I 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7306 
To establish the Democracy Dollars Program under which citizens may direct 
the making of payments to candidates in elections for Federal office 
and to political committees supporting campaigns for election for Federal 
office, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 13, 2018 
Mr. KHANNA introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on 
Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within 
the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish the Democracy Dollars Program under which 
citizens may direct the making of payments to candidates 
in elections for Federal office and to political committees 
supporting campaigns for election for Federal office, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Democracy Dollars Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—DEMOCRACY DOLLARS PROGRAM 
Subtitle A—Availability of Democracy Dollars to Qualified Candidates 
Sec. 101. Establishment of Democracy Dollars Program. 
Sec. 102. Eligibility of individuals to participate in Program. 
Sec. 103. Eligibility of candidates and authorized committees to receive pay-
ments; use of payments. 
Sec. 104. Democracy Dollars Exploratory Fund. 
Sec. 105. Eligibility of other political committees to receive payments; use of 
payments. 
Sec. 106. Reports on disbursements of funds received under Program. 
Subtitle B—Payments of Democracy Dollars 
Sec. 111. Amount available for eligible individuals to direct for payments. 
Sec. 112. Payments to candidates and committees from available amounts. 
Sec. 113. Limitations on amount of payments to candidates and committees. 
Sec. 114. Protecting privacy of eligible individuals. 
Sec. 115. Remitting unexpended payments. 
Subtitle C—Public Outreach and Education 
Sec. 121. Public outreach and education program. 
Sec. 122. Requiring materials to be provided in minority languages. 
Sec. 123. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—DEMOCRACY FUND COMMISSION 
Sec. 201. Establishment. 
Sec. 202. Membership. 
Sec. 203. Staff. 
Sec. 204. Functions. 
Sec. 205. State responsibility for implementation of Program. 
Sec. 206. Administration of program in case of States without approved imple-
mentation plans in effect. 
TITLE III—DEMOCRACY DOLLARS FUND 
Sec. 301. Democracy Dollars Fund. 
Sec. 302. Termination of Presidential Election Campaign Fund; transfer of bal-
ance to Democracy Dollars Fund. 
TITLE IV—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 401. Violations and penalties. 
Sec. 402. Democracy Dollar Administrator defined. 
Sec. 403. Other definitions. 
TITLE V—SEVERABILITY 
Sec. 501. Severability. 
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TITLE I—DEMOCRACY DOLLARS 
PROGRAM 
Subtitle A—Availability of Democ-
racy Dollars to Qualified Can-
didates 
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF DEMOCRACY DOLLARS PRO-
GRAM. 
In accordance with this Act, the Democracy Fund 
Commission (as established under title II) shall establish 
and operate a program to be known as the ‘‘Democracy 
Dollars Program’’, under which eligible individuals may 
direct that amounts in the Democracy Dollars Fund (as 
established under title III) be used to make payments to 
eligible candidates for election for Federal office (including 
the authorized committees of such candidates) or eligible 
political committees, in accordance with subtitle B. 
SEC. 102. ELIGIBILITY OF INDIVIDUALS TO PARTICIPATE IN 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY OF REGISTERED VOTERS.—An indi-
vidual is eligible to participate in the Democracy Dollars 
Program with respect to an election for Federal office if 
the individual is registered to vote in any election for Fed-
eral office during the year in which the election will be 
held, as determined on the basis of the most recent version 
of the computerized statewide voter registration list main-
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tained under section 303 of the Help America Vote Act 
of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 21083) by the State in which the indi-
vidual resides. 
(b) SPECIAL RULE
FOR RESIDENTS
OF STATES 
WITHOUT VOTER REGISTRATION.—In the case of an indi-
vidual who is a resident of a State in which there is no 
voter registration requirement for any voter in the State 
with respect to an election for Federal office, an individual 
is eligible to participate in the Program with respect to 
an election for Federal office if the individual is eligible 
to vote in any election for Federal office in that State. 
