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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2605 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a 

limitation on the time for the use of contributions or donations by 

candidates for election for Federal office, to prohibit candidates from 

using campaign funds to make contributions to charitable organizations 

which are owned or controlled by the candidate or immediate family 

members of the candidate, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 15, 2021 

Mr. TAKANO (for himself and Mr. CASE) 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 

provide for a limitation on the time for the use of contributions or donations by candidates for election for 

Federal office, to prohibit candidates from using campaign funds to make contributions to charitable organizations which are owned or controlled by the candidate 

or immediate family members of the candidate, 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 ‘‘Let It Go Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TIMEFRAME FOR AND PRIORITIZATION OF DIS2 POSAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR DONATIONS 

3 BY CANDIDATES. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 313 of the Federal Elec5 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub8 section (d); and 

9 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol10 lowing new subsection: 

11 ‘‘(c) DISPOSAL.— 

12 ‘‘(1) TIMEFRAME.—Contributions or donations 

13 described in subsection (a) may only be used— 

14 ‘‘(A) in the case of an individual who is 

15 not a candidate with respect to an election for 

16 any Federal office for a 6-year period beginning 

17 on the day after the date of the most recent 

18 such election in which the individual was a can19 didate for any such office, during such 6-year 

20 period; or 

21 ‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who be22 comes a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying 

23 Disclosure Act of 1995, before the date on 

24 which such individual becomes such a registered 

25 lobbyist. 


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1 ‘‘(2) MEANS OF DISPOSAL; PRIORITIZATION.— 

2 Beginning on the date the 6-year period described in 

3 subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) ends (or, in the 

4 case of an individual described in subparagraph (B) 

5 of such paragraph, the date on which the individual 

6 becomes a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying 

7 Disclosure Act of 1995), contributions or donations 

8 that remain available to an individual described in 

9 such paragraph shall be disposed of, not later than 

10 30 days after such date, as follows: 

11 ‘‘(A) First, to pay any debts or obligations 

12 owed in connection with the campaign for elec13 tion for Federal office of the individual. 

14 ‘‘(B) Second, to the extent such contribu15 tion or donations remain available after the ap16 plication of subparagraph (A), through any of 

17 the following means of disposal (or a combina18 tion thereof), in any order the individual con19 siders appropriate: 

20 ‘‘(i) Returning such contributions or 

21 donations to the individuals, entities, or 

22 both, who made such contributions or do23 nations. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) Making contributions to an orga2 nization described in section 170(c) of the 

3 Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

4 ‘‘(iii) Making transfers to a national, 

5 State, or local committee of a political 

6 party.’’. 

7 (b) 1-YEAR TRANSITION PERIOD FOR CERTAIN INDI8 VIDUALS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual 

10 described in paragraph (2), any contributions or do11 nations under section 313(a) of the Federal Election 

12 Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114(a)) re13 maining available to the individual as of the date of 

14 the enactment of this Act shall be disposed of— 

15 (A) not later than one year after the date 

16 of the enactment of this Act; and 

17 (B) in accordance with the prioritization 

18 specified in subparagraphs (A) through (B) of 

19 subsection (c)(2) of section 313 of the Federal 

20 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 

21 30114), as amended by subsection (a). 

22 (2) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—An individual 

23 described in this paragraph is an individual who, as 

24 of the date of the enactment of this Act— 


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1 (A)(i) is not a candidate with respect to an 

2 election for any Federal office for a period of 

3 not less than 6 years beginning on the day after 

4 the date of the most recent such election in 

5 which the individual was a candidate for any 

6 such office; or 

7 (ii) is an individual who becomes a reg8 istered lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure 

9 Act of 1995; and 

10 (B) would be in violation of subsection (c) 

11 of section 313 of the Federal Election Cam12 paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114), as 

13 amended by subsection (a). 

14 SEC. 3. PROHIBITING DONATION OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO 

15 CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS OWNED OR 

16 CONTROLLED BY CANDIDATE OR IMMEDIATE 

17 FAMILY MEMBERS. 

18 (a) PROHIBITION.—Section 313(b) of the Federal 

19 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114(b)) is 

20 amended by adding at the end the following new para21 graph: 

22 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITING CONTRIBUTIONS TO CHARI23 TABLE ORGANIZATIONS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY

24 CANDIDATE OR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS.—A 

25 contribution or donation described in subsection (a) 


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1 may not be used for a contribution to an organiza2 tion described in section 170(c) of the Internal Rev3 enue Code of 1986 if the candidate or an immediate 

4 family member of the candidate (as defined in sub5 section (c)(3)(B)) is an employee of the organization 

6 or a member of the organization’s board of directors, 

7 or (in the case of an organization which is a cor8 poration) the candidate and immediate family mem9 bers of the candidate in the aggregate own a major10 ity of the corporation’s voting shares.’’. 

11 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 313 of 

12 such Act (52 U.S.C. 30114) is amended— 

13 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘for con14 tributions’’ and inserting ‘‘except as provided in sub15 section (b)(3), for contributions’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (c)(2)(B)(ii), as amended by 

17 section 2, by striking ‘‘Making contributions’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection (b)(3), 

19 making contributions’’. 

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

21 this section shall apply with respect to contributions made 

22 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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