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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 6494 

To prohibit the disbursement of funds to entities owned or controlled by 

individuals with executive or managerial authority over the operations 

of political committees, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 25, 2022 

Mr. MALINOWSKI (for himself, Ms. PORTER, Mr. RASKIN, Mrs. WATSON

COLEMAN, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. 

TAKANO, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. TLAIB) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To prohibit the disbursement of funds to entities owned 

or controlled by individuals with executive or managerial 

authority over the operations of political committees, 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 ‘‘Stopping Corrupt Ac5 tors from Making Political Action Committees Act’’ or the 

6 ‘‘SCAM PAC Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS TO EN2 TITIES OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY INDIVID3 UALS WITH AUTHORITY OVER OPERATIONS 

4 OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES. 

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 new subsection: 

8 ‘‘(j)(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), 

9 during a reporting period covered by a report filed by a 

10 political committee under section 304, the committee may 

11 not make disbursements to an entity owned or controlled 

12 in whole or in part by an individual, or by an immediate 

13 family member of an individual— 

14 ‘‘(A) who is authorized to carry out executive or 

15 managerial authority over the operation of the com16 mittee; 

17 ‘‘(B) who is authorized to solicit or disburse 

18 funds for or on behalf of the committee; or 

19 ‘‘(C) who is an employee of the committee 

20 (whether paid or unpaid) and who provides the com21 mittee with professional services (other than ac22 counting or legal services) relating to the commit23 tee’s campaign or fundraising strategy. 

24 ‘‘(2) A political committee may not employ or allow 

25 to volunteer on behalf of the committee an individual who 

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1 ments made from any political committee in violation of 

2 paragraph (1). 

3 ‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to 

4 disbursements made by a political committee during the 

5 reporting period covered by a report filed by the committee 

6 under section 304 if the committee includes in the report 

7 a true and accurate certification, under penalty of perjury, 

8 that a majority of the funds disbursed by the committee 

9 during the period were for expenses other than adminis10 trative costs, fundraising costs, and salaries of employees 

11 of the committee. 

12 ‘‘(4) Paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to 

13 the following: 

14 ‘‘(A) An authorized committee of a candidate. 

15 ‘‘(B) A committee of a political party. 

16 ‘‘(C) A separate segregated fund of a corpora17 tion or labor organization under section 

18 316(b)(2)(C). 

19 ‘‘(5) In this subsection, the term ‘immediate family 

20 member’ means, with respect to an individual, a parent, 

21 parent-in law, grandparent, child, child-in law, grandchild, 

22 spouse, or sibling.’’. 

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

24 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to disbursements 


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1 made on or after the date that is 90 days after the date 

2 of enactment of this Act. 

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