SEC. 103. ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES AND AUTHORIZED 
COMMITTEES TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS; USE 
OF PAYMENTS. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—A candidate (including the author-
ized committees of the candidate) is eligible to receive pay-
ments under the Democracy Dollars Program if— 
(1) the candidate and each authorized com-
mittee of the candidate registers with the Democracy 
Fund Commission to participate in the Program; 
(2) each such committee certifies to such Com-
mission that it has established a Democracy Dollars 
Exploratory Fund in accordance with section 104; 
(3) except as provided in subsection (d), each 
such committee certifies to such Commission that, in 
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accordance with section 104, the aggregate amount 
of qualified contributions that it has accepted, or 
that it will accept, to such Democracy Dollars Ex-
ploratory Fund is equal to the applicable threshold 
under such section; 
(4) each such committee certifies to such Com-
mission that it will maintain a separate account for 
payments received under the Program; and 
(5) each such committee certifies to such Com-
mission that it will meet the applicable requirements 
of this title, including the requirements of subsection 
(c) (relating to restrictions on the source of the con-
tributions the candidate and committees may accept 
and the expenditures the candidate and committees 
may make). 
(b) EXCLUSIVE USE OF DEMOCRACY DOLLARS PAY-
MENTS FOR AUTHORIZED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES.— 
(1) AUTHORIZED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES OF 
CANDIDATE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), a candidate (including an au-
thorized committee of the candidate) may use a 
payment received under the Program only for 
otherwise authorized expenditures in connection 
with the campaign for Federal office of the can-
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didate, and may not convert the payment to 
personal use. 
(B) APPLICATION OF RULES APPLICABLE 
TO
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
CANDIDATES
UNDER 
FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971.— 
For purposes of this paragraph, section 313 of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 
U.S.C. 30114) shall apply to the use of a pay-
ment under the Program in the same manner 
as such section applies to the use of a contribu-
tion or donation described in such section. 
(2) CONTRIBUTIONS TO OTHER CANDIDATES.— 
A candidate (including an authorized committee of a 
candidate) may use a payment received under the 
Program to make a contribution to the authorized 
committee of another candidate, except that the ag-
gregate amount of contributions made to such a 
committee using such payments with respect to an 
election may not exceed the limit on the amount of 
contributions which may be made to such a com-
mittee with respect to the election under section 
315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)). 
(c) DEMOCRACY DOLLARS PAYMENTS AS EXCLUSIVE 
SOURCE
OF CONTRIBUTIONS
AND EXPENDITURES.—A 
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candidate (including an authorized committee of the can-
didate) receiving a payment under the Democracy Dollars 
Program with respect to an election may not accept any 
contributions or make any expenditures in connection with 
any election occurring during the election cycle for the of-
fice involved other than the following: 
(1) Payments made under the Democracy Dol-
lars Program. 
(2) Amounts accepted and deposited in the can-
didate’s Democracy Dollars Exploratory Fund under 
section 104, so long as such amounts do not exceed 
the applicable threshold for the candidate under 
such section. 
(3) Personal funds (including personal funds of 
the candidate or any immediate family member of 
the candidate) in an amount that does not exceed an 
aggregate amount of $50,000 for all such elections. 
(d) PERMITTING CERTIFICATION
BY CANDIDATES 
AND COMMITTEES ACCEPTING EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO DEMOCRACY DOLLARS EXPLORATORY FUND.—A can-
didate (including an authorized committee of the can-
didate) which has accepted an aggregate amount of quali-
fied contributions to a Democracy Dollars Exploratory 
Fund under section 104 which is greater than the applica-
ble threshold under such section shall be considered to 
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meet the requirements of paragraph (3) of subsection (a) 
if, not later than 5 business days after the date on which 
the aggregate amount of qualified contributions deposited 
into such Fund was first equal to such applicable thresh-
old, the candidate provides the Democracy Fund Commis-
sion with— 
(1) a statement of the amount of contributions 
in such Fund; and 
(2) a certification that the candidate or com-
mittee returned all contributions accepted after such 
date to the persons who made such contributions. 
SEC. 104. DEMOCRACY DOLLARS EXPLORATORY FUND. 
(a) REQUIRING
ESTABLISHMENT
AND
MINIMUM 
BALANCE AS CONDITION OF ELIGIBILITY.—As a condi-
tion of eligibility to receive payments under the Democracy 
Dollars Program, a candidate (including the authorized 
committees of a candidate) shall— 
(1) establish a separate account to be known as 
the ‘‘Democracy Dollars Exploratory Fund’’; 
(2) accept a qualified contribution (as described 
in subsection (b)) from a number of individuals 
equal to or greater than the applicable donor thresh-
old described in subsection (c); and 
(3) deposit into Democracy Dollars Exploratory 
Fund an aggregate amount of qualified contribu-
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tions accepted by the candidate or the committee 
which is equal to the applicable dollar threshold de-
scribed in subsection (d). 
