HR 1399 119th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Corporate finance and management Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Prior Approval Reform Act

Introduced: February 18, 2025 Introduced by: Amodei, Mark E. Republican · Nevada See on congress.gov

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Feb 18, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Feb 18, 2025

Introduced in House

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Prior Approval Reform Act

This bill allows a trade association or a separate segregated fund established by a trade association to solicit contributions from a member corporation's stockholders and executive or administrative personnel and their families without the approval of the member corporation. Such a solicitation may be made by more than one trade association in a calendar year.

What's happening now February 18, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Committee on House Administration
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Lobbying activity 36

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

COMMON CAUSE
for COMMON CAUSE · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
FEDERAL STREET STRATEGIES, LLC
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES (NABPAC) · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
for NATIONAL ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION · Virginia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
ATLAS CROSSING LLC
for NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUSINESS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES (NABPAC) · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026
ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC.
for ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS INC · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026

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Cosponsors 1

DesJarlais, Scott

Tennessee · Sep 30, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1399: Prior Approval Reform Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1399/

MLA

"H.R. 1399: Prior Approval Reform Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1399/.

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H.R. 1399, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1399/.

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[H.R. 1399: Prior Approval Reform Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1399/)