 2
1269	1269	another person who made a campaign-related 3
1270	1270	disbursement consisting of a covered transfer 4
1271	1271	(as described in section 324) during the 2-year 5
1272	1272	period ending on the date of the disburse-6
1273	1273	ment.’’. 7
1274	1274	SEC. 205. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING IMPLEMENTA-8
1275	1275	TION. 9
1276	1276	It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Election 10
1277	1277	Commission should simplify the process for filing any dis-11
1278	1278	closure required under the provisions of, and amendments 12
1279	1279	made by, this title in order to ensure that such process 13
1280	1280	is as easy and accessible as possible. 14
1281	1281	SEC. 206. EFFECTIVE DATE. 15
1282	1282	The amendments made by this title shall apply with 16
1283	1283	respect to disbursements made on or after January 1, 17
1284	1284	2024, and shall take effect without regard to whether or 18
1285	1285	not the Federal Election Commission has promulgated 19
1286	1286	regulations to carry out such amendments. 20
1287	1287	TITLE III—OTHER 21
1288	1288	ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS 22
1289	1289	SEC. 301. PETITION FOR CERTIORARI. 23
1290	1290	Section 307(a)(6) of the Federal Election Campaign 24
1291	1291	Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30107(a)(6)) is amended by in-25
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1295	1295	serting ‘‘(including a proceeding before the Supreme 1
1296	1296	Court on certiorari)’’ after ‘‘appeal’’. 2
1297	1297	SEC. 302. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ACTIONS RELATED TO CAM-3
1298	1298	PAIGN FINANCE LAWS. 4
1299	1299	(a) I
1300	1300	NGENERAL.—Title IV of the Federal Election 5
1301	1301	Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30141 et seq.) is 6
1302	1302	amended by inserting after section 406 the following new 7
1303	1303	section: 8
1304	1304	‘‘SEC. 407. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 9
1305	1305	‘‘(a) I
1306	1306	NGENERAL.—If any action is brought for de-10
1307	1307	claratory or injunctive relief to challenge, whether facially 11
1308	1308	or as-applied, the constitutionality or lawfulness of any 12
1309	1309	provision of this Act, including title V, or of chapter 95 13
1310	1310	or 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or is brought 14
1311	1311	to with respect to any action of the Commission under 15
1312	1312	chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 16
1313	1313	the following rules shall apply: 17
1314	1314	‘‘(1) The action shall be filed in the United 18
1315	1315	States District Court for the District of Columbia 19
1316	1316	and an appeal from the decision of the district court 20
1317	1317	may be taken to the Court of Appeals for the Dis-21
1318	1318	trict of Columbia Circuit. 22
1319	1319	‘‘(2) In the case of an action relating to declar-23
1320	1320	atory or injunctive relief to challenge the constitu-24
1321	1321	tionality of a provision, the party filing the action 25
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1325	1325	shall concurrently deliver a copy of the complaint to 1
1326	1326	the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the 2
1327	1327	Secretary of the Senate. 3
1328	1328	‘‘(3) It shall be the duty of the United States 4
1329	1329	District Court for the District of Columbia and the 5
1330	1330	Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Cir-6
1331	1331	cuit to advance on the docket and to expedite to the 7
1332	1332	greatest possible extent the disposition of the action 8
1333	1333	and appeal. 9
1334	1334	‘‘(b) C
1335	1335	LARIFYINGSCOPE OFJURISDICTION.—If an 10
1336	1336	action at the time of its commencement is not subject to 11
1337	1337	subsection (a), but an amendment, counterclaim, cross- 12
