US Congress House Bill 679 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 17 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-01-17 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Political Accountability and Transparency Act restricts the use of certain political funds and revises requirements for political communications. Specifically, the bill prohibits the personal use of political committee funds; treats coordinated expenditures, as defined by the bill, as campaign contributions, thereby subjecting them to limits and disclosure requirements;applies disclosure requirements for electioneering communications to Internet or digital communications; and requires persons paying for political communications to make their best efforts to determine the true source of the funds used.

Political Accountability and Transparency Act

Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Mike Gallagher [R-WI]	Rep. John Katko [R-NY]
Rep. Dean Phillips [D-MN]	Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL]	Rep. Ed Case [D-HI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-17	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
2019-01-17	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/679/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr679/BILLS-116hr679ih.pdf