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POSITIVE Money in Politics & Finance 118th Congress

H.R.5941 Ban Corporate PACs Act

Eliminates corporate political action committees (PACs) from making campaign contributions to candidates (118th Congress)

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Legal & Constitutional Grounding

Corporate PAC spending totals $300M+/cycle (OpenSecrets); FEC v. Beaumont upheld contribution limits.

52 U.S.C. § 30101 et seq. — Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) framework for campaign contributions
  • FEC v. Beaumont, 539 U.S. 146 (2003) — upheld limits on corporate campaign contributions
  • OpenSecrets: corporate PACs contributed $300M+ per election cycle

Bill activity

Introduced Oct 12, 2023 by Josh Harder (D-CA) with 1 original cosponsor. 2 cosponsors as of Feb 6, 2024.

Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY-18) is not listed among the cosponsors of this bill.
  1. IntroducedOct 12, 2023
  2. Passed House 
  3. Passed Senate 
  4. To President 
  5. Became Law 

Latest action Oct 25, 2023: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Sponsor Josh Harder (D-CA)

2 cosponsors (1 original):

Cosponsorship closed Jan 3, 2025 (118th Congress): the Congress ended with the bill still in committee.

Activity log

Source: Congress.gov actions
  1. Introduced in House
  2. Jared F. Golden cosponsored (D-ME, original)
  3. Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
  4. Elissa Slotkin cosponsored (D-MI)

Votes on this bill

No recorded votes yet on this measure.

Ban Corporate PACs Act. Corporate PAC contributions create documented conflicts of interest recognized in campaign finance precedent (FEC v. Beaumont, 2003).