H.R. 1399

Summary

H.R. 1399, the Prior Approval Reform Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 18, 2025 by Rep. Mark Amodei (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Administration, and last saw action on Feb 18, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Record

Text

H.R. 1399 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 1399 IH: Prior Approval Reform Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-18
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 1399  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 18, 2025   Mr. Amodei of Nevada  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on House Administration    A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to expand the ability of trade associations to solicit contributions from the stockholders and executive or administrative personnel of their member corporations, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Prior Approval Reform Act  .
2.
Removing requirement for prior approval
(a)
Solicitations
Section 316(b)(4)(D) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30118(b)(4)(D) ) is amended by striking  to the extent that  and all that follows and inserting a period.
(b)
Effective Date
The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to solicitations made on or after January 1, 2025.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Mark Amodei (R) sponsors H.R. 1399, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.

Mark Amodei

Rep. · R–NV-2 · Sponsor

Introduced Feb 18, 2025

Scott DesJarlais

Rep. · R–TN-4 · Co-sponsor

Joined Sep 30, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 1399 went before 1 committee: Committee on House Administration.

Committee on House Administration

Committee on House Administration

Referred To · Feb 18, 2025 · 196 Bills

Actions

H.R. 1399 has taken 2 actions since Feb 18, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 1399 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 1399 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Prior Approval Reform Act — Display Title
• Prior Approval Reform Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to expand the ability of trade associations to solicit contributions from the stockholders and executive or administrative personnel of their member corporations, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

8 clients hired 9 firms and 141 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1399 in 36 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Government Issues, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Trade (domestic/foreign), Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations, Small Business, Energy/Nuclear, Transportation.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 141.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1399 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 2 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1399’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1399 carries 2 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Corporate finance and management to Elections, voting, political campaign regulation.

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