House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Campaign Finance Transparency Act
Official title: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to modify requirements regarding contributions related to elections for Federal office and to improve the operation of the Federal Election Commission, and for other purposes.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 11, 2026
- Committee actionMay 14, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 13, 2026 — Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 651.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8720.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-747 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Committee on House Administration on July 13, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported July 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/747
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8720, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8720
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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
2 cosponsors — 2 Republicans
0 of 2 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bryan Steil.
- H.R. 7008 (119th) Stop Insider Trading Act
- H.R. 4430 (119th) Expanding WKSI Eligibility Act
- H.R. 8364 (119th) To amend title 5, United States Code, to authorize the increase of the retirement age in the United States Capitol Police.
- H.Res. 198 (119th) Providing for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the One Hundred Nineteenth Congress.
- H.Res. 308 (119th) Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Representative from the Fourteenth Congressional District of Florida.
- H.Res. 309 (119th) Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Representative from the Twenty-eighth Congressional District of Texas.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.