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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2434 

To limit the amount of time Senators spend on non-legislative activities. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 16 (legislative day, MARCH 15), 2006 

Mr. WYDEN (for himself and Mr. GRAHAM) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration 

A BILL 

To limit the amount of time Senators spend on nonlegislative activities. 

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 ‘‘Senate Campaign Re5 form Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON SOLICITATION OR ACCEPTANCE OF 

7 CONTRIBUTIONS. 

8 Paragraph 1 of rule XLI of the Standing Rules of 

9 the Senate is amended— 

10 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ after ‘‘1.’’; and 


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1 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(b)(1) A Member of the Senate, or officer or em3 ployee of the Senate, shall not solicit, receive, direct, or 

4 authorize the acceptance of a contribution with respect to 

5 a political committee authorized by or affiliated with a 

6 Senator at any time other than during the period begin7 ning on the date that is 18 months prior to the date of 

8 the next general election for the office held by such Sen9 ator and ending on the date of such election. 

10 ‘‘(2) This subparagraph shall not apply for the period 

11 beginning on the date in which a candidate opposing a 

12 Senator receives contributions or makes expenditures in 

13 excess of $100,000. 

14 ‘‘(3)(A) This subparagraph shall not apply in any 

15 case in which a Senator is targeted (by name or office) 

16 in broadcast advertisements paid for by an individual or 

17 group that is not affiliated with any candidate for the Sen18 ate, but only to the extent that contributions do not exceed 

19 the amount paid by the individual or group for such adver20 tisements. 

21 ‘‘(B) Contributions permitted by subclause (A) shall 

22 be used for the sole purpose of responding to such adver23 tisements, and funds remaining at the conclusion of such 

24 response shall be returned to the individual contributors 

25 (based on the percentage of the total amount contributed). 


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1 ‘‘(C) Not later than 30 days after the date on which 

2 a response is made under subclause (B), the Senator shall 

3 submit for review to the Select Committee on Ethics of 

4 the Senate the amount raised, copies of the advertisements 

5 in question, and the dates and outlets on which the adver6 tisements were run. 

7 ‘‘(4) This subparagraph shall not apply to any au8 thorized committee of a Senator who is a candidate for 

9 an office other than Senator, but only if such committee 

10 is established for the purpose of running for such other 

11 office and no contribution accepted by the committee is 

12 used for the purpose of running for the office of Senator. 

13 ‘‘(5) Any term used in this subparagraph which is 

14 also used in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 

15 (2 U.S.C. 331 et seq.) shall have the meaning given such 

16 term under such Act.’’. 

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