119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · May 21, 2025
Zeroing Out Money for Buying Influence after Elections (ZOMBIE) Act
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Latest action (May 21, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (May 21, 2025)
Zeroing Out Money for Buying Influence after Elections (ZOMBIE) Act
This bill establishes certain requirements for disbursing unused funds after a federal election. The bill also requires former candidates serving as registered lobbyists or foreign agents to comply with disbursement requirements.
Specifically, the 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. If funds are left over, the committee or PAC may only disburse the remaining funds for the following purposes: (1) returning funds to donors; and (2) making contributions to nonprofit organizations. The bill generally prohibits disbursements to relatives of the candidate or certain nonprofit organizations related to the candidate.
A former candidate must, in order to register as a lobbyist or foreign agent, comply with the disbursement requirements outlined by this bill.
No cosponsors.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Introduced in Senate
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CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC.
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ical Stock Transactions (HONEST) Act - Prohibits transactions involving certain financial instruments by Members of Congress, the president, and vice president S. 1849 - Zeroing Out Money for Buying Influence after Elections (ZOMBIE) Act - Requires each authorized committee or leadership PAC of a former candidate for election…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$20,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ds title 18, United States Code, to modify the definition of special Government employees; Zeroing Out Money for Buying Influence after Elections (ZOMBIE) Act (S. 1849) - amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require each authorized committee or leadership PAC of a former candidate for election for Federal offic…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: CAMPAIGN LEGAL CENTER, INC.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 19, 2025 · issue area: Government Issues
$20,000
Spent on own lobbying
…S 1803) - prohibits certain individuals from engaging in prohibited financial transactions;Zeroing Out Money for Buying Influence after Elections (ZOMBIE) Act (S. 1849) - amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require each authorized committee or leadership PAC of a former candidate for election for Federal offic…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing