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Campaign and Election Accountability Act
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit providing assistance to foreign nationals in making contributions or donations in connection with elections, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to make it illegal for any person to knowingly help or assist a foreign national in making contributions or donations in connection with U.S. elections. Under existing law, foreign nationals are already prohibited from making such contributions or donations. The bill adds a new provision to close a potential loophole by specifically prohibiting assistance to foreign nationals in violating this ban. The prohibition takes effect for contributions and donations made after the bill is enacted.
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Actions (3)
- Jan 21, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. · house
- Jan 21, 2026 Introduced in House
- Jan 21, 2026 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1163)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 21, 2026
Mr. Subramanyam (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis) 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 providing assistance to foreign nationals in making contributions or donations in connection with elections, and for other purposes.
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 “Campaign and Election Accountability Act”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN NATIONALS IN MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS OR DONATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH ELECTIONS.
(a) Prohibition.—Section 319(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking “or” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(3) a person to knowingly help or assist a foreign national in violating this subsection.”.
(b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by this section shall apply with respect to contributions and donations made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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