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Brighter Sunshine on Donations Act

S. 956 · 116th Congress · Mar 28, 2019 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclosure of all donations.

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Brighter Sunshine on Donations Act”.

2. Requiring disclosure of all donations

(a)
Independent expenditures— Section 304(c)(2)(C) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(c)(2)(C)) is amended by striking “which was made for the purpose of furthering an independent expenditure” and inserting “(without regard to whether such contribution was made for the purpose of furthering an independent expenditure)”.
(b)
Electioneering communications— Section 304(f)(2) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(2)) is amended—
(1)
in the first sentence of subparagraph (E), by inserting “(determined without regard to whether the contributions were made for the purpose of furthering an electioneering communication)” after “disclosure date”, and
(2)
in subparagraph (F), by inserting “(determined without regard to whether the contributions were made for the purpose of furthering an electioneering communication)” after “disclosure date”.