119th Congress
S. 538
Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2025
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Joni Ernst(R-IA)
- Introduced
- Feb 12, 2025
- Policy area
- Taxation
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Finance
- Official text
- Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (0)
No cosponsors.
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version
Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2025
This bill terminates (1) the taxpayer election (on the federal income tax form) to designate $3 of income tax liability to be paid to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund (which would otherwise go into the general fund of the Treasury) for financing of presidential election campaigns, (2) the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, and (3) the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account. The bill also requires funds remaining in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury for the sole purpose of reducing the deficit.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. - Feb 12, 2025
Introduced in Senate