(b) QUALIFIED CONTRIBUTION DESCRIBED.—In this 
section, a ‘‘qualified contribution’’ means a contribution 
to a candidate or an authorized committee of a candidate 
which does not consist of any personal funds of the can-
didate and which is made by an individual who is not a 
member of the immediate family of the candidate, except 
that such term does not include a contribution made to 
the candidate or committee by another candidate (or an 
authorized committee of such a candidate) using a pay-
ment received under the Program, as described in section 
103(b). 
(c) APPLICABLE DONOR THRESHOLD DESCRIBED.— 
In this section, the ‘‘applicable donor threshold’’ with re-
spect to a candidate or authorized committee is— 
(1) 125 individuals, in the case of a candidate 
for a House election; 
(2) 250 individuals, in the case of a candidate 
for election for the office of Senator; or 
(3) 500 individuals, in the case of a candidate 
for election for the office of President or Vice Presi-
dent. 
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(d) APPLICABLE THRESHOLD DESCRIBED.—In this 
section, the ‘‘applicable dollar threshold’’ with respect to 
a candidate or authorized committee is— 
(1) $50,000, in the case of a candidate for a 
House election; 
(2) $500,000, in the case of a candidate for 
election for the office of Senator; or 
(3) $1,000,000, in the case of a candidate for 
election for the office of President or Vice President. 
SEC. 105. ELIGIBILITY OF OTHER POLITICAL COMMITTEES 
TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS; USE OF PAYMENTS. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY.—A political committee which is not 
an authorized committee of a candidate is eligible to re-
ceive payments under the Democracy Dollars Program 
if— 
(1) the committee registers with the Democracy 
Fund Commission to participate in the Program; 
and 
(2) the committee certifies that it will maintain 
a separate account for payments received under the 
Program. 
(b) EXCLUSIVE USE OF DEMOCRACY DOLLARS PAY-
MENTS
FOR
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
CANDIDATES
AND 
OTHER AUTHORIZED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—A political committee which 
is not an authorized committee of a candidate may 
use a payment received under the Democracy Dol-
lars Program only to make a contribution to the au-
thorized committee of a candidate, except that a po-
litical committee of a political party may also use a 
payment received under the Program for otherwise 
authorized expenditures in connection with the cam-
paigns for Federal office of candidates who are 
members of the political party, so long as the pay-
ment is not converted to personal use. For purposes 
of this paragraph, section 313 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114) shall 
apply to the use of a payment under the Program 
in the same manner as such section applies to the 
use of a contribution or donation described in such 
section. 
(2) LIMIT
ON
AMOUNT
OF
CONTRIBUTION.— 
The aggregate amount of contributions made by a 
committee under this section to the authorized com-
mittee of a candidate using payments received under 
the Democracy Dollars Program with respect to an 
election may not exceed the limit on the amount of 
contributions which may be made to such an author-
ized committee with respect to the election under 
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section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)). 
SEC. 106. REPORTS ON DISBURSEMENTS OF FUNDS RE-
CEIVED UNDER PROGRAM. 
(a) REQUIRING COMMITTEES TO FILE REPORTS.— 
Each authorized committee of a candidate or other polit-
ical committee which receives payments under the Democ-
racy Dollars Program shall file reports with the Democ-
racy Fund Commission listing the name and address of 
each person who has received any disbursement from the 
separate account maintained by the committee for pay-
ments received under the Program (and, if applicable, 
from the Democracy Dollars Exploratory Fund established 
pursuant to section 104) in an aggregate amount or value 
in excess of $200 during the period covered by the report, 
together with the date and amount of any such disburse-
ment. 
(b) TIMING OF REPORTS; PERIOD OF COVERAGE.— 
A committee shall file a report required under this section 
with respect to an election at the same time as the com-
mittee files a report required under section 304(a) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30104) with respect to that election, and each report filed 
under this section shall be complete as of the same period 
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applicable to the report the committee files at that time 
under section 304(a) of such Act. 
(c) ELECTRONIC FILING; PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 
(1) MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING.—In ac-
cordance with regulations promulgated by the De-
mocracy Fund Commission, a committee shall file 
each report required under this section in electronic 
form accessible by computers. 
