Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents
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This Act is organized into 3 divisions as follows: Division A—Voting and Elections. Division B—Campaign Finance. Division C—Ethics. The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Organization of Act into divisions; table of contents. Division A—Voting and Elections Title I—Election Access Subtitle A—Voter Registration Modernization Sec. 1001. Short title; findings and purpose. Sec. 1002. Automatic registration of eligible individuals. Sec. 1003.
Contributing agency assistance in registration. Sec. 1004. One-time contributing agency assistance in registration of eligible voters in existing records. Sec. 1005. Voter protection and security in automatic registration. Sec. 1006. Registration portability and correction. Sec. 1007. Payments and grants. Sec. 1008. Treatment of exempt States. Sec. 1009. Miscellaneous provisions. Sec. 1010. Definitions. Sec. 1011. Effective date. Subtitle B—Access to Voting for Individuals With Disabilities Sec. 1101.
Requirements for States to promote access to voter registration and voting for individuals with disabilities. Sec. 1102. Pilot programs for enabling individuals with disabilities to register to vote and vote privately and independently at residences. Sec. 1103. Expansion and reauthorization of grant program to assure voting access for individuals with disabilities. Subtitle C—CLEAN Elections Sec. 1201. Short title. Sec. 1202. Requiring open primaries. Sec. 1203. Sense of Congress on need for term limits for Members.
Subtitle D—Election Integrity Sec. 1301. Requiring voters to provide photo identification. Title II—Redistricting Reform Sec. 2001. Short title; finding of constitutional authority. Subtitle A—Requirements for Congressional Redistricting Sec. 2101. Limit on congressional redistricting after an apportionment. Sec. 2102. Requiring congressional redistricting to be conducted through plan of independent State commission. Subtitle B—Independent Redistricting Commissions Sec. 2201.
Independent redistricting commission. Sec. 2202. Establishment of selection pool of individuals eligible to serve as members of commission. Sec. 2203. Criteria for redistricting plan by independent commission; public notice and input. Sec. 2204. Establishment of related entities. Subtitle C—Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 2301. Payments to States for carrying out redistricting. Sec. 2302. State apportionment notice defined. Sec. 2303. No effect on elections for State and local office.
Sec. 2304. Effective date. Subtitle D—Severability Sec. 2401. Severability. Title III—Election Security Sec. 3000. Short title; sense of Congress. Subtitle A—Financial Support for Election Infrastructure Part 1—Grants for Risk-Limiting Audits of Results of Elections Sec. 3001. Grants to States for conducting risk-limiting audits of results of elections. Sec. 3002. GAO analysis of effects of audits. Part 2—Election Infrastructure Innovation Grant Program Sec. 3011. Election infrastructure innovation grant program.
Subtitle B—Security Measures Sec. 3101. Election infrastructure designation. Sec. 3102. Timely threat information. Sec. 3103. Security clearance assistance for election officials. Sec. 3104. Security risk and vulnerability assessments. Sec. 3105. Annual reports. Subtitle C—Enhancing Protections for United States Democratic Institutions Sec. 3201. National strategy to protect United States democratic institutions. Sec. 3202. National Commission to Protect United States Democratic Institutions.
Subtitle D—Promoting Cybersecurity Through Improvements in Election Administration Sec. 3301. Testing of existing voting systems to ensure compliance with election cybersecurity guidelines and other guidelines. Sec. 3302. Treatment of electronic poll books as part of voting systems. Sec. 3303. Pre-election reports on voting system usage. Sec. 3304. Streamlining collection of election information. Subtitle E—Preventing Election Hacking Sec. 3401. Short title. Sec. 3402. Election Security Bug Bounty Program.
