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Union Calendar No. 590 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9488 

[Report No. 118–696] 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclosure of the card verification value as a condition of the acceptance 

of online contributions made through the use of credit or debit cards 

in elections for Federal office and to prohibit the acceptance of contributions made through the use of gift cards and prepaid credit cards 

in such elections, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 

Mr. STEIL (for himself, Mrs. BICE, Ms. LEE of Florida, and Mr. D’ESPOSITO) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

House Administration 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. MURPHY and Mr. CALVERT

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 6, 2024] 


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A BILL 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 

require the disclosure of the card verification value as 

a condition of the acceptance of online contributions 

made through the use of credit or debit cards in elections 

for Federal office and to prohibit the acceptance of contributions made through the use of gift cards and prepaid credit cards in such elections, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Secure Handling of 

5 Internet Electronic Donations Act’’ or the ‘‘SHIELD Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF CARD VERIFICATION 

7 VALUE AS CONDITION OF ACCEPTANCE OF 

8 ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS MADE USING CRED9 IT OR DEBIT CARDS IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS. 

10 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Section 302 of the Federal Elec11 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102) is amended 

12 by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(j)(1) No political committee shall accept any Inter14 net credit or debit card contribution unless— 

15 ‘‘(A) the individual or entity making such con16 tribution is required, at the time such individual 

17 makes such contribution, to disclose the card 

18 verification value of such credit or debit card; and 

19 ‘‘(B)(i) the billing address associated with such 

20 credit or debit card is located in the United States; 

21 or 

22 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a contribution made by an 

23 individual living outside of the United States who, at 

24 the time the individual makes the contribution, is a 

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1 fully admitted for permanent residence, as defined by 

2 section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nation3 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20)), the individual pro4 vides the committee with— 

5 ‘‘(I) the United States mailing address the 

6 individual uses for voter registration purposes; 

7 ‘‘(II) a copy of the individual’s United 

8 States passport; 

9 ‘‘(III) a copy of the individual’s permanent 

10 resident card; or 

11 ‘‘(IV) a copy of a comparable acceptable 

12 identification document, or the unique identi13 fying number from such a document, for the in14 dividual. 

15 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (c), in the case 

16 of an Internet credit or debit card contribution— 

17 ‘‘(A) no later than 10 days after receiving the 

18 contribution, the person who receives the contribution 

19 shall forward to the treasurer such contribution, the 

20 name and address of the person making the contribu21 tion, and the date of receipt; and 

22 ‘‘(B) the treasurer of a political committee shall 

23 keep an account of the name and address of any per24 son making any such contribution, together with the 

25 date and amount of such contribution by any person. 


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1 ‘‘(3) If the treasurer of a political committee shows 

2 that best efforts have been used to comply with the require3 ments of this subsection, the committee shall be considered 

4 in compliance with this subsection. 

5 ‘‘(4) In this subsection, the term ‘Internet credit or 

6 debit card contribution’ means a contribution that— 

7 ‘‘(A) is made using a credit or debit card; and 

8 ‘‘(B) is received through an Internet website.’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub10 section (a) shall apply to contributions the receipt of which 

11 a political committee is required to include in a report filed 

12 under section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 

13 of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104) on or after the date of the enact14 ment of this Act. 

15 SEC. 3. PROHIBITING ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS 

16 MADE USING GIFT CARDS IN FEDERAL ELEC17 TIONS. 

18 (a) PROHIBITION.—Section 302 of the Federal Elec19 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102), as amended 

20 by section 2(a), is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(k)(1) No political committee shall accept a contribu23 tion made through the use of a general-use prepaid card, 

24 gift certificate, or store gift card, as such terms are defined, 


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1 respectively, under section 915(a) of the Electronic Fund 

2 Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693l–1(a)). 

3 ‘‘(2) If the treasurer of a political committee shows 

4 that best efforts have been used to comply with the require5 ments of this subsection, the committee shall be considered 

6 in compliance with this subsection.’’. 

7 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub8 section (a) shall apply with respect to contributions the re9 ceipt of which a political committee is required to include 

10 in a report filed under section 304 of the Federal Election 

11 Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104) on or after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act. 

13 SEC. 4. PROHIBITING AIDING OR ABETTING MAKING OF 

14 CONTRIBUTION IN THE NAME OF ANOTHER. 

15 Section 320 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

16 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30122) is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following new sentence: ‘‘No person shall knowingly di18 rect, help, or assist any person in making a contribution 

19 in the name of another person.’’. 

20 SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. 

21 (a) DEADLINE.—Not later than 10 days after the date 

22 of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Election Commis23 sion shall promulgate regulations to carry out the amend24 ments made by this Act. 


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1 (b) CONSULTATION WITH CREDIT CARD PAYMENT

2 NETWORKS.—In promulgating regulations under sub3 section (a) to carry out the amendments made by sections 

4 2 and 3, the Commission shall consult with representatives 

5 of payment card networks, as defined under section 921(c) 

6 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C. 1693o– 

7 2(c)). 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend the 

Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the 

disclosure of the card verification value as a condition of 

the acceptance of online contributions made through the 

use of credit or debit cards in elections for Federal office 

and to prohibit the acceptance of contributions made 

through the use of gift cards in such elections, and for 

other purposes.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 590 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9488 

[Report No. 118–696] 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

purposes. paid credit cards in such elections, and for other tions made through the use of gift cards and prefice and to prohibit the acceptance of contribucredit or debit cards in elections for Federal ofof online contributions made through the use of verification value as a condition of the acceptance 1971 to require the disclosure of the card 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:42 Sep 20, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H9488.RH H9488

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