I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4786 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require authorized 
committees and leadership PACs of candidates for election for Federal 
office to disburse funds remaining unexpended after the date of the 
election involved, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 29, 2025 
Ms. CASTOR of Florida (for herself, Mr. BILIRAKIS, and Mr. RASKIN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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 com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
require authorized committees and leadership PACs of 
candidates for election for Federal office to disburse 
funds remaining unexpended after the date of the elec-
tion involved, 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 ‘‘Honest Elections and 
Campaign, No Gain Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIRING AUTHORIZED COMMITTEES OF CAN-
DIDATES TO DISBURSE FUNDS REMAINING 
UNEXPENDED AFTER DATE OF ELECTION. 
(a) REQUIRING DISBURSEMENT.—Title III of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 
et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 303 the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 303A. DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS REMAINING UNEX-
PENDED AFTER DATE OF ELECTION. 
‘‘(a) REQUIRING DISBURSEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each authorized committee 
or leadership PAC of a candidate shall, in accord-
ance with subsection (b) and prior to the expiration 
of the applicable disbursement period, disburse any 
funds of the committee or PAC before the earliest 
of— 
‘‘(A) the last day of the applicable dis-
bursement period; 
‘‘(B) the date on which the candidate first 
makes a lobbying contact or is employed or re-
tained to make a lobbying contact that would 
require registration under section 4 of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603); 
or 
‘‘(C) the date on which the candidate be-
comes an agent of a foreign principal that 
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would require registration under section 2 of 
the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 
as amended (22 U.S.C. 612). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION
FOR
CANDIDATES
IN
NEXT 
ELECTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply to the 
committee or PAC of a candidate who, prior to the 
first day of the applicable disbursement period, pro-
vides the appropriate State election official with the 
information and fees (if any) required under State 
law for the individual to qualify as a candidate for 
the next election for the office sought by the can-
didate or the next election for another Federal of-
fice. 
‘‘(3) APPLICABLE DISBURSEMENT PERIOD.—In 
this subsection, the ‘applicable disbursement period’ 
is, with respect to a candidate seeking election for 
an office, the 2-year period which begins on the day 
after the latest date on which an individual may pro-
vide the appropriate State election official with the 
information and fees (if any) required under State 
law for the individual to qualify as a candidate for 
the next election for such office. 
‘‘(b) RULES FOR DISBURSEMENT OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENT OF OBLIGATIONS.—In carrying 
out subsection (a), an authorized committee or lead-
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