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Campaign Finance Disclosure (DISCLOSE Act)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

Evidence log

2026-06-02 — Promoting Authenticity with Influencer Disclaimers Act: Adjacent disclosure proposal: the Promoting Authenticity with Influencer Disclaimers Act (introduced; referred to House Administration) would require influencers to include authenticity disclaimers — a paid-communications transparency measure that sits alongside the DISCLOSE Act’s broader donor and ad-disclosure regime. (novelty: 2)
2025-03-26 — Abolish Super PACs Act: Related campaign-finance proposal: the Abolish Super PACs Act (HR2352, 119th Congress, referred to House Administration) would eliminate independent-expenditure-only committees entirely — a structural prohibition approach that sits alongside the DISCLOSE Act’s disclosure-based framework for regulating outside spending. (novelty: 2)
2025-09-11 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections.: Related structural proposal: a joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing Congress and the states to set reasonable limits on election-related contributions and expenditures and to distinguish natural persons from corporations (including barring corporate election spending) — a constitutional-level complement to the DISCLOSE Act’s statutory disclosure regime. (novelty: 2)
2024-05-24 — Government by the People Act: Related campaign-finance proposal: the Government by the People Act (HR8572, 118th Congress, referred to House Administration, Judiciary, and Ways and Means) would advance small-donor public matching — a subsidy/participation approach that complements the DISCLOSE Act’s disclosure-based framework. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-16 — Outside Influence Prevention Act: Adjacent title-only proposal: the Outside Influence Prevention Act (HR9727, 119th Congress) was referred to the House Committee on House Administration; substantive provisions are not yet disclosed, but the bill’s title and committee routing suggest it sits within the broader outside/foreign-influence disclosure landscape alongside the DISCLOSE Act. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
2026-07-14 — FEC Administrative Improvements Act: Adjacent administrative modernization: the FEC Administrative Improvements Act would extend mandatory electronic filing to electioneering communications reports and permit non-check disbursements from campaign accounts — a filing-mechanics complement to the DISCLOSE Act’s substantive disclosure expansions. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-22 — Fiscal Sponsorship Transparency Act of 2026: Adjacent transparency proposal: the Fiscal Sponsorship Transparency Act of 2026 (HR9721) was ordered to be reported in the nature of a substitute by a 23–15 committee vote in the 119th Congress; while primarily a nonprofit fiscal-sponsorship disclosure measure, it sits alongside the DISCLOSE Act as part of the broader landscape addressing opacity in intermediary entities that can channel political or advocacy funds. (novelty: 2)
2026-07-22 — To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals under such Act to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic business entities, and for other purposes.: Related foreign-influence proposal: HR9874 would amend FECA to extend the existing foreign-national contribution and expenditure ban to foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, and foreign-owned domestic business entities — a corporate-attribution complement to the DISCLOSE Act’s broader foreign-money and disclosure provisions. (novelty: 2)
2025-09-17 — Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections and to enact public financing systems for political campaigns.: Related campaign-finance proposal: a joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment would authorize Congress and the states to impose viewpoint-neutral contribution and expenditure limits, enact public financing, and distinguish natural persons from corporations — a structural constitutional approach that would enlarge the space in which statutory measures like the DISCLOSE Act operate. (novelty: 3) (novelty: 3)
2026-07-18 — Stopping Foreign Influence in Elections Act of 2026: Adjacent foreign-influence proposal: HR9771 (Stopping Foreign Influence in Elections Act of 2026, introduced; referred to House Ways and Means) is a title-only measure addressing foreign influence in elections, sitting alongside the DISCLOSE Act’s foreign-money provisions but routed through the tax-writing committee rather than House Administration. (novelty: 2)
2026-06-30 — No Cashing In Act: Adjacent ethics/anti-self-dealing proposal: the No Cashing In Act (HR9563, introduced; referred to House Administration and Oversight and Government Reform) is a title-only ethics measure whose specific provisions are not yet detailed, but which sits alongside the DISCLOSE Act as part of the broader officeholder-transparency and campaign-integrity legislative landscape. (novelty: 2)
2025-12-17 — Lobbying Disclosure Improvement Act: cross-connection with lobbying-disclosure-improvement-act: Both address transparency in political influence — lobbying registration/reporting (LDA) and campaign finance disclosure (DISCLOSE Act) — as complementary disclosure regimes. (novelty: 2)
2026-05-14 — Campaign Finance Transparency Act: Related campaign-finance proposal: the Campaign Finance Transparency Act (HR8720, introduced) would remove the $200 itemized-contribution reporting threshold, require credit/debit card verification and name matching for online donations, and strengthen prohibitions on contributions made in the name of another — a verification- and small-donor-transparency complement to the DISCLOSE Act’s broader donor and expenditure disclosure regime. (novelty: 2) (novelty: 2)
2025-01-16 — Inaugural Fund Integrity Act: Related campaign-finance proposal: the Inaugural Fund Integrity Act (HR535, introduced) would extend foreign-national and corporate contribution bans, individual contribution caps, personal-use prohibitions, and FEC disclosure requirements to presidential inaugural committees — applying the DISCLOSE Act’s transparency framework to a committee type currently outside most of that regime. (novelty: 2)
2026-05-14 — Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act: HR3535 (Stop Foreign Funds in Elections Act, introduced) would prohibit foreign nationals from making contributions or donations in connection with state or local ballot initiatives, referenda, or recall elections — a standalone bill covering the same ground as a provision in the broader DISCLOSE Act and parallel to HR6738. (novelty: 2)
2026-01-30 — OMAR Act: Related campaign-finance proposal: the OMAR Act would prohibit use of campaign funds to compensate a candidate’s or officeholder’s spouse and require disclosure of payments to immediate family members — a narrower personal-use and family-payment disclosure measure that complements the DISCLOSE Act’s broader donor and expenditure disclosure regime. (novelty: 2)
2025-12-16 — Protecting Ballot Measures From Foreign Influence Act of 2025: HR6738 (Protecting Ballot Measures From Foreign Influence Act of 2025) would extend the federal foreign-national contribution prohibition to state and local ballot initiatives and referenda — a narrower, standalone version of a provision also included in the broader DISCLOSE Act. (novelty: 2)
2026-06-30 — National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Comm’n: Related campaign-finance development: In NRSC v. FEC, the Supreme Court struck down FECA’s party coordinated-expenditure limits on First Amendment grounds and overruled Colorado II (2001), removing a key structural cap on party spending that operates alongside the disclosure regime the DISCLOSE Act would expand. (novelty: 4)
2026-06-18 — Fair Elections Now Act: Related campaign-finance proposal: the Fair Elections Now Act (HR9354, 119th Congress, referred to House Administration) proposes public financing of congressional campaigns — a subsidy-based approach that complements DISCLOSE’s disclosure-based approach. (novelty: 2)
2025-07-29 — Ban Corporate PACs Act: Companion campaign-finance proposal: the Ban Corporate PACs Act (introduced) would prohibit for-profit corporations from operating PACs and require existing corporate PACs to terminate within one year — a restrictive complement to the DISCLOSE Act’s disclosure-based approach. (novelty: 2)
2026-03-04 — DISCLOSE Act of 2026: HR7802 (119th Congress, introduced/referred 2026-03-04) would expand foreign-money prohibitions to digital/web communications and judicial nomination campaigns, require 24-hour FEC reporting for expenditures over $10,000, and mandate top-donor disclosure in political ads. (novelty: 3)