Under current law, Super PACs can spend unlimited amounts on elections as long as they don’t coordinate with candidates — but what counts as “coordination” has been loosely defined and widely skirted. This bill would dramatically tighten those rules by treating any spending that isn’t entirely independent of a candidate as a direct contribution, subject to federal donation limits. It defines a “coordinated spender” broadly: if a group was set up by the candidate, shares political consultants with the campaign, fundraises with the candidate’s help, or is run by the candidate’s family, its spending would count as coordinated. The bill also eliminates the “firewall” defense, where organizations claim internal walls between their campaign work and independent spending protect them. Federal candidates and officeholders would be explicitly banned from fundraising for Super PACs. Violations carry stiff penalties — fines of up to 300% of the amount that exceeded contribution limits, with personal liability for the group’s directors and officers.
Congressional Summary
This bill treats certain payments for coordinated expenditures as campaign contributions for purposes of disclosure and reporting requirements.The bill generally defines a coordinated expenditure as a payment made by any person in cooperation with a candidate, an authorized committee of a candidate, a political committee of a political party, or an agent of a candidate or committee. Further, the bill sets forth penalties for willfully violating limits related to making contributions to a candidate for coordinated expenditures.The bill also prohibits a candidate or an individual holding federal office from soliciting, receiving, directing, or transferring funds to or on behalf of certain types of political committees.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Action Date
- Date Added
- 2026-04-02
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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