YourVoice.Now Summary
Civil LibertiesTransparency & AccountabilityCriminal Justice & Due ProcessCorporate BenefitsAd money spent in step with a candidate would count as a capped donation — and candidates couldn't raise Super PAC money.
Civil Liberties
You can ask a candidate to back your position. That alone would not make your spending coordinated. The shield drops if you also talk with the campaign about its ads, message, strategy, or fundraising.
Today a group can spend any amount on ads, as long as it acts on its own. Under this bill, spending that is not fully independent of a candidate would count as a donation to that candidate. Donations are capped.
A group counts as linked if the candidate helped start it or raised money for it. It also counts if the candidate's family runs it. Hiring the campaign's recent staff counts too. An inside wall between workers would not help.
For a linked group, an ad that merely names a candidate would count as coordinated in the 120 days before a general election. The window is 60 days before a primary. For House and Senate races, the ad must run where the candidate is running.
Transparency & Accountability
Money counted as a donation must be reported like any other campaign gift. It would appear in the candidate's own filings. Today the same money is reported on its own, apart from the campaign.
A federal candidate or officeholder could not ask for or steer money to a group that takes gifts above federal limits. State and local party groups are left out. The ban would apply to elections after January 1, 2026.
Criminal Justice & Due Process
Someone who knowingly and willfully breaks the limit would pay three times the amount above it. For someone barred from giving at all, the fine is three times the full payment.
Corporate Benefits
A group has one year to pay its fine. After that, its directors, managers, and officers would each owe what is left. They would pay out of their own pockets.
More about this bill
Most people would see no change in their own bills or benefits. What would change is who can pay for election ads, and how much the public learns about that money. Super PACs can raise and spend without limit today, as long as they stay independent of a candidate. This bill would treat spending that is not fully independent as a donation to that candidate. Regular donation limits and public reporting would then apply. A group would count as candidate-linked if the candidate helped start it. The same goes for a group run by the candidate's family, or one that hires the campaign's recent consultants. Sharing a policy view with a candidate would still be safe. The bill also sets new penalties. A knowing violation would cost three times the amount over the limit. If the group does not pay within a year, its directors and officers would owe the money themselves. Federal candidates and officeholders could no longer raise money for Super PACs. The coordination rules would take effect 120 days after the bill became law.
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 →
Like reading a bill in plain English?
We're building an app that does this for every bill in Congress and lets you tell your reps how you want them to vote. We're a small team getting ready to launch, and we're trying to show investors that real people want this. Be one of them. Help us get it built. Leave your email and we'll tell you the moment the app is ready.