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Duty to Report Act of 2018

Introduced: June 7, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 30, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Jun 7, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 7, 2018
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Duty to Report Act of 2018

This bill requires each candidate for public office (and certain affiliated individuals) to notify the Federal Bureau of Investigation upon receiving unsolicited information (or an offer of such information) about another candidate for the same office from a source the candidate knows to be a foreign power, unless (1) the candidate reasonably believes the information is in the public domain, or (2) the information could not give an advantage to the receiving candidate. An individual who fails to comply with this bill may be criminally liable.

What's happening now July 30, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 14
D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 19, 2018
 D
Boyle, Brendan F.
Pennsylvania · Jun 7, 2018
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Jun 7, 2018
 D
Castro, Joaquin
Texas · Jun 7, 2018
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 7, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 7, 2018
 D
Gallego, Ruben
Arizona · Jun 7, 2018
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jun 7, 2018
 D
Jeffries, Hakeem S.
New York · Jun 7, 2018
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 7, 2018
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jun 7, 2018
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 7, 2018
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jun 7, 2018
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Jun 7, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6046: Duty to Report Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6046/
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"H.R. 6046: Duty to Report Act of 2018." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6046/.
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H.R. 6046, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6046/.
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