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S 2959 111th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Corporate finance and management Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Foreign and international corporations

American Elections Act of 2010

Introduced: January 27, 2010 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Jan 27, 2010
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Elections Act of 2010 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) apply to any domestic corporation under foreign control or specified substantial foreign influence the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals in connection with a federal, state, or local election; and (2) require disclosure in certain print or broadcast communications paid for by a coporation the percentage of corporate voting shares controlled by a foreign national, or, if no such shares exist, the percentage of gross receipts that the corporation received from a foreign national in the immediately preceding fiscal year or current pro-rated fiscal year.

Requires any such broadcast communications paid for by a corporation to include an audio statement on the percentage of the corporation's shares controlled by, or of its funds that come from, foreign nationals.

What's happening now January 27, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Feb 4, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2959: American Elections Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2959/
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"S. 2959: American Elections Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2959/.
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S. 2959, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-2959/.
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