To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit candidates for election for Federal office to designate an individual who will be authorized to disburse funds of the authorized campaign committees of the candidate in the event of the death of the candidate.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 406.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 112-628 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on July 30, 2012.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported July 30, 2012 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/112/HRPT/628

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 406, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/406

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a55b0094d1a3106322b83dae97cc5e61ce85677f31896e5f20f5fe844393195b

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. JONES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H435):
  Article 1, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution, which grants Congress the authority to make law governing the time, place and manner of holding federal elections.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated April 7, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  161 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 406, 112th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/hr/406

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  April 7, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 25, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  a55b0094d1a3106322b83dae97cc5e61ce85677f31896e5f20f5fe844393195b

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate (as of April 7, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 406, last updated April 7, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 25, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.