HR 1540 · 101th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the coverage of a provision that prohibits contributions by foreign nationals in elections for Federal, State, and local offices, and to provide for an additional prohibition on contributions by foreign nationals in initiative, referendum, and recall elections.

Introduced 1989-03-21· Sponsored by Rep. Saiki, Patricia [R-HI-1]· House

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Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.(1989-03-23)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions by foreign nationals in connection with any election, initiative, referendum, recall election, primary election, convention, or caucus for any Federal, State, or local office.…

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Cosponsors (20)

7 Democrats13 Republicans
Rep. Gallegly, Elton [R-CA-21]CA
Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4]KY
Rep. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ-4]AZ
Rep. Ballenger, Cass [R-NC-10]NC
Rep. Rhodes, John J., III [R-AZ-1]AZ
Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2]CA
Rep. Hastert, J. Dennis [R-IL-14]IL
Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4]CT
Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8]MD
Rep. Lukens, Donald E. [R-OH-8]OH
Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10]VA
Rep. Smith, Lawrence [D-FL-16]FL
Rep. Smith, Denny [R-OR-5]OR
Rep. Neal, Stephen L. [D-NC-5]NC
Rep. Owens, Wayne [D-UT-2]UT
Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9]OH
Rep. Bentley, Helen Delich [R-MD-2]MD
Rep. Dwyer, Bernard J. [D-NJ-6]NJ
Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5]GA
Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-17]MI