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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3196

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986, and title 39, United States Code, to provide for an

open, fair, and responsive electoral process, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SEPTEMBER 30, 1993

Mrs. FOWLER (for herself, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. MICA, Mr.

HUTCHINSON, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. BLUTE, Mr.

SMITH of Michigan, Ms. DUNN, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. LINDER, Mr. FRANKS

of New Jersey, Mr. BUYER, Mr. BACHUS of Alabama, Mr. KIM, Mr.

BAKER of California, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. KINGSTON,

and Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland) introduced the following bill; which was

referred jointly to the Committees on House Administration, Ways and

Means, and Post Office and Civil Service

A BILL

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 39, United

States Code, to provide for an open, fair, and responsive

electoral process, 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. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMI2 TATION ON OUT-OF-STATE CONTRIBUTIONS.

3 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

5 the following new subsection:

6 ‘‘(i) A candidate for the office of Representative in,

7 or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress

8 may not, with respect to an election cycle, accept out-of9 State contributions totaling more than 49 percent of the

10 aggregate of contributions accepted from all sources.’’.

11 SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN LIMITATION AMOUNT APPLICABLE

12 TO MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMIT13 TEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES.

14 Section 315(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Election Cam15 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is amended

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

17 ‘‘$1,000’’.

18 SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN

19 MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

20 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

21 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 1, is fur22 ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub23 section:

24 ‘‘(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,

25 a multicandidate political committee may not make a con26 tribution to another multicandidate political committee.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE NAME

2 REQUIREMENT.

3 Section 303 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

4 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 433) is amended by adding at the end

5 the following new subsection:

6 ‘‘(e) Any multicandidate political committee that is

7 affiliated with another organization shall include the entire

8 name of the organization in the name of the

9 multicandidate political committee.’’.

10 SEC. 5. PROHIBITION OF BUNDLING.

11 Section 315(a)(8) of the Federal Election Campaign

12 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(8)) is amended to read

13 as follows:

14 ‘‘(8) No person may make a contribution through an

15 intermediary or conduit, except that a person may facili16 tate a contribution by providing—

17 ‘‘(A) advice to another person as to how the

18 other person may make a contribution; and

19 ‘‘(B) addressed mailing material or similar

20 items to another person for use by the other person

21 in making a contribution.’’.

22 SEC. 6. REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYIST

23 STATUS BY LOBBYISTS WHO MAKE CON24 TRIBUTIONS.

25 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

26 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 1 and
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1 3, is further amended by adding at the end the following

2 new subsection:

3 ‘‘(k) Any person who is a lobbyist and who makes

4 a contribution shall include with the contribution a state5 ment in writing that discloses the status of the person as

6 a lobbyist.’’.

7 SEC. 7. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR LOBBYISTS.

8 Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

10 the following new subsection:

11 ‘‘(d)(1) Not later than 20 days after the end of the

12 month in which a lobbyist makes a contribution, the lobby13 ist, in such form and manner as the Commission shall pre14 scribe by regulation, shall report the contribution to the

15 Commission.’’.

16 SEC. 8. REPORTING REQUIREMENT FOR OUT-OF-STATE

17 CONTRIBUTIONS IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTA18 TIVES ELECTIONS.

19 Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

20 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by section 7, is fur21 ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub22 section:

23 ‘‘(e) Any report of contributions with respect to an

24 election for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or
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1 Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, shall segregate

2 and itemize all out-of-State contributions.’’.

3 SEC. 9. BAN ON SOFT MONEY.

4 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

6 and 6, is further amended by adding at the end the follow7 ing new subsection:

8 ‘‘(l)(1) It shall be unlawful for the purpose of influ9 encing any election to Federal office—

10 ‘‘(A) to solicit or receive any soft money; or

11 ‘‘(B) to make any payments from soft money.

12 ‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term ‘soft

13 money’ means any amount—

14 ‘‘(A) solicited or received from a source which

15 is prohibited under section 316(a);

16 ‘‘(B) contributed, solicited, or received in excess

17 of the contribution limits under section 315; or

18 ‘‘(C) not subject to the recordkeeping, report19 ing, or disclosure requirements under section 304 or

20 any other provision of this Act.’’.

21 SEC. 10. RESTRICTIONS ON PARTY COMMITTEES.

22 (a) DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY POLITICAL

23 COMMITTEE.—(1) Section 302(c) of the Federal Election

24 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(c)) is amended—
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1 (A) by striking out ‘‘and’’ at the end of para2 graph (4);

3 (B) by striking out the period at the end of

4 paragraph (5) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’;

5 and

6 (C) by adding at the end the following new

7 paragraph:

8 ‘‘(6) each account maintained by a political

9 committee of a political party (including Federal and

10 non-Federal accounts), and deposits into, and dis11 bursements from, each such account.’’.

