House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Ban Corporate PACs Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit the authority of corporations to establish and operate separate segregated funds utilized for political purposes, including the establishment or operation of a political committee, to nonprofit corporations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Josh Harder D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 29, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 29, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4799.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HARDER of California, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 130, July 29, 2025, Page H3664):Article I, Section 8 of the ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 40 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4799, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4799
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 1, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 July 1, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jared Golden (D-ME), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Josh Riley (D-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Josh Harder.
- H.R. 776 (119th) Nutria Eradication and Control Reauthorization Act of 2025
- H.R. 345 (119th) Fire Department Repayment Act of 2025
- H.R. 4671 (119th) Ensuring Casualty Assistance for our Firefighters Act
- H.R. 2910 (119th) Youth Workforce Readiness Act of 2025
- H.R. 4852 (119th) Wildfire Emergency Preparedness Act of 2025
- H.R. 914 (119th) American CANS Act
Related bills
- S. 2515 (119th) Ban Corporate PACs ActIdentical bill
- H.R. 9222 (119th) Drain the Swamp ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.