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H.R. 1615: Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act

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H.R. 1615: Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-17 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2017-03-17 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act

Plain summary

Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to ban campaign contributions and expenditures by corporations that are controlled, influenced, or owned by foreign nationals. Foreign nationals and such corporations may not make disbursements to political committees that accept donations or contributions that do not comply with the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of FECA. Corporate political action committees may make contributions and expenditures only if they comply with limitations on the involvement of foreign nationals and such corporations.

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Official text

Get Foreign Money Out of U.S. Elections Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] · 84 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Katherine M. Clark (D-MA), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Darren Soto (D-FL), Peter Welch (D-VT), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Grace Meng (D-NY), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Scott H. Peters (D-CA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Jared Huffman (D-CA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Chellie Pingree (D-ME) and 24 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] reported raising $9.3 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Political action committee (PAC)
A committee that raises and spends money to support or oppose candidates. PACs that give directly to federal candidates have contribution limits and report to the Federal Election Commission.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1615 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115