S 1917
116th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Government trust funds
Political parties and affiliation
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Empower Act of 2019
Introduced: June 20, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 20, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jun 20, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Empower Act of 2019
This bill modifies the system for the public financing of presidential primary and general elections.
The bill (1) eliminates spending limits on participating candidates, (2) increases the amount of matching funds for participating candidates by matching the first $200 of contributions by individuals to candidates at a 6:1 ratio, (3) requires participating candidates to agree to accept contributions of no more than $1,000, and (4) allows national parties to expend up to $100 million in coordination with participating candidates.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1