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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 708

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986 to make Federal elections more competitive,

open, and honest.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FEBRUARY 2, 1993

Mr. BEREUTER introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the

Committees on House Administration and Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make Federal

elections more competitive, open, and honest.

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

3 SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SEC4 RETARY OF THE SENATE AND THE CLERK OF

5 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITH RE6 SPECT TO THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMIS7 SION.

8 (a) ELIMINATION OF EX OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP.—
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1 (1) The second sentence of section 306(a)(1) of

2 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2

3 U.S.C. 437c(a)(1)) is amended by striking out ‘‘the

4 Secretary’’ and all that follows through ‘‘vote, and’’.

5 (2) Paragraph (3), paragraph (4), and para6 graph (5) of subsection (a) of section 306 of the

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

8 437c(a) (3), (4), and (5)) are each amended by

9 striking out ‘‘(other than the Secretary of the Sen10 ate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives)’’.

11 (b) ALL REPORTS TO BE FILED WITH THE COMMIS12 SION.—Section 302(g) of the Federal Election Campaign

13 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(g)) is amended to read as fol14 lows:

15 ‘‘(g) All designations, statements, and reports re16 quired to be filed under this Act shall be filed with the

17 Commission.’’.

18 SEC. 2. RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL USE OF LABOR ORGA19 NIZATION DUES AND AGENCY FEES.

20 Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

21 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the

22 end the following new section:

23 ‘‘RESTRICTION ON POLITICAL USE OF LABOR

24 ORGANIZATION DUES AND AGENCY FEES

25 ‘‘SEC. 324. (a) No labor organization may use dues

26 or agency fees for political purposes, unless the employee
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1 paying the dues or fees approves the use in writing. The

2 employee may revoke such approval at any time.

3 ‘‘(b) At least once in each year, any labor organiza4 tion that uses dues or agency fees for political purposes

5 shall provide written notice of the provisions of subsection

6 (a) to each employee paying dues or agency fees to the

7 labor organization.

8 ‘‘(c) As used in this section, the term ‘labor organiza9 tion’ has the meaning given that term in section

10 316(b)(1).’’.

11 SEC. 3. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITA12 TION ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PERSONS

13 OTHER THAN LOCAL INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS.

14 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

16 the following new subsection:

17 ‘‘(i)(1) A candidate for the office of Representative

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

19 may not, with respect to a reporting period for an election,

20 accept contributions from persons other than local individ21 ual residents totaling in excess of the total of contributions

22 accepted from local individual residents.

23 ‘‘(2) As used in this subsection, the term ‘local indi24 vidual resident’ means an individual who resides in a coun-
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1 ty, any part of which is in the congressional district

2 involved.’’.

3 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE PROVISION.

4 During any period with respect to which subsection

5 (i) of section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

6 of 1971, as added by section 3, is not in effect, such sub7 section shall be effective as so added, together with the

8 following new paragraph:

9 ‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, an individual

10 may not be considered a resident of more than one con11 gressional district.’’.

12 SEC. 5. ADDITIONAL STATEMENT FROM INDIVIDUALS WHO

13 MAKE INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.

14 Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

15 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end

16 the following new subsection:

17 ‘‘(d) Any individual who is required to file a state18 ment of independent expenditures under subsection (c)

19 shall include in such statement—

20 ‘‘(1) a certification that expenditures covered in

21 the statement are from the personal funds of the in22 dividual; and

23 ‘‘(2) if a check or similar instrument is used to

24 make any such expenditure, the name and address
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1 of the financial institution on which the instrument

2 is drawn.’’.

3 SEC. 6. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDI4 TURES BY STATES IN ELECTIONS FOR FED5 ERAL OFFICE.

6 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

7 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 3, is fur8 ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub9 section:

10 ‘‘(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a

11 State may not—

12 ‘‘(1) make any contribution or expenditure with

13 respect to an election for Federal office; or

14 ‘‘(2) act as an intermediary or conduit with re15 spect to any such contribution.’’.

