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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7399 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit certain 

donations to Inaugural Committees, to establish limitations on donations 

to Inaugural Committees, to require certain reporting by Inaugural Committees, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 27, 2018 

Ms. SCANLON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 

Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 

as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 

prohibit certain donations to Inaugural Committees, to 

establish limitations on donations to Inaugural Committees, to require certain reporting by Inaugural 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 ‘‘Inaugural Fund Integ5 rity Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS AND DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN DONA2 TIONS TO, AND DISBURSEMENTS BY, INAU3 GURAL COMMITTEES. 

4 (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR INAUGURAL COMMIT5 TEES.—Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act 

6 of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following new section: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 325. INAUGURAL COMMITTEES. 

9 ‘‘(a) PROHIBITED DONATIONS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful— 

11 ‘‘(A) for an Inaugural Committee— 

12 ‘‘(i) to solicit, accept, or receive a do13 nation from a person that is not an indi14 vidual; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) to solicit, accept, or receive a do16 nation from a foreign national; 

17 ‘‘(B) for a person— 

18 ‘‘(i) to make a donation to an Inau19 gural Committee in the name of another 

20 person, or to knowingly authorize his or 

21 her name to be used to effect such a dona22 tion; 

23 ‘‘(ii) to knowingly accept a donation 

24 to an Inaugural Committee made by a per25 son in the name of another person; or 


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1 ‘‘(iii) to convert a donation to an In2 augural Committee to personal use as de3 scribed in paragraph (2); and 

4 ‘‘(C) for a foreign national to, directly or 

5 indirectly, make a donation, or make an express 

6 or implied promise to make a donation, to an 

7 Inaugural Committee. 

8 ‘‘(2) CONVERSION OF DONATION TO PERSONAL

9 USE.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(B)(iii), a do10 nation shall be considered to be converted to per11 sonal use if any part of the donated amount is used 

12 to fulfill a commitment, obligation, or expense of a 

13 person that would exist irrespective of the respon14 sibilities of the Inaugural Committee under chapter 

15 5 of title 36, United States Code. 

16 ‘‘(3) NO EFFECT ON DISBURSEMENT OF UN17 USED FUNDS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.— 

18 Nothing in this subsection may be construed to pro19 hibit an Inaugural Committee from disbursing un20 used funds to an organization which is described in 

21 section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

22 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 

23 501(a) of such Code. 

24 ‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON DONATIONS.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful for an 

2 individual to make donations to an Inaugural Com3 mittee which, in the aggregate, exceed $50,000. 

4 ‘‘(2) INDEXING.—At the beginning of each 

5 Presidential election year (beginning with 2024), the 

6 amount described in paragraph (1) shall be in7 creased by the cumulative percent difference deter8 mined in section 315(c)(1)(A) since the previous 

9 Presidential election year. If any amount after such 

10 increase is not a multiple of $1,000, such amount 

11 shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000. 

12 ‘‘(c) DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN DONATIONS AND DIS13 BURSEMENTS.— 

14 ‘‘(1) DONATIONS OVER $1,000.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An Inaugural Com16 mittee shall file with the Commission a report 

17 disclosing any donation by an individual to the 

18 committee in an amount of $1,000 or more not 

19 later than 24 hours after the receipt of such do20 nation. 

21 ‘‘(B) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—A report 

22 filed under subparagraph (A) shall contain— 

23 ‘‘(i) the amount of the donation; 

24 ‘‘(ii) the date the donation is received; 

25 and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) the name and address of the in2 dividual making the donation. 

3 ‘‘(2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than the date 

4 that is 90 days after the date of the Presidential in5 augural ceremony, the Inaugural Committee shall 

6 file with the Commission a report containing the fol7 lowing information: 

8 ‘‘(A) For each donation of money or any9 thing of value made to the committee in an ag10 gregate amount equal to or greater than 

11 $200— 

12 ‘‘(i) the amount of the donation; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the date the donation is received; 

14 and 

15 ‘‘(iii) the name and address of the in16 dividual making the donation. 

17 ‘‘(B) The total amount of all disburse18 ments, and all disbursements in the following 

19 categories: 

20 ‘‘(i) Disbursements made to meet 

21 committee operating expenses. 

22 ‘‘(ii) Repayment of all loans. 

23 ‘‘(iii) Donation refunds and other off24 sets to donations. 

25 ‘‘(iv) Any other disbursements. 


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1 ‘‘(C) The name and address of each per2 son— 

3 ‘‘(i) to whom a disbursement in an ag4 gregate amount or value in excess of $200 

5 is made by the committee to meet a com6 mittee operating expense, together with 

7 date, amount, and purpose of such oper8 ating expense; 

9 ‘‘(ii) who receives a loan repayment 

10 from the committee, together with the date 

11 and amount of such loan repayment; 

12 ‘‘(iii) who receives a donation refund 

13 or other offset to donations from the com14 mittee, together with the date and amount 

15 of such disbursement; and 

16 ‘‘(iv) to whom any other disbursement 

17 in an aggregate amount or value in excess 

18 of $200 is made by the committee, to19 gether with the date and amount of such 

20 disbursement. 

21 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 

22 ‘‘(1)(A) The term ‘donation’ includes— 

23 ‘‘(i) any gift, subscription, loan, advance, 

24 or deposit of money or anything of value made 

25 by any person to the committee; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) the payment by any person of com2 pensation for the personal services of another 

3 person which are rendered to the committee 

4 without charge for any purpose. 

5 ‘‘(B) The term ‘donation’ does not include the 

6 value of services provided without compensation by 

7 any individual who volunteers on behalf of the com8 mittee. 

9 ‘‘(2) The term ‘foreign national’ has the mean10 ing given that term by section 319(b). 

11 ‘‘(3) The term ‘Inaugural Committee’ has the 

12 meaning given that term by section 501 of title 36, 

13 United States Code.’’. 

14 (b) CONFIRMING AMENDMENT RELATED TO RE15 PORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of the Federal 

16 Election Campaign Act (52 U.S.C. 30104) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking subsection (h); and 

18 (2) by redesignating subsection (i) as subsection 

19 (h). 

20 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATED TO STATUS

21 OF COMMITTEE.—Section 510 of title 36, United States 

22 Code, is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘§ 510. Disclosure of and prohibition on certain dona2 tions 

3 ‘‘A committee shall not be considered to be the Inau4 gural Committee for purposes of this chapter unless the 

5 committee agrees to, and meets, the requirements of sec6 tion 325 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.’’. 

7 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

8 this Act shall apply with respect to Inaugural Committees 

9 established under chapter 5 of title 36, United States 

10 Code, for inaugurations held in 2021 and any succeeding 

11 year. 

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