Stop Foreign Donations Affecting Our Elections Act

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4177.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. GOSAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 175, December 3, 2015, Page H9012):
  Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18, the Necessary and Proper Clause In 2011, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia held in Bluman v. FEC that ``It is fundamental to the definition of our national political community that foreign citizens do not have a constitutional right to participate in, and thus may be excluded from, activities of democratic self-government.'' Bluman specifically addressed and prohibited political campaign contributions to U.S. elections. In 2012, the United States Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the prohibition in 2 U.S.C. 441 (e) on campaign contributions by any ``foreign national'' was narrowly tailored to achieve a compelling government…
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 3, 2015 ↗

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  H.R. 4177, 114th Congress

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  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

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  September 22, 2026

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  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 or a committee report (as of August 12, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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