Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Expands federal prohibitions on foreign money in election activity and limits federal collection or public disclosure of donor identities for tax-exempt organizations, subject to specified exceptions.
Who Benefits and How
Domestic election systems could gain broader protection against foreign-funded activity, and tax-exempt organizations and donors could gain stronger privacy protections from federal disclosure.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Foreign-linked political spending and facilitation would face broader bans, while federal agencies would lose discretion to collect or disclose some nonprofit donor information.
Key Provisions
- Expands the federal foreign-money ban to additional election-related activity and ballot measures.
- Bars federal entities from collecting or publicly disclosing donor identities for tax-exempt organizations except in specified circumstances.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Expands federal prohibitions on foreign money in election activity and limits federal collection or public disclosure of donor identities for tax-exempt organizations, subject to specified exceptions.
Key Policy Areas
Government Operations, Civil Rights, Finance
Primary Purpose
Expands federal prohibitions on foreign money in election activity and limits federal collection or public disclosure of donor identities for tax-exempt organizations, subject to specified exceptions.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Domestic election integrity interests
- Tax-exempt organizations and donors seeking privacy protections
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Foreign-linked entities involved in election spending or facilitation
- Federal entities that collect or disclose donor identities outside specified exceptions
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Hagerty (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Budd, Mr. Cruz, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
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Foreign persons and entities attempting to fund or facilitate covered election activity
Tax-exempt organizations and their donors seeking greater confidentiality
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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