12 (2) Section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign

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

14 (A) by striking out ‘‘and’’ at the end of para15 graph (7);

16 (B) by striking out the period at the end of

17 paragraph (8) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’;

18 and

19 (C) by adding at the end the following new

20 paragraph:

21 ‘‘(9) each account maintained by a political

22 committee of a political party (including Federal and

23 non-Federal accounts), and deposits into, and dis24 bursements from, each such account.’’.
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1 (b) ALLOCATION OF EXPENDITURES FOR MIXED AC2 TIVITIES.—Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act

3 of 1971 is amended by adding at the end the following

4 new section:

5 ‘‘REQUIRED ALLOCATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EX6 PENDITURES FOR MIXED ACTIVITIES BY POLITICAL

7 PARTY COMMITTEES

8 ‘‘SEC. 323. (a) Not later than 180 days after the date

9 of the enactment of this section, the Commission shall

10 issue regulations providing for a method for allocating the

11 contributions and expenditures for any mixed activity be12 tween Federal and non-Federal accounts.

13 ‘‘(b)(1) The regulations issued under subsection (a)

14 shall—

15 ‘‘(A) provide for the allocation of contributions

16 and expenditures in accordance with this subsection;

17 and

18 ‘‘(B) require reporting under this Act of ex19 penditures in connection with a mixed activity to dis20 close—

21 ‘‘(i) the method and rationale used in allo22 cating the cost of the mixed activity to Federal

23 and non-Federal accounts; and

24 ‘‘(ii) the amount and percentage of the

25 cost of the mixed activity allocated to such

26 accounts.
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1 ‘‘(2) In the case of a mixed activity that consists of

2 a voter registration drive, get-out-the-vote drive, or other

3 activity designed to contact voters (other than an activity

4 to which paragraph (3) or (4) applies), amounts shall be

5 allocated on the basis of the composition of the ballot for

6 the political jurisdiction in which the activity occurs, ex7 cept that in no event shall the amounts allocated to the

8 Federal account be less than—

‘‘(A) 331 9 ⁄3 percent of the total amount in the

10 case of the national committee of a political party;

11 or

12 ‘‘(B) 25 percent of the total amount in the case

13 of a State or local committee of a political party or

14 any subordinate committee thereof.

15 ‘‘(3) In the case of a mixed activity that consists of

16 preparing and distributing brochures, handbills, slate

17 cards, or other printed materials identifying or seeking

18 support of (or opposition to) candidates for both Federal

19 offices and non-Federal offices, amounts shall be allocated

20 on the basis of total space devoted to such candidates, ex21 cept that in no event shall the amounts allocated to the

22 Federal account be less than the percentages under sub23 paragraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (2).

24 ‘‘(4)(A) In the case of a mixed activity by a national

25 committee of a political party that consists of broadcast
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1 media advertising (or any portion thereof) that promotes

2 (or is in opposition to) a political party without mentioning

3 the name of any individual candidate for Federal office

4 or non-Federal office, amounts allocated to the Federal

5 account shall not be less than—

6 ‘‘(i) 50 percent of the total amount in the case

7 of advertising in the national media market; and

8 ‘‘(ii) 40 percent in the case of advertising in

9 other than the national media market.

10 ‘‘(B) In the case of a mixed activity by a State or

11 local committee of a political party or any subordinate

12 committee thereof that consists of broadcast media adver13 tising (or any portion thereof) described in subparagraph

14 (A), costs shall be allocated on the basis of the composition

15 of the ballot for the political jurisdiction in which the ac16 tivity occurs, except that in no event shall the amounts

allocated to the Federal account be less than 331 17 ⁄3 percent

18 of the total amount.

19 ‘‘(5) Overhead and fundraising costs of a political

20 committee of a political party for each 2-calendar year pe21 riod ending with the calendar year in which a regularly

22 scheduled election for Federal office occurs shall be allo23 cated to the Federal account on the basis of the same ratio

24 which—
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1 ‘‘(A) the aggregate amount of receipts and dis2 bursements of such political committee during such

3 period in connection with elections for Federal office,

4 bears to

5 ‘‘(B) the aggregate amount of receipts and dis6 bursements of such political committee during such

7 period.

8 ‘‘(c)(1) For purposes of this section, the term ‘mixed

9 activity’ means an activity the expenditures in connection

10 with which are required under this Act to be allocated be11 tween Federal and non-Federal accounts because such ac12 tivity affects 1 or more elections for Federal office and

13 1 or more non-Federal elections.

