Outside Influence Prevention Act

Tom Barrett

Republican · MI · Representative

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

No cosponsors on record. Bills can pass without cosponsors — this often means the sponsor introduced the bill alone, either because it's a messaging bill, a chairman's mark, or simply early in the legislative cycle.

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

2026-07-16

Source: Congress.gov

This bill would require that at least half the money spent on independent political ads in a state must come from donors who live in that state. The goal is to reduce the influence of out-of-state money on local elections by ensuring that a significant portion of funding for these ads comes from within the community being targeted. The requirement would apply to independent expenditures, which are political spending done separately from candidates' official campaigns.

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119 HR 9727 IH: Outside Influence Prevention Act U.S. House of Representatives 2026-07-16 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I119th CONGRESS2d SessionH. R. 9727IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESJuly 16, 2026Mr. Barrett introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House AdministrationA BILLTo 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. 1.Short title This Act may be cited as the Outside Influence Prevention Act. 2.Independent expenditure limitationSection 313 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d)Independent expenditure limitationNo political committee that makes only independent expenditures may make an independent expenditure in a State with respect to a candidate for election for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, Congress for such State unless not less than half of the funds used for such expenditure were contributed by a person whose address is in such State..

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