For the People Act of 2019

Bill: 116-s-949
Sponsor: Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]
Introduced: 2019-03-28 in the Senate
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Advisory bodies
Appropriations
Aviation and airports
Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
Business records
Charitable contributions
Commemorative events and holidays
Congressional agencies
Congressional elections
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Criminal justice information and records
Digital media
Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
Election Assistance Commission
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government Publishing Office (GPO)
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Higher education
Internet and video services
Internet, web applications, social media
Legislative rules and procedure
Library of Congress
Military personnel and dependents
News media and reporting
Political advertising
Political parties and affiliation
Postal service
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Public participation and lobbying
Russia
State and local government operations
Subversive activities
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Tax-exempt organizations
Television and film
Transportation costs

Summary:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: 

For the People Act of 2019

 
This bill addresses voter access, election integrity, election security, political spending, and ethics for the three branches of government. 
 
Specifically, the bill expands voter registration and voting access, and limits removing voters from voter rolls.
 
The bill provides for states to establish independent, nonpartisan redistricting commissions.
 
The bill also sets forth provisions related to election security, including sharing intelligence information with state election officials, protecting the security of the voter rolls, supporting states in securing their election systems, developing a national strategy to protect the security and integrity of U.S. democratic institutions, establishing in the legislative branch the National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions, and other provisions to improve the cybersecurity of election systems.
 
This bill addresses campaign spending, including by expanding the ban on foreign nationals contributing to or spending on elections; expanding disclosure rules pertaining to organizations spending money during elections, campaign advertisements, and online platforms; and revising disclaimer requirements for political advertising. 
 
This bill establishes an alternative campaign funding system for Senate elections. The system involves federal matching of small contributions for qualified candidates. 
 
This bill sets forth provisions related to ethics in all three branches of government. Specifically, the bill requires a code of ethics for federal judges and justices, prohibits Senators from serving on the board of a for-profit entity, expands enforcement of regulations governing foreign agents, and establishes additional conflict-of-interest and ethics provisions for federal employees and the White House. 
 
The bill also requires candidates for President and Vice President to submit 10 years of tax returns.



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
action_date: 2019-03-28
text: Introduced in Senate