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To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish an expenditure limit with respect to candidates for the House of Representatives.
Summary
- Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish an annual expenditure limit for House of Representatives candidates.
- Sets the expenditure limit for House candidates at the average amount made available to sitting House members through their Members' Representational Allowance.
- Applies the expenditure limit to principal campaign committees of candidates for House Representative, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI)
Actions (2)
- Jul 16, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. · house
- Jul 16, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 16, 2026
Mr. Barrett 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 establish an expenditure limit with respect to candidates for the House of Representatives.
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 Accountability and Parity Act” or the “CAP Act”.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMIT FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“SEC. 325. ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMIT FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.
“The principal campaign committee of a candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the House of Representatives may not make in a year expenditures aggregating in excess of the average amount made available for use in the previous year by a Member of the House of Representatives from the Members’ Representational Allowance established in section 101 of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5341).”. <all>
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