(2) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The Commission 
shall make a report filed under this section available 
for inspection by the public in the offices of the 
Commission and accessible to the public on the 
internet not later than 24 hours after the Commis-
sion receives the report. 
(3) METHODS FOR VERIFICATION.—In promul-
gating regulations under this subsection, the Com-
mission shall provide methods (other than requiring 
a signature on the document being filed) for 
verifying reports filed under this section. Any docu-
ment verified under any of the methods shall be 
treated for all purposes (including penalties for per-
jury) in the same manner as a document verified by 
signature. 
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Subtitle B—Payments of 
Democracy Dollars 
SEC. 111. AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS 
TO DIRECT FOR PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the first day of each 
odd-numbered year (beginning with 2019), an eligible in-
dividual may direct the Democracy Dollar Administrator 
to make payments with respect to elections for Federal 
office held in the following year (or, in the case of special 
elections, an election held in either such odd-numbered 
year or the following year) in an aggregate amount equal 
to the sum of the following: 
(1) A House election share of— 
(A) for 2019, $10; or 
(B) for 2021 and each subsequent odd- 
numbered year, the amount established under 
this paragraph for the previous odd-numbered 
year increased by the adjustment percentage for 
House elections (as described in paragraph (1) 
of subsection (b)) for the year. 
(2) If a regularly scheduled election for the of-
fice of Senator will be held during the following year 
in the State in which the individual resides, a Senate 
election share of— 
(A) for 2019, $15; or 
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graph (1) of subsection (a) for the individual shall 
be increased by $10. 
(2) SENATE
ELECTIONS.—If an eligible indi-
vidual is a resident of a State in which a special 
election will be held for the office of Senator, the 
Senate election share amount set forth under para-
graph (2) for the individual shall be increased by 
$15. 
(d) NO CARRY-OVER OF AMOUNTS.—On the last day 
of each even-numbered year, the amount available under 
this section with respect to an eligible individual shall be 
reduced to $0, and no further payments may be made 
under this Act with respect to elections held in such year. 
(e) INDEXING OF AMOUNTS.—In any calendar year 
after 2019, section 315(c)(1)(B) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(c)(1)(B)) shall 
apply to each amount described in this section in the same 
manner as such section applies to the limitations estab-
lished under subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(3), and 
(h) of such section, except that for purposes of applying 
such section to the amounts described in this section, the 
‘‘base period’’ shall be 2019. 
(f) PROHIBITING PAYING INDIVIDUALS TO DIRECT 
PAYMENTS TO CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES.—It shall 
be unlawful— 
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(1) for any person to provide money or any-
thing of value to an eligible individual, or to make 
an express promise to provide money or anything of 
value to an eligible individual, in exchange for the el-
igible individual directing the Democracy Dollar Ad-
ministrator to make payments to a candidate or 
committee under the Democracy Dollars Program; 
or 
(2) for an eligible individual to solicit money or 
anything of value from another person in exchange 
for the eligible individual directing the Democracy 
Dollar Administrator to make payments to a can-
didate or committee under the Democracy Dollars 
Program. 
SEC. 112. PAYMENTS TO CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES 
FROM AVAILABLE AMOUNTS. 
(a) REQUESTS BY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—An eligi-
ble individual may submit to the Democracy Dollar Ad-
ministrator a request to make a payment from the amount 
available to the eligible individual under section 111 to an 
eligible candidate or political committee identified by the 
eligible individual, in such amount as the eligible indi-
vidual may specify. 
(b) PAYMENTS BY DEMOCRACY DOLLAR ADMINIS-
TRATOR.—Upon the expiration of the 5-day period which 
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begins on the date the eligible individual submits a request 
under subsection (a), the Democracy Dollar Administrator 
shall make a payment to the eligible candidate or political 
committee identified by the individual in the request, in 
the amount specified in the request, unless during such 
5-day period, the individual notifies the Administrator 
that the individual cancels the request. 
(c) STATEMENT OF BALANCE OF AMOUNTS REMAIN-
ING.—After making a payment to an eligible candidate or 
political committee at the direction of an individual, the 
Democracy Dollar Administrator shall transmit to the in-
dividual (as promptly as the Administrator determines to 
be feasible, in accordance with regulations promulgated by 
the Commission) a statement of the amount remaining for 
the individual to use for payments under the Democracy 
Dollars Program during the year. 
SEC. 113. LIMITATIONS ON AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS TO CAN-
DIDATES AND COMMITTEES. 
