Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Stopping Another Non-Truthful Office Seeker Act” or the “SANTOS Act”.
Stopping Another Non-Truthful Office Seeker Act
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require a candidate for Congress to file additional information about a candidate’s educational background, military service, and employment history, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Additional information required from candidates for Congress
Information required— Section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(6) Additional information required from candidates for Congress—Any individual who is a candidate for the House of Representatives or for the Senate shall include, in the designation required under paragraph (1), the following:
“(A) The educational background of the candidate.
“(B) The military service of the candidate, if any.
“(C) The employment history of the candidate.”
Penalty— Section 309(d)(1) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30109(d)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(E) Any individual who knowingly and willfully violates section 302(e)(6), including an individual who knowingly and willfully provides false information described in section 302(e)(6), shall be fined $100,000, imprisoned for 1 year, or both.”
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to elections held on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.