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119th Congress

S. 538

Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2025

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. 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.

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