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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3566

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and related laws

to establish incentives to limit the cost of campaigns for the Congress,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 19, 1993

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

Committees on House Administration, Post Office and Civil Service, and

Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and

related laws to establish incentives to limit the cost of

campaigns for the Congress, 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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Comprehensive Cam5 paign Finance Reform Act’’.
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1 TITLE I—EXPENDITURE LIMITA2 TIONS, CONTRIBUTION LIMI3 TATIONS, MATCHING FUNDS,

4 AND REDUCED THIRD-CLASS

5 MAIL RATE FOR ELIGIBLE

6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTA7 TIVES CANDIDATES

8 SEC. 101. NEW TITLE OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAM9 PAIGN ACT OF 1971.

10 The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2

11 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the

12 following:

13 ‘‘TITLE V—EXPENDITURE LIMI14 TATIONS, CONTRIBUTION

15 LIMITATIONS, AND MATCH16 ING FUNDS FOR ELIGIBLE

17 HOUSE OF REPRESENTA18 TIVES CANDIDATES

19 ‘‘SEC. 501. EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS.

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible House of Representa21 tives candidate may not, in an election cycle, make expend22 itures aggregating more than $500,000.

23 ‘‘(b) RUNOFF ELECTION AND SPECIAL ELECTION

24 AMOUNTS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) RUNOFF ELECTION AMOUNT.—In addition

2 to the expenditures under subsection (a), an eligible

3 House of Representatives candidate who is a can4 didate in a runoff election may make expenditures

5 aggregating not more than $100,000 in the general

6 election period.

7 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL ELECTION AMOUNT.—An eligible

8 House of Representatives candidate who is a can9 didate in a special election may make expenditures

10 aggregating not more than $500,000 with respect to

11 the special election.

12 ‘‘(c) CLOSELY CONTESTED PRIMARY.—If, as deter13 mined by the Commission, an eligible House of Represent14 atives candidate in a contested primary election wins that

15 primary election by a margin of 10 percent or less, subject

16 to the general election period limitation in subsection (a),

17 the candidate may make additional expenditures of not

18 more than $150,000 in the general election period. The

19 additional expenditures shall be from contributions de20 scribed in section 503(f) and payments described in sec21 tion 504(f).

22 ‘‘(d) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN COSTS AND

23 TAXES.—Payments for legal and accounting compliance

24 costs and Federal and State taxes shall not be considered
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1 in the computation of amounts subject to limitation under

2 this section.

3 ‘‘(e) CIVIL PENALTIES.—

4 ‘‘(1) LOW AMOUNT OF EXCESS EXPENDI5 TURES.—Any eligible House of Representatives can6 didate who makes expenditures that exceed a limita7 tion under subsection (a), (b), or (c) by 5 percent

8 or less shall pay to the Commission, for deposit in

9 the Make Democracy Work Fund, an amount equal

10 to the amount of the excess expenditures.

11 ‘‘(2) MEDIUM AMOUNT OF EXCESS EXPENDI12 TURES.—Any eligible House of Representatives can13 didate who makes expenditures that exceed a limita14 tion under subsection (a), (b), or (c) by more than

15 5 percent and less than 10 percent shall pay to the

16 Commission, for deposit in the Make Democracy

17 Work Fund, an amount equal to three times the

18 amount of the excess expenditures.

19 ‘‘(3) LARGE AMOUNT OF EXCESS EXPENDI20 TURES.—Any eligible House of Representatives can21 didate who makes expenditures that exceed a limita22 tion under subsection (a), (b), or (c) by 10 percent

23 or more shall pay to the Commission, for deposit in

24 the Make Democracy Work Fund, the amount of

25 matching payments received under section 504 and
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1 an amount equal to three times the amount of the

2 excess expenditures plus a civil penalty in an amount

3 determined by the Commission.

4 ‘‘(f) INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.—Any eligible

5 House of Representatives candidate who makes expendi6 tures that exceed a limitation under subsection (a), (b),

7 or (c) shall be considered to have made independent ex8 penditures within the meaning of section 301(17) for pur9 poses of section 304(d) of this Act and section 315(a) of

10 the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 315(a)).

11 ‘‘(g) INDEXING.—The dollar amounts specified in

12 subsections (a), (b), and (c) shall be adjusted in the man13 ner provided in section 315(c), except that, for the pur14 poses of such adjustment, the base period shall be cal15 endar year 1994.

16 ‘‘SEC. 502. STATEMENT OF PARTICIPATION; CONTINUING

17 ELIGIBILITY.

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall determine

19 whether a candidate is in compliance with this title and,

20 by reason of such compliance, is eligible to receive benefits

21 under this title. Such determination shall—

22 ‘‘(1) in the case of an initial determination, be

23 based on a statement of participation submitted by

24 the candidate; and
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1 ‘‘(2) in the case of a determination of continu2 ing eligibility, be based on relevant additional infor3 mation submitted in such form and manner as the

4 Commission may require.

5 ‘‘(b) FILING.—The statement of participation re6 ferred to in subsection (a) shall be filed not later than

7 January 31 of the election year or on the date on which

8 the candidate files a statement of candidacy, whichever is

9 later.

10 ‘‘SEC. 503. CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS.

11 ‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CAN12 DIDATE LIMITATION.—An eligible House of Representa13 tives candidate may not, with respect to an election cycle,

14 accept contributions aggregating in excess of $500,000.

15 ‘‘(b) TRANSFER PROVISIONS.—

16 ‘‘(1) If an eligible House of Representatives

17 candidate transfers any amount from an election

18 cycle to a later election cycle, the limitation with re19 spect to the candidate under subsection (a) for the

20 later cycle shall be an amount equal to the difference

21 between the amount specified in that subsection and

22 the amount transferred.

23 ‘‘(2) If an eligible House of Representatives

24 candidate transfers any amount from an election

25 cycle to a later election cycle, each limitation with
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1 respect to the candidate under section 315(i) for the

2 later cycle shall be one-third of the difference be3 tween the applicable amount specified in that sub4 section and the amount transferred.

5 ‘‘(c) RUNOFF AMOUNT.—In addition to the contribu6 tions under subsection (a), an eligible House of Represent7 atives candidate who is a candidate in a runoff election

8 may accept contributions aggregating not more than

9 $100,000 in the general election period.

10 ‘‘(d) CIVIL PENALTIES.—

11 ‘‘(1) LOW AMOUNT OF EXCESS CONTRIBU12 TIONS.—Any eligible House of Representatives can13 didate who accepts contributions that exceed the lim14 itation under subsection (a) by 5 percent or less

15 shall refund the excess contributions to the persons

16 who made the contributions.

