President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that he would happily collude with foreign governments to help him win the 2020 election. Now, House Democrats are preparing legislation that would make that illegal.

It is already illegal under existing campaign finance law for a U.S. political campaign to accept anything of value from a foreign national or foreign government. This new bill, if passed, would ensure that the transfer of political information from a foreign government to a campaign counts as a thing of value.

The new legislation is part of a push by House Democrats to respond to the allegations in former special counsel Robert Muellers report that the president welcomed election support from the Russian government during the 2016 campaign and then may have obstructed justice to block the investigation. Democrats will also reintroduce a slightly different version of the Duty to Report Act called the Anti-Collusion Act, which would require political campaigns to report offers of political information from foreign governments to the FBI .

Trump told ABC News George Stephanopoulos on Wednesday that he would take information on his political opponents from a foreign government and would not report it to the FBI.

If somebody called from a country, Norway, [and said] We have information on your opponent oh, I think Id want to hear it, Trump said.

I dont think in my whole life Ive ever called the FBI. In my whole life. You dont call the FBI. You throw somebody out of your office, you do whatever you do, Trump added. Oh, give me a break life doesnt work that way.

During the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump Jr. , the presidents oldest son and a campaign adviser, was offered a meeting with a Russian lawyer working on behalf of the Crown prosecutor of Russia. The offer promised high level and sensitive information that would incriminate his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton and was part of Russia and its governments support for Mr. Trump.