IIB 

110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2630 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 24, 2007 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 

Administration 

AN ACT 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 

prohibit certain political committees from compensating 

the spouse of the candidate for services provided to or 

on behalf of the committee, to require such committees 

to report on payments made to the spouse and the immediate family members of the candidate, and for other 

purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Campaign Expenditure 

5 Transparency Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO COM7 PENSATE SPOUSES OF CANDIDATES; DISCLO8 SURE OF PAYMENTS MADE TO SPOUSES AND 

9 FAMILY MEMBERS. 

10 (a) PROHIBITION; DISCLOSURE.—Section 313 of the 

11 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 439a) 

12 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub13 section: 

14 ‘‘(c) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION OF SPOUSES; 

15 DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO SPOUSES AND FAMILY

16 MEMBERS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION OF

18 SPOUSES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 this Act, no authorized committee of a candidate or 

20 any other political committee established, main21 tained, or controlled by a candidate or an individual 

22 holding Federal office (other than a political com23 mittee of a political party) shall directly or indirectly 

24 compensate the spouse of the candidate or individual 


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1 (as the case may be) for services provided to or on 

2 behalf of the committee. 

3 ‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO SPOUSES

4 AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS.—In addition to 

5 any other information included in a report submitted 

6 under section 304 by a committee described in para7 graph (1), the committee shall include in the report 

8 a separate statement of any payments, including di9 rect or indirect compensation, made to the spouse or 

10 any immediate family member of the candidate or 

11 individual involved during the period covered by the 

12 report. 

13 ‘‘(3) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER DEFINED.— 

14 In this subsection, the term ‘immediate family mem15 ber’ means the son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter16 in-law, mother, father, brother, sister, brother-in17 law, sister-in-law, or grandchild of the candidate or 

18 individual involved.’’. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 313(a)(1) 

20 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 439a(a)(1)) is amended by striking 

21 ‘‘for otherwise’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection (c), 

22 for otherwise’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY AGAINST CANDIDATE OR 

2 OFFICEHOLDER. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309 of the Federal Elec4 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g) is amended 

5 by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(e) In the case of a violation of section 313(c) com7 mitted by a committee described in such section, if the 

8 candidate or individual involved knew of the violation, any 

9 penalty imposed under this section shall be imposed on 

10 the candidate or individual and not on the committee.’’. 

11 (b) PROHIBITING REIMBURSEMENT BY COM12 MITTEE.—Section 313(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 439a(c)), 

13 as added by section 2(a), is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para15 graph (4); and 

16 (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol17 lowing new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(3) PROHIBITING REIMBURSEMENT BY COM19 MITTEE OF PENALTY PAID BY CANDIDATE FOR VIO20 LATIONS.—A committee described in paragraph (1) 

21 may not make any payment to reimburse the can22 didate or individual involved for any penalty imposed 

23 for a violation of this subsection which is required 

24 to be paid by the candidate or individual under sec25 tion 309(e).’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 

3 respect to elections occurring after December 2007. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2007. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 

By DEBORAH M. SPRIGGS, 

Deputy Clerk. 


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