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HR 8721 Cleared committee

Expands the federal ban on foreign money in U.S. elections to cover donations for voter registration, ballot collection, get-out-the-vote work, and election administration, and bars federal agencies from collecting or publicly releasing the identities of donors to tax-exempt groups.

Official title: Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
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House
Introduced 11-MAY-2026
Referred 11-MAY-2026
Approved by committee 14-MAY-2026
Key points
  • Adds donations for voter registration, ballot collection, voter identification, get-out-the-vote activity, party-referencing communications, and election administration to the foreign money ban in Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
  • Makes it unlawful to knowingly aid or facilitate a prohibited foreign donation, and treats funds routed through conduits with designations as indirect contributions
  • Requires political committees, independent spenders, and electioneering communicators to certify under penalty of perjury that their spending complies with the foreign money ban
  • Prohibits federal entities from collecting or disclosing donor identities for 501(c) tax-exempt organizations, with exceptions for the IRS, Congress, the FEC, and court orders, and sets a felony penalty of up to $250,000 and five years in prison for violations
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Committee referrals (2) Policy area

Government Operations and Politics

Sponsor Bryan Steil (R-WI) Cosponsors · 3
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