Sec. 3403. Definitions. Subtitle F—Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 3501. Definitions. Sec. 3502. Initial report on adequacy of resources available for implementation. Subtitle G—Severability Sec. 3601. Severability. Division B—Campaign Finance Title IV—Campaign Finance Transparency Subtitle A—Findings Relating to Illicit Money Undermining Our Democracy Sec. 4001. Findings relating to illicit money undermining our democracy. Subtitle B—DISCLOSE Act Sec. 4100. Short title. Part 1—Regulation of Certain Political Spending Sec. 4101.
Application of ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals to domestic corporations, limited liability corporations, and partnerships that are foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned. Sec. 4102. Clarification of application of foreign money ban to certain disbursements and activities. Part 2—Reporting of Campaign-Related Disbursements Sec. 4111. Reporting of campaign-related disbursements. Sec. 4112. Application of foreign money ban to disbursements for campaign-related disbursements consisting of covered transfers.
Sec. 4113. Effective date. Part 3—Other Administrative Reforms Sec. 4121. Petition for certiorari. Sec. 4122. Judicial review of actions related to campaign finance laws. Subtitle C—Honest Ads Sec. 4201. Short title. Sec. 4202. Purpose. Sec. 4203. Findings. Sec. 4204. Sense of Congress. Sec. 4205. Expansion of definition of public communication. Sec. 4206. Expansion of definition of electioneering communication. Sec. 4207. Application of disclaimer statements to online communications.
Sec. 4208. Political record requirements for online platforms. Sec. 4209. Preventing contributions, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements for electioneering communications by foreign nationals in the form of online advertising. Subtitle D—Stand By Every Ad Sec. 4301. Short title. Sec. 4302. Stand By Every Ad. Sec. 4303. Disclaimer requirements for communications made through prerecorded telephone calls. Sec. 4304. No expansion of persons subject to disclaimer requirements on internet communications.
Sec. 4305. Effective date. Subtitle E—Secret Money Transparency Sec. 4401. Repeal of restriction of use of funds by Internal Revenue Service to bring transparency to political activity of certain nonprofit organizations. Subtitle F—Shareholder Right-To-Know Sec. 4501. Repeal of restriction on use of funds by Securities and Exchange Commission to ensure shareholders of corporations have knowledge of corporation political activity. Subtitle G—Disclosure of Political Spending by Government Contractors Sec. 4601.
Repeal of restriction on use of funds to require disclosure of political spending by government contractors. Subtitle H—Limitation and Disclosure Requirements for Presidential Inaugural Committees Sec. 4701. Short title. Sec. 4702. Limitations and disclosure of certain donations to, and disbursements by, inaugural committees. Subtitle I—Severability Sec. 4801. Severability. Title V—Campaign Finance Oversight Subtitle A—Restoring Integrity to America’s Elections Sec. 5001. Short title.
Sec. 5002. Membership of Federal Election Commission. Sec. 5003. Assignment of powers to Chair of Federal Election Commission. Sec. 5004. Revision to enforcement process. Sec. 5005. Permitting appearance at hearings on requests for advisory opinions by persons opposing the requests. Sec. 5006. Permanent extension of administrative penalty authority. Sec. 5007. Effective date; transition. Subtitle B—Stopping Super PAC–Candidate Coordination Sec. 5101. Short title. Sec. 5102. Clarification of treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates.
Sec. 5103. Clarification of ban on fundraising for super PACs by Federal candidates and officeholders. Subtitle C—Severability Sec. 5201. Severability. Division C—Ethics Title VI—Ethical Standards Subtitle A—Supreme Court Ethics Sec. 6001. Code of conduct for Federal judges. Subtitle B—Foreign Agents Registration Sec. 6101. Establishment of FARA investigation and enforcement unit within Department of Justice. Sec. 6102. Authority to impose civil money penalties. Sec. 6103. Disclosure of transactions involving things of financial value conferred on officeholders.
Subtitle C—Lobbying Disclosure Reform Sec. 6201. Expanding scope of individuals and activities subject to requirements of Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995. Subtitle D—Recusal of Presidential Appointees Sec. 6301. Recusal of appointees. Subtitle E—Severability Sec. 6401. Severability. Title VII—Ethics Reforms for the President, Vice President, and Federal Officers and Employees Subtitle A—Executive Branch Conflict of Interest Sec. 7001. Short title. Sec. 7002. Restrictions on private sector payment for Government service.
