Campaign Transparency Act

Bill: 115-hr-3485
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]
Introduced: 2017-07-27
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Campaign Transparency Act</b></p> <p>This bill eliminates the contribution amount threshold for reporting the identity of a person who contributes to political committees for federal elections. Currently, a person who contributes $200 or less per calendar year (or election cycle for authorized candidate committees) does not have to be identified by the committee in certain required reports. </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3485 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 27, 2017 Mr. Kind 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 eliminate the thresholds for reporting the identification of persons making contributions to political committees with respect to elections for Federal office.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Campaign Transparency Act . 2. Elimination of thresholds for reporting identification of persons making contributions to political committees in Federal elections (a) Identification of persons making contributions Section 304(b)(3) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30104(b)(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking whose contribution or contributions have an aggregate amount or value in excess of $200 within the calendar year (or election cycle, in the case of an authorized committee of a candidate for Federal office), or in any lesser amount if the reporting committee should so elect, ; (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking in an aggregate amount or value in excess of $200 within the calendar year (or election cycle, in the case of an authorized committee of a candidate for Federal office) ; and (3) in subparagraph (G), by striking in an aggregate value or amount in excess of $200 within the calendar year (or election cycle, in the case of an authorized committee of a candidate for Federal office) . (b) Effective Date The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to reports required to be filed under section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30104 ) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.