H.R. 9726

Summary

H.R. 9726, the CAP Act, was introduced in the House on Jul 16, 2026 by Rep. Tom Barrett (R). It was referred to Administration, and last saw action on Jul 16, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Record

Text

H.R. 9726 has no co-sponsors and has not gone to a roll call.

119 HR 9726 IH: Campaign Accountability and Parity Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2026-07-16
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 I  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  H. R. 9726  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   July 16, 2026   Mr. Barrett  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on House Administration    A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish an expenditure limit with respect to candidates for the House of Representatives.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Campaign Accountability and Parity Act   or the   CAP Act  .
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Annual expenditure limit for House of Representatives candidates
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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Annual expenditure limit for House of Representatives candidates
The principal campaign committee of a candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the House of Representatives may not make in a year expenditures aggregating in excess of the average amount made available for use in the previous year by a Member of the House of Representatives from the Members’ Representational Allowance established in section 101 of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act ( 2 U.S.C. 5341 ).
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To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish an expenditure limit with respect to candidates for the House of Representatives.

Sponsors

Rep. Tom Barrett (R) sponsors H.R. 9726 alone.

Tom Barrett

Rep. · R–MI-7 · Sponsor

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Committees

H.R. 9726 went before 1 committee: Committee on House Administration.

Committee on House Administration

Committee on House Administration

Referred To · Jul 16, 2026 · 196 Bills

Actions

H.R. 9726 has taken 2 actions since Jul 16, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 9726 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 9726 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish an expenditure limit with respect to candidates for the House of Representatives. — Official Title as Introduced
• CAP Act — Display Title
• CAP Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Campaign Accountability and Parity Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 6 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 9726 in 1 quarterly filing, 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Banking, Budget/Appropriations, Defense, Environment/Superfund, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Housing, Insurance, Science/Technology.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 9726 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 9726’s is Government Operations and Politics.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 9726, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 116 (Thursday, July 16, 2026)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BARRETT:H.R. 9726.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1 Section 8[Page H4624]

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