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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 Oct 22, 2025

Latest action (Oct 22, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

Summary

This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to expand the existing prohibition on contributions and donations by foreign nationals. Currently, the law prohibits foreign nationals from making contributions or donations in connection with federal elections. This bill extends that prohibition to also cover state and local ballot initiatives and ballot referenda. The amendment applies to contributions and donations made on or after the date the bill is enacted.

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)
1 cosponsor

Actions (2)
  1. Oct 22, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. · senate
  2. Oct 22, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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.

  • HR 6738 — Protecting Ballot Measures From Foreign Influence Act of 2025 · Introduced Dec 16, 2025 · Cong. 119 95%
  • HR 3535 — Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act · Passed House Jul 14, 2026 · Cong. 119 84%
  • S 3129 — Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act · Introduced Nov 6, 2025 · Cong. 119 83%
  • HR 7193 — Campaign and Election Accountability Act · Introduced Jan 21, 2026 · Cong. 119 81%
  • HR 8721 — Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act · Introduced May 14, 2026 · Cong. 119 77%
  • HR 9874 — Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections Act · Introduced Jul 22, 2026 · Cong. 119 75%

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

October 22 (legislative day, October 21), 2025

Mr. Banks (for himself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 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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