14 ‘‘(2) Activities under paragraph (1) include—

15 ‘‘(A) voter registration drives, get-out-the16 vote drives, telephone banks, and membership

17 communications in connection with elections for

18 Federal offices and elections for non-Federal

19 offices;

20 ‘‘(B) general political advertising, bro21 chures, or other materials that include any ref22 erence (however incidental) to both a candidate

23 for Federal office and a candidate for non-Fed24 eral office, or that urge support for or opposi-
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1 tion to a political party or to all the candidates

2 of a political party;

3 ‘‘(C) overhead expenses; and

4 ‘‘(D) activities described in clauses (v), (x),

5 and (xii) of section 301(8)(B).

6 ‘‘(d) For purposes of this section—

7 ‘‘(1) the term ‘Federal account’ means an ac8 count to which receipts and disbursements are allo9 cated to elections for Federal offices; and

10 ‘‘(2) the term ‘non-Federal account’ means an

11 account to which receipts and disbursements are al12 located to elections other than non-Federal offices.’’.

13 SEC. 11. PROTECTION FOR EMPLOYEES.

14 (a) CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALL POLITICAL COMMIT15 TEES INCLUDED.—Section 316(b)(2) of the Federal Elec16 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is

17 amended by inserting ‘‘political committee,’’ after ‘‘cam18 paign committee,’’.

19 (b) APPLICABILITY OF REQUIREMENTS TO LABOR

20 ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 316(b) of the Federal Election

21 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)) is amended by

22 adding at the end the following new paragraph:

23 ‘‘(8)(A) Subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of para24 graph (2) shall not apply to a labor organization unless
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1 the organization meets the requirements of subparagraphs

2 (B), (C), and (D).

3 ‘‘(B) The requirements of this subparagraph are met

4 only if the labor organization provides, at least once annu5 ally, to all employees within the labor organization’s bar6 gaining unit or units (and to new employees within 30

7 days after commencement of their employment) written

8 notification presented in a manner to inform any such em9 ployee—

10 ‘‘(i) that an employee cannot be obligated to

11 pay, through union dues or any other mandatory

12 payment to a labor organization, for the political ac13 tivities of the labor organization, including, but not

14 limited to, the maintenance and operation of, or so15 licitation of contributions to, a political committee,

16 political communications to members, and voter reg17 istration and get-out-the-vote campaigns;

18 ‘‘(ii) that no employee may be required actually

19 to join any labor organization, but if a collective bar20 gaining agreement covering an employee purports to

21 require membership or payment of dues or other

22 fees to a labor organization as a condition of em23 ployment, the employee may elect instead to pay an

24 agency fee to the labor organization;
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1 ‘‘(iii) that the amount of the agency fee shall be

2 limited to the employee’s pro rata share of the cost

3 of the labor organization’s exclusive representation

4 services to the employee’s collective bargaining unit,

5 including collective bargaining, contract administra6 tion, and grievance adjustment;

7 ‘‘(iv) that an employee who elects to be a full

8 member of the labor organization and pay member9 ship dues is entitled to a reduction of those dues by

10 the employee’s pro rata share of the total spending

11 by the labor organization for political activities;

12 ‘‘(v) that the cost of the labor organization’s ex13 clusive representation services, and the amount of

14 spending by such organization for political activities,

15 shall be computed on the basis of such cost and

16 spending for the immediately preceding fiscal year of

17 such organization; and

18 ‘‘(vi) of the amount of the labor organization’s

19 full membership dues, initiation fees, and assess20 ments for the current year; the amount of the re21 duced membership dues, subtracting the employee’s

22 pro rata share of the organization’s spending for po23 litical activities, for the current year; and the

24 amount of the agency fee for the current year.
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1 ‘‘(C) The requirements of this subparagraph are met

2 only if, for purposes of verifying the cost of such labor

3 organization’s exclusive representation services, the labor

4 organization provides all represented employees an annual

5 examination by an independent certified public accountant

6 of financial statements supplied by such organization

7 which verify the cost of such services; except that such

8 examination shall, at a minimum, constitute a ‘special re9 port’ as interpreted by the Association of Independent

10 Certified Public Accountants.

11 ‘‘(D) The requirements of this subparagraph are met

12 only if the labor organization—

13 ‘‘(i) maintains procedures to promptly deter14 mine the costs that may properly be charged to

15 agency fee payors as costs of exclusive representa16 tion, and explains such procedures in the written no17 tification required under subparagraph (B); and

18 ‘‘(ii) if any person challenges the costs which

19 may be properly charged as costs of exclusive rep20 resentation—

21 ‘‘(I) provides a mutually selected impartial

22 decisionmaker to hear and decide such chal23 lenge pursuant to rules of discovery and evi24 dence and subject to de novo review by the Na-
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1 tional Labor Relations Board or an applicable

2 court; and

3 ‘‘(II) places in escrow amounts reasonably

4 in dispute pending the outcome of the chal5 lenge.

