Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Bill Introduced: S.824 Shareholder Protection Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1734 Shareholder Protection Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require shareholder authorization before a public company may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1724 Kids First Research Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To eliminate taxpayer financing of presidential campaigns and party conventions and reprogram savings to provide for a 10-year pediatric research initiative through the Common Fund administered by the National Institutes of Health, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1748 America Votes Act of 2013

2013-04-24T20:00:00Z

To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1681 Restoring Confidence Through Smarter Campaigns Act

2013-04-22T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for limitations on expenditures in elections for the House of Representatives.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1687 Countering ALBA Act of 2013

2013-04-22T20:00:00Z

To provide for the imposition of sanctions with respect to foreign persons responsible for or complicit in ordering, controlling, or otherwise directing, the commission of serious human rights abuses against citizens of ALBA countries, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.791 Follow the Money Act of 2013

2013-04-22T20:00:00Z

A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the disclosure of contributions and expenditures for independent Federal election-related activity, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1655 Military Overseas Ballot Protection Act

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require States to delay certifying the results of regularly scheduled general elections for Federal office in order to ensure the counting of any marked absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters that are collected by the Presidential designee under such Act for delivery to State election officials.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1626 Focusing the SEC on Its Mission Act

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit the Securities and Exchange Commission from issuing rules requiring the disclosure of an issuer's expenditures for political activities.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1641 Weekend Voting Act

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

To change the date for regularly scheduled Federal elections and establish polling place hours.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1636 Federal Election Integrity Act of 2013

2013-04-17T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit certain State election administration officials from actively participating in electoral campaigns.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1338 Restoring Confidence in Our Democracy Act

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reassert the authority of Congress to restrict spending by corporations and labor organizations on campaigns for elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1337 Palestinian Accountability Act

2013-03-20T20:00:00Z

To restrict funds for the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1280 Voter Fraud Prevention Act

2013-03-19T20:00:00Z

To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to increase the penalties imposed for intimidating, threatening, or coercing any person from engaging in voter registration activities or for procuring, submitting, or casting false voter registration applications or ballots, to require election officials to transmit voter registration cards and absentee ballots to voters in elections for Federal office through the use of the automated tagging and tracing services provided by the United States Postal Service, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.8 An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.

2013-03-14T20:00:00Z

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1113 To make the antitrust laws applicable to a political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 which is established and administered by a separate segregated fund of a corporation pursuant to section 316(b)(2)(C) of such Act.

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

To make the antitrust laws applicable to a political committee under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 which is established and administered by a separate segregated fund of a corporation pursuant to section 316(b)(2)(C) of such Act.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1117 America is for Americans Act

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals to domestic corporations in which foreign principals have an ownership interest.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1119 Bailouts Are Not For Sale Act

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

To prevent funding provided through the Federal Reserve System from being made available to corporations that finance political campaigns or political propaganda, and for other purposes.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1115 To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit any national securities exchange from effecting any transaction in a security issued by a corporation unless the corporation's registration with the exchange includes a certification that the corporation currently is in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 governing contributions and expenditures by corporations which were in effect with respect to elections held during 2008.

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to prohibit any national securities exchange from effecting any transaction in a security issued by a corporation unless the corporation's registration with the exchange includes a certification that the corporation currently is in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 governing contributions and expenditures by corporations which were in effect with respect to elections held during 2008.

Bill Introduced: H.R.1112 Corporate Propaganda Sunshine Act

2013-03-12T20:00:00Z

To direct the Securities and Exchange Commission to revise its reporting requirements to require public companies to report certain expenditures made to influence public opinion on any matter other than the promotion of the company's products or services.