118th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 4472First Amendment Protection Act

To promote election integrity, voter confidence, and faith in elections by protecting political speech, and for other purposes.

Government operations and politics
Introduced Jul 6, 2023
Last action Sep 12, 2023
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Financial Services · Oversight · House Admin +1
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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill makes various changes related to campaign finance. Specifically, the bill repeals limits on coordinated party expenditures. It also provides statutory authority for the Supreme Court's holding in McCutcheon v. FEC, which invalidated limits on aggregate contributions by individuals. Additionally, the bill  raises contribution limits for state political party committees to match those contribution limits for national political party committees, allows two or more political committees to participate in joint fundraising activities in accordance with specified criteria,provides statutory authority for certain privacy protections of donors to tax-exempt organizations,prohibits federa...

Provisions · 30 sectionsIntroduced in House
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Timeline · 6 actions
Sep 12, 2023
Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
Jul 6, 2023
Introduced in House
Jul 6, 2023
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 6, 2023
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 6, 2023
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 6, 2023
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Financial Services, and Oversight and Accountability, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.