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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6046 

To require candidates for election for public office to notify the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation upon receiving unsolicited information about 

other candidates in the election from a foreign power or an agent of 

a foreign power, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 7, 2018 

Mr. SWALWELL of California (for himself, Mr. COHEN, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms. 

CLARKE of New York, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

RYAN of Ohio, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 

BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Mr. 

WELCH) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require candidates for election for public office to notify 

the Federal Bureau of Investigation upon receiving unsolicited information about other candidates in the election 

from a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power, 

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 ‘‘Duty to Report Act 

5 of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REQUIRING CANDIDATES RECEIVING INFORMA2 TION ON OPPONENTS FROM FOREIGN POW3 ERS TO NOTIFY FBI. 

4 (a) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—If a candidate, 

5 an individual who is an immediate family member of a 

6 candidate, or any individual affiliated with a campaign of 

7 a candidate knowingly receives or is offered unsolicited in8 formation about any of the other candidates for election 

9 for that office which is from a source the candidate or 

10 individual knows is a foreign power or an agent of a for11 eign power (or if the candidate or individual recklessly dis12 regards the fact that the source is a foreign power or an 

13 agent of a foreign power), or receives an unsolicited notifi14 cation that a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power 

15 has such information in its possession, the candidate or 

16 individual shall notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation 

17 of the receipt or offer of the information or the notification 

18 (as the case may be). 

19 (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection (a) does not apply 

20 with respect to— 

21 (1) information which a candidate or individual 

22 knows or may reasonably believe is in the public do23 main; or 

24 (2) information which no person would reason25 ably believe could be used to the advantage of the 

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1 tion or to whom the information is offered (or whose 

2 immediate family member or individual affiliated 

3 with the campaign receives or is offered the informa4 tion). 

5 (c) PENALTY.—Whoever fails to comply with sub6 section (a) shall be fined under title 18, United States 

7 Code, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both. 

8 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this Act, the following definitions apply: 

10 (1) The term ‘‘agent of a foreign power’’ and 

11 the term ‘‘foreign power’’ each has the meaning 

12 given such term in section 101 of the Foreign Intel13 ligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801). 

14 (2) The term ‘‘candidate’’ means an individual 

15 who seeks nomination for, or election to, any Fed16 eral, State, or local public office. 

17 (3) The term ‘‘immediate family member’’ 

18 means, with respect to a candidate, a parent, parent19 in-law, spouse, child, or sibling. 

20 (4) The term ‘‘individual affiliated with a cam21 paign’’ means, with respect to a candidate, an em22 ployee of any organization legally authorized under 

23 Federal, State, or local law to support the can24 didate’s campaign for nomination for, or election to, 

25 any Federal, State, or local public office, as well as 


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1 any independent contractor of such an organization 

2 and any individual who performs services for the or3 ganization on an unpaid basis (including an intern 

4 or volunteer). 

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