Congress·In Committee·H.R. 3311

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

Campaign Finance: Ending Taxpayer Funding for Presidential Elections

May 8, 2025·View on Congress.gov·Read full text

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The ELECT Act is currently in the early stages of the legislative process after being introduced in the House. It has been sent to the House Committee on Ways and Means for review. There are no upcoming votes scheduled at this time, and the bill is waiting for committee action.

Legislative Progress

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Unlikely to pass

While some lawmakers want to cut spending, others believe this fund helps keep elections fair. Similar bills have been introduced many times before without becoming law.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from S. 500 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S. 500 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill would stop the government from using tax money to help pay for presidential elections and political party conventions. It ends the system where people can choose to send 3 dollars of their taxes to a special campaign fund when they file their tax returns.
Any money left over in the current campaign fund would be moved to the general Treasury. This money would then be used specifically to help lower the national debt.
The change would start for the tax year beginning after 2024. This means the 3 dollar check-off box would disappear from federal tax forms in the near future.
The goal of the plan is to reduce federal spending and the deficit. Supporters argue that taxpayers should not have to fund political campaigns they might not agree with.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

2 milestones2 actions

May 8, 2025House

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

May 8, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

No votes or news coverage recorded for this bill yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

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

Bill NumberHR 3311

Congress119th Congress

ChamberHouse of Representatives

Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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