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POSITIVE Money in Politics & Finance 119th Congress

H.R.4799 Ban Corporate PACs Act

Eliminates corporate political action committees (PACs) from making campaign contributions to candidates (119th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

Corporate PAC spending exceeds $300M/cycle (FEC); documented influence on legislative outcomes.

52 U.S.C. § 30101 et seq. — FECA campaign contribution framework
  • FEC v. Beaumont, 539 U.S. 146 (2003) — upheld corporate contribution limits
  • FEC data: corporate PAC spending totals $300M+ per cycle with documented influence on legislative outcomes

Bill activity

Introduced Jul 29, 2025 by Josh Harder (D-CA) with 1 original cosponsor. 3 cosponsors as of Sep 2, 2025.

Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY-18) is not listed among the cosponsors of this bill.
  1. IntroducedJul 29, 2025
  2. Passed House 
  3. Passed Senate 
  4. To President 
  5. Became Law 

Latest action Jul 29, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Sponsor Josh Harder (D-CA)

3 cosponsors (1 original):

Still open as of Oct 16, 2026 (119th Congress): not yet reported by the House Administration Committee.

Activity log

Source: Congress.gov actions
  1. Introduced in House
  2. Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  3. Jared F. Golden cosponsored (D-ME, original)
  4. Maggie Goodlander cosponsored (D-NH)
  5. Josh Riley cosponsored (D-NY)

Votes on this bill

No recorded votes yet on this measure.

Who Lobbied on This Bill

$40K combined quarterly activity
1 lobbying firm
1 client represented
2025-fourth_quarter–2025-third_quarter filing period
Policy Areas Covered
Budget/Appropriations
Government Entities Lobbied
  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • SENATE
Who Hired the Lobbyists
  • UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO University

Source: Senate LDA filings · Dollar figures are combined quarterly totals for all lobbying by each firm, not bill-specific spend.

Ban Corporate PACs Act reintroduction. Corporate PAC spending totals $300+ million per cycle (FEC data) with documented influence on legislative outcomes.