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(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ABSENT
UNIFORMED
SERVICES
VOTER.— 
The term ‘‘absent uniformed services voter’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 107 of the Uni-
formed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act 
(52 U.S.C. 20310). 
(2) FAMILY MEMBER.—The term ‘‘family mem-
ber’’, with respect to a member of the Armed 
Forces, means a spouse and other dependent (as de-
fined in section 1072 of title 10, United States 
Code) of the member. 
TITLE III—FIRST AMENDMENT 
PROTECTION ACT 
SEC. 300. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘First Amendment Pro-
tection Act’’. 
Subtitle A—Protecting Political 
Speech and Freedom of Association 
PART 1—PROTECTING POLITICAL SPEECH 
SEC. 301. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The structure of the Constitution and its 
amendments represents the radical idea that any 
sovereign power exercised by the Federal govern-
ment flows either directly from the people or 
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through the States they established to govern them-
selves. In the words of the Ninth and Tenth Amend-
ments, ‘‘[t]he enumeration in the Constitution, of 
certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or dis-
parage others retained by the people.’’ ‘‘The powers 
not delegated to the United States by the Constitu-
tion, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved 
to the States respectively, or to the people.’’. 
(2) Among the many freedoms it protects, the 
First Amendment prevents Congress from making 
any law abridging the freedom of speech, the right 
of the people peaceably to assemble, or the right of 
the people to petition the Government for the re-
dress of grievances. 
(3) Any proposed Federal action concerning 
freedom of speech, protest, or petition must start 
with an analysis of the First Amendment. Congress 
must ask whether the proposed action would abridge 
these freedoms, and any uncertainty must be deter-
mined in favor of fewer restrictions on speech. 
(4) In particular, political speech, uttered in the 
furtherance of self-government, must raise an even 
higher bar to congressional abridgement. The mech-
anisms and media used to offer political speech must 
realize the same protections. 
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(5) As the Supreme Court has recognized, the 
Constitution grants Congress only a very narrow in-
terest in the regulation of political speech, the pre-
vention of corruption or the appearance of corrup-
tion. Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1, 25–26 (1976); 
Federal Election Commission v. National Conserv-
ative Political Action Commission, 470 U.S. 480, 
497 (1985); Citizens United v. Federal Election 
Commission, 
558 
U.S. 
310, 
359 
(2010); 
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, 572 
U.S. 185, 207 (2014); Cruz v. Federal Election 
Commission, 142 S.Ct. 1638, 1652 (2022). 
(6) In order to uphold and effectuate the Con-
stitution, any Federal statute that goes beyond this 
interest must be repealed, and Congress must exer-
cise its article 1 authorities to do so. 
SEC. 302. REPEAL OF LIMITS ON COORDINATED POLITICAL 
PARTY EXPENDITURES. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMITS.—Section 315(d) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(d)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may make expenditures’’ 
and inserting ‘‘may make expenditures, includ-
ing coordinated expenditures,’’, and 
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(B) by striking ‘‘Federal office, subject to 
the limitations contained in paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (4) of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed-
eral office in any amount’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and 
(5). 
(b) CLARIFYING TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PARTY 
COMMUNICATIONS AS COORDINATED EXPENDITURES.— 
Section 315(d) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30116(d)), as 
amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, a communica-
tion shall be treated as a coordinated expenditure in con-
nection with the campaign of a candidate only if the public 
communication is paid for by a committee of a political 
party or its agent, refers to a clearly identified House or 
Senate candidate, and is publicly distributed or otherwise 
publicly disseminated in the clearly identified candidate’s 
jurisdiction.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO INDEX-
ING.—Section 315(c) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30116(c)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘(d),’’; 
and 
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(2) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (b) and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections held dur-
ing 2024 or any succeeding year. 
SEC. 303. REPEAL OF LIMIT ON AGGREGATE CONTRIBU-
TIONS BY INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that the Supreme 
Court of the United States in McCutcheon v. FEC, 572 
U.S. 185 (2014) determined the biennial aggregate limits 
under section 315(a)(3) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(3)) to be unconstitu-
tional. 
(b) REPEAL.—Section 315(a) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)) is amended 
by striking paragraph (3). 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 315(c) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 30116(c)) is amended by striking 
‘‘(a)(3),’’ each place it appears in paragraph (1)(B)(i), 
(1)(C), and (2)(B)(ii). 
