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H.R. 415 119th Congress House

Stop Act

Official title: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit individuals holding Federal office from directly soliciting contributions to or on behalf of any… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit individuals holding Federal office from directly soliciting contributions to or on behalf of any political committee under such Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 15, 2025 Introduced by: Brendan F. Boyle Democratic · Pennsylvania See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jan 15, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stop Act

This bill prohibits federal officeholders from directly soliciting contributions for certain federal election purposes. 

Specifically, the bill prohibits a federal officeholder from soliciting funds directly from any person (1) for or on behalf of any political committee, or (2) for or on the behalf of any person for use for federal election activity. However, a federal officeholder may participate in a fundraising event (e.g., planning, attending, or speaking at an event), as long as the federal officeholder does not engage in any written or verbal solicitation of funds in connection with the event.

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

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 415: Stop Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-415/
MLA
"H.R. 415: Stop Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-415/.
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H.R. 415, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-415/.
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[H.R. 415: Stop Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-415/)
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