17 ‘‘(2) MEDIUM AMOUNT OF EXCESS CONTRIBU18 TIONS.—Any eligible House of Representatives can19 didate who accepts contributions that exceed a limi20 tation under subsection (a) by more than 5 percent

21 and less than 10 percent shall pay to the Commis22 sion, for deposit in the Make Democracy Work

23 Fund, an amount equal to three times the amount

24 of the excess contributions.
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1 ‘‘(3) LARGE AMOUNT OF EXCESS CONTRIBU2 TIONS.—Any eligible House of Representatives can3 didate who accepts contributions that exceed a limi4 tation under subsection (a) by 10 percent or more

5 shall pay to the Commission, for deposit in the Make

6 Democracy Work Fund, the amount of matching

7 payments received under section 504 and an amount

8 equal to three times the amount of the excess con9 tributions plus a civil penalty in an amount deter10 mined by the Commission.

11 ‘‘(e) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN COSTS AND

12 TAXES.—Any amount—

13 ‘‘(1) accepted by a candidate for the office of

14 Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis15 sioner to the Congress; and

16 ‘‘(2) used for legal and accounting compliance

17 costs and Federal and State taxes shall not be con18 sidered in the computation of amounts subject to

19 limitation under subsection (a).

20 ‘‘(f) CLOSELY CONTESTED PRIMARY.—If, as deter21 mined by the Commission, an eligible House of Represent22 atives candidate in a contested primary election wins that

23 primary election by a margin of 10 percent or less, not24 withstanding the limitation in subsection (a), the can-
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1 didate may, in the general election period, accept addi2 tional contributions of not more than $150,000.

3 ‘‘(g) PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—An eligible House

4 of Representatives candidate who, with respect to an elec5 tion cycle, makes contributions to his or her own campaign

6 totaling more than $100,000 from the personal funds of

7 the candidate shall be considered to have made independ8 ent expenditures within the meaning of section 301(17)

9 for purposes of section 304(d) of this Act and section

10 315(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C.

11 315(a)).

12 ‘‘(h) INDEXING.—The dollar amounts specified in

13 subsections (a), (c), (f), and (g) shall be adjusted in the

14 manner provided in section 315(c), except that, for the

15 purposes of such adjustment, the base period shall be cal16 endar year 1994.

17 ‘‘SEC. 504. MATCHING FUNDS.

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible House of Representa19 tives candidate shall be entitled to receive, with respect

20 to the general election, an amount equal to the amount

21 of contributions from individuals received by the can22 didate.

23 ‘‘(b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—A candidate for the

24 office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com-
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1 missioner to, the Congress may receive matching funds

2 under subsection (a) only if the candidate—

3 ‘‘(1) in an election cycle, has received $50,000

4 in contributions from individuals, with not more

5 than $200 to be taken into account per individual;

6 ‘‘(2) qualifies for the general election ballot;

7 ‘‘(3) has an opponent on the general election

8 ballot; and

9 ‘‘(4) files a statement of participation in which

10 the candidate agrees to—

11 ‘‘(A) comply with the limitations under

12 sections 501 and 503;

13 ‘‘(B) cooperate in the case of any audit by

14 the Commission by furnishing such campaign

15 records and other information as the Commis16 sion may require; and

17 ‘‘(C) comply with any repayment require18 ment under section 505.

19 ‘‘(c) WRITTEN INSTRUMENT REQUIREMENT.—No

20 contribution in any form other than a gift of money made

21 by a written instrument that identifies the individual mak22 ing the contribution may be used as a basis for any match23 ing payment under this section.

24 ‘‘(d) MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK FUND.—There is es25 tablished in the Treasury a fund, to be known as the
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1 ‘Make Democracy Work Fund’, consisting of such

2 amounts as may be deposited under section 501, section

3 503, or provisions enacted pursuant to section 301 of the

4 Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform Act. Amounts

5 in the fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation

6 for payment of matching funds under subsection (e) and

7 initial expenditures incurred by the Commission in the ad8 ministration of section 304(e) or 311(a)(11) of this Act.

9 ‘‘(e) CERTIFICATION AND PAYMENT.—

10 ‘‘(1) CERTIFICATION.—Except as provided in

11 paragraphs (2) and (3), not later than 5 days after

12 receiving a request for payment, the Commission

13 shall submit to the Secretary of the Treasury a cer14 tification for payment of the amount requested

15 under subsection (a) or (b).

16 ‘‘(2) PAYMENTS.—The initial payment under

17 subsection (a) to an eligible candidate shall be

18 $50,000. All payments shall be—

19 ‘‘(A) made not later than 48 hours after

20 certification under paragraph (1); and

21 ‘‘(B) subject to proportional reduction in

22 the case of an insufficient balance in the Fund

23 established by subsection (d).

24 ‘‘(3) INCORRECT REQUEST.—If the Commission

25 determines that any portion of a request is incorrect,
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1 the Commission shall withhold the certification for

2 that portion only and inform the candidate as to

3 how the candidate may correct the request.

4 ‘‘(f) CLOSELY CONTESTED PRIMARY.—If, as deter5 mined by the Commission, an eligible House of Represent6 atives candidate in a contested primary election wins that

7 primary election by a margin of 10 percent or less, the

8 candidate shall be entitled to matching funds totaling not

9 more than $50,000, in addition to any other amount re10 ceived under this section.

11 ‘‘(g) INDEXING.—The dollar amounts specified in

12 subsections (a) and (b) (other than the amount in sub13 section (b) to be taken into account per individual), and

14 subsections (e) and (f) shall be adjusted in the manner

15 provided in section 315(c), except that, for the purposes

16 of such adjustment, the base period shall be calendar year

17 1994.

18 ‘‘SEC. 505. EXAMINATION AND AUDITS; REPAYMENTS.

19 ‘‘(a) GENERAL ELECTION.—After each general elec20 tion, the Commission shall conduct an examination and

21 audit of the campaign accounts of 10 percent of the eligi22 ble House of Representatives candidates, as designated by

23 the Commission through the use of an appropriate statis24 tical method of random selection, to determine whether

25 such candidates have complied with the conditions of eligi-
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1 bility and other requirements of this title. No other factors

2 shall be considered in carrying out such an examination

3 and audit. In selecting the accounts to be examined and

4 audited, the Commission shall select all eligible candidates

5 from a congressional district where any eligible candidate

6 is selected for examination and audit.

