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U.GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
118TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-318
STOP FOREIGN FUNDS IN ELECTIONS ACT
DECEMBER 14, 2023.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. STEIL, from the Committee on House Administration,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 3229]
The Committee on House Administration, to whom was referred
the bill (H.R. 3229) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 to apply the prohibition against contributions and dona-
tions by foreign nationals in connection with elections to contribu-
tions or donations in connection with ballot initiatives and
referenda, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon
with amendments and recommends that the bill as amended do
pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Summary ............................................................................................ 2
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 2
Committee Action ................................................................................................... 5
Committee Consideration ........................................................................................ 6
Committee Votes ...................................................................................................... 6
Statement of Constitutional Authority ................................................................. 6
Committee Oversight Findings .............................................................................. 6
Statement of Budget Authority and Related Items .............................................. 7
Congressional Budget Office Estim ate ................................................................... 7
Performance Goals and Objectives ......................................................................... 7
Duplication of Federal Programs ............................................................................ 7
Advisory on Earmarks ............................................................................................ 7
Federal Mandates Statement ................................................................................. 7
Advisory Committee Statement .............................................................................. 7
Applicability to Legislative Branch ....................................................................... 7
Section-by-Section Analysis ................................................................................... 8
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ..................................... 8
The amendments (stated in terms of the page and line numbers
of the introduced bill) are as follows:
Page 2, line 3, strike REFERENDA and insert REFERENDA AND
RECALL ELECTIONS.
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