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House Bill 4114
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Stop Supporting Foreign Interference in Our Democracy Act
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Introduced in House on Jul 30, 2019
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H. R. 4114 (Introduced-in-House)


116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4114


To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a person from knowingly providing substantial assistance relating to a contribution or donation by a foreign national, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 30, 2019

Ms. Houlahan (for herself, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Slotkin, Ms. Spanberger, and Ms. Torres Small of New Mexico) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

A BILL

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a person from knowingly providing substantial assistance relating to a contribution or donation by a foreign national, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Stop Supporting Foreign Interference in Our Democracy Act”.

SEC. 2. Prohibition on provision of substantial assistance relating to contribution or donation by foreign nationals.

(a) In general.—Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121) is amended—

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking “or” at the end of paragraph (1)(C);

(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and inserting “; or”; and

(C) by adding at the end the following:

“(3) a person to knowingly provide substantial assistance to another person in carrying out an activity described in paragraph (1) or (2).”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:

“(c) Knowingly described.—

“(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection (a)(3), the term ‘knowingly’ means actual knowledge, awareness of pertinent facts that would lead a reasonable person to conclude there is a substantial probability, or awareness of pertinent facts that would lead a reasonable person to conduct a reasonable inquiry to establish—

“(A) with respect to an activity described in subsection (a)(1), that the contribution, donation, expenditure, independent expenditure, or disbursement is from a foreign national; and

“(B) with respect to an activity described in subsection (a)(2), that the contribution or donation solicited, accepted, or received is from a foreign national.

“(2) PERTINENT FACTS.—For purposes of paragraph (1), pertinent facts include, but are not limited to, that the person making the contribution, donation, expenditure, independent expenditure, or disbursement, or that the person from whom the contribution or donation is solicited, accepted, or received—

“(A) uses a foreign passport or passport number for identification purposes;

“(B) provides a foreign address;

“(C) uses a check or other written instrument drawn on a foreign bank, or by a wire transfer from a foreign bank, in carrying out the activity; or

“(D) resides abroad.

“(d) Substantial assistance defined.—As used in this section, the term ‘substantial assistance’ means, with respect to an activity prohibited by paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a), involvement with an intent to facilitate successful completion of the activity.”.