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S. 538 · 119th CongressTaxation

Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2025 has not moved since its introduction on Feb 12, 2025, with no cosponsors

Sponsored by Ernst, Joni R-IA · no cosponsors
IntroducedFeb 12, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamber—
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 101 words.

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.

Context
Committees
Senate Finance Committee
Policy area
Taxation: 20 of 6,214 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.3%)
Sponsor
4 of 321 bills enacted since 2013
Text versions
1: introduced in senate · 325 words
Latest action
Feb 12, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Records
Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1

Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.

Identical or companion · 1
  • 119th H.R. 3311 Eliminating Leftover Expenses for Campaigns from Taxpayers (ELECT) Act of 2025 R · Introduced

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Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]