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Code · BILL · 118th Congress · H.R. 11 (Introduced in House) — To expand Americans’ access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes. · Sec. 6004

Sec. 6004. Study and report on illicit foreign money in Federal elections

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For each 4-year election cycle (beginning with the 4-year election cycle ending in 2020), the Comptroller General shall conduct a study on the incidence of illicit foreign money in all elections for Federal office held during the preceding 4-year election cycle, including what information is known about the presence of such money in elections for Federal office. Not later than the applicable date with respect to any 4-year election cycle, the Comptroller General shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the study conducted under subsection (a). The report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include a description of the extent to which illicit foreign money was used to target particular groups, including rural communities, African-American and other minority communities, and military and veteran communities, based on such targeting information as is available and accessible to the Comptroller General. For purposes of paragraph (1), the term applicable date means— in the case of the 4-year election cycle ending in 2020, the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act; and in the case of any other 4-year election cycle, the date that is 1 year after the date on which such 4-year election cycle ends. As used in this section: The term 4-year election cycle means the 4-year period ending on the date of the general election for the offices of President and Vice President. The term illicit foreign money means any contribution, donation, expenditure, or disbursement by a foreign national (as defined in section 319(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30121(b) )) prohibited under such section. The terms election and Federal office have the meanings given such terms under section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30101 ). The term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives; the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate; the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate. This section shall not apply to any 4-year election cycle beginning after the election for the offices of President and Vice President in 2032.
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