HR 4786 · in committee · significant
Honest Elections and Campaign, No Gain Act
- government reform
What this bill does
- The bill requires candidates to disburse unused campaign funds within a set timeframe after elections.
- Former candidates who become lobbyists or foreign agents must follow these disbursement rules.
- Funds can be returned to donors, given to nonprofits, or transferred to political parties, but not to relatives.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would requiring candidates to disburse unused campaign funds within a set timeframe affect smaller campaigns that need financial reserves for potential recounts or legal challenges?
- 02
What evidence exists that allowing candidates to keep unused funds creates problems that this disbursement requirement would actually solve?
- 03
Should former candidates who become lobbyists face stricter fund disbursement rules than other candidates, and what is the rationale for treating them differently?
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Sponsor · D-FL-14
Kathy Castor
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Introduced 2025-07-29
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Legislative timeline
2025-07-29 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
2025-07-29 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, 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.
2025-07-29 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-07-29 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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