16 SEC. 7. DISCLOSURE OF DEBT SETTLEMENT AND LOAN SE17 CURITY AGREEMENTS.

18 Section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

19 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)) is amended—

20 (1) in paragraph (7), by striking out ‘‘and’’

21 after the semicolon at the end;

22 (2) in paragraph (8), by striking out the period

23 at the end, and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon;

24 and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new

2 paragraphs:

3 ‘‘(9) for the reporting period, the terms of any

4 settlement agreement entered into with respect to a

5 loan or other debt, as evidenced by a copy of such

6 agreement filed as part of the report; and

7 ‘‘(10) for the reporting period, the terms of any

8 security or collateral agreement entered into with re9 spect to a loan, as evidenced by a copy of such

10 agreement filed as part of the report.’’.

11 SEC. 8. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR DRAFT AND ENCOURAGE12 MENT PURPOSES WITH RESPECT TO ELEC13 TIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.

14 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 301(8)(A) of the Federal

15 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(A)) is

16 amended—

17 (1) in clause (i), by striking out ‘‘or’’ after the

18 semicolon at the end;

19 (2) in clause (ii), by striking out the period at

20 the end and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’; and

21 (3) by adding at the end the following new

22 clause:

23 ‘‘(iii) any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or

24 deposit of money or anything of value made by any

25 person for the purpose of drafting a clearly identi-
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1 fied individual as a candidate for Federal office or

2 encouraging a clearly identified individual to become

3 a candidate for Federal office.’’.

4 (b) DRAFT AND ENCOURAGEMENT CONTRIBUTIONS

5 TO BE TREATED AS CANDIDATE CONTRIBUTIONS.—Sec6 tion 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

7 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)) is amended by adding at the end the

8 following new paragraph:

9 ‘‘(9) For purposes of paragraph (1)(A) and para10 graph (2)(A), any contribution described in section

11 301(8)(A)(iii) shall be treated, with respect to the individ12 ual involved, as a contribution to a candidate, whether or

13 not the individual becomes a candidate.’’.

14 SEC. 9. CLARITY STANDARDS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF

15 SPONSORS OF CERTAIN UNAUTHORIZED PO16 LITICAL ADVERTISING.

17 Section 318(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

18 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441d(a)) is amended—

19 (1) by striking out ‘‘SEC. 318. (a)’’ and insert20 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘SEC. 318. (a)(1)’’;

21 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and

22 (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively;

23 (3) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), as so

24 redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section, by
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1 striking out ‘‘, or’’ at the end and inserting in lieu

2 thereof a semicolon;

3 (4) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), as so

4 redesignated, by inserting ‘‘or’’ after the semicolon

5 at the end;

6 (5) in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1), as so

7 redesignated, by striking out ‘‘clearly state’’ and all

8 that follows through ‘‘committee.’’ and inserting in

9 lieu thereof the following: ‘‘contain a clear statement

10 disclosing the name of the person paying for the

11 communication and the unauthorized nature of the

12 communication.

13 ‘‘(2) As used in paragraph (1)(C), the term ‘clear

14 statement’ means a statement that—

15 ‘‘(A) appears at the beginning and the end of

16 the communication;

17 ‘‘(B) is easily readable or audible, as the case

18 may be;

19 ‘‘(C) is in a format that unambiguously identi20 fies the person paying for the communication; and

21 ‘‘(D) specifies that the communication is not

22 authorized by any candidate.’’.
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1 SEC. 10. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE

2 TO A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CAN3 DIDATE IF AN OPPONENT MAKES LARGE EX4 PENDITURES OF PERSONAL FUNDS.

5 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

6 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 3 and

7 6, is further amended by adding at the end the following

8 new subsection:

9 ‘‘(k)(1) The Commission shall prescribe by regulation

10 procedures under which a candidate in an election for the

11 office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com12 missioner to, the Congress may certify to the Commission

13 the intention of the candidate to limit to $100,000 the

14 total of expenditures from the personal funds of the can15 didate and the personal funds of the immediate family of

16 the candidate.