6 ‘‘(E)(i) A labor organization that does not satisfy the

7 requirements of subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) shall fi8 nance any expenditures specified in subparagraphs (A),

9 (B), or (C) of paragraph (2) only with funds legally col10 lected under this Act for its separate segregated fund.

11 ‘‘(ii) For purposes of this paragraph, subparagraph

12 (A) of paragraph (2) shall apply only with respect to com13 munications expressly advocating the election or defeat of

14 any clearly identified candidate for elective public office.’’.

15 SEC. 12. RESTRICTIONS ON SOFT MONEY ACTIVITIES OF

16 TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Internal Reve18 nue Code of 1986 (relating to exemption from tax) is

19 amended by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o)

20 and by inserting after subsection (m) the following new

21 subsection:

22 ‘‘(n) DENIAL OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FOR ACTIVI23 TIES TO INFLUENCE A FEDERAL ELECTION.—An organi24 zation shall not be treated as exempt from tax under sub25 section (a) if such organization participates or intervenes
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1 in any political campaign on behalf of or in opposition to

2 any candidate for Federal office.’’.

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

4 subsection (a) shall apply to any participation or interven5 tion by an organization on or after September 1, 1992.

6 SEC. 13. DENIAL OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FOR CERTAIN PO7 LITICALLY ACTIVE ORGANIZATIONS.

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 501 of the Internal Reve9 nue Code of 1986 (relating to exemption from tax), as

10 amended by section 12, is further amended by redesignat11 ing subsection (o) as subsection (p) and by inserting after

12 subsection (n) the following new subsection:

13 ‘‘(o) DENIAL OF TAX-EXEMPT STATUS FOR CERTAIN

14 POLITICALLY ACTIVE ORGANIZATIONS.—

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An organization shall not

16 be treated as exempt from tax under subsection (a)

17 if—

18 ‘‘(A) such organization devotes any of its

19 operating budget to—

20 ‘‘(i) voter registration or get-out-the21 vote campaigns; or

22 ‘‘(ii) participation or intervention in

23 any political campaign on behalf of or in

24 opposition to any candidate for public of25 fice; and
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1 ‘‘(B) a candidate, or an authorized com2 mittee of a candidate, has—

3 ‘‘(i) solicited contributions to, or on

4 behalf of, such organization; and

5 ‘‘(ii) the solicitation is made in co6 operation, consultation, or concert with, or

7 at the request or suggestion of, such orga8 nization.

9 ‘‘(2) CANDIDATE DEFINED.—For purposes of

10 this subsection—

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘candidate’

12 has the meaning given such term by paragraph

13 (2) of section 301 of the Federal Election Cam14 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(2)).

15 ‘‘(B) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—The term

16 ‘candidate’ shall include any Senator or Rep17 resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis18 sioner to, the Congress unless—

19 ‘‘(i) the date for filing for nomination,

20 or election to, such office has passed and

21 such individual has not so filed, and

22 ‘‘(ii) such individual is not otherwise a

23 candidate described in subparagraph (A).’’.

24 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

25 this section shall apply to taxable years ending after the
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1 date of enactment of this Act, but only with respect to

2 solicitations or suggestions by candidates made after the

3 date of enactment of this Act.

4 SEC. 14. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CERTAIN POLITICAL ORGANI5 ZATIONS MAINTAINED BY A CANDIDATE.

6 (a) CONTRIBUTIONS BY PERSONS IN GENERAL AND

7 BY MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—(1) Sec8 tion 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

9 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking

10 out ‘‘candidate and his authorized political committees’’

11 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘candidate, a candidate’s au12 thorized political committees, and any political organiza13 tions (other than authorized committees) maintained by

14 a candidate,’’.

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

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

17 amended by striking out ‘‘candidate and his authorized po18 litical committees’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘can19 didate, a candidate’s authorized political committees, and

20 any political organizations (other than authorized commit21 tees) maintained by a candidate,’’.