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SEC. 304. EQUALIZATION OF CONTRIBUTION LIMITS TO 
STATE AND NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTY 
COMMITTEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315(a)(1) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(1)) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘a na-
tional political party’’ and inserting ‘‘a national or 
State political party’’; 
(2) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(B); 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a period; and 
(4) by striking subparagraph (D). 
(b) CONTRIBUTIONS
BY MULTICANDIDATE POLIT-
ICAL COMMITTEES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 315(a)(2)(B) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(2)(B)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘a national political party’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
national or State political party’’. 
(2) 
PRICE
INDEX
ADJUSTMENT.—Section 
315(c) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30116(c)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) In any calendar year after 2024— 
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‘‘(i) a limitation established by subsection 
(a)(2) shall be increased by the percent difference 
determined under subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) each amount so increased shall remain in 
effect for the calendar year; and 
‘‘(iii) if any amount after adjustment under 
clause (i) is not a multiple of $100, such amount 
shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100.’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(iii) for purposes of subsection (a)(2), cal-
endar year 2024.’’. 
(c) ACCEPTANCE
OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS
FOR 
CERTAIN ACCOUNTS.— 
(1) PERMITTING ACCEPTANCE OF ADDITIONAL 
AMOUNTS
IN
SAME
MANNER
AS
NATIONAL
PAR-
TIES.—Section 315(a) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30116(a)) is amended— 
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(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (9)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9) 
or paragraph (10)’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 
‘‘paragraph (9)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (9) 
or paragraph (10)’’. 
(2) ACCOUNTS.—Section 315(a)(9) of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(9)) is amended by striking 
‘‘national committee of a political party’’ each place 
it appears in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) and 
inserting ‘‘committee of a national or State political 
party’’. 
(3) STATE PARTY CONVENTION ACCOUNTS DE-
SCRIBED.—Section 315(a) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30116(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(10) An account described in this paragraph is a 
separate, segregated account of a political committee es-
tablished and maintained by a State committee of a polit-
ical party which is used solely to defray— 
‘‘(A) expenses incurred with respect to carrying 
out State party nominating activities or other party- 
building conventions; 
‘‘(B) expenses incurred with respect to pro-
viding for the attendance of delegates at a presi-
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dential nominating convention, but only to the extent 
that such expenses are not paid for from the account 
described in paragraph (9)(A); or 
‘‘(C) expenses incurred with respect to carrying 
out local, county, or district conventions or pro-
ceedings to elect delegates to a State party conven-
tion.’’. 
(d) CLARIFICATION OF INDEXING OF AMOUNTS TO 
ENSURE EQUALIZATION OF PARTY CONTRIBUTION LIM-
ITS.—For purposes of applying section 315(c) of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 30116(c)) to limits on the amount of contribu-
tions to political committees established and maintained 
by a State political party, the amendments made by this 
section shall be considered to have been included in section 
307 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–55; 116 Stat. 102). 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections held dur-
ing 2024 or any succeeding year. 
SEC. 305. EXPANSION OF PERMISSIBLE FEDERAL ELEC-
TION ACTIVITY BY STATE AND LOCAL POLIT-
ICAL PARTIES. 
(a) EXPANSION OF PERMISSIBLE USE OF FUNDS 
NOT SUBJECT TO CONTRIBUTION LIMITS OR SOURCE 
PROHIBITIONS BY STATE AND LOCAL POLITICAL PARTIES 
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FOR FEDERAL ELECTION ACTIVITY.—Section 323(b)(2) 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30125(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Notwithstanding section 
301(20), for purposes of paragraph (1), an amount 
that is expended or disbursed by a State, district, or 
local committee of a political party shall be consid-
ered to be expended or disbursed for Federal elec-
tion activity only if the committee coordinated the 
expenditure or disbursement of the amount with a 
candidate for election for Federal office or an au-
thorized committee of a candidate for election for 
Federal office.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) FUNDRAISING
COSTS.—Section 323(c) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 30125(c)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘In the 
case of a person described in subsection (b), the pre-
vious sentence applies only if the amount was spent 
by such person in coordination with a candidate for 
election for Federal office or an authorized com-
mittee of a candidate for election for Federal office, 
as determined pursuant to regulations promulgated 
by the Commission for the purpose of determining 
whether a political party communication is coordi-
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nated with a candidate, a candidate’s authorized 
committee, or an agent thereof.’’. 
