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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 153 

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

political committees from compensating an immediate family member 

of the candidate for services provided to or on behalf of the committee, 

to require such committees to report on payments made to immediate 

family members of the candidate, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 9, 2023 

Mr. FALLON (for himself and Mr. JACKSON of Texas) 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 certain political committees from compensating 

an immediate family member of the candidate for services provided to or on behalf of the committee, to require 

such committees to report on payments made to immediate family members of the candidate, 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 ‘‘Family Integrity to 

5 Reform Elections Act’’ or the ‘‘FIRE Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO COM2 PENSATE IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF 

3 CANDIDATES; DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS 

4 MADE TO IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS. 

5 (a) PROHIBITION; DISCLOSURE.—Section 313 of the 

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

7 30114) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

8 subsection: 

9 ‘‘(d) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION OF IMMEDIATE

10 FAMILY MEMBERS; DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO IMME11 DIATE FAMILY MEMBERS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION OF IMME13 DIATE FAMILY MEMBERS.—Notwithstanding any 

14 other provision of this Act, no authorized committee 

15 of a candidate or any other political committee es16 tablished, maintained, or controlled by a candidate 

17 or an individual holding Federal office (other than 

18 a political committee of a political party) shall di19 rectly or indirectly compensate an immediate family 

20 member of the candidate or individual (as the case 

21 may be) for services provided to or on behalf of the 

22 committee. 

23 ‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO IMMEDIATE

24 FAMILY MEMBERS.—In addition to any other infor25 mation included in a report submitted under section 

26 304 by a committee described in paragraph (1), the 


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1 committee shall include in the report a separate 

2 statement of any payments, including direct or indi3 rect compensation, made to any immediate family 

4 member of the candidate or individual involved dur5 ing the period covered by the report. 

6 ‘‘(3) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER DEFINED.— 

7 In this subsection, the term ‘immediate family mem8 ber’ means, with respect to a candidate or indi9 vidual, any of the following: 

10 ‘‘(A) Spouse, and parents thereof. 

11 ‘‘(B) Sons and daughters, and spouses 

12 thereof. 

13 ‘‘(C) Parents, and spouses thereof. 

14 ‘‘(D) Brothers and sisters, and spouses 

15 thereof. 

16 ‘‘(E) Grandparents and grandchildren, and 

17 spouses thereof. 

18 ‘‘(F) Domestic partner and parents there19 of, including domestic partners of any indi20 vidual in subparagraphs (A) through (E).’’. 

21 (b) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 309(d)(1) of the Fed22 eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 

23 30109(d)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol24 lowing new subparagraph: 


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1 ‘‘(E) Any person who knowingly and willfully com2 mits a violation of section 313(d) shall be fined not more 

3 than the greater of 200 percent of the amount of the com4 pensation paid in violation of such section or $100,000 

5 for each violation of such section, imprisoned for not more 

6 than 2 years, or both.’’. 

7 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 313(a)(1) 

8 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30114(a)(1)) is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘for otherwise’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection 

10 (d), for otherwise’’. 

11 SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY AGAINST CANDIDATE OR 

12 OFFICEHOLDER. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309 of the Federal Elec14 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109) is amended 

15 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

16 ‘‘(e) In the case of a violation of section 313(d) com17 mitted by a committee described in such section, if the 

18 candidate or individual involved knew of the violation, any 

19 penalty imposed under this section shall be imposed on 

20 the candidate or individual and not on the committee.’’. 

21 (b) PROHIBITING REIMBURSEMENT BY COM22 MITTEE.—Section 313(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 

23 30114(d)), as added by section 2(a), is amended— 

24 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para25 graph (4); and 


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1 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol2 lowing new paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITING REIMBURSEMENT BY COM4 MITTEE OF PENALTY PAID BY CANDIDATE FOR VIO5 LATIONS.—A committee described in paragraph (1) 

6 may not make any payment to reimburse the can7 didate or individual involved for any penalty imposed 

8 for a violation of this subsection which is required 

9 to be paid by the candidate or individual under sec10 tion 309(e).’’. 

11 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

12 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 

13 respect to compensation and payments made on or after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act. 

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