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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7723 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not 

require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making 

the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 19, 2024 

Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. LALOTA, Mr. NEGUSE, and Mr. OBERNOLTE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

House Administration 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 

prohibit the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring 

contribution or donation in a campaign for election for 

Federal office by any method which does not require 

the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to 

making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, 

and for other purposes. 

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


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1 SECTION 1. RESTRICTIONS ON SOLICITATION AND ACCEPT2 ANCE OF RECURRING CONTRIBUTIONS OR 

3 DONATIONS IN CAMPAIGNS FOR ELECTION 

4 FOR FEDERAL OFFICE. 

5 (a) RESTRICTIONS.—Section 324 of the Federal 

6 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30126) is 

7 amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 324. RESTRICTIONS ON SOLICITATION AND ACCEPT9 ANCE OF RECURRING CONTRIBUTIONS OR 

10 DONATIONS. 

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

12 ‘‘(1) RESTRICTIONS ON SOLICITATION.—A per13 son may not solicit a recurring contribution to a po14 litical committee, a recurring contribution to fund an 

15 independent expenditure, or a recurring donation to 

16 fund an electioneering communication by any meth17 od which does not require the contributor or donor 

18 to give affirmative consent to making the contribu19 tion or donation on a recurring basis. 

20 ‘‘(2) RESTRICTIONS ON ACCEPTANCE.—A polit21 ical committee may not accept a contribution which 

22 was made on a recurring basis, a person funding an 

23 independent expenditure may not accept a contribu24 tion to fund the expenditure which was made on a 

25 recurring basis, and a person funding an election26 eering communication may not accept a donation to 


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1 fund the communication which was made on a recur2 ring basis, unless the contributor or donor gave af3 firmative consent to making the contribution or do4 nation on a recurring basis. 

5 ‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF PASSIVE ACTIONS.—For 

6 purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a contributor or 

7 donor who does not take an affirmative action to 

8 make or agree to make a contribution or donation 

9 on a recurring basis, including a contributor or 

10 donor who engages only in a passive action such as 

11 failing to uncheck a pre-checked box authorizing a 

12 recurring contribution or donation, shall not be con13 sidered to give affirmative consent to making the 

14 contribution or donation on a recurring basis. 

15 ‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONS ACCEPTING

16 CONTRIBUTIONS OR DONATIONS.—A person accepting a 

17 contribution or donation described in subsection (a) which 

18 is made on a recurring basis shall meet the following re19 quirements with respect to each recurrence of the con20 tribution or donation: 

21 ‘‘(1) Upon receiving the initial contribution or 

22 donation and each subsequent recurrence of the con23 tribution or donation, the person shall provide the 

24 contributor or donor with a receipt that clearly and 

25 conspicuously discloses all of the material terms of 


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1 the contribution or donation, including a statement 

2 of the date and amount of the next recurrence of the 

3 contribution or donation. 

4 ‘‘(2) In addition to the information required to 

5 be provided under paragraph (1), the person shall 

6 include in each communication with the contributor 

7 or donor which relates to the contribution or dona8 tion all of the information the contributor or donor 

9 needs to cancel any subsequent recurrence of the 

10 contribution or donation. 

11 ‘‘(3) Upon request of the contributor or donor, 

12 the person shall immediately cancel all subsequent 

13 recurrences of the contribution or donation which 

14 would otherwise be made after receiving the re15 quest.’’. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 this Act shall take effect on the earlier of— 

18 (1) the date on which the Federal Election 

19 Commission promulgates regulations to carry out 

20 section 324 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

21 1971 (as amended by subsection (a)); or 

22 (2) the expiration of the 180-day period which 

23 begins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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