{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-8314","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 8314","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"No Foreign Election Interference Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","official_title":"To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose penalties with respect to contributions to political committees from certain tax exempt organizations that receive contributions from foreign nationals.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose penalties with respect to contributions to political committees from certain tax exempt organizations that receive contributions from foreign nationals."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"No Foreign Election Interference Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"No Foreign Election Interference Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"No Foreign Election Interference Act"}],"outcome":"failed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-05-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-09-17","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h418","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended","title":"No Foreign Election Interference Act","result":"Failed","yea":218,"nay":181,"present":1,"not_voting":30,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll418.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 218 - 181, 1 Present (Roll no. 418).","date":"2024-09-17"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-09-06","stage":"Reported to House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"No Foreign Election Interference Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill prohibits specified tax-exempt organizations from making contributions to political committees for eight years from the date of receiving a gift or contribution from a foreign national. Specified tax-exempt organization means, with respect to any taxable year, any organization described in Section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) and exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the IRC if (1) the gross receipts of such organization for such taxable year equal or exceed $200,000; or (2) the assets of such organization (determined as of the close of such taxable year) equal or exceed $500,000."},{"k":"p","t":"Any specified tax-exempt organization that makes such a contribution must pay a penalty that is 200% of the amount of such contribution."},{"k":"p","t":"The organization loses its tax-exempt status for any taxable year ending on or after the date of a third contribution."}],"words":143},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a penalty on certain tax-exempt organizations that contribute to political committees after receiving a contribution or gift from a foreign national, and to end tax-exempt status after a third such contribution.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8314/text/rh#HD56D9628982C481A88D13603742D35AB"}]},"core_areas":["Penalties on tax-exempt organizations' contributions to political committees","Foreign national contributions to tax-exempt organizations","Revocation of tax-exempt status under the Internal Revenue Code"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires a specified tax exempt organization that makes a disqualified political committee contribution to pay a penalty equal to twice the amount of the contribution.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8314/text/rh#HD56D9628982C481A88D13603742D35AB"}},{"text":"Defines a disqualified contribution as a contribution to a political committee by a section 501(c) organization that received a contribution or gift from a foreign national during the 8-year period ending on the date of the contribution.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8314/text/rh#HD56D9628982C481A88D13603742D35AB"}},{"text":"Excludes from that 8-year period any time before the date the Act is enacted.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8314/text/rh#HD56D9628982C481A88D13603742D35AB"}},{"text":"Defines a specified tax exempt organization as a section 501(c) organization exempt under section 501(a) with gross receipts of $200,000 or more for the taxable year, or assets of $500,000 or more at the close of the year.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8314/text/rh#HD56D9628982C481A88D13603742D35AB"}},{"text":"Provides that an organization making more than 2 disqualified political committee contributions is not exempt from taxation for any taxable year ending on or after the date of the third such contribution.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8314/text/rh#HD56D9628982C481A88D13603742D35AB"}},{"text":"Applies the amendments to contributions made on or after January 1, 2025.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8314/text/rh#HD56D9628982C481A88D13603742D35AB"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Reported in House","date":"2024-09-06","rule":"nearest","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8314/text/rh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8314","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/8314/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-8314.png","v":"e637a567ab4f","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 8314, 118th Congress: No Foreign Election Interference Act. House: 218 Yea, 181 Nay. Outcome: Failed House, 17 Sep 2024."}}