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H.R. 5238: Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act

119th Congress · introduced 2025-09-09 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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Official title

Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act

Plain summary

Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act 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.

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Official text

Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] · 8 cosponsors

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Kevin Mullin (D-CA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Summer L. Lee (D-PA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Julia Brownley (D-CA), Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong119-hr5238 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong119 · updated 2026-11-03 by psicol fed-bills