(2) APPEARANCE OF FEDERAL CANDIDATES OR 
OFFICEHOLDERS
AT
FUNDRAISING
EVENTS.—Sec-
tion 323(e)(3) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30125(e)(3)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘subsection (b)(2)(C)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’. 
SEC. 306. PARTICIPATION IN JOINT FUNDRAISING ACTIVI-
TIES BY MULTIPLE POLITICAL COMMITTEES. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) While Federal law permits the Federal 
Election Commission to engage in certain ‘‘gap-fill-
ing’’ activities as it administers the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971, the regulations promulgated 
by the Federal Election Commission to govern joint 
fundraising activities of multiple political committees 
are not tied specifically to any particular provision 
of the Act, and while these regulations generally du-
plicate the provisions of the Act, they also impose 
additional and unnecessary burdens on political com-
mittees which seek to engage in joint fundraising ac-
tivities, such as a requirement for written agree-
ments between the participating committees. 
(2) It is therefore not necessary at this time to 
direct the Federal Election Commission to repeal the 
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existing regulations which govern joint fundraising 
activities of multiple political committees, as some 
political committees may have reasons for following 
the provisions of such regulations which impose ad-
ditional and unnecessary burdens on these activities. 
(b) CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION IN JOINT FUND-
RAISING ACTIVITIES.—Section 302 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION IN JOINT FUND-
RAISING ACTIVITIES BY MULTIPLE POLITICAL COMMIT-
TEES.— 
‘‘(1) CRITERIA DESCRIBED.—Two or more po-
litical committees as defined in this Act may partici-
pate in joint fundraising activities in accordance 
with the following criteria: 
‘‘(A) The costs of the activities shall be al-
located among and paid for by the participating 
committees on the basis of the allocation among 
the participating committees of the contribu-
tions received as a result of the activities. 
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), a 
participating committee may make a payment 
(in whole or in part) for the portion of the costs 
of the activities which is allocated to another 
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participating committee, and the amount of any 
such payment shall be treated as a contribution 
made by the committee to the other partici-
pating committee. 
‘‘(C) The provisions of section 315(a)(8) 
regarding the treatment of contributions to a 
candidate which are earmarked or otherwise di-
rected through an intermediary or conduit shall 
apply to contributions made by a person to a 
participating committee which are allocated by 
the committee to another participating com-
mittee. 
‘‘(2) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection may be construed to prohibit two or 
more political committees from participating in joint 
fundraising activities by designating or establishing 
a separate, joint committee subject to the registra-
tion and reporting requirements of this Act or by 
publishing a joint fundraising notice.’’. 
PART 2—PROTECTING FREEDOM OF 
ASSOCIATION 
SEC. 307. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The First Amendment of the United States 
Constitution provides that ‘‘[C]ongress shall make 
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no law respecting an establishment of religion, or 
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the 
freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of 
the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the 
Government for a redress of grievances.’’ See U.S. 
Const. Amend. I. 
(2) The Supreme Court has held that the First 
Amendment’s protections apply with equal force to 
States and localities as it does to the Federal gov-
ernment. See Gitlow v. New York, 268 U.S. 652 
(1925). 
(3) The Supreme Court has held that ‘‘implicit 
in the right to engage in activities protected by the 
First Amendment [lies] a corresponding right to as-
sociate with others.’’Roberts v. United States Jay-
cees, 468 U.S. 609, 622 (1984). This is commonly 
understood as the right of association. It furthers ‘‘a 
wide variety of political, social, economic, edu-
cational, religious, and cultural ends,’’ and ‘‘is espe-
cially important in preserving political and cultural 
diversity and in shielding dissident expression from 
suppression by the majority.’’ Id. 
(4) In NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson, 
357 U.S. 449 (1958), the Supreme Court held the 
First Amendment’s freedom of association protected 
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the National Association for the Advancement of 
Colored People from compelled disclosure of its 
members. This was because ‘‘on past occasions rev-
elation of the identity of its rank-and-file members 
has exposed these members to economic reprisal, 
loss of employment, threat of physical coercion, and 
other manifestations of public hostility. Under these 
circumstances . . . it [is] apparent that compelled 
disclosure of petitioner’s Alabama membership is 
likely to affect adversely the ability of petitioner and 
its members to pursue their collective effort to foster 
beliefs which they admittedly have the right to advo-
cate, in that it may induce members to withdraw 
from the Association and dissuade others from join-
ing it because of fear of exposure of their beliefs 
shown through their associations and of the con-
sequences of this exposure.’’ Id. at 462–463. 