17 ‘‘(2) A certification under paragraph (1) may not be

18 revoked and, upon submission of the certification, a limita19 tion of $100,000 on the expenditures described in para20 graph (1) shall apply to the candidate for purposes of this

21 Act.

22 ‘‘(3) If any candidate in such election—

23 ‘‘(A) does not submit a certification under para24 graph (1); or

25 ‘‘(B) makes an expenditure in violation of para26 graph (2);
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1 no limitation on contributions under subsection (a)(1)(A)

2 or subsection (a)(2)(A) shall apply to any other candidate

3 in the election.’’.

4 SEC. 11. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS ON ELECTION-RELAT5 ED ACTIVITY BY CORPORATIONS AND LABOR

6 ORGANIZATIONS; DISCLOSURE OF PER7 MITTED ELECTION-RELATED ACTIVITY.

8 (a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—Paragraph (2) of sec9 tion 316(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

10 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is amended—

11 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking out ‘‘sub12 ject;’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subject (other

13 than a communication for the purpose of influencing

14 any election for Federal office); and’’;

15 (2) by striking out ‘‘(B)’’ and all that follows

16 through ‘‘families; and’’; and

17 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub18 paragraph (B).

19 (b) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of

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

21 434) is amended by adding at the end the following new

22 subsection:

23 ‘‘(d) Any corporation or labor organization that

24 makes a payment for a communication or other activity

25 that—
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1 ‘‘(1) relates to any election for Federal office;

2 and

3 ‘‘(2) by reason of subparagraph (A) or (B) of

4 paragraph (2) of section 316(b), is not a contribu5 tion or expenditure;

6 shall report such payment to the Commission in the same

7 manner as a contribution or expenditure, as the case may

8 be, is reported by a principal campaign committee of a

9 candidate for the House of Representatives or the Senate

10 under this section.’’.

11 SEC. 12. BAN ON SOFT MONEY.

12 Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

13 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), as amended by section 2,

14 is further amended by adding at the end the following new

15 section:

16 ‘‘LIMITATIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR

17 AMOUNTS PAID FOR MIXED POLITICAL ACTIVITIES

18 ‘‘SEC. 325. (a) Any payment by the national commit19 tee of a political party or a State committee of a political

20 party for a mixed political activity—

21 ‘‘(1) shall be subject to limitation and reporting

22 under this Act as if such payment were an expendi23 ture; and

24 ‘‘(2) may be paid only from an account that is

25 subject to the requirements of this Act.
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1 ‘‘(b) As used in this section, the term ‘mixed political

2 activity’ means, with respect to a payment by the national

3 committee of a political party or a State committee of a

4 political party, an activity, such as a voter registration

5 program, a get-out-the-vote drive, or general political ad6 vertising, that is both (1) for the purpose of influencing

7 an election for Federal office, and (2) for any purpose un8 related to influencing an election for Federal office.’’.

9 SEC. 13. INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR QUALIFIED POLITICAL

10 CONTRIBUTIONS.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part IV of sub12 chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of

13 1986 (relating to nonrefundable personal credits) is

14 amended by inserting after section 23 the following new

15 section:

16 ‘‘SEC. 24. QUALIFIED POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

17 ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of an individual,

18 there shall be allowed, subject to the limitations of sub19 section (b), as a credit against the tax imposed by this

20 chapter for the taxable year, an amount equal to the

21 amount of qualified political contributions, payment of

22 which is made by the taxpayer within the taxable year.

23 ‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—

24 ‘‘(1) MAXIMUM CREDIT.—The credit allowed by

25 subsection (a) for a taxable year shall not exceed
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1 $250 ($500 in the case of a joint return under sec2 tion 6013).

3 ‘‘(2) VERIFICATION.—The credit allowed by

4 subsection (a) shall be allowed, with respect to any

5 qualified political contribution, only if such contribu6 tion is verified in such manner as the Secretary shall

7 prescribe by regulations.

