,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bdgf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bg1 #bjbe,ms4
 ,tokuda 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4
 ,case1 ,ms4 ,jayapal1 and ,ms4 ,balint7
 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 treat expenditures as         
coordinated with a candidate1 an        
authorized committee of a candidate1 or 
a committee of a national1 ,state1 or   
local political party if the making of  
the expenditures is materially          
consistent with instructions1           
directions1 guidance1 and suggestions   
from such candidate or committee1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,stop    
,illegal ,campaign ,coordination ,act4  
#b4 ,treatment of certain expenditures  
as coordinated expenditures  7a7 ,in    
general ,section #cae7;a7 of the        
,federal ,election ,campaign ,act of    

#aiga 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #cjaaf7;a77 is     
amended--  7#a7 in paragraph            
7#g77;,b77i71 by striking or their      
agents and inserting or their agents1   
including expenditures described in     
paragraph 7#aj712  7#b7 in paragraph    
7#g77;,b77ii7 by striking political     
party1 and inserting political party1   
including expenditures described in     
paragraph 7#aj712 and  7#c7 by adding at
 the end the following new paragraph3   
7#aj7 7,a7 ,for purposes of paragraph   
7#g77;,b77i7 and 7ii71 an expenditure is
 described in this paragraph if the     
making of the expenditure is materially 
consistent with instructions1           
directions1 guidance1 or suggestions    
from a candidate1 an authorized         
committee of a candidate1 or a national1
 ,state1 or local committee of a        
political party1 or from an agent of any
 such candidate or committee1 regardless
 of whether the instructions1           
directions1 guidance1 or suggestions are
 made available to the general public or

 are communicated directly or indirectly
 to the person making the expenditure4  
7,b7 ,to determine whether the making of
 an expenditure is materially consistent
 with instructions1 directions1         
guidance1 or suggestions from a         
candidate or committee for purposes of  
this paragraph1 the ,commission shall   
consider each of the factors described  
in subparagraph 7,c71 and if the        
,commission determines that one or more 
of such factors apply with respect to   
the making of the expenditure1 the      
making of the expenditure shall be      
presumed to be materially consistent    
with instructions1 directions1 guidance1
 or suggestions from a candidate or     
committee for purposes of this          
paragraph4  7,c7 ,the factors described 
in this subparagraph are the following3 
7i7 ,whether the instructions1          
directions1 guidance1 or suggestions    
indicate that information regarding a   
clearly identified candidate or         
political party should be communicated  

or disseminated to voters or any subset 
of voters4  7ii7 ,in the case of an     
expenditure consisting of ,federal      
election activity or a communication    
which disseminates to any person        
information about a candidate or        
political party1 whether the            
instructions1 directions1 guidance1 or  
suggestions include information         
regarding the target audience for the   
communication or the information1 such  
as the demographics1 location1 or       
political party affiliation of          
recipients4  7iii7 ,whether the         
instructions1 directions1 guidance1 or  
suggestions include suggested methods of
 making a communication or disseminating
 information1 such as references to the 
distribution or receipt of direct mail1 
audio1 video1 social media1 digital1 or 
other media4  7iv7 ,in the case of an   
expenditure consisting of ,federal      
election activity or a communication    
which disseminates to any person        
information about a candidate or        

political party1 whether the            
instructions1 directions1 guidance1 or  
suggestions include or are accompanied  
by any phrase1 image1 video1 or audio is
 subsequently used1 in whole or in part1
 in communicating or disseminating the  
information4  7v7 ,whether the          
instructions1 directions1 guidance1 or  
suggestions containing one or more other
 factors identified in this subparagraph
 are set apart using a signal or cue4   
7vi7 ,such other factors as the         
,commission considers appropriate4  4   
7b7 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by subsection 7a7 shall apply with     
respect to expenditures made on or after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act4