YourVoice.Now Summary
Transparency & AccountabilityCivil LibertiesCriminal Justice & Due ProcessWorkers & JobsTargeted & Unrelated ProvisionsPolitical ads would list their top funders on screen from 2027, and groups spending over $10,000 would name big donors within 24 hours.
Transparency & Accountability
Video and digital ads would list the five biggest givers from the past year; audio ads list the top two. The list must stay on screen at least six seconds, for ads made from January 1, 2027.
A group that spends over $10,000 on campaign ads in two years would file within 24 hours. The filing names each donor who gave the group $10,000 or more.
Private firms and LLCs would name the real people who control them or take profit from them. Firms traded on the stock market are left out, since they already report owners.
Ads for or against a federal judge would trigger the same reports as election ads. Spending over $10,000 in a year sets off the filing, whatever the group meant to do.
Prerecorded political phone calls would have to say who paid for them at the very start of the call. Today the rule covers mail, broadcast, and outdoor ads, but not recorded calls.
Congress's watchdog would check for foreign money in federal races every four years. It would say if rural, minority, military, or veteran voters were singled out. The checks stop after 2036.
The head of the group would sign a sworn line that the ad was not planned with a candidate. The whole filing is sworn, so lying on it is a crime.
Treasury's financial-crime unit would hand the election agency what it needs to enforce the new rules. The two would tell Congress in six months what more they need.
Civil Liberties
A donor who shows proof of real threats or payback could be left off the public list. Being disliked or called out would not count. The ask must be renewed every four years.
A donor who gives such a group $10,000 or more in a cycle would be named, with their address and the amount. Money a donor bars in writing from politics stays out.
A named person would have to approve each covered ad on screen or out loud. For a company that means the chief executive; for a union, its highest officer.
Anyone who wants to fight the law in court would have to sue in Washington, D.C. Cases filed elsewhere get moved there, and the court must rule as fast as it can.
Criminal Justice & Due Process
Setting up or using a company to hide a foreign donor's election money would become a federal crime. It would carry up to five years in prison, a fine, or both.
The ban on foreign election money would now cover paid digital ads and ballot measures. A wider ban applies to foreign governments and their agents. They could not pay for online posts or issue ads.
Workers & Jobs
Dues a worker pays to their union would count as normal business income, not a gift to politics. So a member's name would not show up on the union's donor list.
Targeted & Unrelated Provisions
Any senator or House member could sue over whether the law is legal, or join a case already filed. The rule sits in Title III and would start the day the bill becomes law.
More about this bill
Political ads would have to name the people paying for them. A TV or online video ad would show its top five funders on screen for at least six seconds. A radio ad would name its top two. A robocall would say who paid for it at the start of the call. The person in charge of the group would also have to say, by name, that they approve the message. These rules would start January 1, 2027. Your own taxes and bills would not change. Groups that spend more than $10,000 on campaign ads would face new reporting duties. Within 24 hours, they would have to file a public report with the Federal Election Commission. The report would name every donor who gave the group $10,000 or more. It would also name the real people who own the group, with their addresses. Corporations, unions, trade groups, and super PACs are all covered. Charities are not. Donors who show they face serious threats or harassment could ask to keep their names private. Dislike or criticism alone would not qualify. Ads about federal judge nominations would be covered for the first time. Groups spending more than $10,000 on them would report the same way. The ban on election money from foreign governments and foreign nationals would grow. It would reach paid digital ads, state and local ballot measures, and paid online posts. Setting up a company to hide foreign election money would become a federal crime. It would carry up to five years in prison. A federal watchdog would report on foreign money in elections every four years through 2036. Court challenges to the new law would go to one place: the federal district court in Washington, D.C. Judges there would have to move fast. Any member of Congress could join such a case, on either side. Any member could also file one. Treasury's financial-crime unit would share information with election regulators to help enforce the rules. Most of the reporting rules would apply to money spent on or after January 1, 2027.
Congressional Summary
Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections Act of 2026 or the DISCLOSE Act of 2026 This bill addresses campaign finance, including by expanding the prohibition on campaign spending by foreign nationals, requiring additional disclosures of campaign expenditures, and requiring additional disclosures regarding certain political advertisements. Specifically, the bill expands existing foreign money prohibitions to include disbursements for paid web-based or digital communications and federal judicial nomination communications. It also prohibits foreign nationals from contributing to campaigns related to ballot initiatives and referenda. The Government Accountability Office must, for each four-year election cycle, study and report on the incidence of illicit foreign money in federal elections. Next, the bill makes it unlawful to establish or use a corporation, company, or other entity with the intent to conceal an election contribution or donation by a foreign national. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both. Covered organizations (e.g., corporations, labor organizations, and political organizations) must, within 24 hours, file reports with the Federal Election Commission to disclose campaign expenditures of more than $10,000 during an election cycle. The bill also requires organizations to provide additional disclosures regarding political advertisements, including the donors who contributed the most money to that organization in the last year.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-03-04
- Date Added
- 2026-04-28
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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