Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act

Bill: 114-hr-4177
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]
Introduced: 2015-12-03
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Consumer credit

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

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Internet and video services

Internet, web applications, social media
Latest action: action_date: 2015-12-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-12-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit political committees from accepting any Internet credit card contribution unless:</p> <ul> <li>the individual or entity making the contribution is required, at the time of the contribution, to disclose the credit card's verification value; and</li> <li>the billing address associated with the card is located in the United States or, if the contribution comes from an individual U.S. citizen living outside of the United States, the individual gives the committee the U.S. mailing address he or she uses for voter registration.</li> </ul> <p>In the case of an Internet credit card contribution:</p> <ul> <li>the person receiving the contribution shall forward it to the treasurer of the political comittee within 10 days, together with the name and address of the contributor and the date of receipt; and</li> <li>the treasurer shall keep an account of the contributor's name and address, together with the date and amount of the contribution.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4177 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 3, 2015 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Brat , Mr. Buck , Mr. Duncan of South Carolina , Mr. Duncan of Tennessee , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Gohmert , Mr. Jones , Mrs. Kirkpatrick , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Messer , Mr. Pearce , Mr. Posey , Mr. Rouzer , Mr. Salmon , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Stutzman , Mr. Amodei , Mr. DesJarlais , Mr. Wilson of South Carolina , Mr. Fitzpatrick , Mr. Rigell , and Mr. Babin ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the acceptance by political committees of online contributions from certain unverified sources, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act . 2. Requiring disclosure of credit verification value as condition of acceptance of online contributions to Federal election (a) In general Section 302 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30102 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) (1) No political committee shall accept any Internet credit card contribution unless— (A) the individual or entity making such contribution is required, at the time such individual makes such contribution, to disclose the credit verification value of such credit card ; and (B) (i) the billing address associated with such credit card is located in the United States; or (ii) in the case of a contribution made by an individual who is a United States citizen living outside of the United States, the individual provides the committee with the United States mailing address the individual uses for voter registration purposes. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (c), in the case of an Internet credit card contribution— (A) no later than 10 days after receiving the contribution, the person who receives the contribution shall forward to the treasurer such contribution, the name and address of the person making the contribution, and the date of receipt; and (B) the treasurer of a political committee shall keep an account of the name and address of any person making any such contribution, together with the date and amount of such contribution by any person. (3) In this subsection, the term Internet credit card contribution means a contribution that— (A) is made using a credit card; and (B) is received through an Internet website. . (b) Effective Date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions made after the expiration of the 180-day period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.