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[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1432 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 1432

    To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to eliminate 
      multicandidate political committees, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 1995

Mr. Greenwood introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL

 
    To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to eliminate 
      multicandidate political committees, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

    Section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441a(a)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter before subparagraph (A) in paragraph (1), 
        by striking out ``No person'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``No individual'';
            (2) by striking out paragraph (2);
            (3) in the first sentence of paragraph (4), by striking out 
        ``paragraphs (1) and (2)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``paragraph (1)'';
            (4) by striking out the second sentence of paragraph (4);
            (5) in paragraph (5), by striking out ``and paragraph (2)'' 
        each place it appears; and
            (6) in paragraph (6), by striking out ``paragraphs (1) and 
        (2)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``paragraph (1)''.

SEC. 2. RETURN OF COORDINATED EXPENDITURE LIMITATION AMOUNTS TO THEIR 
              ORIGINAL LEVELS.

    The second sentence of section 315(c)(1) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(c)(1)) is amended by inserting 
after ``subsection (d)'' the following: ``(other than the limitations 
under subsection (d)(3))''.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY CERTAIN POLITICAL PARTY 
              SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES.

    Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a) is amended by striking out subsection (h).

SEC. 4. ELIMINATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN AUTHORIZED COMMITTEES.

    Paragraph (3) of section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``(3)(A)'' and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``(3)'';
            (2) by striking out ``(i)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``(A)'';
            (3) by striking out ``(ii)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
        ``(B)''; and
            (4) by striking out subparagraph (B).

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
elections taking place more than two years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, except that no contribution or expenditure made 
before that date shall be taken into consideration in determining 
whether a violation of a provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 amended by this Act has occurred.
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