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S. 1247: Duty To Report Act

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S. 1247: Duty To Report Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-30 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 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.

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Official title

Duty To Report Act

Plain summary

Duty To Report Act This bill requires political committees, candidates for federal office, and other individuals to report to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) any offers of prohibited contributions, including offers of nonpublic information regarding other candidates, by foreign nationals. Specifically, political committees and candidates must report to the FEC within 24 hours any (1) offers of prohibited contributions from foreign nationals, and (2) meetings with foreign governments or their agents. In addition, the bill requires political committees, candidates, immediate family members of candidates, and individuals affiliated with a campaign (e.g., employees and independent contractors) to report to the FBI within 24 hours any offers of prohibited contributions from foreign nationals. Further, the bill establishes a new criminal offense for knowingly and willfully failing to comply with this reporting requirement. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both. Such reported information may not be used to enforce certain immigration provisions related to the removal of undocumented aliens.

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Official text

Duty To Report Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · 21 cosponsors

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Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Tina Smith (D-MN), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] reported raising $771,465 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-s1247 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116