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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1341 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the acceptance by political committees of online contributions from certain 

unverified sources, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 2, 2017 

Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. BABIN, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. 

BROOKS of Alabama, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. 

COMSTOCK, Mr. COOPER, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN

of Tennessee, Miss GONZA ́LEZ-COLO ́N of Puerto Rico, Mr. JONES, Mr. 

LAMALFA, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. ROSKAM, 

Ms. SINEMA, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. YOHO, and Mr. GOHMERT) 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 acceptance by political committees of online 

contributions from certain unverified sources, 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 ‘‘Stop Foreign Dona5 tions Affecting Our Elections Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF CREDIT VERIFICATION 

2 VALUE AS CONDITION OF ACCEPTANCE OF 

3 ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL ELEC4 TION. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Federal Elec6 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102) is amended 

7 by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(j)(1) No political committee shall accept any Inter9 net credit card contribution unless— 

10 ‘‘(A) the individual or entity making such con11 tribution is required, at the time such individual 

12 makes such contribution, to disclose the credit 

13 verification value of such credit card; and 

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

15 credit card is located in the United States; or 

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

17 individual who is a United States citizen living out18 side of the United States, the individual provides the 

19 committee with the United States mailing address 

20 the individual uses for voter registration purposes. 

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

22 case of an Internet credit card contribution— 

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

24 contribution, the person who receives the contribu25 tion shall forward to the treasurer such contribution, 


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1 the name and address of the person making the con2 tribution, and the date of receipt; and 

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

4 keep an account of the name and address of any 

5 person making any such contribution, together with 

6 the date and amount of such contribution by any 

7 person. 

8 ‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘Internet credit card 

9 contribution’ means a contribution that— 

10 ‘‘(A) is made using a credit card; and 

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

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

13 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions 

14 made after the expiration of the 180-day period which be15 gins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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