US Congress Senate Bill 1585 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-2)
Status: Introduced on July 19 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-07-19 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Pending: Senate Rules And Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

DISCLOSE Act of 2017 Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2017 This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to ban campaign contributions and expenditures by corporations that are controlled, influenced, or owned by foreign nationals. The bill redefines the term "independent expenditure" to include an expenditure that is the functional equivalent of express advocacy because it can be interpreted by a reasonable person only as advocating the election or defeat of a candidate. The bill expands the period during which certain communications are treated as electioneering communications. The bill prescribes disclosure requirements for campaign-related disbursements by corporations, labor organizations, and other entities, including a political committee with an account established for the purpose of accepting donations or contributions that do not comply with the contribution limits or source prohibitions under FECA.

DISCLOSE Act of 2017 Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2017

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Charles Schumer [D-NY]	Sen. Patrick Leahy [D-VT]	Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL]	Sen. Jack Reed [D-RI]	Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL]
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE]	Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH]	Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]
Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]
Sen. Christopher Coons [D-DE]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Heidi Heitkamp [D-ND]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]
Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Maria Cantwell [D-WA]
Sen. Mark Warner [D-VA]	Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-07-19	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

HB1134 (Related) 2017-03-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
HB1615 (Related) 2017-03-17 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
SB1880 (Related) 2017-09-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
SB2966 (Related) 2018-05-24 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB6239 (Related) 2018-06-27 - Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
SB3150 (Related) 2018-06-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1585/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1585/BILLS-115s1585is.pdf