US Congress Senate Bill 1147 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-2)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Pending: Senate Rules And Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expands prohibitions and requires additional disclosures related to political spending. Specifically, foreign nationals are further restricted regarding their involvement in election related activity, including by prohibiting their participation in the decision-making process regarding an election expenditure. Existing foreign money prohibitions are expanded to prohibit disbursements for paid internet or digital communications. The Federal Election Commission must perform an audit after each election cycle to determine the incidence of illicit foreign money. In general, organizations making political expenditures must disclose donors who have contributed $10,000 or more during an election cycle. Certain of these organizations, including corporations, must also disclose their beneficial owners. The bill requires organizations to provide additional disclosures on certain political ads, including the donors who contributed the most money to that organization in the last year.

DISCLOSE Act of 2019 Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2019

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]
Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]
Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]
Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]
Sen. Angus King [I-ME]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Doug Jones [D-AL]
Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

SB949 (Related) 2019-03-28 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB1 (Related) 2019-03-14 - Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 39.
HB1612 (Related) 2019-04-12 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
HB2977 (Same As) 2019-05-23 - Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
HB4612 (Related) 2019-10-04 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1147/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1147/BILLS-116s1147is.pdf