119-hr4511

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4511 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4511

 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the 
solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in 
a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not 
require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making 
 the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 July 17, 2025

 Mr. Levin (for himself, Mr. LaLota, Mr. Neguse, and Mr. Obernolte) 
 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 the 
solicitation and acceptance of a recurring contribution or donation in 
a campaign for election for Federal office by any method which does not 
require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making 
 the contribution or donation on a recurring basis, 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 ``Uncheck the Box Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS ON SOLICITATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF RECURRING 
 CONTRIBUTIONS OR DONATIONS IN CAMPAIGNS FOR ELECTION FOR 
 FEDERAL OFFICE.

    (a) Restrictions.--

Section 324 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30126) is amended to read as follows:

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SEC. 324. RESTRICTIONS ON SOLICITATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF RECURRING 
 CONTRIBUTIONS OR DONATIONS.

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    (a) In General.--
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    (1) Restrictions on solicitation.--A person may not 
 solicit a recurring contribution to a political committee, a 
 recurring contribution to fund an independent expenditure, or a 
 recurring donation to fund an electioneering communication by 
 any method which does not require the contributor or donor to 
 give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation 
 on a recurring basis.
 ``

    (2) Restrictions on acceptance.--A political committee 
 may not accept a contribution which was made on a recurring 
 basis, a person funding an independent expenditure may not 
 accept a contribution to fund the expenditure which was made on 
 a recurring basis, and a person funding an electioneering 
 communication may not accept a donation to fund the 
 communication which was made on a recurring basis, unless the 
 contributor or donor gave affirmative consent to making the 
 contribution or donation on a recurring basis.
 ``

    (3) Treatment of passive actions.--For purposes of 
 paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) , a contributor or donor who does not 
 take an affirmative action to make or agree to make a 
 contribution or donation on a recurring basis, including a 
 contributor or donor who engages only in a passive action such 
 as failing to uncheck a pre-checked box authorizing a recurring 
 contribution or donation, shall not be considered to give 
 affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a 
 recurring basis.
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    (b) Responsibilities of Persons Accepting Contributions or 
Donations.--A person accepting a contribution or donation described in 
subsection

    (a) which is made on a recurring basis shall meet the 
following requirements with respect to each recurrence of the 
contribution or donation:
 ``

    (1) Upon receiving the initial contribution or donation 
 and each subsequent recurrence of the contribution or donation, 
 the person shall provide the contributor or donor with a 
 receipt that clearly and conspicuously discloses all of the 
 material terms of the contribution or donation, including a 
 statement of the date and amount of the next recurrence of the 
 contribution or donation.
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    (2) In addition to the information required to be 
 provided under paragraph

    (1) , the person shall include in each 
 communication with the contributor or donor which relates to 
 the contribution or donation all of the information the 
 contributor or donor needs to cancel any subsequent recurrence 
 of the contribution or donation.
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    (3) Upon request of the contributor or donor, the person 
 shall immediately cancel all subsequent recurrences of the 
 contribution or donation which would otherwise be made after 
 receiving the request.''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the earlier of--

    (1) the date on which the Federal Election Commission 
 promulgates regulations to carry out 

section 324 of the Federal 
 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (as amended by subsection

    (a) ); 
 or

    (2) the expiration of the 180-day period which begins on 
 the date of the enactment of this Act.
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