7 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL ELECTION.—After each special elec8 tion, the Commission shall conduct an examination and

9 audit of the campaign accounts of all eligible candidates

10 in the election to determine whether the candidates have

11 complied with the conditions of eligibility and other re12 quirements of this title.

13 ‘‘(c) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE.—The Commission may

14 conduct an examination and audit of the campaign ac15 counts of any eligible House of Representatives candidate

16 in a general election if the Commission, by an affirmative

17 vote of 4 members, determines that there exists reason

18 to believe that such candidate has violated any provision

19 of this title.

20 ‘‘(d) PAYMENTS.—If the Commission determines that

21 any amount of a payment to a candidate under this title

22 was in excess of the aggregate payments to which such

23 candidate was entitled, the Commission shall so notify the

24 candidate, and the candidate shall pay to the Secretary

25 an amount equal to the excess.
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1 ‘‘(e) DEPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit all pay2 ments received under this section in the Make Democracy

3 Work Fund.

4 ‘‘SEC. 506. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

5 ‘‘(a) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Any agency action by the

6 Commission made under the provisions of this title shall

7 be subject to review by the United States Court of Appeals

8 for the District of Columbia Circuit upon petition filed in

9 such court within 30 days after the agency action by the

10 Commission for which review is sought.

11 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION OF TITLE 5.—The provisions of

12 chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to

13 judicial review of any agency action by the Commission.

14 ‘‘(c) AGENCY ACTION.—For purposes of this section,

15 the term ‘agency action’ has the meaning given such term

16 by section 551(13) of title 5, United States Code.

17 ‘‘SEC. 507. PARTICIPATION BY COMMISSION IN JUDICIAL

18 PROCEEDINGS.

19 ‘‘(a) APPEARANCES.—The Commission is authorized

20 to appear in and defend against any action instituted

21 under this section and under section 506 either by attor22 neys employed in its office or by counsel whom it may ap23 point without regard to the provisions of title 5, United

24 States Code, governing appointments in the competitive

25 service, and whose compensation it may fix without regard
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1 to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap2 ter 53 of such title.

3 ‘‘(b) INSTITUTION OF ACTIONS.—The Commission is

4 authorized, through attorneys and counsel described in

5 subsection (a), to institute actions in the district courts

6 of the United States to seek recovery of any amounts de7 termined under this title to be payable to the Secretary.

8 ‘‘(c) APPEALS.—The Commission is authorized on

9 behalf of the United States to appeal from, and to petition

10 the Supreme Court for certiorari to review, judgments or

11 decrees entered with respect to actions in which it appears

12 pursuant to the authority provided in this section.

13 ‘‘SEC. 508. REPORTS TO CONGRESS; CERTIFICATIONS; REG14 ULATIONS.

15 ‘‘(a) REPORTS.—The Commission shall, as soon as

16 practicable after each election, submit a full report to the

17 House of Representatives setting forth—

18 ‘‘(1) the expenditures (shown in such detail as

19 the Commission determines appropriate) made by

20 each eligible candidate and the authorized commit21 tees of such candidate;

22 ‘‘(2) the aggregate amount of matching fund

23 payments certified by the Commission under section

24 504 for each eligible candidate;
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1 ‘‘(3) the amount of repayments, if any, required

2 under section 505, and the reasons for each repay3 ment required; and

4 ‘‘(4) the balance in the Make Democracy Work

5 Fund, and the balance in any account maintained in

6 the Fund.

7 Each report submitted pursuant to this section shall be

8 printed as a House document.

9 ‘‘(b) DETERMINATIONS BY COMMISSION.—All deter10 minations (including certifications under section 504)

11 made by the Commission under this title shall be final and

12 conclusive, except to the extent that they are subject to

13 examination and audit by the Commission under section

14 505 or judicial review under section 506.

15 ‘‘(c) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Commission is

16 authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations, in ac17 cordance with the provisions of subsection (d), to conduct

18 such audits, examinations and investigations, and to re19 quire the keeping and submission of such books, records,

20 and information, as it deems necessary to carry out the

21 functions and duties imposed on it by this title.

22 ‘‘(d) REPORT OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS.—The

23 Commission shall submit to the House of Representatives

24 a report containing a detailed explanation and justification

25 of each rule, regulation, and form of the Commission
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1 under this title. No such rule, regulation, or form may

2 take effect until a period of 30 legislative days has elapsed

3 after the report is received. As used in this subsection—

4 ‘‘(1) the term ‘legislative day’ means any cal5 endar day on which the House of Representatives is

6 in session; and

7 ‘‘(2) the terms ‘rule’ and ‘regulation’ mean a

8 provision or series of interrelated provisions stating

9 a single, separable rule of law.

10 ‘‘SEC. 509. CLOSED CAPTIONING REQUIREMENT FOR TELE11 VISION COMMERCIALS OF ELIGIBLE HOUSE

12 OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.

13 ‘‘No eligible House of Representatives candidate may

14 receive amounts from the Make Democracy Work Fund

15 unless such candidate has certified that any television

16 commercial prepared or distributed by the candidate will

17 be prepared in a manner that contains, is accompanied

18 by, or otherwise readily permits closed captioning of the

19 oral content of the commercial to be broadcast by way of

20 line 21 of the vertical blanking interval, or by way of com21 parable successor technologies.’’.

22 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.

23 Section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

24 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by striking paragraph

25 (19) and inserting the following:
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1 ‘‘(19) The term ‘eligible House of Representatives

2 candidate’ means a candidate for election to the office of

3 Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner

4 to, the Congress, who, as determined by the Commission

5 under section 502, is eligible to receive matching payments

6 and other benefits under title V by reason of filing a state7 ment of participation and complying with the continuing

8 eligibility requirements under section 502.

9 ‘‘(20) The term ‘general election period’ means, with

10 respect to any candidate, the period beginning on the day

11 after the date of the primary election for the specific office

12 the candidate is seeking, whichever is later, and ending

13 on the earlier of—

14 ‘‘(A) the date of such general election; or

15 ‘‘(B) the date on which the candidate withdraws

16 from the campaign or otherwise ceases actively to

17 seek election.

18 ‘‘(21) The term ‘election cycle’ means—

19 ‘‘(A) in the case of a candidate or the author20 ized committees of a candidate, the term beginning

21 on the day after the date of the most recent general

22 election for the specific office or seat which such

23 candidate seeks and ending on the date of the next

24 general election for such office or seat; or
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1 ‘‘(B) for all other persons, the term beginning

2 on the first day following the date of the last general

3 election and ending on the date of the next general

4 election.’’.