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

23 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)) is amended by adding at

24 the end the following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(9) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(A) and

2 (2)(A), the term ‘political organization maintained by a

3 candidate’ means any non-Federal political action commit4 tee, non-Federal multicandidate political committee, or

5 any other form of political organization regulated under

6 State law which is not a political committee of a national,

7 State, or local political party—

8 ‘‘(A) that is set up by or on behalf of a can9 didate and engages in political activity which directly

10 influences Federal elections; and

11 ‘‘(B) for which that candidate has solicited a

12 contribution.’’.

13 (b) CONTRIBUTIONS BY NATIONAL BANKS, COR14 PORATIONS, AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.—(1) Section

15 316(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

16 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is amended by striking out ‘‘can17 didate, campaign committee’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

18 ‘‘candidate, political organization (other than an author19 ized committee) maintained by a candidate, campaign

20 committee,’’.

21 (2) Section 316(b) of the Federal Election Campaign

22 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)), as amended by section

23 11(b), is further amended by adding at the end the follow24 ing new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(9) For the purposes of paragraph (2), the term ‘po2 litical organization maintained by a candidate’ means any

3 non-Federal political action committee, non-Federal

4 multicandidate political committee, or any other form of

5 political organization regulated under State law which is

6 not a political committee of a national, State, or local

7 political party—

8 ‘‘(A) that is set up by or on behalf of a can9 didate and engages in political activity which directly

10 influences Federal elections; and

11 ‘‘(B) for which that candidate has solicited a

12 contribution.’’.

13 (c) DATE OF APPLICATION.—The amendments made

14 by subsections (a) and (b) shall apply to contributions de15 scribed in sections 315 and 316 of the Federal Election

16 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a and 441b) made

17 in response to solicitations made after January lll,

18 1993.

19 SEC. 15. CONTRIBUTIONS TO STATE AND LOCAL PARTY

20 COMMITTEES.

21 Section 315(a)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign

22 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)) is amended—

23 (1) by striking out ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara24 graph (B);
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1 (2) by striking out the period at the end of sub2 paragraph (C) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; or’’;

3 and

4 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub5 paragraph:

6 ‘‘(D) to the political committees established and

7 maintained by a State or local political party, in con8 nection with any activity that may influence an elec9 tion for Federal office, in any calendar year which,

10 in the aggregate, exceed the lesser of—

11 ‘‘(i) $50,000; or

12 ‘‘(ii) the difference between $50,000 and

13 the amount of contributions made by such per14 son to any political committees established and

15 maintained by a national political party.’’.

16 SEC. 16. INCREASE IN LIMITATION AMOUNT APPLICABLE

17 TO AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS BY AN INDI18 VIDUAL.

19 The first sentence of section 315(a)(3) of the Federal

20 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) is

21 amended by striking out ‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting in lieu

22 thereof ‘‘$50,000’’.
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1 SEC. 17. LENGTHENING OF PRE-ELECTION PERIOD DURING

2 WHICH MEMBERS OF CONGRESS MAY NOT

3 SEND FRANKED MASS MAILINGS.

4 Section 3210(a)(6)(A) of title 39, United States

5 Code, is amended by striking out ‘‘60 days’’ each place

6 it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘90 days’’.

7 SEC. 18. DEFINITION AMENDMENTS.

8 (a) TRANSFER OF MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL

9 COMMITTEE DEFINITION.—Section 301 of the Federal

10 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amend11 ed by striking out paragraph (19) and inserting in lieu

12 thereof the following new paragraph:

13 ‘‘(19) The term ‘multicandidate political committee’

14 means a political committee which has been registered

15 under section 303 for a period of not less than 6 months,

16 which has received contributions from more than 50 per17 sons, and, except for any State political party organiza18 tion, has made contributions to 5 or more candidates for

19 Federal office.’’.

20 (b) LOBBYIST.—Section 301 of the Federal Election

21 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431), as amended by

22 subsection (a) is further amended by adding at the end

23 the following new paragraph:

24 ‘‘(20) The term ‘lobbyist’ means a person who is re25 quired to register under the Federal Regulation of Lobby26 ing Act (2 U.S.C. 261 et seq.).’’.
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1 (c) OUT-OF-STATE CONTRIBUTION.—Section 301 of

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

3 431), as amended by subsections (a) and (b) is further

4 amended by adding at the end the following new para5 graph:

6 ‘‘(21) The term ‘out-of-State contribution’ means,

7 with respect to an election for the office of Representative

8 in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Con9 gress, a contribution from a source outside the State in

10 which the congressional district involved is located.’’.

11 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 315(a)(4)

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

13 441a(a)(4)) is amended by striking out the second sen14 tence.

15 SEC. 19. EFFECTIVE DATE.

16 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amend17 ments made by this Act shall apply with respect to elec18 tions beginning with the general election on November 8,

19 1994.

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