H.R. 5238: Stop Super PAC-Candidate Coordination Act

This bill treats certain payments for coordinated expenditures as campaign contributions for purposes of disclosure and reporting requirements.

The bill generally defines a coordinated expenditure as a payment made by any person in cooperation with a candidate, an authorized committee of a candidate, a political committee of a political party, or an agent of a candidate or committee. Further, the bill sets forth penalties for willfully violating limits related to making contributions to a candidate for coordinated expenditures.

The bill also prohibits a candidate or an individual holding federal office from soliciting, receiving, directing, or transferring funds to or on behalf of certain types of political committees.

Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.