5 SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF REDUCED THIRD-CLASS MAILING

6 RATES TO ELIGIBLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA7 TIVES CANDIDATES.

8 Section 3626(e) of title 39, United States Code, is

9 amended—

10 (1) in paragraph (2)(A)—

11 (A) by striking ‘‘and the National’’ and in12 serting ‘‘the National’’; and

13 (B) by striking ‘‘Committee;’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘Committee, and, subject to paragraph (3),

15 the principal campaign committee of an eligible

16 House of Representatives candidate;’’;

17 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’

18 after the semicolon;

19 (3) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking the period

20 and inserting ‘‘; and’’;

21 (4) by adding after paragraph (2)(C) the fol22 lowing:

23 ‘‘(D) the terms ‘eligible House of Representa24 tives candidate’ and ‘principal campaign committee’

25 have the meanings given those terms in section 301
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1 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.’’;

2 and

3 (5) by adding after paragraph (2) the following:

4 ‘‘(3) The rate made available under this subsection

5 with respect to an eligible House of Representatives can6 didate shall apply only to—

7 ‘‘(A) the general election period (as defined in

8 section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

9 1971); and

10 ‘‘(B) that number of pieces of mail equal to 3

11 times the number of individuals in the voting age

12 population of the congressional district (as certified

13 under section 315(e) of such Act).’’.
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1 TITLE II—ELIMINATION OF

2 MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL

3 COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS

4 IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTA5 TIVES ELECTIONS; MIS6 CELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

7 RELATING TO CONTRIBU8 TIONS UNDER THE FEDERAL

9 ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF

10 1971

11 SEC. 201. ELIMINATION OF MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL

12 COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS IN HOUSE OF

13 REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS.

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:

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

18 Act, no candidate for the office of Representative in, or

19 Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may

20 accept any contribution from a multicandidate political

21 committee.

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

23 ‘multicandidate political committee’ has the meaning given

24 that term in subsection (a)(4).’’.
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1 SEC. 202. CONTRIBUTIONS BY DEPENDENTS NOT OF VOT2 ING AGE.

3 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

4 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 201, is

5 further amended by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘(j) For purposes of this section, any contribution by

7 an individual who—

8 ‘‘(1) is a dependent of another individual; and

9 ‘‘(2) has not, as of the time of such contribu10 tion, attained the legal age for voting for elections

11 to Federal office in the State in which such individ12 ual resides,

13 shall be treated as having been made by such other indi14 vidual. If such individual is the dependent of another indi15 vidual and such other individual’s spouse, the contribution

16 shall be allocated among such individuals in the manner

17 determined by them.’’.

18 SEC. 203. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FROM STATE

19 AND LOCAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PAR20 TIES TO BE AGGREGATED.

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

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

23 end the following:

24 ‘‘(9) Notwithstanding paragraph (5)(B), a candidate

25 for Federal office may not accept, with respect to an elec26 tion, any contribution from a State or local committee of
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1 a political party (including any subordinate committee of

2 such committee), if such contribution, when added to the

3 total of contributions previously accepted from all such

4 committees of that political party, exceeds a limitation on

5 contributions to a candidate under this section.’’.

6 SEC. 204. LIMITED EXCLUSION OF ADVANCES BY CAM7 PAIGN WORKERS FROM THE DEFINITION OF

8 THE TERM ‘‘CONTRIBUTION’’.

9 Section 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign

10 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended—

11 (1) in clause (xiii), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the

12 semicolon at the end;

13 (2) in clause (xiv), by striking the period at the

14 end and inserting the following: ‘‘; and’’; and

15 (3) by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(xv) any advance voluntarily made on behalf of

17 an authorized committee of a candidate by an indi18 vidual in the normal course of such individual’s re19 sponsibilities as a volunteer for, or employee of, the

20 committee, if the advance is reimbursed by the com21 mittee within 60 days after the date on which the

22 advance is made, and the value of advances on be23 half of a committee does not exceed $1,000 with re24 spect to an election.’’.
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1 SEC. 205. REDUCTION IN LIMITATION AMOUNT FOR CON2 TRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL

3 OFFICE BY PERSONS OTHER THAN

4 MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

5 Section 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Cam6 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A)) is amended

7 by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$500’’.

8 TITLE III—REQUIREMENT OF

9 BUDGET NEUTRALITY

10 SEC. 301. REQUIREMENT OF BUDGET NEUTRALITY.

11 (a) CONDITIONAL PAY-AS-YOU-GO ESTIMATE.—To

12 achieve the purpose of subsection (b), an estimate shall

13 be made of the net ‘‘pay-as-you-go’’ costs of this Act as14 suming its preceding sections become effective. That esti15 mate shall be made under the procedures specified in sec16 tion 252(d) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi17 cit Control Act of 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the Def18 icit Control Act) but shall not be considered to be an esti19 mate required by that section. Until and unless this sub20 section is superseded by subsection (c), no net costs other21 wise attributable to this Act shall be included in any docu22 ments required under the Deficit Control Act.

23 (b) ALL COSTS MUST BE FULLY OFFSET BY JANU24 ARY 1, 1994.—The provisions of section 504 of the Fed25 eral Election Campaign Act of 1971, as added by section

26 101 of this Act, shall not become effective unless, on Janu-
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1 ary 1, 1994, it is determined that each of the following

2 three conditions has been met:

3 (1) Provisions to raise revenues or reduce

4 spending, such as—

5 (A) limiting the business tax deductibility

6 of amounts spent in lobbying the Government

7 of the United States have been enacted;

8 (B) establishing a Federal Election Com9 mission registration fee on political committees

10 have been enacted; or

11 (C) allowing the ‘‘Make Democracy Work’’

12 fund to receive funds voluntarily contributed by

13 individuals or organizations have been enacted.

14 (2) The statute enacting any provision referred

15 to in paragraph (1) states that the provision has

16 been enacted for the purpose of effectuating this

17 Act.

18 (3) The savings from provisions under para19 graphs (1) and (2), estimated under the procedures

20 specified in section 252(d) of the Deficit Control Act

21 at the time of their enactment, are as great or great22 er in both fiscal years 1995 and 1996 than the net

23 costs of this Act in each such year conditionally esti24 mated under subsection (a).
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1 (c) ADDITION OF ESTIMATED NET COSTS TO THE

2 PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD.—If, on January 1, 1994, it

3 is determined that the costs of this Act have been fully

4 offset as specified in subsection (b), so that the preceding

5 sections of this Act shall become effective, then the condi6 tional estimate of the costs of this Act (made under sub7 section (a)) shall be included in the records maintained

8 under section 252 of the Deficit Control Act.

