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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8975 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require authorized 

committees of candidates for election for Federal office to include in 

the reports the committees are required to file under such Act information on contributions received from small dollar donors, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 10, 2024 

Ms. BALINT (for herself, Mr. TONKO, and Ms. JAYAPAL) 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 

require authorized committees of candidates for election 

for Federal office to include in the reports the committees are required to file under such Act information 

on contributions received from small dollar donors, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Dollar Donor 

5 Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM 

2 SMALL DOLLAR DONORS. 

3 (a) DISCLOSURE REQUIRED.—Section 304(b)(2) of 

4 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 

5 30104(b)(2)) is amended— 

6 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara7 graph (J); 

8 (2) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara9 graph (K); and 

10 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub11 paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(L) for an authorized committee, con13 tributions from persons whose identification the 

14 committee does not report under subparagraph 

15 (A), (F), or (G) of paragraph (3) because the 

16 receipts described in such subparagraph which 

17 are provided from such persons do not have an 

18 aggregate amount or value in excess of $200 

19 within the election cycle, together with the num20 ber of such contributions received within the 

21 election cycle;’’. 

22 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Election 

24 Commission shall publish guidance to assist committees 

25 with complying with the requirements of section 


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1 304(b)(2)(L) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

2 1971, as added by subsection (a)(3). 

3 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

4 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to reports filed 

5 under section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign 

6 Act on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, ex7 cept that in the case of a committee which filed a report 

8 under such section during the 90-day period which ends 

9 on the date of the enactment of this Act, the amendments 

10 shall apply with respect to the second report a committee 

11 is required to file under section after such date and each 

12 subsequent report. 

13 SEC. 3. ANALYSIS OF DECEPTIVE AND FRAUDULENT METH14 ODS OF SOLICITATION OF SMALL DOLLAR 

15 DONORS BY CANDIDATE COMMITTEES. 

16 (a) REPORT.—The Federal Election Commission 

17 shall conduct a study of the methods used by committees 

18 of candidates for election for Federal office under the Fed19 eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 to solicit contribu20 tions from individuals in amounts below the threshold for 

21 disclosing the identification of donors under the Act, and 

22 shall include in the study an analysis of the extent to 

23 which committees use methods which are deceptive or 

24 fraudulent to solicit such contributions. 


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1 (b) DEADLINE.—Not later than 180 days after the 

2 date of the enactment of this Act, the Commission shall 

3 submit a report to Congress on the study conducted under 

4 subsection (a), and shall include in the report such rec5 ommendations as the Commission considers appropriate to 

6 prevent the use of deceptive and fraudulent methods to 

7 solicit the contributions described in subsection (a). 

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