1338	1338	claim, affirmative defense, or any other pleading or motion 13
1339	1339	is filed challenging, whether facially or as-applied, the con-14
1340	1340	stitutionality or lawfulness of this Act or of chapter 95 15
1341	1341	or 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or is brought 16
1342	1342	to with respect to any action of the Commission under 17
1343	1343	chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 18
1344	1344	the district court shall transfer the action to the District 19
1345	1345	Court for the District of Columbia, and the action shall 20
1346	1346	thereafter be conducted pursuant to subsection (a). 21
1347	1347	‘‘(c) I
1348	1348	NTERVENTION BY MEMBERS OFCONGRESS.— 22
1349	1349	In any action described in subsection (a) relating to de-23
1350	1350	claratory or injunctive relief to challenge the constitu-24
1351	1351	tionality of a provision, any Member of the House of Rep-25
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1355	1355	resentatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commis-1
1356	1356	sioner to the Congress) or Senate shall have the right to 2
1357	1357	intervene either in support of or opposition to the position 3
1358	1358	of a party to the case regarding the constitutionality of 4
1359	1359	the provision. To avoid duplication of efforts and reduce 5
1360	1360	the burdens placed on the parties to the action, the court 6
1361	1361	in any such action may make such orders as it considers 7
1362	1362	necessary, including orders to require interveners taking 8
1363	1363	similar positions to file joint papers or to be represented 9
1364	1364	by a single attorney at oral argument. 10
1365	1365	‘‘(d) C
1366	1366	HALLENGE BYMEMBERS OFCONGRESS.—Any 11
1367	1367	Member of Congress may bring an action, subject to the 12
1368	1368	special rules described in subsection (a), for declaratory 13
1369	1369	or injunctive relief to challenge, whether facially or as-ap-14
1370	1370	plied, the constitutionality of any provision of this Act or 15
1371	1371	chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 16
1372	1372	(b) C
1373	1373	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 17
1374	1374	(1) Section 9011 of the Internal Revenue Code 18
1375	1375	of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 19
1376	1376	‘‘SEC. 9011. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 20
1377	1377	‘‘For provisions relating to judicial review of certifi-21
1378	1378	cations, determinations, and actions by the Commission 22
1379	1379	under this chapter, see section 407 of the Federal Election 23
1380	1380	Campaign Act of 1971.’’. 24
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1384	1384	(2) Section 9041 of the Internal Revenue Code 1
1385	1385	of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 2
1386	1386	‘‘SEC. 9041. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 3
1387	1387	‘‘For provisions relating to judicial review of actions 4
1388	1388	by the Commission under this chapter, see section 407 of 5
1389	1389	the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.’’. 6
1390	1390	(3) Section 310 of the Federal Election Cam-7
1391	1391	paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30110) is repealed. 8
1392	1392	(4) Section 403 of the Bipartisan Campaign 9
1393	1393	Reform Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 30110 note) is re-10
1394	1394	pealed. 11
1395	1395	SEC. 303. EFFECTIVE DATE. 12
1396	1396	The amendments made by this title shall take effect 13
1397	1397	and apply on the date of the enactment of this Act, with-14
1398	1398	out regard to whether or not the Federal Election Com-15
1399	1399	mission has promulgated regulations to carry out this title 16
1400	1400	and the amendments made by this title. 17
1401	1401	TITLE IV—STAND BY EVERY AD 18
