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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2148

To reduce the influence of political action committees in elections for Federal

office and to require that more than half of the contributions to a

House of Representatives candidate be from in-State individual residents,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 1, 1995

Mr. WAMP (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. SCARBOROUGH,

Mr. RIGGS, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. DAVIS, Mr. LARGENT, Mr.

BASS, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. WICKER, Mr. SANFORD, Mr. BUYER, Mr. BLUTE, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. KLUG, Mr.

SOUDER, Mr. TATE, Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania, Mr. COBURN, Mr. ENSIGN, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. ZIMMER, Mr.

DEAL of Georgia, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. UPTON, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. CHRYSLER, Mr. EWING, Mr.

ROHRABACHER, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr.

HEINEMAN, Mr. BURR, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. OXLEY, Mr. GREENWOOD,

Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mrs. WALDHOLTZ, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. PARKER, Mr.

HUTCHINSON, Mr. CONDIT, Mr. SAXTON, Mr. MCKEON, Ms. DUNN of

Washington, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. BAKER of Louisiana, Mr. WHITE, Mr.

BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr. HORN, Mr. BILBRAY, and Mr.

THORNBERRY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on House Oversight

A BILL

To reduce the influence of political action committees in

elections for Federal office and to require that more

than half of the contributions to a House of Representatives candidate be from in-State individual residents, 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 ‘‘Wamp Congress Act

5 of 1995’’.

6 SEC. 2. EQUALIZATION OF MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL

7 COMMITTEE CANDIDATE CONTRIBUTION

8 LIMITATION WITH LIMITATION APPLICABLE

9 TO OTHER PERSONS.

10 (a) PERSONS GENERALLY.—Section 315(a)(1)(A) of

11 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.

12 441a(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking out ‘‘$1,000’’ and

13 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$2,000’’.

14 (b) MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—

15 Section 315(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign

16 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is amended by

17 striking out ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

18 ‘‘$2,000’’.

19 SEC. 3. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITA20 TION ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PERSONS

21 OTHER THAN IN-STATE INDIVIDUAL RESI22 DENTS.

23 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

24 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a) is amended by adding at the end

25 the following new subsection:
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1 ‘‘(i)(1) A candidate for the office of Representative

2 in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress

3 may not, with respect to an election, accept contributions

4 from persons other than in-State individual residents to5 taling the same as, or in excess of, the total of contribu6 tions accepted from in-State individual residents.

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

8 individual resident’ means an individual who resides in the

9 State in which the congressional district involved is

10 located.’’.

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