OMAR Act (Campaign Fund Spouse Compensation & Family Payment Disclosure)
Current understanding
The OMAR Act is an introduced campaign finance reform proposal that would prohibit candidates and officeholders from using campaign funds to compensate their spouses and would require disclosure of any campaign payments made to immediate family members. It targets a specific perceived gap in existing personal-use and disclosure rules administered by the FEC. The bill is at the introduced stage; practical effect on candidates would be narrower permissible uses of campaign funds and expanded reporting obligations for family-directed disbursements.
Evidence log
- 2025-01-16 — Inaugural Fund Integrity Act: cross-connection with inaugural-fund-integrity-act: Both bills restrict personal-use conversion of political funds and add family/personal-use disclosure requirements — OMAR Act for campaign funds, Inaugural Fund Integrity Act for inaugural committee funds. (novelty: 2)
- 2026-01-30 — OMAR Act: cross-connection with campaign-finance-disclosure: Both address FEC-administered campaign finance transparency: DISCLOSE targets donor/expenditure disclosure while OMAR targets restrictions and disclosure on family-directed campaign disbursements. (novelty: 2)