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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6283 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban 

on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals under such Act 

to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic business entities, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 14, 2021 

Mr. RASKIN (for himself, Mr. JONES, Mr. CASE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LIEU, Mr. 

MCGOVERN, Mr. COOPER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. POCAN, Ms. ROYBALALLARD, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. TITUS, 

Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. 

TRONE, Mr. DEUTCH, and Ms. WILLIAMS of Georgia) 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 

apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals under such Act to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic business entities, 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 ‘‘Get Foreign Money 

5 Out of U.S. Elections Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF BAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EX2 PENDITURES BY FOREIGN NATIONALS TO DO3 MESTIC BUSINESS ENTITIES THAT ARE FOR4 EIGN-CONTROLLED, FOREIGN-INFLUENCED, 

5 AND FOREIGN-OWNED. 

6 (a) APPLICATION OF BAN.—Section 319(b) of the 

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

8 30121(b)) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 

10 (1); 

11 (2) by striking the period at the end of para12 graph (2) and inserting a semicolon; and 

13 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

14 paragraphs: 

15 ‘‘(3) any business entity in which a foreign na16 tional described in paragraphs (1) or (2) directly or 

17 indirectly owns or controls or otherwise holds direct 

18 or indirect beneficial ownership of 50 percent or 

19 more of the voting shares, total equity, membership 

20 units, or other applicable ownership interests of the 

21 entity; or 

22 ‘‘(4) any business entity which is not a foreign 

23 national described in paragraph (1), and— 

24 ‘‘(A) in which a foreign national described 

25 in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) directly or indi26 rectly owns or controls or otherwise holds direct 


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1 or indirect beneficial ownership of 1 percent or 

2 more of the voting shares, total equity, member3 ship units, or other applicable ownership units 

4 of the entity; 

5 ‘‘(B) in which two or more foreign nation6 als described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3), in 

7 the aggregate, directly or indirectly own or con8 trol or otherwise hold direct or indirect bene9 ficial ownership of 5 percent or more of the vot10 ing shares, total equity, membership units, or 

11 other applicable ownership interests of the enti12 ty; 

13 ‘‘(C) over which one or more foreign na14 tionals described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) 

15 has the power to direct, dictate, or control the 

16 decision-making process of the entity with re17 spect to its interests in the United States; or 

18 ‘‘(D) over which one or more foreign na19 tionals described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) 

20 has the power to direct, dictate, or control the 

21 decision-making process of the entity with re22 spect to activities in connection with a Federal, 

23 State, or local election, including— 

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1 ture, or disbursement for an electioneering 

2 communication (within the meaning of sec3 tion 304(f)(3)); or 

4 ‘‘(ii) the administration of a political 

5 committee established or maintained by the 

6 entity.’’. 

7 (b) CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.—Section 319 

8 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30121) is amended by adding at 

9 the end the following new subsection: 

10 ‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE REQUIRED

11 FOR CARRYING OUT ELECTION ACTIVITY BY BUSINESS

12 ENTITY.— 

13 ‘‘(1) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—Not later 

14 than 7 days after a business entity makes any con15 tribution, donation, expenditure, independent ex16 penditure, disbursement for an electioneering com17 munication, or any disbursement in connection with 

18 an election for Federal, State, or local office or with 

19 any State or local ballot measure, the chief executive 

20 officer of the entity (or, if the entity does not have 

21 a chief executive officer, the highest ranking official 

22 of the entity), shall file a certification with the Com23 mission, under penalty of perjury, avowing that after 

24 due inquiry, the entity was not a foreign national on 

25 the date the entity made the contribution, donation, 


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1 expenditure, independent expenditure, or disburse2 ment. 

3 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF BENEFICIAL OWNER4 SHIP.—A business entity shall determine beneficial 

5 ownership for purposes of this section in a manner 

6 consistent with applicable State law, except that if 

7 the entity is registered pursuant to section 12(g) of 

8 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 

9 78l), the entity shall determine beneficial ownership 

10 in accordance with section 13(d) of that Act (15 

11 U.S.C. 78m(d)). 

12 ‘‘(3) PROVISION TO RECIPIENTS.—The business 

13 entity shall provide a copy of the certification filed 

14 under paragraph (1) to each political committee to 

15 which it makes a contribution, and, upon the request 

16 of the recipient, to each recipient of a contribution, 

17 donation, expenditure, independent expenditure, or 

18 disbursement with respect to which the certification 

19 under paragraph (1) is filed.’’. 

