I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 9589 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to treat expenditures 
as coordinated with a candidate, an authorized committee of a candidate, 
or a committee of a national, State, or local political party if the making 
of the expenditures is materially consistent with instructions, directions, 
guidance, and suggestions from such candidate or committee, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 
Ms. TOKUDA (for herself, Mr. POCAN, Ms. JAYAPAL, and Mr. CASE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
treat expenditures as coordinated with a candidate, an 
authorized committee of a candidate, or a committee 
of a national, State, or local political party if the making 
of the expenditures is materially consistent with instruc-
tions, directions, guidance, and suggestions from such 
candidate or committee, 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 ‘‘Stop Illegal Campaign 
Coordination Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENDITURES AS CO-
ORDINATED EXPENDITURES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315(a) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘or their 
agents’’ and inserting ‘‘or their agents, including ex-
penditures described in paragraph (10),’’; 
(2) in paragraph (7)(B)(ii) by striking ‘‘political 
party,’’ and inserting ‘‘political party, including ex-
penditures described in paragraph (10),’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(10)(A) For purposes of paragraph (7)(B)(i) and 
(ii), an expenditure is described in this paragraph if the 
making of the expenditure is materially consistent with in-
structions, directions, guidance, or suggestions from a 
candidate, an authorized committee of a candidate, or a 
national, State, or local committee of a political party, or 
from an agent of any such candidate or committee, regard-
less of whether the instructions, directions, guidance, or 
suggestions are made available to the general public or 
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are communicated directly or indirectly to the person mak-
ing the expenditure. 
‘‘(B) To determine whether the making of an expend-
iture is materially consistent with instructions, directions, 
guidance, or suggestions from a candidate or committee 
for purposes of this paragraph, the Commission shall con-
sider each of the factors described in subparagraph (C), 
and if the Commission determines that one or more of 
such factors apply with respect to the making of the ex-
penditure, the making of the expenditure shall be pre-
sumed to be materially consistent with instructions, direc-
tions, guidance, or suggestions from a candidate or com-
mittee for purposes of this paragraph. 
‘‘(C) The factors described in this subparagraph are 
the following: 
‘‘(i) Whether the instructions, directions, guid-
ance, or suggestions indicate that information re-
garding a clearly identified candidate or political 
party should be communicated or disseminated to 
voters or any subset of voters. 
‘‘(ii) In the case of an expenditure consisting of 
Federal election activity or a communication which 
disseminates to any person information about a can-
didate or political party, whether the instructions, 
directions, guidance, or suggestions include informa-
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tion regarding the target audience for the commu-
nication or the information, such as the demo-
graphics, location, or political party affiliation of re-
cipients. 
‘‘(iii) Whether the instructions, directions, guid-
ance, or suggestions include suggested methods of 
making a communication or disseminating informa-
tion, such as references to the distribution or receipt 
of direct mail, audio, video, social media, digital, or 
other media. 
‘‘(iv) In the case of an expenditure consisting of 
Federal election activity or a communication which 
disseminates to any person information about a can-
didate or political party, whether the instructions, 
directions, guidance, or suggestions include or are 
accompanied by any phrase, image, video, or audio 
is subsequently used, in whole or in part, in commu-
nicating or disseminating the information. 
‘‘(v) Whether the instructions, directions, guid-
ance, or suggestions containing one or more other 
factors identified in this subparagraph are set apart 
using a signal or cue. 
‘‘(vi) Such other factors as the Commission con-
siders appropriate.’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to expenditures 
made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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