9 (d) DEFINITION OF ‘‘COSTS’’ AND ‘‘SAVINGS’’.—For

10 purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘costs’’ and ‘‘savings’’

11 mean outlay increases or decreases from direct spending

12 provisions or revenue increases or decreases from revenue

13 provisions of the type covered under section 252 of the

14 Deficit Control Act.

15 TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT

16 EXPENDITURES

17 SEC. 401. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN INDE18 PENDENT EXPENDITURES.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Federal Elec20 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended

21 by adding at the end the following:

22 ‘‘(d) TIME FOR REPORTING CERTAIN EXPENDI23 TURES.—(1) Any person making independent expendi24 tures aggregating $1,000 or more after the 20th day, but

25 more than 24 hours, before any election shall file a report
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1 of such expenditures within 24 hours after such expendi2 tures are made.

3 ‘‘(2) Any person making independent expenditures

4 aggregating $10,000 or more at any time up to and in5 cluding the 20th day before any election shall file a report

6 within 48 hours after such expenditures are made. An ad7 ditional statement shall be filed each time independent ex8 penditures aggregating $10,000 are made with respect to

9 the same election as the initial statement filed under this

10 section.

11 ‘‘(3) Any statement under this subsection shall be

12 filed with the Commission and the Secretary of State of

13 the State involved and shall contain the information re14 quired by subsection (b)(6)(B)(iii) of this section, includ15 ing whether the independent expenditure is in support of,

16 or in opposition to, the candidate involved. Not later than

17 48 hours after the Commission receives a report, the Com18 mission shall transmit a copy of the report to each can19 didate seeking nomination or election to that office.

20 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, an expenditure

21 shall be treated as made when it is made or obligated to

22 be made.

23 ‘‘(5)(A) If any person intends to make independent

24 expenditures totaling $5,000 or more during the 20 days
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1 before an election, such person shall file a statement no

2 later than the 20th day before the election.

3 ‘‘(B) Any statement under subparagraph (A) shall be

4 filed with the Commission and the Secretary of State of

5 the State involved and shall identify each candidate whom

6 the expenditure will support or oppose. Not later than 48

7 hours after the Commission receives a statement under

8 this paragraph, the Commission shall transmit a copy of

9 the statement to each candidate identified.

10 ‘‘(6) The Commission may make its own determina11 tion that a person has made, or has incurred obligations

12 to make, independent expenditures with respect to any

13 Federal election which in the aggregate exceed the applica14 ble amounts under paragraph (1) or (2). The Commission

15 shall notify each candidate in such election of such deter16 mination within 24 hours of making it.’’.

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 304(c)(2)

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

19 434(c)(2)) is amended by striking the undesignated mat20 ter after subparagraph (C).
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1 TITLE V—CONTRIBUTIONS

2 THROUGH INTERMEDIARIES

3 AND CONDUITS; PROVISIONS

4 RELATING TO POLITICAL

5 PARTY COMMITTEES

6 SEC. 501. CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH INTERMEDIARIES

7 AND CONDUITS.

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

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

10 as follows:

11 ‘‘(8) For the purposes of this subsection:

12 ‘‘(A) Contributions made by a person, either di13 rectly or indirectly, to or on behalf of a particular

14 candidate, including contributions that are in any

15 way earmarked or otherwise directed through an

16 intermediary or conduit to a candidate, shall be

17 treated as contributions from the person to the can18 didate.

19 ‘‘(B) Contributions made directly or indirectly

20 by a person to or on behalf of a particular candidate

21 through an intermediary or conduit, including con22 tributions made or arranged to be made by an

23 intermediary or conduit, shall be treated as contribu24 tions from the intermediary or conduit to the can25 didate if—
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1 ‘‘(i) the contributions made through the

2 intermediary or conduit are in the form of a

3 check or other negotiable instrument made pay4 able to the intermediary or conduit rather than

5 the intended recipient; or

6 ‘‘(ii) the intermediary or conduit is—

7 ‘‘(I) a political committee;

8 ‘‘(II) an officer, employee, or agent of

9 such a political committee;

10 ‘‘(III) a political party;

11 ‘‘(IV) a partnership or sole proprietor12 ship;

13 ‘‘(V) a person who is required to reg14 ister or to report its lobbying activities, or

15 a lobbyist whose activities are required to

16 be reported, under section 308 of the Fed17 eral Regulation of Lobbying Act (2 U.S.C.

18 267), the Foreign Agents Registration Act

19 of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.), or any

20 successor Federal law requiring a person

21 who is a lobbyist or foreign agent to reg22 ister or a person to report its lobbying ac23 tivities; or

24 ‘‘(VI) an organization prohibited from

25 making contributions under section 316, or
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1 an officer, employee, or agent of such an

2 organization acting on the organization’s

3 behalf.

4 ‘‘(C)(i) The term ‘intermediary or conduit’ does

5 not include—

6 ‘‘(I) a candidate or representative of a can7 didate receiving contributions to the candidate’s

8 principal campaign committee or authorized

9 committee;

10 ‘‘(II) a professional fundraiser com11 pensated for fundraising services at the usual

12 and customary rate, but only if the individual

13 is not described in subparagraph (B)(ii);

14 ‘‘(III) a volunteer hosting a fundraising

15 event at the volunteer’s home, in accordance

16 with section 301(8)(B), but only if the individ17 ual is not described in subparagraph (B)(ii); or

18 ‘‘(IV) an individual who transmits a con19 tribution from the individual’s spouse.

20 ‘‘(ii) The term ‘representative’ means an indi21 vidual who is expressly authorized by the candidate

22 to engage in fundraising, and who occupies a signifi23 cant position within the candidate’s campaign orga24 nization, provided that the individual is not de25 scribed in subparagraph (B)(ii).
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1 ‘‘(iii) The term ‘contributions made or arranged

2 to be made’ includes—

3 ‘‘(I) contributions delivered to a particular

4 candidate or the candidate’s authorized commit5 tee or agent; and

6 ‘‘(II) contributions directly or indirectly ar7 ranged to be made to a particular candidate or

8 the candidate’s authorized committee or agent,

9 in a manner that identifies directly or indirectly

10 to the candidate or authorized committee or

11 agent the person who arranged the making of

12 the contributions or the person on whose behalf

13 such person was acting.