1402	1402	SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 19
1403	1403	This title may be cited as the ‘‘Stand By Every Ad 20
1404	1404	Act’’. 21
1405	1405	SEC. 402. STAND BY EVERY AD. 22
1406	1406	(a) E
1407	1407	XPANDEDDISCLAIMERREQUIREMENTS FOR 23
1408	1408	C
1409	1409	ERTAINCOMMUNICATIONS.—Section 318 of the Federal 24
1410	1410	Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30120) is 25
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1414	1414	amended by adding at the end the following new sub-1
1415	1415	section: 2
1416	1416	‘‘(e) E
1417	1417	XPANDEDDISCLAIMERREQUIREMENTS FOR 3
1418	1418	C
1419	1419	OMMUNICATIONS NOTAUTHORIZED BYCANDIDATES OR 4
1420	1420	C
1421	1421	OMMITTEES.— 5
1422	1422	‘‘(1) I
1423	1423	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-6
1424	1424	graph (6), any communication described in para-7
1425	1425	graph (3) of subsection (a) which is transmitted in 8
1426	1426	an audio or video format (including an internet or 9
1427	1427	digital communication), or which is an internet or 10
1428	1428	digital communication transmitted in a text or 11
1429	1429	graphic format, shall include, in addition to the re-12
1430	1430	quirements of paragraph (3) of subsection (a), the 13
1431	1431	following: 14
1432	1432	‘‘(A) The individual disclosure statement 15
1433	1433	described in paragraph (2)(A) (if the person 16
1434	1434	paying for the communication is an individual) 17
1435	1435	or the organizational disclosure statement de-18
1436	1436	scribed in paragraph (2)(B) (if the person pay-19
1437	1437	ing for the communication is not an individual). 20
1438	1438	‘‘(B) If the communication is transmitted 21
1439	1439	in a video format, or is an internet or digital 22
1440	1440	communication which is transmitted in a text or 23
1441	1441	graphic format, and is paid for in whole or in 24
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1445	1445	part with a payment which is treated as a cam-1
1446	1446	paign-related disbursement under section 324— 2
1447	1447	‘‘(i) the Top Five Funders list (if ap-3
1448	1448	plicable); or 4
1449	1449	‘‘(ii) in the case of a communication 5
1450	1450	which, as determined on the basis of cri-6
1451	1451	teria established in regulations issued by 7
1452	1452	the Commission, is of such short duration 8
1453	1453	that including the Top Five Funders list in 9
1454	1454	the communication would constitute a 10
1455	1455	hardship to the person paying for the com-11
1456	1456	munication by requiring a disproportionate 12
1457	1457	amount of the content of the communica-13
1458	1458	tion to consist of the Top Five Funders 14
1459	1459	list, the name of a website which contains 15
1460	1460	the Top Five Funders list (if applicable) 16
1461	1461	or, in the case of an internet or digital 17
1462	1462	communication, a hyperlink to such 18
1463	1463	website. 19
1464	1464	‘‘(C) If the communication is transmitted 20
1465	1465	in an audio format and is paid for in whole or 21
1466	1466	in part with a payment which is treated as a 22
1467	1467	campaign-related disbursement under section 23
1468	1468	324— 24
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1472	1472	‘‘(i) the Top Two Funders list (if ap-1
1473	1473	plicable); or 2
1474	1474	‘‘(ii) in the case of a communication 3
1475	1475	which, as determined on the basis of cri-4
1476	1476	teria established in regulations issued by 5
1477	1477	the Commission, is of such short duration 6
1478	1478	that including the Top Two Funders list in 7
1479	1479	the communication would constitute a 8
1480	1480	hardship to the person paying for the com-9
1481	1481	munication by requiring a disproportionate 10
1482	1482	amount of the content of the communica-11
1483	1483	tion to consist of the Top Two Funders 12
1484	1484	list, the name of a website which contains 13
