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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2945

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit nonparty

multicandidate political committee contributions in elections for Federal

office, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

AUGUST 6, 1993

Mr. HOKE (for himself, Mr. DICKEY, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. HORN, Mr. INGLIS

of South Carolina, Mr. REGULA, and Mr. SMITH of Michigan) introduced

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House

Administration

A BILL

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to

prohibit nonparty multicandidate political committee contributions in elections for Federal office, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION. 1. PROHIBITION OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY

2 NONPARTY MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL

3 COMMITTEES IN ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL

4 OFFICE.

5 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

7 the following new subsection:

8 ‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this

9 Act, no nonparty multicandidate political committee may

10 make any contribution to a candidate for Federal office.

11 ‘‘(2) As used in this subsection, the term

12 ‘multicandidate political committee’ has the meaning given

13 that term in subsection (a)(4).’’.

14 SEC. 2. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITA15 TION ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PERSONS

16 OTHER THAN IN-DISTRICT INDIVIDUAL RESI17 DENTS.

18 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

19 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 1, is fur20 ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub21 section:

22 ‘‘(j)(1) A candidate for the office of Representative

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

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

25 accept contributions from persons other than in-district

26 individual residents totaling in excess of 49 percent of all
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1 contributions accepted by the candidate with respect to the

2 reporting period.

3 ‘‘(2) As used in this subsection, the term ‘in-district

4 individual resident’ means an individual who resides in the

5 congressional district involved.’’.

6 SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSE OF REP7 RESENTATIVES CHALLENGERS FROM POLITI8 CAL PARTIES TO MATCH INCUMBENT CAM9 PAIGN FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD FROM

10 EARLIER ELECTIONS.

11 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

13 2, is further amended by adding at the end the following

14 new subsection:

15 ‘‘(k)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this

16 Act, if at the end of the first reporting period after a gen17 eral election, an individual who is elected to the office of

18 Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner

19 to, the Congress in that election has a balance of campaign

20 funds remaining, a political committee of a political party

21 may make contributions to an opponent of such individual

22 in the next general election (including any primary election

23 relating to such next general election) as provided in para24 graph (2).
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1 ‘‘(2) A contribution by a political committee of a po2 litical party to a challenger under paragraph (1)—

3 ‘‘(A) shall be in addition to any other contribu4 tion permitted by law;

5 ‘‘(B) when added to other such contributions by

6 political committees of political parties, may not ex7 ceed the amount of the balance referred to in para8 graph (1); and

9 ‘‘(C) shall not be counted with respect to any

10 otherwise applicable limitation on contributions by

11 political committees of political parties.’’.

12 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

13 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect

14 on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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