(5) The First Amendment’s freedom of associa-
tion has been protected and strengthened by the Su-
preme Court for over sixty years. See NAACP v. 
Alabama ex rel. Patterson, 357 U.S. 449 (1958); 
Shelton v. Tucker, 364 U.S. 479 (1960); Bates v. 
Little Rock, 361 U.S. 516 (1960); Healy v. James, 
408 U.S. 169 (1972); Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347 
(1976); Roberts v. United States Jaycees, 468 U.S. 
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609, 622 (1984); Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, 
530 U.S. 640 (2000); Americans for Prosperity 
Foundation v. Bonta, 141 S. Ct. 2373 (2021). 
(6) Most recently, in Americans for Prosperity 
Foundation v. Bonta, 141 S. Ct. 2373 (2021), a 
California law required Americans for Prosperity 
Foundation and the Thomas Moore Law Center to 
disclose the names, contribution amounts, and ad-
dresses of their major donors. Id. at 2380. The Su-
preme Court held this substantial intrusion into the 
group’s donors was unconstitutional. Id. at 2389. 
While Attorney General Bonta argued these disclo-
sures were needed so California could prevent 
wrongdoing by charitable organizations, there was 
‘‘not a single, concrete instance in which pre-inves-
tigation collection of [this information] did anything 
to advance the Attorney General’s investigative, reg-
ulatory or enforcement efforts.’’ Id. at 2386. Simi-
larly, California’s need for this information before 
initiating an investigation was highly questionable as 
it was only one of three states to impose this re-
quirement and did not seriously enforce it until 
2010. Id. at 2387. 
(7) In short, Americans for Prosperity Founda-
tion and NAACP both stand for the proposition that 
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compelled disclosure of an organization’s members 
can violate an organization’s freedom of association. 
This is because effective advocacy of both public and 
private points of view, particularly controversial 
ones, is undeniably enhanced by group association 
and there is a vital relationship between freedom to 
associate and privacy in one’s associations . . . See 
Id. at 2382 citing NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Pat-
terson, 357 U.S. 449, 460–462. 
(8) Unfortunately, the First Amendment’s free-
dom of association protections are under constant 
attack. Recently, there have been efforts to enlarge 
the size of the Supreme Court because of disagree-
ment with some of its rulings and personal disagree-
ment with some of the justices. 
(9) On April 9, 2021, the President issued Ex-
ecutive Order 14023 that created the Presidential 
Commission on the Supreme Court (the Commis-
sion). Under section 3(iii) of that Executive Order, 
the Commission was tasked with providing ‘‘[a]n 
analysis of the principal arguments in the contem-
porary public debate for and against Supreme Court 
reform, including an appraisal of the merits and le-
gality of particular reform proposals.’’. 
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(10) In December 2021, the Commission re-
leased its final report. On the issue of adding jus-
tices to the Supreme Court, the Commission con-
cluded ‘‘[m]irroring the broader public debate, there 
is profound disagreement among Commissioners on 
this issue.’’. 
(11) Unfortunately, even though the President’s 
Commission would not endorse adding the number 
of justices on the Supreme Court, some in Congress 
still believe it is necessary. See, for example, H.R. 
3422, the Judiciary Act of 2023 that would add four 
associate justices to the Supreme Court. 
(12) Because of this political uncertainty and 
the importance that donors in all organizations, no 
matter their party affiliation, are protected from 
having their membership disclosed and threats of re-
prisal that would follow, it is important that Con-
gress statutorily codifies the Supreme Court’s hold-
ings in NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson and 
Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta. 
(13) Government targeting of tax-exempt orga-
nizations because of disagreement with their political 
views is sadly not a hypothetical problem. From 
2010 through 2013, the Internal Revenue Service 
(IRS) intentionally discriminated against conserv-
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ative organizations seeking tax-exempt status with 
words like ‘‘patriot’’ or ‘‘Tea Party’’ in their names. 
(14) After years of litigation, in October 2017, 
the IRS signed a consent decree in Federal court 
and admitted to targeting conservative organizations 
from 2010 through 2013. The IRS confessed that 
‘‘its treatment of [conservative organizations] during 
the tax-exempt determinations process, including 
screening their applications based on their names or 
policy positions, subjecting those applications to 
heightened scrutiny and inordinate delays, and de-
manding of some Plaintiffs’ information that TIGTA 
[U.S. Treasury Inspector General, Tax Administra-
tion] determined was unnecessary to the agency’s 
determination of their tax-exempt status, was 
wrong.’’. 