1485	1485	the Top Two Funders list (if applicable). 14
1486	1486	‘‘(2) D
1487	1487	ISCLOSURE STATEMENTS DESCRIBED .— 15
1488	1488	‘‘(A) I
1489	1489	NDIVIDUAL DISCLOSURE STATE -16
1490	1490	MENTS.—The individual disclosure statement 17
1491	1491	described in this subparagraph is the following: 18
1492	1492	‘I am llllllll , and I approve this 19
1493	1493	message.’, with the blank filled in with the 20
1494	1494	name of the applicable individual. 21
1495	1495	‘‘(B) O
1496	1496	RGANIZATIONAL DISCLOSURE 22
1497	1497	STATEMENTS.—The organizational disclosure 23
1498	1498	statement described in this subparagraph is the 24
1499	1499	following: ‘I am llllllll , the 25
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1503	1503	llllllll of llllllll , and 1
1504	1504	llllllll approves this message.’, 2
1505	1505	with— 3
1506	1506	‘‘(i) the first blank to be filled in with 4
1507	1507	the name of the applicable individual; 5
1508	1508	‘‘(ii) the second blank to be filled in 6
1509	1509	with the title of the applicable individual; 7
1510	1510	and 8
1511	1511	‘‘(iii) the third and fourth blank each 9
1512	1512	to be filled in with the name of the organi-10
1513	1513	zation or other person paying for the com-11
1514	1514	munication. 12
1515	1515	‘‘(3) M
1516	1516	ETHOD OF CONVEYANCE OF STATE -13
1517	1517	MENT.— 14
1518	1518	‘‘(A) C
1519	1519	OMMUNICATIONS IN TEXT OR 15
1520	1520	GRAPHIC FORMAT.—In the case of a commu-16
1521	1521	nication to which this subsection applies which 17
1522	1522	is transmitted in a text or graphic format, the 18
1523	1523	disclosure statements required under paragraph 19
1524	1524	(1) shall appear in letters at least as large as 20
1525	1525	the majority of the text in the communication. 21
1526	1526	‘‘(B) C
1527	1527	OMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTED IN 22
1528	1528	AUDIO FORMAT.—In the case of a communica-23
1529	1529	tion to which this subsection applies which is 24
1530	1530	transmitted in an audio format, the disclosure 25
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1534	1534	statements required under paragraph (1) shall 1
1535	1535	be made by audio by the applicable individual 2
1536	1536	in a clear and conspicuous manner. 3
1537	1537	‘‘(C) C
1538	1538	OMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTED IN 4
1539	1539	VIDEO FORMAT.—In the case of a communica-5
1540	1540	tion to which this subsection applies which is 6
1541	1541	transmitted in a video format, the information 7
1542	1542	required under paragraph (1) shall appear in 8
1543	1543	writing at the end of the communication or in 9
1544	1544	a crawl along the bottom of the communication 10
1545	1545	in a clear and conspicuous manner, with a rea-11
1546	1546	sonable degree of color contrast between the 12
1547	1547	background and the printed statement, for a 13
1548	1548	period of at least 6 seconds. 14
1549	1549	‘‘(4) A
1550	1550	PPLICABLE INDIVIDUAL DEFINED .—The 15
1551	1551	term ‘applicable individual’ means, with respect to a 16
1552	1552	communication to which this subsection applies— 17
1553	1553	‘‘(A) if the communication is paid for by 18
1554	1554	an individual, the individual involved; 19
1555	1555	‘‘(B) if the communication is paid for by a 20
1556	1556	corporation, the chief executive officer of the 21
1557	1557	corporation (or, if the corporation does not have 22
1558	1558	a chief executive officer, the highest ranking of-23
1559	1559	ficial of the corporation); 24
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1563	1563	‘‘(C) if the communication is paid for by a 1
1564	1564	labor organization, the highest ranking officer 2
1565	1565	of the labor organization; and 3
1566	1566	‘‘(D) if the communication is paid for by 4
1567	1567	any other person, the highest ranking official of 5
1568	1568	such person. 6
1569	1569	‘‘(5) T
