House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Outside Influence Prevention Act
Official title: 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.
Sponsor: Rep. Tom Barrett R-MIWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 16, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 16, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9727.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. BARRETT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 116, July 16, 2026, Page H4624):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 16, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9727, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9727
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 30, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
2f04727070be654bc2e48c79e1b7f96769ce94f2bc7bde2b2190d1f873385802
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 30, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Tom Barrett.
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- H.R. 1364 (119th) Automotive Support Services to Improve Safe Transportation Act of 2025
- H.R. 3055 (119th) TRANSPORT Jobs Act
- H.R. 3481 (119th) Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025
- H.R. 3482 (119th) Veterans Community Care Scheduling Improvement Act
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.