Outside Influence Prevention Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9727 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9727 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide that not less than half of the funds used to make certain independent expenditures must be contributed by persons in the State where the expenditure is made. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 16, 2026 Mr. Barrett 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 that not less than half of the funds used to make certain independent expenditures must be contributed by persons in the State where the expenditure is made. 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 ``Outside Influence Prevention Act''. SEC. 2. INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE LIMITATION. Section 313 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(d) Independent Expenditure Limitation.--No political committee that makes only independent expenditures may make an independent expenditure in a State with respect to a candidate for election for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress for such State unless not less than half of the funds used for such expenditure were contributed by a person whose address is in such State.''. <all>