Duty To Report Act
- Last Action
- 2/23/2021
Actions
- 2021-02-23Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
- 2021-02-23Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-02-23 (00)
Duty To Report Act
This bill requires political committees, candidates for federal office, and other individuals to report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) any offers of prohibited contributions, including offers of nonpublic information regarding other candidates, by foreign nationals.
Specifically, political committees and candidates must report to the FEC within 24 hours any (1) offers of prohibited contributions from foreign nationals, and (2) meetings with foreign governments or their agents.
In addition, the bill requires political committees, candidates, immediate family members of candidates, and individuals affiliated with a campaign (e.g., employees and independent contractors) to report to the FBI within 24 hours any offers of prohibited contributions from foreign nationals. Further, the bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly and willfully failing to comply with this reporting requirement. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both.
Such reported information may not be used to enforce certain immigration provisions related to the removal of undocumented aliens.
Cosponsors (19)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Congressional elections
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Family relationships
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
- Federal Election Commission (FEC)
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Public participation and lobbying
- Subversive activities
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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