(15) It is antithetical to the First Amendment 
that the IRS or any Federal government agency 
would ever be used to target an organization because 
of its political beliefs, or who its donors might be. 
As such, these organizations need to be protected to 
prevent events like what transpired at the IRS be-
tween 2010 and 2013. 
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SEC. 308. PROTECTING PRIVACY OF DONORS TO TAX-EX-
EMPT ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Speech Privacy Act of 2023’’. 
(b) RESTRICTIONS ON COLLECTION OF DONOR IN-
FORMATION.— 
(1) RESTRICTIONS.—An entity of the Federal 
government may not collect or require the submis-
sion of information on the identification of any 
donor to a tax-exempt organization. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not 
apply to the following: 
(A) The Internal Revenue Service, acting 
lawfully pursuant to section 6033 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor pro-
vision. 
(B) The Secretary of the Senate and the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting 
lawfully pursuant to section 3 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604). 
(C) The Federal Election Commission, act-
ing lawfully pursuant to section 510 of title 36, 
United States Code. 
(D) An entity acting pursuant to a lawful 
order of a court or administrative body which 
has the authority under law to direct the entity 
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to collect or require the submission of the infor-
mation, but only to the extent permitted by the 
lawful order of such court or administrative 
body. 
(c) RESTRICTIONS ON RELEASE OF DONOR INFOR-
MATION.— 
(1) RESTRICTIONS.—An entity of the Federal 
government may not disclose to the public informa-
tion revealing the identification of any donor to a 
tax-exempt organization. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not 
apply to the following: 
(A) The Internal Revenue Service, acting 
lawfully pursuant to section 6104 of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 or any successor pro-
vision. 
(B) The Secretary of the Senate and the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives, acting 
lawfully pursuant to section 3 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604). 
(C) The Federal Election Commission, act-
ing lawfully pursuant to section 510 of title 36, 
United States Code. 
(D) An entity acting pursuant to a lawful 
order of a court or administrative body which 
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has the authority under law to direct the entity 
to disclose the information, but only to the ex-
tent permitted by the lawful order of such court 
or administrative body. 
(E) An entity which discloses the informa-
tion as authorized by the organization. 
(d) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATION DEFINED.—In this 
section, a ‘‘tax-exempt organization’’ means an organiza-
tion which is described in section 501(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under 
section 501(a) of such Code. Nothing in this subsection 
may be construed to treat a political organization under 
section 527 of such Code as a tax-exempt organization for 
purposes of this section. 
(e) PENALTIES.—It shall be unlawful for any officer 
or employee of the United States, or any former officer 
or employee, willfully to disclose to any person, except as 
authorized in this section, any information revealing the 
identification of any donor to a tax-exempt organization. 
Any violation of this section shall be a felony punishable 
upon conviction by a fine in any amount not exceeding 
$250,000, or imprisonment of not more than 5 years, or 
both, together with the costs of prosecution, and if such 
offense is committed by any officer or employee of the 
United States, he shall, in addition to any other punish-
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ment, be dismissed from office or discharged from employ-
ment upon conviction for such offense. 
SEC. 309. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR TAX-EXEMPT 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Don’t Weaponize the IRS Act’’. 
(b) ORGANIZATIONS EXEMPT FROM REPORTING.— 
(1) GROSS RECEIPTS THRESHOLD.—Clause (ii) 
of section 6033(a)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$50,000’’. 
(2) 
ORGANIZATIONS
DESCRIBED.—Subpara-
graph (C) of section 6033(a)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 
(v), 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (vi) and inserting a semicolon, and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clauses: 
‘‘(vii) any other organization described 
in section 501(c) (other than a private 
foundation or a supporting organization 
described in section 509(a)(3)); and 
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‘‘(viii) any organization (other than a 
private foundation or a supporting organi-
zation described in section 509(a)(3)) 
which 
is 
not 
described 
in 
section 
170(c)(2)(A), or which is created or orga-
nized in a possession of the United States, 
which has no significant activity (including 
lobbying and political activity and the op-
eration of a trade or business) other than 
investment activity in the United States.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to taxable years end-
ing after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION TO SECTION 
527 ORGANIZATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 
6033(g) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘This section’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Except as otherwise provided by this sub-
section, this section’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘for the taxable year.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘for the taxable year in the same 
manner as to an organization exempt from tax-
ation under section 501(a).’’. 
