Republican members of Congress introduced legislation late last month aimed at targeting colleagues suspected of using campaign funds for personal and familial benefit.

The bill, titled the Oversight for Members and Relatives Act, also known as the OMAR Act, was introduced by Reps: Tom Tiffany and Tony Wied, both Republicans from Wisconsin.

The OMAR Act would prohibit campaign funds from benefiting spouses of lawmakers and require candidates to disclose any payments made to immediate family members.

Blaze Media, which first reported on the legislation, noted that Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Democrat from Minnesota, reportedly paid $2.8 million to a political consulting firm owned by her husband during the 2019–2020 campaign cycle.

That amount represented nearly 70 percent of her campaign disbursements for the quarter.

“Public office should never be used to pad a family’s bank account,” Tiffany said. “No member of Congress should profit by routing campaign money to their spouse.”

“I will soon be reintroducing the OMAR Act to put a stop to these enrichment schemes after Ilhan Omar paid her husband’s consulting firm $2.8 million,” Tiffany wrote in a post on X on January 26.

“For years, members of both parties have blurred ethical lines by paying their spouses with campaign funds and labeling it ‘campaign work,’” Tiffany added.

The legislation would end the practice and restore “integrity to a system that’s been abused for far too long,” according to supporters of the bill.

Wied said, “Members of Congress are sent to Washington to represent the interests of their constituents, not to line their spouses’ pockets with campaign funds.”

“We’ve seen far too many egregious examples of politicians exploiting loopholes for personal gain, and the American people are sick of it,” Wied said.

“I’m proud to stand with Rep. Tiffany to introduce the OMAR Act and put a stop to these shady practices once and for all,” he added.

Omar has previously drawn scrutiny over reports of her net worth increasing while in office, a development that has been linked to her husband’s private-sector business interests, according to a report from Fox News.

According to financial disclosures, eStCru LLC, a California-based winery, increased in value from between $15,000 and $50,000 in 2023 to between $1 million and $5 million in 2024.

Rose Lake Capital, a Washington, D.C.-based venture firm, similarly rose from between $1 and $1,000 in 2023 to an asset range of $5 million to $25 million the following year.

Omar also disclosed outstanding student loan debt, credit card balances, and auto loan payments.