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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 7193

Introduced

Campaign and Election Accountability Act

Sponsor
DSuhas Subramanyam· Virginia
Introduced
January 21, 2026
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.January 21, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7193 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7193

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit 
providing assistance to foreign nationals in making contributions or 
donations in connection with elections, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 21, 2026

Mr. Subramanyam (for himself and Mr. Bilirakis) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
Administration

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A BILL

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit 
providing assistance to foreign nationals in making contributions or 
donations in connection with elections, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Campaign and Election Accountability 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO FOREIGN 
NATIONALS IN MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS OR DONATIONS IN 
CONNECTION WITH ELECTIONS.

(a) Prohibition.--Section 319(a) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ``; or''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) a person to knowingly help or assist a foreign 
national in violating this subsection.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
with respect to contributions and donations made on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.
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