Title: On the Clock Act
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
On the Clock Act
This bill prohibits Members of Congress from soliciting campaign funds while the chamber of Congress in which the Member serves is in session (other than a pro forma session).

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8089 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8089

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit Members 
 of Congress from making direct and personal solicitations of campaign 
       funds when Congress is in session, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 15, 2022

 Mr. Phillips (for himself and Mr. Gallagher) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit Members 
 of Congress from making direct and personal solicitations of campaign 
       funds when Congress is in session, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``On the Clock Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM MAKING DIRECT AND PERSONAL 
              SOLICITATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS WHILE IN SESSION.

    (a) Prohibition.--Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

``SEC. 325. PROHIBITING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM MAKING DIRECT AND 
              PERSONAL SOLICITATIONS OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS WHILE IN 
              SESSION.

    ``(a) Prohibition.--An individual holding the office of Senator or 
Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
Congress may not make a direct and personal solicitation of funds in 
connection with an election for Federal office or an election for State 
or local office--
            ``(1) in the case of an individual holding the office of 
        Senator, on any day on which the Senate is in session, other 
        than during the portion of the day which occurs before the 
        Senate convenes and the portion of the day which occurs after 
        the Senate adjourns; or
            ``(2) in the case of an individual holding the office of 
        Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
        Congress, on any day on which the House of Representatives is 
        in session, other than during the portion of the day which 
        occurs before the House convenes and the portion of the day 
        which occurs after the House adjourns.
    ``(b) Exception for Pro Forma Sessions.--Subsection (a) does not 
apply--
            ``(1) in the case of paragraph (1) of subsection (a), to a 
        day on which the Senate convenes solely in a pro forma session; 
        and
            ``(2) in the case of paragraph (2) of subsection (a), to a 
        day on which the House of Representatives convenes solely in a 
        pro forma session.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to elections occurring after December 2022.
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