Title: SANTOS Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Stopping Another Non-Truthful Office Seeker Act or the SANTOS Act
This bill requires congressional candidates to file additional personal information with their principal campaign committees and the Federal Election Commission. The bill also imposes criminal penalties for knowingly and willfully violating this requirement, such as by providing false information.
Specifically, the bill requires any individual who is a candidate for the House of Representatives or the Senate to provide information about their educational background, military service (if any), and employment history.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9703 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9703

    To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require a 
     candidate for Congress to file additional information about a 
 candidate's educational background, military service, and employment 
                    history, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 30, 2022

    Mr. Torres of New York 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 require a 
     candidate for Congress to file additional information about a 
 candidate's educational background, military service, and employment 
                    history, 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 ``Stopping Another Non-Truthful Office 
Seeker Act'' or the ``SANTOS Act''.

SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REQUIRED FROM CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS.

    (a) Information Required.--Section 302(e) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102(e)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following:
            ``(6) Additional information required from candidates for 
        congress.--Any individual who is a candidate for the House of 
        Representatives or for the Senate shall include, in the 
        designation required under paragraph (1), the following:
                    ``(A) The educational background of the candidate.
                    ``(B) The military service of the candidate, if 
                any.
                    ``(C) The employment history of the candidate.''.
    (b) Penalty.--Section 309(d)(1) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30109(d)(1)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(E) Any individual who knowingly and willfully violates section 
302(e)(6), including an individual who knowingly and willfully provides 
false information described in section 302(e)(6), shall be fined 
$100,000, imprisoned for 1 year, or both.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to elections held on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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