1570	1570	OP FIVE FUNDERS LIST AND TOP TWO 7
1571	1571	FUNDERS LIST DEFINED .— 8
1572	1572	‘‘(A) T
1573	1573	OP FIVE FUNDERS LIST.—The term 9
1574	1574	‘Top Five Funders list’ means, with respect to 10
1575	1575	a communication which is paid for in whole or 11
1576	1576	in part with a campaign-related disbursement 12
1577	1577	(as defined in section 324), a list of the 5 per-13
1578	1578	sons who, during the 12-month period ending 14
1579	1579	on the date of the disbursement, provided the 15
1580	1580	largest payments of any type in an aggregate 16
1581	1581	amount equal to or exceeding $10,000 to the 17
1582	1582	person who is paying for the communication 18
1583	1583	and the amount of the payments each such per-19
1584	1584	son provided. If 2 or more people provided the 20
1585	1585	fifth largest of such payments, the person pay-21
1586	1586	ing for the communication shall select 1 of 22
1587	1587	those persons to be included on the Top Five 23
1588	1588	Funders list. 24
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1592	1592	‘‘(B) TOP TWO FUNDERS LIST .—The term 1
1593	1593	‘Top Two Funders list’ means, with respect to 2
1594	1594	a communication which is paid for in whole or 3
1595	1595	in part with a campaign-related disbursement 4
1596	1596	(as defined in section 324), a list of the persons 5
1597	1597	who, during the 12-month period ending on the 6
1598	1598	date of the disbursement, provided the largest 7
1599	1599	and the second largest payments of any type in 8
1600	1600	an aggregate amount equal to or exceeding 9
1601	1601	$10,000 to the person who is paying for the 10
1602	1602	communication and the amount of the pay-11
1603	1603	ments each such person provided. If 2 or more 12
1604	1604	persons provided the second largest of such 13
1605	1605	payments, the person paying for the commu-14
1606	1606	nication shall select 1 of those persons to be in-15
1607	1607	cluded on the Top Two Funders list. 16
1608	1608	‘‘(C) E
1609	1609	XCLUSION OF CERTAIN PAY -17
1610	1610	MENTS.—For purposes of subparagraphs (A) 18
1611	1611	and (B), in determining the amount of pay-19
1612	1612	ments made by a person to a person paying for 20
1613	1613	a communication, there shall be excluded the 21
1614	1614	following: 22
1615	1615	‘‘(i) Any amounts provided in the or-23
1616	1616	dinary course of any trade or business con-24
1617	1617	ducted by the person paying for the com-25
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1621	1621	munication or in the form of investments 1
1622	1622	in the person paying for the communica-2
1623	1623	tion. 3
1624	1624	‘‘(ii) Any payment which the person 4
1625	1625	prohibited, in writing, from being used for 5
1626	1626	campaign-related disbursements, but only 6
1627	1627	if the person paying for the communication 7
1628	1628	agreed to follow the prohibition and depos-8
1629	1629	ited the payment in an account which is 9
1630	1630	segregated from a campaign-related dis-10
1631	1631	bursement segregated fund (as defined in 11
1632	1632	section 324) and any other account used to 12
1633	1633	make campaign-related disbursements. 13
1634	1634	‘‘(6) S
1635	1635	PECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN COMMU -14
1636	1636	NICATIONS.— 15
1637	1637	‘‘(A) E
1638	1638	XCEPTION FOR COMMUNICATIONS 16
1639	1639	PAID FOR BY POLITICAL PARTIES AND CERTAIN 17
1640	1640	POLITICAL COMMITTEES .—This subsection does 18
1641	1641	not apply to any communication to which sub-19
1642	1642	section (d)(2) applies. 20
1643	1643	‘‘(B) T
1644	1644	REATMENT OF VIDEO COMMUNICA -21
1645	1645	TIONS LASTING 10 SECONDS OR LESS .—In the 22
1646	1646	case of a communication to which this sub-23
1647	1647	section applies which is transmitted in a video 24
1648	1648	format, or is an internet or digital communica-25