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(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to taxable years end-
ing after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) REPORTING OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF CON-
TRIBUTORS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 
6033(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Ex-
cept as provided in subsections (b)(5) and (g)(2)(B), 
such annual return shall not be required to include 
the names and addresses of contributors to the orga-
nization.’’. 
(2) APPLICATION TO SECTION 527 ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—Paragraph (2) of section 6033(g) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A), 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C), and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) containing the names and addresses 
of all substantial contributors, and’’. 
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(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply to taxable years end-
ing after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 310. MAINTENANCE OF STANDARDS FOR DETER-
MINING ELIGIBILITY OF SECTION 501(C)(4) 
ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Department of the Treasury, 
including the Internal Revenue Service, may not issue, re-
vise, or finalize any regulation, revenue ruling, or other 
guidance not limited to a particular taxpayer relating to 
the standard which is used to determine whether an orga-
nization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social 
welfare for purposes of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (including the proposed regulations 
published at 78 Fed. Reg. 71535 (November 29, 2013)). 
(b) APPLICATION
OF CURRENT STANDARDS
AND 
DEFINITIONS.—The standard and definitions as in effect 
on January 1, 2010, which are used to make determina-
tions described in subsection (b) shall apply after the date 
of the enactment of this Act for purposes of determining 
status under section 501(c)(4) of such Code of organiza-
tions created on, before, or after such date. 
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Subtitle B—Prohibition on Use of 
Federal 
Funds 
for 
Congres-
sional Campaigns 
SEC. 311. PROHIBITING USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR PAY-
MENTS IN SUPPORT OF CONGRESSIONAL 
CAMPAIGNS. 
No Federal funds, including amounts attributable to 
the collection of fines and penalties, may be used to make 
any payment in support of a campaign for election for the 
office of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to, the Congress. 
Subtitle C—Registration and 
Reporting Requirements 
SEC. 321. ELECTRONIC FILING OF ELECTIONEERING COM-
MUNICATION REPORTS. 
Section 304(a)(11)(A)(i) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(a)(11)(A)(i)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or makes electioneering commu-
nications’’ after ‘‘expenditures’’. 
SEC. 322. INCREASED QUALIFYING THRESHOLD AND ES-
TABLISHING PURPOSE FOR POLITICAL COM-
MITTEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(4) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101(4)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(4) The term ‘political committee’ means— 
‘‘(A) any committee, club, association, or 
other group of persons, including any local com-
mittee of a political party, which receives con-
tributions aggregating in excess of $25,000 
during a calendar year or which makes expendi-
tures aggregating in excess of $25,000 during 
a calendar year and which is under the control 
of a candidate or has the major purpose of 
nominating or electing a candidate; or 
‘‘(B) any separate segregated fund estab-
lished under the provisions of section 316(b).’’. 
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 301 of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 30101) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(27) MAJOR
PURPOSE
OF
NOMINATING
OR 
ELECTING A CANDIDATE.—The term ‘major purpose 
of nominating or electing a candidate’ means, with 
respect to a group of persons described in paragraph 
(4)(A)— 
‘‘(A) a group whose central organizational 
purpose is to expressly advocate for the nomina-
tion, election, or defeat of a candidate; or 
‘‘(B) a group for which the majority of its 
spending throughout its lifetime of existence 
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has been on contributions, expenditures, or 
independent expenditures.’’. 
(c) PRICE INDEX ADJUSTMENT FOR POLITICAL COM-
MITTEE THRESHOLD.—Section 315(c) of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 30116(c)), as amended by section 304(b), is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) In any calendar year after 2024— 
‘‘(i) 
a 
threshold 
established 
by 
sections 
301(4)(A) or 301(4)(C) shall be increased by the 
percent difference determined under subparagraph 
(A); 
‘‘(ii) each amount so increased shall remain in 
effect for the calendar year; and 
‘‘(iii) if any amount after adjustment under 
clause (i) is not a multiple of $100, such amount 
shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iv) for purposes of sections 301(4)(A) 
and 301(4)(C), calendar year 2024.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections held dur-
ing 2024 or any succeeding year. 
SEC. 323. INCREASED THRESHOLD WITH RESPECT TO INDE-
PENDENT 
EXPENDITURE 
REPORTING 
RE-
QUIREMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(c)(1) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(c)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$250’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000’’. 
