H.R. 7304

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7304 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7304

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit certain 
political committees from compensating the spouse of the candidate for 
services provided to or on behalf of the committee, to require such 
committees to report on payments made to the spouse and the immediate 
family members of the candidate, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 30, 2026

Mr. Tiffany (for himself and Mr. Wied) 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 certain 
political committees from compensating the spouse of the candidate for 
services provided to or on behalf of the committee, to require such 
committees to report on payments made to the spouse and the immediate 
family members of the candidate, 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 ``Oversight for Members And Relatives 
Act'' or the ``OMAR Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO COMPENSATE SPOUSES OF 
CANDIDATES; DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS MADE TO SPOUSES AND 
FAMILY MEMBERS.

(a) Prohibition; Disclosure.--Section 313 of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
``(c) Prohibiting Compensation of Spouses; Disclosure of Payments 
to Spouses and Family Members.--
``(1) Prohibiting compensation of spouses.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this Act, no authorized committee of a 
candidate or any other political committee established, 
maintained, or controlled by a candidate or an individual 
holding Federal office (other than a political committee of a 
political party) shall directly or indirectly compensate the 
spouse of the candidate or individual (as the case may be) for 
services provided to or on behalf of the committee.
``(2) Disclosure of payments to spouses and immediate 
family members.--In addition to any other information included 
in a report submitted under section 304 by a committee 
described in paragraph (1), the committee shall include in the 
report a separate statement of any payments, including direct 
or indirect compensation, made to the spouse or any immediate 
family member of the candidate or individual involved during 
the period covered by the report.
``(3) Immediate family member defined.--In this subsection, 
the term `immediate family member' means the son, daughter, 
son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother, father, brother, sister, 
brother-in-law, sister-in-law, or grandchild of the candidate 
or individual involved.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 313(a)(1) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30114(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``for otherwise'' and inserting 
``subject to subsection (c), for otherwise''.

SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY AGAINST CANDIDATE OR OFFICEHOLDER.

(a) In General.--Section 309 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
``(e) In the case of a violation of section 313(c) committed by a 
committee described in such section, if the candidate or individual 
involved knew of the violation, any penalty imposed under this section 
shall be imposed on the candidate or individual and not on the 
committee.''.
(b) Prohibiting Reimbursement by Committee.--Section 313(c) of such 
Act (52 U.S.C. 30114(c)), as added by section 2(a), is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
paragraph:
``(3) Prohibiting reimbursement by committee of penalty 
paid by candidate for violations.--A committee described in 
paragraph (1) may not make any payment to reimburse the 
candidate or individual involved for any penalty imposed for a 
violation of this subsection which is required to be paid by 
the candidate or individual under section 309(e).''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
compensation and payments made on or after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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