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1652	1652	tion which is transmitted in a text or graphic 1
1653	1653	format, the communication shall meet the fol-2
1654	1654	lowing requirements: 3
1655	1655	‘‘(i) The communication shall include 4
1656	1656	the individual disclosure statement de-5
1657	1657	scribed in paragraph (2)(A) (if the person 6
1658	1658	paying for the communication is an indi-7
1659	1659	vidual) or the organizational disclosure 8
1660	1660	statement described in paragraph (2)(B) 9
1661	1661	(if the person paying for the communica-10
1662	1662	tion is not an individual). 11
1663	1663	‘‘(ii) The statement described in 12
1664	1664	clause (i) shall appear in writing at the 13
1665	1665	end of the communication, or in a crawl 14
1666	1666	along the bottom of the communication, in 15
1667	1667	a clear and conspicuous manner, with a 16
1668	1668	reasonable degree of color contrast between 17
1669	1669	the background and the printed statement, 18
1670	1670	for a period of at least 4 seconds. 19
1671	1671	‘‘(iii) The communication shall in-20
1672	1672	clude, in a clear and conspicuous manner, 21
1673	1673	a website address with a landing page 22
1674	1674	which will provide all of the information 23
1675	1675	described in paragraph (1) with respect to 24
1676	1676	the communication. Such address shall ap-25
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1680	1680	pear for the full duration of the commu-1
1681	1681	nication. 2
1682	1682	‘‘(iv) To the extent that the format in 3
1683	1683	which the communication is made permits 4
1684	1684	the use of a hyperlink, the communication 5
1685	1685	shall include a hyperlink to the website ad-6
1686	1686	dress described in clause (iii).’’. 7
1687	1687	(b) A
1688	1688	PPLICATION OFEXPANDEDREQUIREMENTS TO 8
1689	1689	P
1690	1690	UBLICCOMMUNICATIONS CONSISTING OFCAMPAIGN- 9
1691	1691	R
1692	1692	ELATEDDISBURSEMENTS.— 10
1693	1693	(1) I
1694	1694	N GENERAL.—Section 318(a) of such Act 11
1695	1695	(52 U.S.C. 30120(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for 12
1696	1696	the purpose of financing communications expressly 13
1697	1697	advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identi-14
1698	1698	fied candidate’’ and inserting ‘‘for a campaign-re-15
1699	1699	lated disbursement, as defined in section 324, con-16
1700	1700	sisting of a public communication’’. 17
1701	1701	(2) C
1702	1702	LARIFICATION OF EXEMPTION FROM IN -18
1703	1703	CLUSION OF CANDIDATE DISCLAIMER STATEMENT IN 19
1704	1704	FEDERAL JUDICIAL NOMINATION COMMUNICA -20
1705	1705	TIONS.—Section 318(a)(3) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 21
1706	1706	30120(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall clearly 22
1707	1707	state’’ and inserting ‘‘shall (except in the case of a 23
1708	1708	Federal judicial nomination communication, as de-24
1709	1709	fined in section 324(d)(3)) clearly state’’. 25
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1713	1713	(c) EXCEPTION FORCOMMUNICATIONS PAID FOR BY 1
1714	1714	P
1715	1715	OLITICALPARTIES ANDCERTAINPOLITICALCOMMIT-2
1716	1716	TEES.—Section 318(d)(2) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 3
1717	1717	30120(d)(2)) is amended— 4
1718	1718	(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘
1719	1719	OTHERS’’ and 5
1720	1720	inserting ‘‘
1721	1721	CERTAIN POLITICAL COMMITTEES ’’; 6
1722	1722	(2) by striking ‘‘Any communication’’ and in-7
1723	1723	serting ‘‘(A) Any communication’’; 8
1724	1724	(3) by inserting ‘‘which (except to the extent 9
1725	1725	provided in subparagraph (B)) is paid for by a polit-10
1726	1726	ical committee (including a political committee of a 11
1727	1727	political party) and’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 12
1728	1728	(4) by striking ‘‘or other person’’ each place it 13
1729	1729	appears; and 14
