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H.R. 1172 117th Congress House

Stop Super PAC–Candidate Coordination Act

Official title: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act to clarify the treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions made to candidates under such Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 18, 2021 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Civil actions and liabilityCongressional electionsElections, voting, political campaign regulationPolitical advertisingTax-exempt organizations
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Feb 18, 2021
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act

This bill treats certain payments for coordinated expenditures as campaign contributions for purposes of disclosure and reporting requirements.

First, the bill generally defines a coordinated expenditure as a payment made by any person in cooperation with a candidate, an authorized committee of a candidate, a political committee of a political party, or an agent of a candidate or committee. Further, the bill sets forth penalties for willfully violating limits related to making contributions to a candidate for coordinated expenditures.

The bill also prohibits a candidate or an individual holding federal office from soliciting, receiving, directing, or transferring funds to or on behalf of certain types of political committees.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1172: Stop Super PAC–Candidate Coordination Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1172/
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"H.R. 1172: Stop Super PAC–Candidate Coordination Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1172/.
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H.R. 1172, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1172/.
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