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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2452 

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

political committees from compensating the spouse of the candidate for 

services provided to or on behalf of the committee, to require such 

committees to report on payments made to the spouse and the immediate 

family members of the candidate, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 30, 2023 

Mr. TIFFANY (for himself, Mr. GALLAGHER, Ms. TENNEY, and Ms. MACE) 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 

the spouse of the candidate for services provided to or 

on behalf of the committee, to require such committees 

to report on payments made to the spouse and the 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Oversight for Members 

3 And Relatives Act’’ or the ‘‘OMAR Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO COM5 PENSATE SPOUSES OF CANDIDATES; DISCLO6 SURE OF PAYMENTS MADE TO SPOUSES AND 

7 FAMILY MEMBERS. 

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

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

10 30114) is amended by adding at the end the following new 

11 subsection: 

12 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION OF SPOUSES; 

13 DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO SPOUSES AND FAMILY

14 MEMBERS.— 

15 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION OF

16 SPOUSES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 this Act, no authorized committee of a candidate or 

18 any other political committee established, main19 tained, or controlled by a candidate or an individual 

20 holding Federal office (other than a political com21 mittee of a political party) shall directly or indirectly 

22 compensate the spouse of the candidate or individual 

23 (as the case may be) for services provided to or on 

24 behalf of the committee. 

25 ‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO SPOUSES

26 AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS.—In addition to 


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1 any other information included in a report submitted 

2 under section 304 by a committee described in para3 graph (1), the committee shall include in the report 

4 a separate statement of any payments, including di5 rect or indirect compensation, made to the spouse or 

6 any immediate family member of the candidate or 

7 individual involved during the period covered by the 

8 report. 

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

10 In this subsection, the term ‘immediate family mem11 ber’ means the son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter12 in-law, mother, father, brother, sister, brother-in13 law, sister-in-law, or grandchild of the candidate or 

14 individual involved.’’. 

15 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 313(a)(1) 

16 of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30114(a)(1)) is amended by strik17 ing ‘‘for otherwise’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection 

18 (c), for otherwise’’. 

19 SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY AGAINST CANDIDATE OR 

20 OFFICEHOLDER. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309 of the Federal Elec22 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109) is amended 

23 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

24 ‘‘(e) In the case of a violation of section 313(c) com25 mitted by a committee described in such section, if the 


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1 candidate or individual involved knew of the violation, any 

2 penalty imposed under this section shall be imposed on 

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

4 (b) PROHIBITING REIMBURSEMENT BY COM5 MITTEE.—Section 313(c) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 

6 30114(c)), as added by section 2(a), is amended— 

7 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para8 graph (4); and 

9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol10 lowing new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITING REIMBURSEMENT BY COM12 MITTEE OF PENALTY PAID BY CANDIDATE FOR VIO13 LATIONS.—A committee described in paragraph (1) 

14 may not make any payment to reimburse the can15 didate or individual involved for any penalty imposed 

16 for a violation of this subsection which is required 

17 to be paid by the candidate or individual under sec18 tion 309(e).’’. 

19 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

20 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 

21 respect to compensation and payments made on or after 

22 the date of enactment of this Act. 

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