1730	1730	(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-15
1731	1731	paragraph: 16
1732	1732	‘‘(B)(i) This paragraph does not apply to 17
1733	1733	a communication paid for in whole or in part 18
1734	1734	during a calendar year with a campaign-related 19
1735	1735	disbursement, but only if the covered organiza-20
1736	1736	tion making the campaign-related disbursement 21
1737	1737	made campaign-related disbursements (as de-22
1738	1738	fined in section 324) aggregating more than 23
1739	1739	$10,000 during such calendar year. 24
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1742	1742	•S 512 IS
1743	1743	‘‘(ii) For purposes of clause (i), in deter-1
1744	1744	mining the amount of campaign-related dis-2
1745	1745	bursements made by a covered organization 3
1746	1746	during a year, there shall be excluded the fol-4
1747	1747	lowing: 5
1748	1748	‘‘(I) Any amounts received by the cov-6
1749	1749	ered organization in the ordinary course of 7
1750	1750	any trade or business conducted by the 8
1751	1751	covered organization or in the form of in-9
1752	1752	vestments in the covered organization. 10
1753	1753	‘‘(II) Any amounts received by the 11
1754	1754	covered organization from a person who 12
1755	1755	prohibited, in writing, the organization 13
1756	1756	from using such amounts for campaign-re-14
1757	1757	lated disbursements, but only if the cov-15
1758	1758	ered organization agreed to follow the pro-16
1759	1759	hibition and deposited the amounts in an 17
1760	1760	account which is segregated from a cam-18
1761	1761	paign-related disbursement segregated 19
1762	1762	fund (as defined in section 324) and any 20
1763	1763	other account used to make campaign-re-21
1764	1764	lated disbursements.’’. 22
1765	1765	(d) M
1766	1766	ODIFICATION OFADDITIONALREQUIREMENTS 23
1767	1767	FORCERTAINCOMMUNICATIONS.—Section 318(d) of the 24
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1770	1770	•S 512 IS
1771	1771	Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 1
1772	1772	30120(d)) is amended— 2
1773	1773	(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 3
1774	1774	(A) by striking ‘‘which is transmitted 4
1775	1775	through radio’’ and inserting ‘‘which is in an 5
1776	1776	audio format’’; and 6
1777	1777	(B) by striking ‘‘B
1778	1778	Y RADIO’’ in the heading 7
1779	1779	and inserting ‘‘A
1780	1780	UDIO FORMAT’’; 8
1781	1781	(2) in paragraph (1)(B)— 9
1782	1782	(A) by striking ‘‘which is transmitted 10
1783	1783	through television’’ and inserting ‘‘which is in 11
1784	1784	video format’’; and 12
1785	1785	(B) by striking ‘‘B
1786	1786	Y TELEVISION’’ in the 13
1787	1787	heading and inserting ‘‘V
1788	1788	IDEO FORMAT’’; and 14
1789	1789	(3) in paragraph (2)— 15
1790	1790	(A) by striking ‘‘transmitted through radio 16
1791	1791	or television’’ and inserting ‘‘made in audio or 17
1792	1792	video format’’; and 18
1793	1793	(B) by striking ‘‘through television’’ in the 19
1794	1794	second sentence and inserting ‘‘in video for-20
1795	1795	mat’’. 21
1796	1796	SEC. 403. DISCLAIMER REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMUNICA-22
1797	1797	TIONS MADE THROUGH PRERECORDED TELE-23
1798	1798	PHONE CALLS. 24
1799	1799	(a) A
1800	1800	PPLICATION OFREQUIREMENTS.— 25
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1804	1804	(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 318(a) of the Fed-1
1805	1805	eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 2
1806	1806	30120(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘mailing’’ each 3
1807	1807	place it appears and inserting ‘‘mailing, telephone 4
1808	1808	call consisting in substantial part of a prerecorded 5
1809	1809	audio message’’. 6
1810	1810	(2) A
1811	1811	PPLICATION TO COMMUNICATIONS SUB -7
1812	1812	JECT TO EXPANDED DISCLAIMER REQUIREMENTS .— 8
