,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #feh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bd1        
#bjag,mr4 ,ellison 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,swalwell of ,california7 introduced   
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,house             
,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend   
the ,federal ,election ,campaign ,act of
 #aiga to prohibit criminal corporations
 from making disbursements of funds in  
connection with a campaign for election 
for ,federal1 ,state1 or local office4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,protect ,democracy ,from       
,criminal ,corporations ,act4  #b4      
,prohibiting political spending by      
criminal corporations  7a7 ,prohibition 
,title ,,iii of the ,federal ,election  
,campaign ,act of #aiga 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4  
#cjaja et seq47 is amended by adding at 
the end the following new section3      
#cbe4 ,prohibiting political spending by
 criminal corporations  7a7 ,prohibition
  7#a7 ,in general ,to the extent that  

corporations are permitted under law to 
make a disbursement of funds in         
connection with a campaign for election 
for ,federal1 ,state1 or local office1  
including a disbursement consisting of a
 contribution or donation of money or   
other thing of value1 an independent    
expenditure1 or a disbursement for an   
electioneering communication 7as defined
 in section #cjd7;f77#c771 it shall be  
unlawful for a corporation which is a   
criminal corporation1 or for any        
separate segregated fund established    
under section #caf7;b77#b77;,c7 by a    
criminal corporation1 to make such a    
disbursement during the applicable      
period described in paragraph 7#b74     
7#b7 ,applicable period described ,in   
paragraph 7#a71 the applicable period   
with respect to a criminal corporation  
is the #f-year period which begins--    
7,a7 in the case of a criminal          
corporation described in paragraph 7#a7 
of subsection 7b71 on the date on which 
the corporation is finally convicted of 

the offense described in such paragraph2
 or  7,b7 in the case of a criminal     
corporation described in paragraph 7#b7 
of subsection 7b71 on the date on which 
the corporation enters into an agreement
 described in such paragraph4  7b7      
,criminal ,corporation ,defined ,in this
 section1 the term criminal corporation 
means a corporation-- 7#a7 which has    
been convicted of violating section #cga
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code    
7relating to conspiracy to commit       
offense or to defraud the ,united       
,states71 or any other felony involving 
dishonesty or a breach of trust2 or     
7#b7 which has been charged with        
violating section #cga of such title or 
with another felony involving dishonesty
 or a breach of trust and has entered   
into a nonprosecution agreement1 a      
deferred prosecution agreement1 or any  
other agreement with the ,attorney      
,general to resolve the charge1 if the  
terms and conditions of the agreement   
include a requirement that the          

corporation make a payment equal to or  
greater than #a1jjj1jjj4  4  7b7        
,effective ,date ,the amendment made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to a corporation which is convicted of  
the offense described in paragraph 7#a7 
of section #cbe7;b7 of the ,federal     
,election ,campaign ,act of #aiga 7as   
added by subsection 7a771 or which      
enters into an agreement described in   
paragraph 7#b7 of such section1 on or   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act4