14 Such term does not include contributions made, or

15 arranged to be made, by reason of an oral or written

16 communication by a Federal candidate or office17 holder expressly advocating the nomination for elec18 tion, or election, of any other Federal candidate and

19 encouraging the making of a contribution to such

20 other candidate.

21 ‘‘(iv) The term ‘acting on the organization’s be22 half’ includes the following activities by an officer,

23 employee or agent of a person described in subpara24 graph (B)(ii)(VI):
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1 ‘‘(I) Soliciting or directly or indirectly ar2 ranging the making of a contribution to a par3 ticular candidate in the name of, or by using

4 the name of, such a person.

5 ‘‘(II) Soliciting or directly or indirectly ar6 ranging the making of a contribution to a par7 ticular candidate using other than incidental re8 sources of such a person.

9 ‘‘(III) Soliciting contributions for a par10 ticular candidate by substantially directing the

11 solicitations to other officers, employees, or

12 agents of such a person.

13 ‘‘(D) Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit—

14 ‘‘(i) bona fide joint fundraising efforts con15 ducted solely for the purpose of sponsorship of

16 a fundraising reception, dinner, or other similar

17 event, in accordance with rules prescribed by

18 the Commission, by—

19 ‘‘(I) 2 or more candidates;

20 ‘‘(II) 2 or more national, State, or

21 local committees of a political party within

22 the meaning of section 301(4) acting on

23 their own behalf; or

24 ‘‘(III) a special committee formed by

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1 a national, State, or local committee of a

2 political party acting on their own behalf;

3 or

4 ‘‘(ii) fundraising efforts for the benefit of

5 a candidate that are conducted by another

6 candidate.

7 When a contribution is made to a candidate through an

8 intermediary or conduit, the intermediary or conduit shall

9 report the original source and the intended recipient of

10 the contribution to the Commission and to the intended

11 recipient.’’.

12 SEC. 502. DEFINITIONS.

13 Section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

14 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431), as amended by section 102 of

15 this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the

16 following:

17 ‘‘(22) The term ‘generic campaign activity’

18 means a campaign activity that promotes a political

19 party rather than any particular Federal or non20 Federal candidate.

21 ‘‘(23) The term ‘State Party Grassroots Fund’

22 means a separate segregated fund established and

23 maintained by a State committee of a political party

24 solely for purposes of making expenditures and other

25 disbursements described in section 324(d).’’.
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1 SEC. 503. PROVISIONS RELATING TO NATIONAL, STATE,

2 AND LOCAL PARTY COMMITTEES.

3 (a) SOFT MONEY OF COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL

4 PARTIES.—Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act

5 of 1971 is amended by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEES

7 ‘‘SEC. 323. (a) LIMITATIONS ON NATIONAL COMMIT8 TEE.—(1) A national committee of a political party and

9 the congressional campaign committees of a political party

10 may not solicit or accept contributions or transfers not

11 subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting re12 quirements of this Act.

13 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to contributions—

14 ‘‘(A) that—

15 ‘‘(i) are to be transferred to a State com16 mittee of a political party and are used solely

17 for activities described in clauses (xi) through

18 (xvii) of paragraph (9)(B) of section 301; or

19 ‘‘(ii) are described in section

20 301(8)(B)(xx); and

21 ‘‘(B) with respect to which contributors have

22 been notified that the funds will be used solely for

23 the purposes described in subparagraph (A).

24 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO THIS ACT.—Any

25 amount solicited, received, expended, or disbursed directly

26 or indirectly by a national, State, district, or local commit-
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1 tee of a political party (including any subordinate commit2 tee) with respect to any of the following activities shall

3 be subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting

4 requirements of this Act:

5 ‘‘(1)(A) Any get-out-the-vote activity conducted

6 during a calendar year in which an election for the

7 office of President is held.

8 ‘‘(B) Any other get-out-the-vote activity unless

9 subsection (c)(2) applies to the activity.

10 ‘‘(2) Any generic campaign activity.

11 ‘‘(3) Any activity that identifies or promotes a

12 Federal candidate, regardless of whether—

13 ‘‘(A) a State or local candidate is also

14 identified or promoted; or

15 ‘‘(B) any portion of the funds disbursed

16 constitutes a contribution or expenditure under

17 this Act.

18 ‘‘(4) Voter registration.

19 ‘‘(5) Development and maintenance of voter

20 files during an even-numbered calendar year.

21 ‘‘(6) Any other activity that—

22 ‘‘(A) significantly affects a Federal elec23 tion; or

24 ‘‘(B) is not otherwise described in section

25 301(8)(B)(xviii).
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1 Any amount spent to raise funds that are used, in whole

2 or in part, in connection with activities described in the

3 preceding paragraphs shall be subject to the limitations,

4 prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.

5 ‘‘(c) GET-OUT-THE-VOTE ACTIVITIES BY STATE,

6 DISTRICT, AND LOCAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PAR7 TIES.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any get8 out-the-vote activity for a State or local candidate, or for

9 a ballot measure, which is conducted by a State, district,

10 or local committee of a political party (including any sub11 ordinate committee) shall be subject to the limitations,

12 prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.

13 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any activity

14 which the State committee of a political party certifies to

15 the Commission is an activity which—

16 ‘‘(A) is conducted during a calendar year other

17 than a calendar year in which an election for the of18 fice of President is held;

19 ‘‘(B) is exclusively on behalf of (and specifically

20 identifies only) one or more State or local candidates

21 or ballot measures; and

22 ‘‘(C) does not include any effort or means used

23 to identify or turn out those identified to be support24 ers of any Federal candidate (including any activity
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1 that is undertaken in coordination with, or on behalf

2 of, a candidate for Federal office).

3 ‘‘(d) STATE PARTY GRASSROOTS FUNDS.—(1) A

4 State committee of a political party may make disburse5 ments and expenditures from its State Party Grassroots

6 Fund only for—

7 ‘‘(A) any generic campaign activity;

8 ‘‘(B) payments described in clauses (v), (x), and

9 (xii) of paragraph (8)(B) and clauses (iv), (viii), and

10 (ix) of paragraph (9)(B) of section 301;

11 ‘‘(C) subject to the limitations of section

12 315(d), payments described in clause (xii) of para13 graph (8)(B), and clause (ix) of paragraph (9)(B),

14 of section 301 on behalf of candidates other than for

15 President and Vice President;

16 ‘‘(D) voter registration; and

17 ‘‘(E) development and maintenance of voter

18 files during an even-numbered calendar year.

