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HR 1025 105th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Campaign funds Congress Congressional candidates Congressional elections Financial disclosure Government paperwork Political advertising Presidential candidates Presidential elections Soft money

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the use of soft money to influence any campaign for election for Federal office.

Introduced: March 11, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Mar 18, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E495)
Mar 11, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.
Mar 11, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit any person from expending any funds for the purpose of influencing any campaign for election for Federal office unless the funds are subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements applicable to contributions and expenditures of such Act.

What's happening now March 18, 1997

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E495)

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 4, 1998
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Oct 9, 1997
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Oct 1, 1997
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 25, 1997
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Jun 4, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1025: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the use of soft money to influence any campaign for election for Federal office.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1025/
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"H.R. 1025: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the use of soft money to influence any campaign for election for Federal office.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1025/.
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H.R. 1025, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1025/.
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