I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8975 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require authorized 
committees of candidates for election for Federal office to include in 
the reports the committees are required to file under such Act informa-
tion on contributions received from small dollar donors, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 10, 2024 
Ms. BALINT (for herself, Mr. TONKO, and Ms. JAYAPAL) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
require authorized committees of candidates for election 
for Federal office to include in the reports the commit-
tees are required to file under such Act information 
on contributions received from small dollar donors, 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 ‘‘Small Dollar Donor 
Protection Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM 
SMALL DOLLAR DONORS. 
(a) DISCLOSURE REQUIRED.—Section 304(b)(2) of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30104(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (J); 
(2) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (K); and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(L) for an authorized committee, con-
tributions from persons whose identification the 
committee does not report under subparagraph 
(A), (F), or (G) of paragraph (3) because the 
receipts described in such subparagraph which 
are provided from such persons do not have an 
aggregate amount or value in excess of $200 
within the election cycle, together with the num-
ber of such contributions received within the 
election cycle;’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Federal Election 
Commission shall publish guidance to assist committees 
with complying with the requirements of section 
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304(b)(2)(L) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971, as added by subsection (a)(3). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to reports filed 
under section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, ex-
cept that in the case of a committee which filed a report 
under such section during the 90-day period which ends 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, the amendments 
shall apply with respect to the second report a committee 
is required to file under section after such date and each 
subsequent report. 
SEC. 3. ANALYSIS OF DECEPTIVE AND FRAUDULENT METH-
ODS OF SOLICITATION OF SMALL DOLLAR 
DONORS BY CANDIDATE COMMITTEES. 
(a) REPORT.—The Federal Election Commission 
shall conduct a study of the methods used by committees 
of candidates for election for Federal office under the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 to solicit contribu-
tions from individuals in amounts below the threshold for 
disclosing the identification of donors under the Act, and 
shall include in the study an analysis of the extent to 
which committees use methods which are deceptive or 
fraudulent to solicit such contributions. 
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