8 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:

9 ‘‘(1) QUALIFIED POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION.—

10 The term ‘qualified political contribution’ means a

11 contribution—

12 ‘‘(A) by a taxpayer who is a resident of the

13 State involved, to a candidate for the office of

14 Senator or Representative in, or Delegate to,

15 the Congress;

16 ‘‘(B) to the national committee of a na17 tional political party, the House of Representa18 tives campaign committee of a national political

19 party, or the Senate campaign committee of a

20 national political party;

21 ‘‘(C) by a taxpayer who is a resident of the

22 State involved, to the State committee of a na23 tional political party as designated by the na24 tional committee of such party; or
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1 ‘‘(D) by a taxpayer who is a resident of the

2 State involved, to a local committee of a na3 tional political party as designated by the State

4 committee of such party designated under sub5 paragraph (C).

6 ‘‘(2) CANDIDATE.—The term ‘candidate’ has

7 the meaning given that term in section 301 of the

8 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.

9 ‘‘(3) NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTY.—The term

10 ‘national political party’ means—

11 ‘‘(A) in the case of contributions made

12 during a taxable year of the taxpayer in which

13 the electors of President and Vice President are

14 chosen, a political party presenting candidates

15 or electors for such offices on the official elec16 tion ballot of 10 or more States, or

17 ‘‘(B) in the case of contributions made

18 during any other taxable year of the taxpayer,

19 a political party which met the qualifications

20 described in subparagraph (A) in the last pre21 ceding election of a President and Vice Presi22 dent.

23 ‘‘(4) STATE AND LOCAL.—The term ‘State’

24 means the various States and the District of Colum25 bia; and the term ‘local’ means a political subdivi-
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1 sion or part thereof, or 2 or more political subdivi2 sions or parts thereof, of a State.

3 ‘‘(d) CROSS REFERENCES.—

‘‘(1) For disallowance of credits to estates and

trusts, see section 642(a)(2).

‘‘(2) For treatment of Indian tribal governments as

States (and the political subdivisions of Indian tribal governments as political subdivisions of States),

see section 7871.’’

4 ‘‘(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

5 (1) Subsection (a) of section 642 of such Code

6 is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(a) CREDITS AGAINST TAX.—

8 ‘‘(1) FOREIGN TAX CREDIT ALLOWED.—An es9 tate or trust shall be allowed the credit against tax

10 for taxes imposed by foreign countries and posses11 sions of the United States, to the extent allowed by

12 section 901, only in respect of so much of the taxes

13 described in such section as is not properly allocable

14 under such section to the beneficiaries.

15 ‘‘(2) QUALIFIED POLITICAL CONTRIBUTION

16 CREDIT NOT ALLOWED.—An estate or trust shall not

17 be allowed the credit against tax for qualified politi18 cal contributions provided by section 24.’’

19 (2) Paragraph (6) of section 7871(a) of such

20 Code is amended by redesignating subparagraphs

21 (A) through (D) as subparagraphs (B) through (E),

22 respectively, and by inserting before subparagraph
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1 (B) (as so redesignated) the following new subpara2 graph:

3 ‘‘(A) section 24(c)(4) (defining State for

4 purposes of credit for qualified political con5 tributions),’’.

6 (3) The table of sections for subpart A of part

7 IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is

8 amended by inserting after the item relating to sec9 tion 23 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 24. Qualified political contributions.’’.

10 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

11 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after

12 December 31, 1992.

13 SEC. 14. ANNUAL LIMITATION ON TOTAL INDIVIDUAL CON14 TRIBUTIONS NOT TO BE APPLICABLE TO

15 CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL

16 PARTIES.

17 Section 315(a)(3) of the Federal Election Campaign

18 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) is amended by insert19 ing after the first sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘In

20 the computation of contributions for purposes of the limi21 tation in the preceding sentence, contributions by an indi22 vidual to national, State, and local committees of political

23 parties that, in the aggregate, do not exceed $25,000 in

24 a calendar year shall not be taken into account.’’.
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1 SEC. 15. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON POLITI2 CAL PARTY CONTRIBUTIONS IN GENERAL

3 ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.