19 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding section 315(a)(4), no funds

20 may be transferred by a State committee of a political

21 party from its State Party Grassroots Fund to any other

22 State Party Grassroots Fund or to any other political com23 mittee, except a transfer may be made to a district or local

24 committee of the same political party in the same State

25 if such district or local committee—
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1 ‘‘(A) has established a separate segregated fund

2 for the purposes described in paragraph (1); and

3 ‘‘(B) uses the transferred funds solely for those

4 purposes.

5 ‘‘(e) AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY GRASSROOTS FUND

6 FROM STATE AND LOCAL CANDIDATE COMMITTEES.—(1)

7 Any amount received by a State Party Grassroots Fund

8 from a State or local candidate committee for expenditures

9 described in subsection (b) that are for the benefit of that

10 candidate shall be treated as meeting the requirements of

11 subsection (b) and section 304(e) if—

12 ‘‘(A) such amount is derived from funds which

13 meet the requirements of this Act with respect to

14 any limitation or prohibition as to source or dollar

15 amount specified in section 315(a) (1)(A) and

16 (2)(A); and

17 ‘‘(B) the State or local candidate committee—

18 ‘‘(i) maintains, in the account from which

19 payment is made, records of the sources and

20 amounts of funds for purposes of determining

21 whether such requirements are met; and

22 ‘‘(ii) certifies that such requirements were

23 met.
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1 ‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), in determin2 ing whether the funds transferred meet the requirements

3 of this Act described in such paragraph—

4 ‘‘(A) a State or local candidate committee’s

5 cash on hand shall be treated as consisting of the

6 funds most recently received by the committee; and

7 ‘‘(B) the committee must be able to dem8 onstrate that its cash on hand contains sufficient

9 funds meeting such requirements as are necessary to

10 cover the transferred funds.

11 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any State Party

12 Grassroots Fund receiving any transfer described in para13 graph (1) from a State or local candidate committee shall

14 be required to meet the reporting requirements of this Act,

15 and shall submit to the Commission all certifications re16 ceived, with respect to receipt of the transfer from such

17 candidate committee.

18 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, a State or local

19 candidate committee is a committee established, financed,

20 maintained, or controlled by a candidate for other than

21 Federal office.’’.

22 (b) CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.—(1) Sec23 tion 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

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1 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the

2 following:

3 ‘‘(xvi) any amount contributed to a

4 candidate for other than Federal office;

5 ‘‘(xvii) any amount received or ex6 pended to pay the costs of a State or local

7 political convention;

8 ‘‘(xviii) any payment for campaign ac9 tivities that are exclusively on behalf of

10 (and specifically identify only) State or

11 local candidates and do not identify any

12 Federal candidate, and that are not activi13 ties described in section 324(b) (without

14 regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or section

15 324(c)(1);

16 ‘‘(xix) any payment for administrative

17 expenses of a State or local committee of

18 a political party, including expenses for—

19 ‘‘(I) overhead, including party

20 meetings;

21 ‘‘(II) staff (other than individuals

22 devoting a significant amount of their

23 time to elections for Federal office

24 and individuals engaged in conducting
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1 get-out-the-vote activities for a Fed2 eral election); and

3 ‘‘(III) conducting party elections

4 or caucuses;

5 ‘‘(xx) any payment for research per6 taining solely to State and local candidates

7 and issues;

8 ‘‘(xxi) any payment for development

9 and maintenance of voter files other than

10 during the 1-year period ending on the

11 date during an even-numbered calendar

12 year on which regularly scheduled general

13 elections for Federal office occur; and

14 ‘‘(xxii) any payment for any other ac15 tivity which is solely for the purpose of in16 fluencing, and which solely affects, an elec17 tion for non-Federal office and which is

18 not an activity described in section 324(b)

19 (without regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or

20 section 324(c)(1).’’.

21 (2) Section 301(9)(B) of the Federal Election Cam22 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)) is amended by

23 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ix), by striking the

24 period at the end of clause (x) and inserting a semicolon,

25 and by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(xi) any amount contributed to a

2 candidate for other than Federal office;

3 ‘‘(xii) any amount received or ex4 pended to pay the costs of a State or local

5 political convention;

6 ‘‘(xiii) any payment for campaign ac7 tivities that are exclusively on behalf of

8 (and specifically identify only) State or

9 local candidates and do not identify any

10 Federal candidate, and that are not activi11 ties described in section 324(b) (without

12 regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or section

13 324(c)(1);

14 ‘‘(xiv) any payment for administrative

15 expenses of a State or local committee of

16 a political party, including expenses for—

17 ‘‘(I) overhead, including party

18 meetings;

19 ‘‘(II) staff (other than individuals

20 devoting a significant amount of their

21 time to elections for Federal office

22 and individuals engaged in conducting

23 get-out-the-vote activities for a Fed24 eral election); and
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1 ‘‘(III) conducting party elections

2 or caucuses;

3 ‘‘(xv) any payment for research per4 taining solely to State and local candidates

5 and issues;

6 ‘‘(xvi) any payment for development

7 and maintenance of voter files other than

8 during the 1-year period ending on the

9 date during an even-numbered calendar

10 year on which regularly scheduled general

11 elections for Federal office occur; and

12 ‘‘(xvii) any payment for any other ac13 tivity which is solely for the purpose of in14 fluencing, and which solely affects, an elec15 tion for non-Federal office and which is

16 not an activity described in section 324(b)

17 (without regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or

18 section 324(c)(1).’’.

19 (c) LIMITATION APPLIED AT NATIONAL LEVEL.—

20 Paragraph (3) of section 315(d) of the Federal Election

21 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)(3)) is amended

22 by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the applicable

24 congressional campaign committee of a political party

25 shall make the expenditures described in this paragraph
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1 which are authorized to be made by a national or State

2 committee with respect to a candidate in any State unless

3 it allocates all or a portion of such expenditures to either

4 or both of such committees.’’.

5 (d) LIMITATIONS APPLY FOR ENTIRE ELECTION

6 CYCLE.—Section 315(d)(1) of the Federal Election Cam7 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)(1)) is amended by

8 adding at the end the following: ‘‘Each limitation under

9 the following paragraphs shall apply to the entire election

10 cycle for an office.’’.

11 SEC. 504. PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBU12 TIONS FOR CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZA13 TIONS BY FEDERAL CANDIDATES AND OF14 FICE HOLDERS.

