To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to ban activities of political action committees in Federal elections, and for other purposes.
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Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) prohibit Federal election activities by political action committees (PACs); (2) limit House of Representatives election contributions from persons other than local individual residents; (3) limit soft money contributions; (4) permit political party contributions to challengers that match any campaign funds carried forward by the incumbent from an earlier election; (5) eliminate, in specified circumstances, limitations on contributions to candidates whose opponents use more than $100,000 from personal funds; (6) permit expenditures by labor organizations only if the organization meets specified requirements; (7) set forth a transition rule relating to excess funds for House of Representative candidates; (8) require disclosure of election related activity by corporations, labor organizations, and nonprofit organizations; (9) prohibit bundling of contributions to candidates by PACs and lobbyists; (10) prohibit transfers among noncandidate, nonparty political committees; (11) prohibit a candidate from establishing a leadership committee; and (12) prohibit contributions between principal campaign committees.
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3470: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to ban activities of political action committees in Federal elections, and for other purposes.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3470/
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