(a) LIMITATIONS BASED ON TYPE OF ELECTION.— 
The total amount of payments made at the direction of 
an eligible individual to candidates and the authorized 
committees of candidates may not exceed— 
(1) in the case of candidates for House elec-
tions, the House election share amount set forth 
under paragraph (1) of section 111(a); 
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(2) in the case of candidates for election for the 
office of Senator, the Senate election share amount 
set forth under paragraph (2) of section 111(a); and 
(3) in the case of candidates for election for the 
office of President, the presidential election share 
amount set forth under paragraph (3) of section 
111(a). 
(b) SPECIAL RULE
FOR CERTAIN PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTIONS.—In the case of elections for the office of 
President held in a year in which the incumbent is a can-
didate— 
(1) the total amount of payments made at the 
direction of an eligible individual to candidates and 
the authorized committees of candidates in primary 
elections for such office may not exceed 40 percent 
of the presidential election share amount set forth 
under paragraph (3) of section 111(a); and 
(2) the total amount of payments made at the 
direction of an eligible individual to candidates and 
the authorized committees of candidates in the gen-
eral election for such office may not exceed 60 per-
cent of the presidential election share amount set 
forth under paragraph (3) of section 111(a). 
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SEC. 114. PROTECTING PRIVACY OF ELIGIBLE INDIVID-
UALS. 
(a) NO TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS AS CONTRIBU-
TIONS MADE BY INDIVIDUALS TO CANDIDATES OR COM-
MITTEES.—A payment made to a candidate or committee 
under the Democracy Dollars Program at the direction of 
an eligible individual, as described in this subtitle, shall 
not be treated as a contribution made to the candidate 
or committee by the eligible individual for purposes of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 
et seq.). 
(b) ENSURING ANONYMITY OF INDIVIDUALS DIRECT-
ING PAYMENTS TO CANDIDATES AND COMMITTEES.—In 
making payments to candidates and political committees 
under this section at the request of an eligible individual, 
the Democracy Dollar Administrator shall take all prac-
ticable steps to ensure that no information relating to the 
identity of the individual who requests that the payment 
be made to the candidate or committee is disclosed or oth-
erwise made known to the candidate or the committee, in-
cluding through the use of blind trusts or similar devices. 
SEC. 115. REMITTING UNEXPENDED PAYMENTS. 
(a) REMITTANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than the 
date that is 10 days after the date on which a candidate 
withdraws from an election or no longer qualifies to be 
on the ballot for an election, any authorized committee of 
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the candidate to which payments were made under the 
Program shall remit to the Democracy Dollars Fund 
under section 301 any amounts in the separate account 
established by the committee for payments received under 
the Program (as described in section 103(a)(3)) which re-
main unexpended as of such date. 
(b) REALLOCATION TO AMOUNTS AVAILABLE FOR 
PAYMENTS AT DIRECTION OF ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.— 
To the greatest extent practicable, the Democracy Dollar 
Administrator shall increase the amounts available under 
this subtitle for an eligible individual to make payments 
under the Democracy Dollars Program to take into ac-
count the remittance of unspent amounts under this sec-
tion by an authorized committee that were attributable to 
payments made at the request of the eligible individual, 
and shall allocate such increase— 
(1) to the House election share set forth for the 
individual under paragraph (1) of section 111(a), in 
the case of an authorized committee of a candidate 
for a House election; 
(2) to the Senate election share set forth for 
the individual under paragraph (2) of section 
111(a), in the case of an authorized committee of a 
candidate for election to the office of Senator; and 
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(3) to the presidential election share set forth 
for the individual under paragraph (3) of section 
111(a), in the case of an authorized committee of a 
candidate for election to the office of President or 
Vice President. 
Subtitle C—Public Outreach and 
Education 
SEC. 121. PUBLIC OUTREACH AND EDUCATION PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—As part of carrying out 
the Democracy Dollar Program, the Democracy Dollar 
Administrator, in consultation with the Democracy Fund 
Commission and such other persons as the Administrator 
determines to be appropriate, shall develop and carry out 
a State-based public outreach and education campaign to 
increase public awareness regarding the ability of eligible 
individuals to direct that payments to be made to can-
didates and committees under the Program. 
