I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 528 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit individuals 
holding Federal office from directly soliciting contributions to or on 
behalf of any political committee under such Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 13, 2017 
Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. JONES, and Mr. 
NOLAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
prohibit individuals holding Federal office from directly 
soliciting contributions to or on behalf of any political 
committee under such Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITING DIRECT SOLICITATION OF CAMPAIGN 
CONTRIBUTIONS OR FUNDS FOR FEDERAL 
ELECTION ACTIVITY BY FEDERAL OFFICE-
HOLDERS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 323(e) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30125(e)) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 
(4) as paragraphs (3) through (5), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITING DIRECT SOLICITATIONS FOR 
FEDERAL
ELECTION
PURPOSES
BY
FEDERAL
OF-
FICEHOLDERS.— 
‘‘(A) PROHIBITION.—In addition to the 
prohibitions on soliciting funds set forth under 
paragraph (1), an individual holding Federal of-
fice shall not solicit funds directly from any 
person— 
‘‘(i) for or on behalf of any political 
committee; or 
‘‘(ii) for or on behalf of any person for 
use for Federal election activity (as defined 
in section 301(20)). 
‘‘(B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING 
PARTICIPATION
IN
FUNDRAISING
EVENTS.— 
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Nothing in this paragraph may be construed to 
prohibit an individual holding Federal office 
from participating in a fundraising event, in-
cluding planning or attending the event, speak-
ing at the event, or serving as a featured guest 
at the event, so long as the individual does not 
engage in any written or verbal solicitation of 
funds in connection with the event.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO AT-
TENDANCE
AT STATE
AND LOCAL POLITICAL PARTY 
FUNDRAISING EVENTS.—Section 323(e)(4) of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 30125(e)(4)), as redesignated by subsection 
(a)(1), is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding paragraph (1) 
or subsection (b)(2)(C),’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwith-
standing paragraph (1), paragraph (2), or sub-
section (b)(2)(C),’’; and 
(2) by striking the period at the end and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘, so long as, in the case of an in-
dividual holding Federal office, the individual does 
not engage in any written or verbal solicitation of 
funds in connection with the event.’’. 
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SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to solicitations made on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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