I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1615 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban 
on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals under such Act 
to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic cor-
porations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 17, 2017 
Mr. RASKIN (for himself, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Ms. CLARK 
of Massachusetts, Mr. CLAY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COOPER, 
Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. 
MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, 
Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KAPTUR, 
Mr. KIHUEN, Ms. LEE, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Ms. NORTON, 
Mr. O’ROURKE, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. SOTO, and Mr. WELCH) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Admin-
istration 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by for-
eign nationals under such Act to foreign-controlled, for-
eign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic corporations, 
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 ‘‘Get Foreign Money 
Out of U.S. Elections Act’’. 
SEC. 2. APPLICATION OF BAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EX-
PENDITURES BY FOREIGN NATIONALS TO DO-
MESTIC CORPORATIONS THAT ARE FOREIGN- 
CONTROLLED, FOREIGN-INFLUENCED, AND 
FOREIGN-OWNED. 
(a) APPLICATION OF BAN.—Section 319(b) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30121(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) any corporation which is not a foreign na-
tional described in paragraph (1) and— 
‘‘(A) in which a foreign national described 
in paragraph (1) or (2) directly or indirectly 
owns or controls— 
‘‘(i) 5 percent or more of the voting 
shares, if the foreign national is a foreign 
country, a foreign government official, or a 
corporation principally owned or controlled 
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by a foreign country or foreign government 
official; or 
‘‘(ii) 20 percent or more of the voting 
shares, if the foreign national is not de-
scribed in clause (i); 
‘‘(B) in which two or more foreign nation-
als described in paragraph (1) or (2), each of 
whom owns or controls at least 5 percent of the 
voting shares, directly or indirectly own or con-
trol 50 percent or more of the voting shares; 
‘‘(C) over which one or more foreign na-
tionals described in paragraph (1) or (2) has 
the power to direct, dictate, or control the deci-
sionmaking process of the corporation with re-
spect to its interests in the United States; or 
‘‘(D) over which one or more foreign na-
tionals described in paragraph (1) or (2) has 
the power to direct, dictate, or control the deci-
sionmaking process of the corporation with re-
spect to activities in connection with a Federal, 
State, or local election, including— 
‘‘(i) the making of a contribution, do-
nation, expenditure, independent expendi-
ture, or disbursement for an electioneering 
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communication (within the meaning of sec-
tion 304(f)(3)); or 
‘‘(ii) the administration of a political 
committee established or maintained by the 
corporation.’’. 
(b) CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.—Section 319 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30121) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION
OF COMPLIANCE REQUIRED 
PRIOR TO CARRYING OUT ACTIVITY.—Prior to the mak-
ing in connection with an election for Federal office of any 
contribution, donation, expenditure, independent expendi-
ture, or disbursement for an electioneering communication 
by a corporation during a year, the chief executive officer 
of the corporation (or, if the corporation does not have 
a chief executive officer, the highest ranking official of the 
corporation), shall file a certification with the Commission, 
under penalty of perjury, that the corporation is not pro-
hibited from carrying out such activity under subsection 
(b)(3), unless the chief executive officer has previously 
filed such a certification during the year.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect upon the expiration of the 
period which begins on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, and shall take effect without regard to whether or 
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not the Federal Election Commission has promulgated 
regulations to carry out such amendments. 
SEC. 3. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF FOREIGN 
MONEY BAN TO CERTAIN DISBURSEMENTS 
AND ACTIVITIES. 
(a) APPLICATION
TO DISBURSEMENTS
TO SUPER 
PACS.—Section 319(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121(a)(1)(A)) is 
amended by striking the semicolon and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, including any disbursement to a political com-
mittee which accepts donations or contributions that do 
not comply with the limitations, prohibitions, and report-
ing requirements of this Act (or any disbursement to or 
on behalf of any account of a political committee which 
is established for the purpose of accepting such donations 
or contributions);’’. 
(b) CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CORPORATE PACS 
MAY MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.—Sec-
tion 316(b) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30118(b)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) A separate segregated fund established by a cor-
poration may not make a contribution or expenditure dur-
ing a year unless the year the fund has certified to the 
Commission the following during the year: 
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‘‘(A) Each individual who manages the fund, 
and who is responsible for exercising the decision-
making authority of the fund, is a citizen of the 
United States or is lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence in the United States. 
‘‘(B) No foreign national under section 319 
participates in any way in the decisionmaking proc-
esses of the fund with regard to contributions or ex-
penditures under this Act. 
‘‘(C) The fund does not solicit or accept rec-
ommendations from any foreign national under sec-
tion 319 with respect to the contributions or expend-
itures made by the fund. 
‘‘(D) Any member of the board of directors of 
the corporation who is a foreign national under sec-
tion 319 abstains from voting on matters concerning 
the fund or its activities.’’. 
Æ 
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