20 (c) PREVENTION OF CIRCUMVENTION.—Section 319 

21 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30121), as amended by subsection 

22 (b), is amended by adding at the end the following new 

23 subsection: 

24 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITING USE OF FUNDS FROM BUSINESS

25 ENTITIES WITHOUT CERTIFICATION.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.—Except as provided in 

2 paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any person 

3 that receives from a business entity a contribution, 

4 donation, expenditure, independent expenditure, or 

5 disbursement with respect to which the business en6 tity is required to file a certification of compliance 

7 under subsection (c) to use that contribution, dona8 tion, expenditure, independent expenditure, or dis9 bursement, directly or indirectly, to— 

10 ‘‘(A) make such a contribution, donation, 

11 expenditure, independent expenditure, or dis12 bursement; or 

13 ‘‘(B) contribute, donate, transfer, or other14 wise convey such a contribution, donation, ex15 penditure, independent expenditure, or dis16 bursement to another person for use as such a 

17 contribution, donation, expenditure, inde18 pendent expenditure, or disbursement. 

19 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR FUNDS ACCOMPANIED BY

20 CERTIFICATION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply to a 

21 person that receives from a business entity a con22 tribution, donation, expenditure, independent ex23 penditure, or disbursement described in such para24 graph if— 


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1 ‘‘(A) the person receives from the business 

2 entity a copy of the certification of compliance 

3 under subsection (c) with respect to such con4 tribution, donation, expenditure, independent 

5 expenditure, or disbursement; 

6 ‘‘(B) the use by the person of the contribu7 tion, donation, expenditure, independent ex8 penditure, or disbursement is otherwise lawful; 

9 and 

10 ‘‘(C) the person separately designates, 

11 records, and accounts for the contribution, do12 nation, expenditure, independent expenditure, 

13 or disbursement, and ensures that disburse14 ments by the person for a contribution, dona15 tion, expenditure, independent expenditure, dis16 bursement for an electioneering communication, 

17 or any disbursement in connection with an elec18 tion for Federal, State, or local office are only 

19 made from funds that comply with the require20 ments of this section. 

21 ‘‘(3) GOOD FAITH RELIANCE ON CERTIFICATION

22 OF COMPLIANCE.—For purposes of this subsection, 

23 a person may rely in good faith on a certification of 

24 compliance provided to the person under subsection 

25 (c)(3).’’. 


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1 (d) BUSINESS ENTITY DEFINED.—Section 319 of 

2 such Act (52 U.S.C. 30121), as amended by subsection 

3 (b) and subsection (c), is amended by adding at the end 

4 the following new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(e) BUSINESS ENTITY DEFINED.—For purposes of 

6 this section, the term ‘business entity’ means a for-profit 

7 corporation, limited liability corporation, partnership, 

8 company, limited partnership, business trust, business as9 sociation, or other similar for-profit entity.’’. 

10 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

11 this section shall take effect upon the expiration of the 

12 180-day period which begins on the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act, and shall take effect without regard to whether 

14 or not the Federal Election Commission has promulgated 

15 regulations to carry out such amendments. 

16 SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF FOREIGN 

17 MONEY BAN TO CERTAIN DISBURSEMENTS 

18 AND ACTIVITIES. 

19 (a) APPLICATION TO DISBURSEMENTS IN CONNEC20 TION WITH STATE AND LOCAL BALLOT INITIATIVES AND

21 DISBURSEMENTS TO SUPER PACS.—Section 

22 319(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

23 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 

24 ‘‘election;’’ inserting the following: ‘‘election (including a 

25 State or local ballot initiative or referendum), including 


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1 any disbursement to a political committee which accepts 

2 donations or contributions that do not comply with the 

3 limitations, prohibitions, or reporting requirements of this 

4 Act (or any disbursement to or on behalf of any account 

5 of a political committee which is established for the pur6 pose of accepting such donations or contributions);’’. 

7 (b) CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CORPORATE PACS

8 MAY MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.—Sec9 tion 316(b) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30118(b)) is amended 

10 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(8) A separate segregated fund established by a cor12 poration may not make a contribution or expenditure dur13 ing a year unless the fund has certified to the Commission 

14 each of the following during the year: 

15 ‘‘(A) Each individual who manages the fund, 

16 and who is responsible for exercising decision-mak17 ing authority for the fund, is a citizen of the United 

18 States or is lawfully admitted for permanent resi19 dence in the United States. 

20 ‘‘(B) No foreign national under section 319 

21 participates in any way in the decision-making proc22 esses of the fund with regard to contributions or ex23 penditures under this Act. 

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1 tion 319 with respect to the contributions or expend2 itures made by the fund. 

3 ‘‘(D) Any member of the board of directors of 

4 the corporation who is a foreign national under sec5 tion 319 abstains from voting on matters concerning 

6 the fund or its activities.’’. 

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