HR 154
114th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Congressional elections
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Political parties and affiliation
Close the Floodgates Act
Introduced: January 6, 2015
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 9, 2015
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H160)
Jan 6, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan 6, 2015
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Close the Floodgates Act
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, to repeal certain limits on separate contributions by persons or multicandidate political committees to political committees of a national political party which are not the authorized political committees of any candidate. Specifies those contributions used to defray expenses for:
- a presidential nominating convention;
- the construction, purchase, renovation, operation, and furnishing of party headquarters buildings; and
- the preparation for and the conduct of election recounts, contests, and other legal proceedings.
What's happening now
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H160)
Committees of jurisdiction
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