Help America Run Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4912 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4912 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for the treatment of payments for child care and other personal use services as an authorized campaign expenditure, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 5, 2025 Ms. Williams of Georgia (for herself, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Brown, Mr. Carson, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Deluzio, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mr. Fields, Mr. Figures, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Green of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Lynch, Ms. McClellan, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Sewell, Ms. Simon, Ms. Strickland, Mrs. Sykes, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Tlaib, and Mr. Tonko) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for the treatment of payments for child care and other personal use services as an authorized campaign expenditure, 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; FINDINGS; PURPOSE. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Help America Run Act''. (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following: (1) Everyday Americans experience barriers to entry before they can consider running for office to serve their communities. (2) Current law states that campaign funds cannot be spent on everyday expenses that would exist whether or not a candidate were running for office, like rent and foo