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S. 4822: DISCLOSE Act of 2022

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S. 4822: DISCLOSE Act of 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2022-09-12 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 49. Record Vote Number: 346. (CR S4949-4950)

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-09-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: Senate vote 346 (2022): On the Cloture Motion, S4822 (2022-09-22), Cloture Motion Rejected. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 49. Record Vote Number: 346. (CR S4949-4950) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

DISCLOSE Act of 2022

Plain summary

Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2022 or the DISCLOSE Act of 2022 This bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosures of campaign expenditures, and requiring additional disclosures regarding certain political advertisements. Specifically, the bill expands existing foreign money prohibitions to include disbursements for paid web-based or digital communications and federal judicial nomination communications. It also prohibits foreign nationals from contributing to campaigns related to ballot initiatives and referenda. The Government Accountability Office must, for each four-year election cycle, study and report on the incidence of illicit foreign money in federal elections. Next, the bill makes it unlawful to establish or use a corporation, company, or other entity with the intent to conceal an election contribution or donation by a foreign national. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. Covered organizations (e.g., corporations, labor organizations, and political organizations) must, within 24 hours, file reports with the Federal Election Commission to disclose campaign expenditures of more than $10,000 during an election cycle. The bill also requires organizations to provide additional disclosures regarding political advertisements, including the donors who contributed the most money to that organization in the last year.

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Official text

DISCLOSE Act of 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · 49 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Ron Wyden (D-OR), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Patty Murray (D-WA), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Jack Reed (D-RI), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tina Smith (D-MN), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA), Mark Kelly (D-AZ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] reported raising $652,856 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (3)
Ballot initiative
A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
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).
Referendum
A vote by the public on a law or measure. Texas statewide propositions are how voters decide on constitutional amendments.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-s4822 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117