Zeroing Out Money for Buying Influence after Elections (ZOMBIE) Act This bill requires each authorized committee or leadership political action committee (PAC) of a candidate to disburse all unused funds within a specified time period beginning after an election or before the candidate registers as a lobbyist or foreign agent, unless the candidate files to run for office again before the disbursement period begins. A committee or PAC disbursing unspent funds shall first pay any obligations incurred and, if funds are left over, it may disburse the funds in specified ways.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Government Operations and Politics
Zeroing Out Money for Buying Influence after Elections (ZOMBIE) Act
USA116th CongressS-5028| Senate
| Updated: 12/16/2020
Zeroing Out Money for Buying Influence after Elections (ZOMBIE) Act This bill requires each authorized committee or leadership political action committee (PAC) of a candidate to disburse all unused funds within a specified time period beginning after an election or before the candidate registers as a lobbyist or foreign agent, unless the candidate files to run for office again before the disbursement period begins. A committee or PAC disbursing unspent funds shall first pay any obligations incurred and, if funds are left over, it may disburse the funds in specified ways.