S3129-119

In Committee

Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act

119th Congress Introduced Nov 6, 2025

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

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:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.

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

Government Operations Civil Rights Finance

Main Provisions

Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
  • Domestic election integrity interests
  • Tax-exempt organizations and donors seeking privacy protections
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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
Model: codex-gpt-5 | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is

Contextual inference, no direct clause citation

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Nov 6, 2025

Mr. Hagerty (for himself, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Budd, Mr. Cruz, …

Nov 6, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and …

Nov 6, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Foreign Countries
1 mention across 1 clause
-1 negative

Foreign persons and entities attempting to fund or facilitate covered election activity

Non-Profit Institutions
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Tax-exempt organizations and their donors seeking greater confidentiality

2/3
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Civil Rights Finance

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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