United States · Bill · S
S. 1917 (116th)
Empower Act of 2019
Introduced
20 June 2019
Last action
20 June 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM], Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
7 April 2025
Summary
Empower Act of 2019 This bill modifies the system for the public financing of presidential primary and general elections. The bill (1) eliminates spending limits on participating candidates, (2) increases the amount of matching funds for participating candidates by matching the first $200 of contributions by individuals to candidates at a 6:1 ratio, (3) requires participating candidates to agree to accept contributions of no more than $1,000, and (4) allows national parties to expend up to $100 million in coordination with participating candidates.
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Timeline
20 June 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
20 June 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 20 June 2019 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] · D · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → For the People Act of 2019
- related to → For the People Act of 2019
- related to ← Empower Act of 2019
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1917
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1917
- us · 116-s-1917 · source updated 7 April 2025