Bill > S4880

This bill, the Protecting Our Democracy Act, aims to: - Prevent abuses of Presidential power by imposing new requirements and restrictions on the use of the pardon power, tolling the statute of limitations for Presidential crimes, and strengthening enforcement of the Emoluments Clauses. - Restore checks and balances, accountability, and transparency in government by enhancing Congress's ability to enforce subpoenas, reasserting congressional power over the budget and emergency declarations, and protecting the independence of Inspectors General and whistleblowers. - Defend elections against foreign interference by requiring reporting of foreign contacts by federal campaigns and imposing harsher penalties for violations of the foreign money ban. The bill makes a number of significant changes to existing laws to achieve these goals, including amending the Impoundment Control Act, the National Emergencies Act, the Inspector General Act, and the Federal Election Campaign Act, among others.

Military Affairs and Security

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