4 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

5 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 3, 6,

6 and 10, is further amended by adding at the end the fol7 lowing new subsection:

8 ‘‘(l) Notwithstanding subsection (a) and subsection

9 (d)(3), no limitation shall apply to contributions in a gen10 eral election by a political committee of a political party

11 referred to in subsection (d)(3) or by a House of Rep12 resentatives or Senate campaign committee of a political

13 party.’’.

14 SEC. 16. ADDITIONAL PARTY COMMITTEE COORDINATED

15 EXPENDITURES TO OFFSET INDEPENDENT

16 EXPENDITURES IN CONGRESSIONAL ELEC17 TIONS.

18 Section 315(d) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

20 end the following new paragraph:

21 ‘‘(4) In addition to the expenditures under paragraph

22 (3), the committees referred to in that paragraph may

23 make expenditures in connection with the general election

24 campaign of a candidate of that party for the office of

25 Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident

26 Commissioner to, the Congress in a total amount of not
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1 more than the total amount of independent expenditures

2 expressly advocating the defeat of such candidate and

3 independent expenditures expressly advocating the election

4 of any other candidate.’’.

5 SEC. 17. LIMITATIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

6 FOR SOFT MONEY.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Federal Election

8 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), as amended

9 by sections 2 and 12, is further amended by adding at

10 the end the following new section:

11 ‘‘LIMITATIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE

12 FEDERAL ELECTION PORTION OF AMOUNTS PAID

13 FOR MIXED ACTIVITIES

14 ‘‘SEC. 326. (a) Any payment by the national commit15 tee of a political party or a State committee of a political

16 party for the Federal election portion of a mixed political

17 activity—

18 ‘‘(1) shall be subject to limitation and reporting

19 under this Act as if such payment were an expendi20 ture; and

21 ‘‘(2) may be paid only from an account that is

22 subject to the requirements of this Act.

23 Subject to subsection (b), the amount of a payment for

24 the Federal election portion of a mixed political activity

25 shall be calculated by determining the percentage of the
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1 mixed political activity that is reasonably attributable to

2 the purpose of influencing an election for Federal office.

3 ‘‘(b)(1) In the case of the national committee of a

4 political party, the amount of a payment for the Federal

5 election portion of a mixed political activity—

6 ‘‘(A) in a Presidential election year, shall be not

7 less than 67 percent of the total payment for the

8 mixed political activity; and

9 ‘‘(B) in any other even-numbered year, shall be

10 not less than 33 percent of the total payment for the

11 mixed political activity.

12 ‘‘(2) In the case of a State committee of a political

13 party the amount of a payment for the Federal election

14 portion of a mixed political activity—

15 ‘‘(A) in a Presidential election year, shall be not

16 less than 33 percent of the total payment for the

17 mixed political activity; and

18 ‘‘(B) in any other even-numbered year, shall be

19 not less than 20 percent of the total payment for the

20 mixed political activity.

21 ‘‘(c) As used in this section, the term ‘mixed political

22 activity’ means, with respect to a payment by the national

23 committee of a political party or a State committee of a

24 political party, an activity, such as a voter registration

25 program, a get-out-the-vote drive, or general political ad-
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1 vertising, that is both (1) for the purpose of influencing

2 an election for Federal office, and (2) for any purpose un3 related to influencing an election for Federal office.’’.

4 (b) BUILDING FUND EXCEPTION REPEAL.—Section

5 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

6 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended—

7 (1) by striking out clause (viii); and

8 (2) by redesignating clauses (ix) through (xiv)

9 as clauses (viii) through (xiii), respectively.

