,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cjjd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #bc1 #bjai,ms4  
,omar 7for herself1 ,mrs4 ,trahan1 ,ms4 
,schakowsky1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,ms4          
,pressley1 and ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez7    
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 #aj-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