Save Lives Act

Bill: 116-hr-5196
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Delgado, Antonio [D-NY-19]
Introduced: 2019-11-20
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business ethics

Congressional elections

Corporate finance and management

Drug trafficking and controlled substances

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Prescription drugs
Latest action: action_date: 2019-11-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-11-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Save Lives Act </b></p> <p>This bill prohibits political contributions and expenditures from a separate segregated political fund of a company engaged in the manufacture of opioids. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5196 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 20, 2019 Mr. Delgado (for himself and Mr. Rose of New York ) 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 a separate segregated fund of a corporation which is engaged in the manufacture of opioids from making contributions or expenditures in connection with elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Save Lives Act . 2. Prohibiting campaign spending by separate segregated funds of corporations engaged in manufacture of opioids (a) Prohibition Section 316(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30118(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking the establishment and inserting subject to paragraph (8), the establishment ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (8) (A) A separate segregated fund of a corporation may not solicit any contribution, and may not make any contribution or expenditure, at any time during which the corporation is engaged in the manufacture of opioids. (B) In this paragraph— (i) the term manufacture has the meaning given such term in section 102(15) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802(15) ); and (ii) the term opioid has the meaning given such term in section 102(18) of the Controlled Substances Act ( 21 U.S.C. 802(18) ). . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to contributions solicited, and contributions and expenditures made, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.