119-hr415

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 415 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 415

 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.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 15, 2025

 Mr. Boyle of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
 referred to the Committee on House Administration

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 A BILL

 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.

 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 Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING DIRECT SOLICITATION OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS OR 
 FUNDS FOR FEDERAL ELECTION ACTIVITY BY FEDERAL 
 OFFICEHOLDERS.

    (a) Prohibition.--

Section 323

    (e) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30125

    (e) ) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraphs

    (2) through

    (4) as 
 paragraphs

    (3) through

    (5) , respectively; and

    (2) by inserting after paragraph

    (1) the following new 
 paragraph:
 ``

    (2) Prohibiting direct solicitations for federal election 
 purposes by federal officeholders.--
 ``
        (A) Prohibition.--In addition to the prohibitions 
 on soliciting funds set forth under paragraph

    (1) , an 
 individual holding Federal office shall not solicit 
 funds directly from any person--
 ``
            (i) for or on behalf of any political 
 committee; or
 ``
            (ii) for or on behalf of any person for 
 use for Federal election activity (as defined 
 in 

section 301

    (20) ).
 ``
        (B) Rule of construction regarding participation 
 in fundraising events.--Nothing in this paragraph may 
 be construed to prohibit an individual holding Federal 
 office from participating in a fundraising event, 
 including planning or attending the event, speaking at 
 the event, or serving as a featured guest at the event, 
 so long as the individual does not engage in any 
 written or verbal solicitation of funds in connection 
 with the event.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendment Relating to Attendance at State and Local 
Political Party Fundraising Events.--

Section 323

    (e)

    (4) of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 30125

    (e)

    (4) ), as redesignated by subsection

    (a)

    (1) , is amended--

    (1) by striking ``Notwithstanding paragraph

    (1) or 
 subsection

    (b)

    (2)
            (C) ,'' and inserting ``Notwithstanding 
 paragraph

    (1) , paragraph

    (2) , or subsection

    (b)

    (2)
            (C) ,''; and

    (2) by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
 following: ``, so long as, in the case of an individual holding 
 Federal office, the individual does not engage in any written 
 or verbal solicitation of funds in connection with the 
 event.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
solicitations made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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