I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8031 
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 
JUNE 13, 2022 
Mr. FALLON (for himself, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. DONALDS, Mrs. CAMMACK, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. 
BABIN, and Mr. NEHLS) 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 serv-
ices provided to or on behalf of the committee, to require 
such committees to report on payments made to imme-
diate family members of the candidate, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Family Integrity to 
Reform Elections Act’’ or the ‘‘FIRE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO COM-
PENSATE IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF 
CANDIDATES; DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS 
MADE TO IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS. 
(a) PROHIBITION; DISCLOSURE.—Section 313 of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30114) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(d) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION OF IMMEDIATE 
FAMILY MEMBERS; DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO IMME-
DIATE FAMILY MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITING
COMPENSATION
OF
IMME-
DIATE
FAMILY
MEMBERS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, no authorized committee 
of a candidate or any other political committee es-
tablished, maintained, or controlled by a candidate 
or an individual holding Federal office (other than 
a political committee of a political party) shall di-
rectly or indirectly compensate an immediate family 
member of the candidate or individual (as the case 
may be) for services provided to or on behalf of the 
committee. 
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‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO IMMEDIATE 
FAMILY MEMBERS.—In addition to any other infor-
mation included in a report submitted under section 
304 by a committee described in paragraph (1), the 
committee shall include in the report a separate 
statement of any payments, including direct or indi-
rect compensation, made to any immediate family 
member of the candidate or individual involved dur-
ing the period covered by the report. 
‘‘(3) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER DEFINED.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘immediate family mem-
ber’ means, with respect to a candidate or indi-
vidual, any of the following: 
‘‘(A) Spouse, and parents thereof. 
‘‘(B) Sons and daughters, and spouses 
thereof. 
‘‘(C) Parents, and spouses thereof. 
‘‘(D) Brothers and sisters, and spouses 
thereof. 
‘‘(E) Grandparents and grandchildren, and 
spouses thereof. 
‘‘(F) Domestic partner and parents there-
of, including domestic partners of any indi-
vidual in subparagraphs (A) through (E).’’. 
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(b) ENFORCEMENT.—Section 309(d)(1) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30109(d)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) Any person who knowingly and willfully com-
mits a violation of section 313(d) shall be fined not more 
than the greater of 200 percent of the amount of the com-
pensation paid in violation of such section or $100,000 
for each violation of such section, imprisoned for not more 
than 2 years, or both.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 313(a)(1) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30114(a)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘for otherwise’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection 
(d), for otherwise’’. 
SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY AGAINST CANDIDATE OR 
OFFICEHOLDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) In the case of a violation of section 313(d) com-
mitted by a committee described in such section, if the 
candidate or individual involved knew of the violation, any 
penalty imposed under this section shall be imposed on 
the candidate or individual and not on the committee.’’. 
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(b) 
PROHIBITING
REIMBURSEMENT
BY
COM-
MITTEE.—Section 313(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30114(d)), as added by section 2(a), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITING REIMBURSEMENT BY COM-
MITTEE OF PENALTY PAID BY CANDIDATE FOR VIO-
LATIONS.—A committee described in paragraph (1) 
may not make any payment to reimburse the can-
didate or individual involved for any penalty imposed 
for a violation of this subsection which is required 
to be paid by the candidate or individual under sec-
tion 309(e).’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to compensation and payments made on or after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
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