10 SEC. 18. INDEPENDENT LOCAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL

11 PARTIES WITH AUTHORITY TO MAKE UNLIM12 ITED CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES

13 WITH RESPECT TO CONGRESSIONAL ELEC14 TIONS.

15 (a) DEFINITION.—Section 301 of the Federal Elec16 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended

17 by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

18 ‘‘(20) The term ‘local committee’ means the organiza19 tion which, by virtue of the rules of a political party, is

20 responsible (independently of the State committee) for the

21 day-to-day operation of such political party at the city,

22 county, or other political subdivision level, or at the dis23 trict, neighborhood, ward, or similar area level, as deter24 mined by the Commission.’’.
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1 (b) CONTRIBUTION PROVISION.—Section 315(a) of

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

3 441a(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following

4 new paragraph:

5 ‘‘(9) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(A) and para6 graph (2)(A), a local committee of a political party may

7 make contributions without limitation to any candidate

8 who—

9 ‘‘(A) is affiliated with that party; and

10 ‘‘(B) is a candidate for the office of Senator or

11 Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis12 sioner to, the Congress in the State involved.’’.

13 (c) COORDINATED EXPENDITURE PROVISION.—Sec14 tion 315(d) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

15 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)), as amended by section 4, is further

16 amended by adding at the end the following new para17 graph:

18 ‘‘(5) A local committee of a political party may make

19 expenditures without limitation in connection with the

20 general election campaign of any candidate who—

21 ‘‘(A) is affiliated with that party; and

22 ‘‘(B) is a candidate for the office of Senator or

23 Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis24 sioner to, the Congress in the State involved.’’.
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1 SEC. 19. REDUCTION IN THE LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO

2 NONPARTY MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL

3 COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CAN4 DIDATES.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315 of the Federal Elec6 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended

7 by sections 3, 6, 10, and 15, is further amended by adding

8 at the end the following new subsection:

9 ‘‘(m) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2)(A), no

10 nonparty multicandidate political committee may make

11 contributions referred to in that subparagraph which, in

12 the aggregate, exceed $1,000.’’.

13 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 315(a)(2)(A)

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

15 441a(a)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘(A)’’ the

16 following: ‘‘except as provided in subsection (i),’’.

17 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

18 this section shall apply with respect to elections for Fed19 eral office taking place after November 8, 1994.

20 SEC. 20. PROHIBITION OF SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND

21 BUNDLING OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO CAN22 DIDATES.

23 Section 316 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

25 the following new subsection:
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1 ‘‘(c) No separate segregated fund (as described in

2 subsection (b)(2)(C)) may act as an intermediary or con3 duit with respect to a contribution to a candidate for Fed4 eral office.’’.

5 SEC. 21. PROHIBITION OF TRANSFERS AMONG NONCAN6 DIDATE, NONPARTY POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

7 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

8 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 3, 6,

9 10, 15, and 19, is further amended by adding at the end

10 the following new subsection:

11 ‘‘(n) A noncandidate, nonparty political committee

12 may not make contributions, or otherwise transfer funds,

13 to any other noncandidate, nonparty political committee.

14 As used in this subsection, the term ‘noncandidate,

15 nonparty political committee’ means a political committee

16 that is not an authorized committee of a candidate for

17 Federal office and is not a political committee of a political

18 party.’’.

19 SEC. 22. PROHIBITION OF LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES; RE20 STRICTION ON CONTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN

21 PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES.

22 (a) LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE PROHIBITION.—Sec23 tion 302 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

24 (2 U.S.C. 432) is amended by adding at the end the fol25 lowing new subsection:
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1 ‘‘(j) A candidate for Federal office may not establish,

2 maintain, finance, or control a political committee, other

3 than the principal campaign committee of the candidate.’’.

4 (b) PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE RESTRIC5 TION.—Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

6 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 1, 3,

7 6, 10, 15, 19, and 21, is further amended by adding at

8 the end the following new subsection:

9 ‘‘(o) A principal campaign committee of a candidate

10 for Federal office may not make any contribution to any

11 other principal campaign committee (other than the prin12 cipal campaign committee of the same individual as a can13 didate for another Federal office).’’.

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