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Protecting Ballot Measures From Foreign Influence Act of 2025

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with ballot initiatives and referenda.

Introduced Dec 16, 2025

Latest action (Dec 16, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Referred to
Committee on House Administration
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Foreign PolicyVoting & Elections

Summary
  • Prohibits foreign nationals from making contributions or donations in connection with state and local ballot initiatives and referenda.
  • Extends this prohibition to ballot measures, which were previously not covered under federal campaign finance law.
  • The prohibition applies to contributions and donations made on or after the date of enactment of the bill.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
9 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Ben Cline’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • DYNAMIC AVIATION $10,000
  • MAGIC CITY FORD $9,900
  • GRAND HOME FURNISHINGS $6,600
  • ASSOCIATED ASPHALT $6,600
  • ULINE $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Ben Cline → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Dec 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. · house
  2. Dec 16, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 3028 — Protecting Ballot Measures From Foreign Influence Act of 2025 · Introduced Oct 22, 2025 · Cong. 119 95%
  • HR 3535 — Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act · Passed House Jul 14, 2026 · Cong. 119 85%
  • HR 7193 — Campaign and Election Accountability Act · Introduced Jan 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 84%
  • S 3129 — Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act · Introduced Nov 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 82%
  • HR 9874 — Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections Act · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Cong. 119 75%
  • HR 8721 — Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act · Introduced May 14, 2026 · Cong. 119 75%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Dec 16, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 16, 2025

Mr. Cline (for himself, Ms. Perez, Mrs. Bice, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Smith of Nebraska, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Hunt, and Mr. McDowell) 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 contributions and donations by foreign nationals in connection with ballot initiatives and referenda.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Ballot Measures From Foreign Influence Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS BY FOREIGN NATIONALS IN CONNECTION WITH BALLOT INITIATIVES AND REFERENDA.

(a) Prohibition.—Section 319(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting “, or a State or local ballot initiative or ballot referendum” after “election”.

(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to contributions and donations made on or after the date of enactment of this Act. <all>

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