I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4177 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the accept-
ance by political committees of online contributions from certain 
unverified sources, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 3, 2015 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. BRAT, Mr. BUCK, Mr. DUNCAN of South Caro-
lina, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. GOHMERT, 
Mr. JONES, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. MESSER, Mr. 
PEARCE, Mr. POSEY, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. SALMON, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. 
STUTZMAN, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. WILSON of South Caro-
lina, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. RIGELL, and Mr. BABIN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
prohibit the acceptance by political committees of online 
contributions from certain unverified sources, 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 Foreign Dona-
tions Affecting Our Elections Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF CREDIT VERIFICATION 
VALUE AS CONDITION OF ACCEPTANCE OF 
ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL ELEC-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—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: 
‘‘(j)(1) No political committee shall accept any Inter-
net credit card contribution unless— 
‘‘(A) the individual or entity making such 
contribution is required, at the time such indi-
vidual makes such contribution, to disclose the 
credit verification value of such credit card; and 
‘‘(B)(i) the billing address associated with 
such credit card is located in the United States; 
or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a contribution made by 
an individual who is a United States citizen liv-
ing outside of the United States, the individual 
provides the committee with the United States 
mailing address the individual uses for voter 
registration purposes. 
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (c), in the 
case of an Internet credit card contribution— 
‘‘(A) no later than 10 days after receiving the 
contribution, the person who receives the contribu-
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tion shall forward to the treasurer such contribution, 
the name and address of the person making the con-
tribution, and the date of receipt; and 
‘‘(B) the treasurer of a political committee shall 
keep an account of the name and address of any 
person making any such contribution, together with 
the date and amount of such contribution by any 
person. 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘Internet credit card 
contribution’ means a contribution that— 
‘‘(A) is made using a credit card; and 
‘‘(B) is received through an Internet website.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions 
made after the expiration of the 180-day period which be-
gins on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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