SEC. 2. STATEMENTS OF SPENDING ON FEDERAL JUDICIAL 
NOMINATION COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subtitle: 
‘‘Subtitle B—Federal Judicial 
Nomination Communications 
‘‘SEC. 351. STATEMENTS OF SPENDING ON FEDERAL JUDI-
CIAL NOMINATION COMMUNICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(1) STATEMENT REQUIRED.—Any covered or-
ganization that spends or contracts to spend a total 
of more than $50,000 on Federal judicial nomina-
tion communications during any calendar year shall 
file a statement with the Commission at the times 
described in paragraph (2) and containing the infor-
mation described in paragraph (3). 
‘‘(2) TIME FOR FILING STATEMENT.—A state-
ment shall be required to be filed under this sub-
section not later than 48 hours after each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(A) The first date during any calendar 
year by which the covered organization has 
spent or contracted to spend a total of more 
than $50,000 on Federal judicial nomination 
communications. 
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‘‘(B) Any date during such calendar year 
after the date described in subparagraph (A) by 
which the covered organization has spent or 
contracted to spend a total of more than 
$50,000 on Federal judicial nomination commu-
nications since the most recent date on which a 
statement was required to be filed under this 
subsection for such calendar year. 
‘‘(C) The last day of any calendar year in 
which a covered organization has filed a state-
ment under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) CONTENTS OF STATEMENT.—Each state-
ment required to be filed under this subsection shall 
be made under penalty of perjury and shall contain 
the following information: 
‘‘(A) The name of the covered organiza-
tion. 
‘‘(B) The principal place of business of the 
covered organization. 
‘‘(C) If the covered organization is a cor-
poration (other than a business concern that is 
an issuer of a class of securities registered 
under section 12 of the Securities Exchange 
Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l) or that is required 
to file reports under section 15(d) of that Act 
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(15 U.S.C. 78o(d))) or an entity described in 
subsection (d)(2)(B), a list of the beneficial 
owners of the covered organization that in-
cludes, for each beneficial owner— 
‘‘(i) the name; 
‘‘(ii) the current residential or busi-
ness street address; and 
‘‘(iii) if the beneficial owner exercises 
control over the covered organization 
through another legal entity, such as a cor-
poration, partnership, limited liability com-
pany, or trust, for the other legal entity— 
‘‘(I) the name; 
‘‘(II) the current residential or 
business street address; and 
‘‘(III) each beneficial owner who 
is authorized to use that other legal 
entity to exercise control over the cov-
ered organization. 
‘‘(D)(i) If the covered organization makes 
disbursements for Federal judicial nomination 
communications using exclusively funds in a 
segregated bank account consisting of funds 
paid directly to such account by persons other 
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than the covered organization that controls the 
account— 
‘‘(I) the names and addresses of all 
persons who donated an aggregate amount 
of $5,000 or more to that account during 
the period beginning on the first day of the 
preceding calendar year and ending on the 
date described in paragraph (2) with re-
spect to such statement; and 
‘‘(II) the information described in 
subparagraph (C) with respect to each 
beneficial owner of any donor described in 
subclause (I) that is not an individual. 
Nothing in this clause is to be construed as a 
prohibition on the use of funds in such a seg-
regated account for a purpose other than Fed-
eral judicial nomination communications. 
‘‘(ii) If the covered organization makes dis-
bursements for Federal judicial nomination 
communications using funds other than funds 
in a segregated bank account described in 
clause (i)— 
‘‘(I) the names and addresses of all 
persons who donated an aggregate amount 
of $5,000 or more to the covered organiza-
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tion making the disbursement during the 
period beginning on the first day of the 
preceding calendar year and ending on the 
date described in paragraph (2) with re-
spect to such statement; and 
‘‘(II) the information described in 
subparagraph (C) with respect to each 
beneficial owner of any donor described in 
subclause (I) that is not an individual. 
‘‘(E) For each Federal judicial nomination 
communication during the reporting period— 
‘‘(i) the name of the nominee; 
‘‘(ii) the date of the communication; 
‘‘(iii) the amount spent or contracted 
to be spent; 
‘‘(iv) the name and address of the 
person receiving payment for the commu-
nication; and 
‘‘(v) the platform through which the 
Federal judicial nomination communication 
was made. 
‘‘(F) A certification signed by the covered 
organization’s chief executive officer under pen-
alty of perjury, avowing that— 
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‘‘(i) the covered organization is not a 
foreign national or foreign-influenced cor-
poration; and 
‘‘(ii) after due inquiry, no amounts 
spent on a Federal judicial nomination 
communication were from an account that 
includes funds received from a foreign na-
tional or a foreign-influenced corporation. 
‘‘(b) FILING.—Statements required to be filed under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to the requirements of sec-
tion 304(d) to the same extent and in the same manner 
as if such statements had been required under subsection 
(c) or (g) of section 304. 
‘‘(c) ANTI-EVASION RULE.—For purposes of section 
309, it shall be a violation of this section to structure or 
attempt to structure any solicitation, donation, contribu-
tion, expenditure, disbursement, transfer, or other trans-
action in a manner intended to evade the reporting re-
quirements of this section. 
‘‘SEC. 352. DISCLAIMERS RELATING TO FEDERAL JUDICIAL 
NOMINATION COMMUNICATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever any person makes a 
disbursement for the purpose of financing a Federal judi-
cial nomination communication, such communication shall 
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