Sec. 7003. Requirements relating to slowing the revolving door. Sec. 7004. Prohibition of procurement officers accepting employment from Government contractors. Sec. 7005. Revolving door restrictions on employees moving into the private sector. Subtitle B—Presidential Conflicts of Interest Sec. 7011. Short title. Sec. 7012. Divestiture of personal financial interests of the President and Vice President that pose a potential conflict of interest. Sec. 7013. Initial financial disclosure.
Sec. 7014. Contracts by the President or Vice President. Subtitle C—White House Ethics Transparency Sec. 7021. Short title. Sec. 7022. Procedure for waivers and authorizations relating to ethics requirements. Subtitle D—Executive Branch Ethics Enforcement Sec. 7031. Short title. Sec. 7032. Reauthorization of the Office of Government Ethics. Sec. 7033. Tenure of the Director of the Office of Government Ethics. Sec. 7034. Duties of Director of the Office of Government Ethics. Sec. 7035.
Agency ethics officials training and duties. Subtitle E—Conflicts from Political Fundraising Sec. 7041. Short title. Sec. 7042. Disclosure of certain types of contributions. Subtitle F—Transition Team Ethics Sec. 7051. Short title. Sec. 7052. Presidential transition ethics programs. Subtitle G—Ethics Pledge for Senior Executive Branch Employees Sec. 7061. Short title. Sec. 7062. Ethics pledge requirement for senior executive branch employees. Subtitle H—Severability Sec. 7071.
Severability. Title VIII—Congressional Ethics Reform Subtitle A—Requiring Members of Congress To reimburse Treasury for amounts paid as settlements and awards under Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 Sec. 8001. Requiring Members of Congress to reimburse Treasury for amounts paid as settlements and awards under Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 in all cases of employment discrimination acts by Members. Subtitle B—Conflicts of Interests Sec. 8101. Prohibiting Members of House of Representatives from serving on boards of for-profit entities.
Sec. 8102. Conflict of interest rules for Members of Congress and congressional staff. Sec. 8103. Exercise of rulemaking powers. Subtitle C—Campaign Finance and Lobbying Disclosure Sec. 8201. Short title. Sec. 8202. Requiring disclosure in certain reports filed with Federal Election Commission of persons who are registered lobbyists. Sec. 8203. Effective date. Subtitle D—Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Sec. 8301. Short title. Sec. 8302. Definitions. Sec. 8303. Establishment of online portal for congressionally mandated reports.
Sec. 8304. Federal agency responsibilities. Sec. 8305. Removing and altering reports. Sec. 8306. Relationship to the Freedom of Information Act. Sec. 8307. Implementation. Subtitle E—CLEAN Congress Sec. 8401. Short title. Sec. 8402. Prohibiting multiple subjects in single bill. Sec. 8403. Requiring equal application of laws to Members of Congress. Subtitle F—CLEAN Public Service Sec. 8501. Short title. Sec. 8502. Termination of further retirement benefits for Members of Congress.
Subtitle G—No Budget, No Pay Sec. 8601. Short title. Sec. 8602. Definition. Sec. 8603. Timely approval of concurrent resolution on the budget and the appropriations bills. Sec. 8604. No pay without concurrent resolution on the budget and the appropriations bills. Sec. 8605. Determinations. Sec. 8606. Effective date. Subtitle H—No Work, No Pay Sec. 8701. Short title. Sec. 8702. Prohibiting paying Members of Congress during Government shutdowns. Sec. 8703. Definitions. Subtitle I—Severability Sec. 8801.
Severability. Title IX—Presidential, Vice Presidential, and Congressional Tax Transparency Sec. 9001. Presidential, Vice Presidential, and congressional tax transparency.