I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4114 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a person 
from knowingly providing substantial assistance relating to a contribution 
or donation by a foreign national, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 30, 2019 
Ms. HOULAHAN
(for herself, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. SLOTKIN, Ms. 
SPANBERGER, and Ms. TORRES SMALL of New Mexico) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administra-
tion 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
prohibit a person from knowingly providing substantial 
assistance relating to a contribution or donation by a 
foreign national, 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 Supporting For-
eign Interference in Our Democracy Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PROVISION OF SUBSTANTIAL AS-
SISTANCE RELATING TO CONTRIBUTION OR 
DONATION BY FOREIGN NATIONALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 319 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of para-
graph (1)(C); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) a person to knowingly provide substantial 
assistance to another person in carrying out an ac-
tivity described in paragraph (1) or (2).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(c) KNOWINGLY DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(a)(3), the term ‘knowingly’ means actual knowl-
edge, awareness of pertinent facts that would lead a 
reasonable person to conclude there is a substantial 
probability, or awareness of pertinent facts that 
would lead a reasonable person to conduct a reason-
able inquiry to establish— 
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‘‘(A) with respect to an activity described 
in subsection (a)(1), that the contribution, do-
nation, expenditure, independent expenditure, 
or disbursement is from a foreign national; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to an activity described 
in subsection (a)(2), that the contribution or 
donation solicited, accepted, or received is from 
a foreign national. 
‘‘(2) PERTINENT
FACTS.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), pertinent facts include, but are not 
limited to, that the person making the contribution, 
donation, expenditure, independent expenditure, or 
disbursement, or that the person from whom the 
contribution or donation is solicited, accepted, or re-
ceived— 
‘‘(A) uses a foreign passport or passport 
number for identification purposes; 
‘‘(B) provides a foreign address; 
‘‘(C) uses a check or other written instru-
ment drawn on a foreign bank, or by a wire 
transfer from a foreign bank, in carrying out 
the activity; or 
‘‘(D) resides abroad. 
‘‘(d) SUBSTANTIAL ASSISTANCE DEFINED.—As used 
in this section, the term ‘substantial assistance’ means, 
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with respect to an activity prohibited by paragraph (1) or 
(2) of subsection (a), involvement with an intent to facili-
tate successful completion of the activity.’’. 
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