(b) PRICE INDEX ADJUSTMENT FOR INDEPENDENT 
EXPENDITURE REPORTING THRESHOLD.—Section 315(c) 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30116(c)), as amended by sections 304(b) and 322(c), is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) In any calendar year after 2024— 
‘‘(i) a threshold established by section 304(c)(1) 
shall be increased by the percent difference deter-
mined under subparagraph (A); 
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‘‘(ii) each amount so increased shall remain in 
effect for the calendar year; and 
‘‘(iii) if any amount after adjustment under 
clause (i) is not a multiple of $100, such amount 
shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(v) for purposes of section 304(c)(1), cal-
endar year 2024.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections held dur-
ing 2024 or any succeeding year. 
SEC. 324. INCREASED QUALIFYING THRESHOLD WITH RE-
SPECT TO CANDIDATES. 
(a) INCREASE IN THRESHOLD.—Section 301(2) of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30101(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’. 
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(b) PRICE INDEX ADJUSTMENT FOR EXEMPTION OF 
CERTAIN AMOUNTS AS CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 315(c) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30116(c)), as amended by sections 
304(b), 322(c), and 323(b), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) In any calendar year after 2024— 
‘‘(i) a threshold established by sections 301(2) 
shall be increased by the percent difference deter-
mined under subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) each amount so increased shall remain for 
the 2-year period that begins on the first day fol-
lowing the date of the general election in the year 
preceding the year in which the amount is increased 
and ending on the date of the next general election; 
and 
‘‘(iii) if any amount after adjustment under 
clause (i) is not a multiple of $100, such amount 
shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(A) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (v), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(vi) for purposes of sections 301(2), cal-
endar year 2024.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections held dur-
ing 2024 or any succeeding year. 
SEC. 325. REPEAL REQUIREMENT OF PERSONS MAKING 
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES TO REPORT 
IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN DONORS. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 304(c)(2) of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(c)(2)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (C). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 304(c)(1) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(c)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘the information required under subsection (b)(3)(A) 
for all contributions received by such person’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the information required under paragraph (2)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to independent ex-
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penditures made on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
Subtitle D—Exclusion of Certain 
Amounts From Treatment as 
Contributions or Expenditures 
SEC. 331. INCREASED THRESHOLD FOR EXEMPTION OF 
CERTAIN AMOUNTS AS CONTRIBUTIONS. 
(a) REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY EXEMPTION.— 
Section 301(8)(B)(ii) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101(8)(B)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$2,000’’; and 
(2) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$2,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$4,000’’. 
(b) 
TRAVEL
EXPENSES
EXEMPTION.—Section 
301(8)(B)(iv) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101(8)(B)(iv)) is amended— 
(1) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$1,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$2,000’’; and 
(2) 
by 
striking 
‘‘$2,000’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘$4,000’’. 
(c) PRICE INDEX ADJUSTMENT FOR EXEMPTION OF 
CERTAIN AMOUNTS AS CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 315(c) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30116(c)), as amended by sections 
304(b), 322(c), 323(b), and 324(b) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(H) In any calendar year after 2024— 
‘‘(i) the exemption amounts established by sec-
tion 301(8)(B)(ii) or 301(8)(B)(iv) shall be in-
creased by the percent difference determined under 
subparagraph (A); 
‘‘(ii) each amount so increased shall remain for 
the 2-year period that begins on the first day fol-
lowing the date of the general election in the year 
preceding the year in which the amount is increased 
and ending on the date of the next general election; 
and 
‘‘(iii) if any amount after adjustment under 
clause (i) is not a multiple of $100, such amount 
shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(A) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(B) in clause (vi), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
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‘‘(vii) 
for 
purposes 
of 
sections 
301(8)(B)(ii) or 301(8)(B)(iv), calendar year 
2024.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections held dur-
ing 2024 or any succeeding year. 
SEC. 332. EXEMPTION OF UNCOMPENSATED INTERNET 
COMMUNICATIONS 
FROM 
TREATMENT 
AS 
CONTRIBUTION OR EXPENDITURE. 
(a) EXEMPTIONS.— 
(1) EXEMPTION
FROM
TREATMENT
AS
CON-
TRIBUTION.—Section 301(8)(B) of the Federal Elec-
tion 
Campaign 
Act 
of 
1971 
(52 
U.S.C. 
