Rep. Harder Introduces Ban Corporate PACs Act to Prohibit For-Profit Companies From Running Political Funds
This bill is currently sitting in the House Committee on House Administration where it has been since July 2025. No action has taken place on this proposal for 11 months. The bill is stalled because the committee has not held a vote or scheduled any meetings to discuss it.
This bill faces strong opposition from business groups and lacks the bipartisan support needed to pass through a divided Congress.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 5941 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 5941 (118th) →Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
Small businesses that are incorporated and currently operate corporate PACs would lose the ability to pool money through those political funds. While most small businesses do not run PACs, those that do would lose a tool for organized political giving. They could still donate individually or through trade association PACs run by nonprofits, but their direct corporate PAC channel would be eliminated.
“Section 316(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30118(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``a corporation'' and inserting ``a nonprofit corporation''”
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
A group of congressional Democrats, led by Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, is proposing a ban on for-profit corporations forming and using political action committees (PACs), a move that could split the party ahead of the 2028 elections.
Senators Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, both seen as potential 2028 presidential contenders, are set to introduce the Ban Corporate PACs Act, which would prohibit for-profit companies from operating political action committees and require existing ones to dissolve within one year.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Ban Corporate PACs Act
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