SANTOS Act

Bill: 118-hr-350
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2023-01-12
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Civil actions and liability

Congressional elections

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Military personnel and dependents

Personnel records

Student records
Latest action: action_date: 2023-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-01-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Stopping Another Non-Truthful Office Seeker Act or the SANTOS Act</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 350 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2023 Mr. Torres of New York (for himself and Mr. Goldman 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 require a candidate for Congress to file additional information about a candidate’s educational background, military service, and employment history, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stopping Another Non-Truthful Office Seeker Act or the SANTOS Act . 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.