I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4511 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the solicita-
tion and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in a cam-
paign for election for Federal office by any method which does not 
require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making 
the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 17, 2025 
Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Mr. LALOTA, Mr. NEGUSE, and Mr. OBERNOLTE) in-
troduced 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 the solicitation and acceptance of a recurring 
contribution or donation in a campaign for election for 
Federal office by any method which does not require 
the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to 
making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, 
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 ‘‘Uncheck the Box Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON SOLICITATION AND ACCEPT-
ANCE OF RECURRING CONTRIBUTIONS OR 
DONATIONS IN CAMPAIGNS FOR ELECTION 
FOR FEDERAL OFFICE. 
(a) RESTRICTIONS.—Section 324 of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30126) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 324. RESTRICTIONS ON SOLICITATION AND ACCEPT-
ANCE OF RECURRING CONTRIBUTIONS OR 
DONATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) RESTRICTIONS ON SOLICITATION.—A per-
son may not solicit a recurring contribution to a po-
litical committee, a recurring contribution to fund an 
independent expenditure, or a recurring donation to 
fund an electioneering communication by any meth-
od which does not require the contributor or donor 
to give affirmative consent to making the contribu-
tion or donation on a recurring basis. 
‘‘(2) RESTRICTIONS ON ACCEPTANCE.—A polit-
ical committee may not accept a contribution which 
was made on a recurring basis, a person funding an 
independent expenditure may not accept a contribu-
tion to fund the expenditure which was made on a 
recurring basis, and a person funding an election-
eering communication may not accept a donation to 
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fund the communication which was made on a recur-
ring basis, unless the contributor or donor gave af-
firmative consent to making the contribution or do-
nation on a recurring basis. 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF PASSIVE ACTIONS.—For 
purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a contributor or 
donor who does not take an affirmative action to 
make or agree to make a contribution or donation 
on a recurring basis, including a contributor or 
donor who engages only in a passive action such as 
failing to uncheck a pre-checked box authorizing a 
recurring contribution or donation, shall not be con-
sidered to give affirmative consent to making the 
contribution or donation on a recurring basis. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES
OF PERSONS ACCEPTING 
CONTRIBUTIONS OR DONATIONS.—A person accepting a 
contribution or donation described in subsection (a) which 
is made on a recurring basis shall meet the following re-
quirements with respect to each recurrence of the con-
tribution or donation: 
‘‘(1) Upon receiving the initial contribution or 
donation and each subsequent recurrence of the con-
tribution or donation, the person shall provide the 
contributor or donor with a receipt that clearly and 
conspicuously discloses all of the material terms of 
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the contribution or donation, including a statement 
of the date and amount of the next recurrence of the 
contribution or donation. 
‘‘(2) In addition to the information required to 
be provided under paragraph (1), the person shall 
include in each communication with the contributor 
or donor which relates to the contribution or dona-
tion all of the information the contributor or donor 
needs to cancel any subsequent recurrence of the 
contribution or donation. 
‘‘(3) Upon request of the contributor or donor, 
the person shall immediately cancel all subsequent 
recurrences of the contribution or donation which 
would otherwise be made after receiving the re-
quest.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall take effect on the earlier of— 
(1) the date on which the Federal Election 
Commission promulgates regulations to carry out 
section 324 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (as amended by subsection (a)); or 
(2) the expiration of the 180-day period which 
begins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Æ 
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