(b) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—In carrying out the pub-
lic outreach and education program under this subtitle, 
the Democracy Dollar Administration may make grants 
to local election officials and nonprofit organizations (in-
cluding organizations described in section 504(c) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986) to carry out appropriate 
outreach and education activities, under such terms and 
conditions as the Administrator considers appropriate. 
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(c) WEBSITE.—In carrying out the public outreach 
and education program under this subtitle, the Democracy 
Dollar Administrator, in consultation with the Democracy 
Fund Commission and such other persons as the Adminis-
trator determines to be appropriate, shall develop, estab-
lish, and update as necessary, a single State-sponsored 
public website through which the public may obtain, in an 
easy to understand and user-friendly format, information 
about the Democracy Dollar Program, including the abil-
ity of eligible individuals to direct payments to be made 
to candidates and committees under the Program. 
(d) SOCIAL MEDIA.—The Democracy Dollar Admin-
istrator may use publicly available social media platforms 
to supplement the public outreach and education program 
under this subtitle and to support the operation of the 
pubic website developed and established under subsection 
(c). 
SEC. 122. REQUIRING MATERIALS TO BE PROVIDED IN MI-
NORITY LANGUAGES. 
As part of carrying out the Democracy Dollar Pro-
gram, the Democracy Dollar Administrator shall ensure 
that forms, materials, and information relating to the Pro-
gram are provided in the applicable language of language 
minority groups, as defined in section 203 of the Voting 
Rights Act of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10503). 
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SEC. 123. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subtitle such sums as may be necessary for each of 
the fiscal years 2019 through 2023. 
TITLE II—DEMOCRACY FUND 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT. 
There is hereby established the Democracy Fund 
Commission (in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Commis-
sion’’), which shall be responsible for administering the 
Democracy Dollars Program under this Act. 
SEC. 202. MEMBERSHIP. 
(a) APPOINTMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Commission shall be 
composed of 5 members appointed by the President 
with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
(2) QUALIFICATIONS.—An individual is eligible 
to serve as a Member of the Commission if the indi-
vidual is a retired judge of the United States. 
(3) 
RESTRICTIONS
ON
OUTSIDE
EMPLOY-
MENT.—A member of the Commission may not en-
gage in any other business, vocation, or employment. 
Any individual who is engaging in any other busi-
ness, vocation, or employment at the time of the in-
dividual’s appointment to the Commission shall ter-
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minate or liquidate such activity no later than 90 
days after such appointment. 
(4) VACANCIES; NO EFFECT ON AUTHORITY OF 
REMAINING MEMBERS.—A vacancy in the member-
ship of the Commission shall be filled in the same 
manner as the original appointment, and shall have 
no effect on the authority of the remaining members 
of the Commission to carry out their duties under 
this Act. 
(b) TERM OF SERVICE.— 
(1) SINGLE
10-YEAR
TERM.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraphs (2) and (3), a member of the 
Commission shall serve for a term of 10 years, and 
may not be reappointed to an additional term, ex-
cept that an individual may serve after the expira-
tion of that individual’s term until a successor has 
begun serving as a member of the Commission. 
(2) STAGGERING OF INITIAL TERMS.—Of the 
members first appointed to the Commission— 
(A) one (as designated at the time of ap-
pointment) shall serve for a term of 2 years; 
(B) one (as designated at the time of ap-
pointment) shall serve for a term of 4 years; 
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(C) one (as designated at the time of ap-
pointment) shall serve for a term of 6 years; 
and 
(D) one (as designated at the time of ap-
pointment) shall serve for a term of 8 years. 
(3) PERMITTING INDIVIDUALS SERVING INITIAL 
STAGGERED TERM TO BE REAPPOINTED TO A FULL 
TERM.—An individual who is one of the members 
first appointed to the Commission to serve for an 
initial term of 2 years under subparagraph (A) of 
paragraph (2) or to serve for an initial term of 4 
years under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) may 
be appointed subsequently to serve a term of 10 
years under paragraph (1). 
(4) VACANCY.—An individual appointed to fill a 
vacancy occurring in the membership of the Com-
mission before the expiration of the term for which 
the individual’s predecessor was appointed shall 
serve only for the remainder of that term. 
(c) COMPENSATION.—Each member of the Commis-
sion shall receive compensation at a rate equivalent to the 
most recent rate of compensation applicable to the indi-
vidual as a judge of the United States. 
(d) PROCESS IN EVENT OF DEADLOCK.—If a vote 
by the members of the Commission on any matter results 
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