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S. 2966 115th Congress Senate

Stop Secret Foreign Interference in Elections Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require donor disclosure for certain organizations accepting donations from foreign nationals, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 24, 2018 Introduced by: Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic · Rhode Island See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 24, 2018
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 Latest action May 24, 2018

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Secret Foreign Interference in Elections Act

This bill requires certain corporations, nonprofit organizations, political organizations, and other organizations to disclose to the Federal Election Commission specified information, such as information regarding (1) recipients of campaign-related disbursements of a certain size, and (2) funds received from foreign nationals.

The bill also requires (1) a principal officer of a such an entity to certify that, to the officer's knowledge, certain types of expenditures and disbursements were not made with funds provided by a foreign national; and (2) certain tax-exempt organizations to report the receipt of disqualified foreign contributions.

 Related & companion bills 7
  • HR 2338 501(c)(4) Reform Act of 2017
  • HR 3537 We the People Act of 2017
  • HR 3848 We the People Democracy Reform Act of 2017
  • HR 6239 DISCLOSE Act of 2018
  • S 1585 DISCLOSE Act of 2017
  • S 1880 We the People Democracy Reform Act of 2017
  • S 3150 DISCLOSE Act of 2018
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · May 24, 2018
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 24, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2966: Stop Secret Foreign Interference in Elections Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2966/
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"S. 2966: Stop Secret Foreign Interference in Elections Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2966/.
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S. 2966, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-S-2966/.
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