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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2529

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require not less 

than 75 percent of the amount of individual contributions accepted by 

Congressional candidates to come from in-State residents, to increase 

disclosure requirements, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 19, 2003

Mr. HOEKSTRA 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 

require not less than 75 percent of the amount of individual contributions accepted by Congressional candidates to come from in-State residents, to increase disclosure requirements, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accountability and 

5 Transparency in Federal Campaigns Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds as follows: 
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1 (1) While provisions in the Bipartisan Cam2 paign Reform Act of 2002 took steps to make 

3 changes to the Nation’s campaign finance system, 

4 the Act did not make sufficient improvements to dis5 closure requirements for candidate campaign com6 mittees. 

7 (2) Current laws regulating the campaign fi8 nance system are inadequate for the purposes of ac9 cessibility and timeliness in the disclosure of cam10 paign contributions and do not provide for sufficient 

11 accountability of candidates to the voters. 

12 SEC. 3. REQUIRING 75 PERCENT OF AMOUNT OF INDI13 VIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS ACCEPTED BY CON14 GRESSIONAL CANDIDATES TO COME FROM 

15 IN-STATE RESIDENTS. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315 of the Federal Elec17 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended 

18 by section 304(a) of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act 

19 of 2002, is amended by adding at the end the following 

20 new subsection: 

21 ‘‘(k)(1) The total amount of contributions accepted 

22 with respect to an election by a candidate for the office 

23 of Senator or the office of Representative in, or Delegate 

24 or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress from in-State 
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1 individual residents shall be at least 75 percent of the total 

2 amount of contributions accepted from all individuals. 

3 ‘‘(2) As used in this subsection, the term ‘in-State 

4 individual resident’ means an individual who resides in the 

5 State in which the election involved is held.’’. 

6 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of 

7 such Act (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by section 308(b) 

8 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following new sub10 section: 

11 ‘‘(i) Each principal campaign committee of a can12 didate for the Senate or the House of Representatives 

13 shall include the following information in the first report 

14 filed under subsection (a)(2) which covers the period 

15 which begins 19 days before an election and ends 20 days 

16 after the election: 

17 ‘‘(1) The total contributions received by the 

18 committee with respect to the election involved from 

19 in-State individual residents (as defined in section 

20 315(k)(2)), as of the last day of the period covered 

21 by the report. 

22 ‘‘(2) The total contributions received by the 

23 committee with respect to the election involved from 

24 all individuals, as of the last day of the period cov25 ered by the report.’’. 
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1 SEC. 4. REQUIRING MONTHLY REPORTING OF ALL CON2 TRIBUTIONS OF $200 OR MORE. 

3 Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 

4 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by section 3(b), is 

5 amended by adding at the end the following new sub6 section: 

7 ‘‘(j)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (3), each au8 thorized committee of a candidate shall file a monthly re9 port with the Commission of all contributions of $200 or 

10 more which are received by the committee during the 

11 month, and shall include for each contribution reported 

12 the identification of the contributor, the date of receipt 

13 and amount of the contribution, the name of the can14 didate, and the office sought by the candidate. 

15 ‘‘(2) A committee shall file the report required under 

16 paragraph (1) with respect to a month not later than the 

17 10th day after the last day of the month. 

18 ‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any contribu19 tion for which the information required to be reported 

20 under this subsection is otherwise required to be reported 

21 to the Commission prior to the deadline applicable under 

22 paragraph (2). 

23 ‘‘(4) The report required under paragraph (1) shall 

24 be in addition to all other reports required under this 

25 Act.’’. 
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1 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 

3 respect to elections occurring on or after the date of the 

4 enactment of this Act.

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