1813	1813	Section 318(e)(1) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 9
1814	1814	30120(e)(1)), as added by section 302(a), is amend-10
1815	1815	ed in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by 11
1816	1816	striking ‘‘which is transmitted in an audio or video 12
1817	1817	format’’ and inserting ‘‘which is transmitted in an 13
1818	1818	audio or video format or which consists of a tele-14
1819	1819	phone call consisting in substantial part of a 15
1820	1820	prerecorded audio message’’. 16
1821	1821	(b) T
1822	1822	REATMENT ASCOMMUNICATION TRANSMITTED 17
1823	1823	INAUDIOFORMAT.— 18
1824	1824	(1) C
1825	1825	OMMUNICATIONS BY CANDIDATES OR AU -19
1826	1826	THORIZED PERSONS .—Section 318(d) of such Act 20
1827	1827	(52 U.S.C. 30120(d)) is amended by adding at the 21
1828	1828	end the following new paragraph: 22
1829	1829	‘‘(3) P
1830	1830	RERECORDED TELEPHONE CALLS .—Any 23
1831	1831	communication described in paragraph (1), (2), or 24
1832	1832	(3) of subsection (a) (other than a communication 25
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1835	1835	•S 512 IS
1836	1836	which is subject to subsection (e)) which is a tele-1
1837	1837	phone call consisting in substantial part of a 2
1838	1838	prerecorded audio message shall include, in addition 3
1839	1839	to the requirements of such paragraph, the audio 4
1840	1840	statement required under subparagraph (A) of para-5
1841	1841	graph (1) or the audio statement required under 6
1842	1842	paragraph (2) (whichever is applicable), except that 7
1843	1843	the statement shall be made at the beginning of the 8
1844	1844	telephone call.’’. 9
1845	1845	(2) C
1846	1846	OMMUNICATIONS SUBJECT TO EXPANDED 10
1847	1847	DISCLAIMER REQUIREMENTS .—Section 318(e)(3) of 11
1848	1848	such Act (52 U.S.C. 30120(e)(3)), as added by sec-12
1849	1849	tion 302(a), is amended by adding at the end the 13
1850	1850	following new subparagraph: 14
1851	1851	‘‘(D) P
1852	1852	RERECORDED TELEPHONE 15
1853	1853	CALLS.—In the case of a communication to 16
1854	1854	which this subsection applies which is a tele-17
1855	1855	phone call consisting in substantial part of a 18
1856	1856	prerecorded audio message, the communication 19
1857	1857	shall be considered to be transmitted in an 20
1858	1858	audio format.’’. 21
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1862	1862	SEC. 404. NO EXPANSION OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO DIS-1
1863	1863	CLAIMER REQUIREMENTS ON INTERNET 2
1864	1864	COMMUNICATIONS. 3
1865	1865	Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this 4
1866	1866	title may be construed to require any person who is not 5
1867	1867	required under section 318 of the Federal Election Cam-6
1868	1868	paign Act of 1971 to include a disclaimer on communica-7
1869	1869	tions made by the person through the internet to include 8
1870	1870	any disclaimer on any such communications. 9
1871	1871	SEC. 405. EFFECTIVE DATE. 10
1872	1872	The amendments made by this title shall apply with 11
1873	1873	respect to communications made on or after January 1, 12
1874	1874	2024, and shall take effect without regard to whether or 13
1875	1875	not the Federal Election Commission has promulgated 14
1876	1876	regulations to carry out such amendments. 15
1877	1877	TITLE V—SEVERABILITY 16
1878	1878	SEC. 501. SEVERABILITY. 17
1879	1879	If any provision of this Act or amendment made by 18
1880	1880	this Act, or the application of a provision or amendment 19
1881	1881	to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitu-20
1882	1882	tional, the remainder of this Act and amendments made 21
1883	1883	by this Act, and the application of the provisions and 22
1884	1884	amendment to any person or circumstance, shall not be 23
1885	1885	affected by the holding. 24
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