30101(8)(B)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 
(xiii); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (xiv) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(xv) any payment by any person in producing 
and disseminating any information or communica-
tion on the internet, internet platform or other inter-
net-enabled application, unless the information or 
communication is disseminated for a fee on another 
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person’s website, platform or other internet-enabled 
application, whether coordinated or not.’’. 
(2) EXEMPTION FROM TREATMENT AS EXPEND-
ITURE.—Section 301(9)(B) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30101(9)(B)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 
(ix); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (x) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(xi) any cost incurred by any person in pro-
ducing and disseminating any information or com-
munication on the internet, internet platform or 
other internet-enabled application, unless the infor-
mation or communication is disseminated for a fee 
on another person’s website, platform or other inter-
net-enabled application.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION TO DEFINITION OF PUBLIC COM-
MUNICATIONS.—Section 301(22) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30101(22)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘In the previous sentence, the terms ‘public communica-
tion’ and ‘general public political advertising’ do not in-
clude communications disseminated over the internet or 
via an internet platform or other internet-enabled applica-
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tion, unless the communication or advertising is dissemi-
nated for a fee on another person’s website, platform or 
other internet-enabled application.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections held dur-
ing 2024 or any succeeding year. 
SEC. 333. MEDIA EXEMPTION. 
(a) EXPANSION
OF EXEMPTION
TO ADDITIONAL 
FORMS OF MEDIA.—Section 301(9)(B)(i) of the Federal 
Election 
Campaign 
Act 
of 
1971 
(52 
U.S.C. 
30101(9)(B)(i)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(i) any news story, commentary, or edi-
torial distributed through the facilities of any 
broadcasting, cable, satellite, or internet-based 
station, programmer, operator or producer; 
newspaper, magazine, or other periodical pub-
lisher; electronic publisher, platform, or applica-
tion; book publisher; or filmmaker or film pro-
ducer, distributor or exhibitor, unless such fa-
cilities are owned or controlled by any political 
party, political committee, or candidate;’’. 
(b) APPLICATION
TO
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section 
301(8)(B) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30101(8)(B)), as 
amended by section 332(a)(1), is amended— 
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reports of the disbursements of such funds under section 
304(a).’’. 
(b) INCLUSION OF DESIGNATION IN STATEMENT OF 
ORGANIZATION OF COMMITTEE.—Section 303(b) of such 
Act (52 U.S.C. 30103(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) in the case of an authorized committee of 
a candidate who has designated an individual under 
section 302(k) (including a second individual des-
ignated to carry out the responsibilities of that indi-
vidual under such section in the event of that indi-
vidual’s death or incapacity or unwillingness to carry 
out the responsibilities) to disburse funds from the 
accounts of the committee in the event of the death 
of the candidate, a copy of the statement filed by the 
candidate with the Commission under such section 
(as well as a copy of any subsequent statement of 
revocation filed by the candidate with the Commis-
sion under such section).’’. 
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(ii) by redesignating subsection (j) as 
subsection (i). 
(C) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING 
TO NOTIFICATION.—Section 304(a)(6) of such 
Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(a)(6)) is amended— 
(i) by striking subparagraphs (B), 
(C), and (D); and 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(E) as subparagraph (D). 
(D) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING 
TO DEFINITIONS.—Section 301(25) of such Act 
(52 U.S.C. 30101(25)) is amended by striking 
‘‘For purposes of sections 315(i) and 315A and 
paragraph (26), the term’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
term’’. 
(E) OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
Section 315(a)(1) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30116(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Except 
as provided in subsection (i) and section 315A, 
no person’’ and inserting ‘‘No person’’. 
(5) ELECTIONEERING
COMMUNICATIONS
AND 
INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURES
BY
CORPORATIONS 
AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 316 of such 
Act (52 U.S.C. 30117) is amended— 
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(3) FEDERAL ELECTION.—The term ‘‘Federal 
election’’ means any election (as defined in section 
301(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101(1))) for Federal office (as 
defined in section 301(3) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101(3))). 
(4) FEDERAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘Federal en-
tity’’ means any agency (as defined in section 551 
of title 5, United States Code). 
(5) LOCAL
ELECTION
OFFICIAL.—The term 
‘‘local election official’’ means the chief election offi-
cial of a component of a unit of local government of 
a State that is responsible for administering Federal 
elections. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 901 of the Help 
America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21141), as 
amended by section 138. 
(8) STATE
ELECTION
OFFICIAL.—The term 
‘‘State election official’’ means— 
(A) the chief State election official of a 
State designated under section 10 of the Na-
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