15 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

16 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 201 and

17 202, is further amended by adding at the end the follow18 ing:

19 ‘‘(k) During any period an individual is a candidate

20 for, or holds, Federal office, such individual may not dur21 ing such period solicit contributions to, or on behalf of,

22 any organization which is described in section 501(c) of

23 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 if a substantial part

24 of the activities of such organization include voter reg25 istration or get-out-the-vote campaigns.’’.
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1 TITLE VI—PROHIBITIONS RE2 LATING TO POLITICAL COM3 MITTEES AND FOREIGN NA4 TIONALS

5 SEC. 601. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN USES OF THE NAME

6 OF A CANDIDATE BY POLITICAL COMMIT7 TEES OTHER THAN THE PRINCIPAL CAM8 PAIGN COMMITTEE OF THE CANDIDATE.

9 Section 302(e)(4) of the Federal Election Campaign

10 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)(4)) is amended to read as

11 follows:

12 ‘‘(4)(A) The name of each authorized committee shall

13 include the name of the candidate who authorized the com14 mittee under paragraph (1).

15 ‘‘(B) A political committee that is not an authorized

16 committee shall not include the name of any candidate in

17 its name or use the name of any candidate in any fund18 raising activity on behalf of such committee in such a con19 text as to suggest that the committee is an authorized

20 committee of the candidate.’’.

21 SEC. 602. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ELECTION-RELATED

22 ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN NATIONALS.

23 Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

25 the following:
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1 ‘‘(c) A foreign national shall not directly or indirectly

2 direct, control, influence or participate in any person’s

3 election-related activities, such as the making of contribu4 tions or expenditures in connection with elections for any

5 local, State, or Federal office or the administration of a

6 political committee.’’.

7 TITLE VII—LIMITATION ON CAR8 RYOVER OF CAMPAIGN

9 FUNDS

10 SEC. 701. LIMITATION ON CARRYOVER OF HOUSE OF REP11 RESENTATIVES CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR USE

12 IN LATER ELECTIONS.

13 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

14 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 201,

15 202, and 504 is further amended by adding at the end

16 the following:

17 ‘‘(l) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,

18 no contribution received with respect to an election by a

19 candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate

20 or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may be used

21 with respect to a later election for such office, except

22 that—

23 ‘‘(1) a contribution received with respect to a

24 primary election may be used with respect to the
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1 general election relating to that primary election;

2 and

3 ‘‘(2) if, after a general election, a candidate has

4 a balance of funds remaining, the candidate may use

5 not more than $25,000 of that balance with respect

6 to a later election for such office.’’.

7 TITLE VIII—CAMPAIGN

8 ADVERTISING

9 SEC. 801. CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING AMENDMENTS.

10 Section 318 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

12 (1) in the matter before paragraph (1) of sub13 section (a), by striking ‘‘an expenditure’’ and insert14 ing ‘‘a disbursement’’;

15 (2) in the matter before paragraph (1) of sub16 section (a), by striking ‘‘direct’’;

17 (3) in paragraph (3) of subsection (a), by in18 serting after ‘‘name’’ the following: ‘‘and permanent

19 street address’’; and

20 (4) by adding at the end the following:

21 ‘‘(c) Any printed communication described in sub22 section (a) shall be—

23 ‘‘(1) of sufficient type size to be clearly read24 able by the recipient of the communication;
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1 ‘‘(2) contained in a printed box set apart from

2 the other contents of the communication; and

3 ‘‘(3) consist of a reasonable degree of color con4 trast between the background and the printed state5 ment.

6 ‘‘(d) Any broadcast or cablecast communication de7 scribed in subsection (a)(1) or subsection (a)(2) shall in8 clude, in addition to the requirements of those subsections,

9 in a clearly spoken manner, the following statement—

10 ‘llllllll is responsible for the con11 tent of this advertisement.’

12 with the blank to be filled in with the name of the can13 didate, and, if broadcast or cablecast by means of tele14 vision, shall also—

15 ‘‘(1) appear in a clearly readable manner with

16 a reasonable degree of color contrast between the

17 background and the printed statement, for a period

18 of at least 4 seconds; and

19 ‘‘(2) be accompanied by a clearly identifiable

20 photographic or similar image of the candidate.

21 ‘‘(e) Any broadcast or cablecast communication de22 scribed in subsection (a)(3) shall include, in addition to

23 the requirements of those subsections, in a clearly spoken

24 manner, the following statement—
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1 ‘llllllll is responsible for the con2 tent of this advertisement.’

3 with the blank to be filled in with the name of the political

4 committee or other person paying for the communication

5 and the name of any connected organization of the payor,

6 and, if broadcast or cablecast by means of television, shall

7 also appear in a clearly readable manner with a reasonable

8 degree of color contrast between the background and the

9 printed statement, for a period of at least 4 seconds.’’.

10 SEC. 802. EQUAL BROADCAST TIME.

11 Section 315(a) of the Communications Act of 1934

12 (47 U.S.C. 315(a)) is amended to read as follows:

13 ‘‘(a)(1) If a licensee permits any person who is a le14 gally qualified candidate for public office to use a broad15 casting station other than any use required to be provided

16 under paragraph (2), the licensee shall afford equal oppor17 tunities to all other such candidates for that office in the

18 use of the broadcasting station.

19 ‘‘(2)(A) A person who reserves broadcast time the

20 payment for which would constitute an independent ex21 penditure within the meaning of section 301(17) of the

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

23 431(17) shall—
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1 ‘‘(i) inform the licensee that payment for the

2 broadcast time will constitute an independent ex3 penditure;

4 ‘‘(ii) inform the licensee of the names of all can5 didates for the office to which the proposed broad6 cast relates; and

7 ‘‘(iii) provide the licensee a copy of the state8 ment described in section 304A(b)(3)(B) of the Fed9 eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.

10 434(d)(3)(B)).

11 ‘‘(B) A licensee who is informed as described in sub12 paragraph (A) shall, if any of the candidates described in

13 subparagraph (A)(ii), has provided the licensee the name

14 and address of a person to whom notification under this

15 subparagraph is to be given—

16 ‘‘(i) notify such person of the proposed making

17 of the independent expenditure; and

18 ‘‘(ii) provide, without charge, any such can19 didate (other than a candidate for whose benefit the

20 independent expenditure is made) with the same

21 amount of broadcast time immediately after the

22 broadcast time paid for by the independent expendi23 ture.

24 ‘‘(3) A licensee shall have no power of censorship over

25 the material broadcast under this section.
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1 ‘‘(4) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no obliga2 tion is imposed under this subsection upon any licensee

3 to allow the use of its station by any candidate.

4 ‘‘(5)(A) Appearance by a legally qualified candidate

5 on a—

6 ‘‘(i) bona fide newscast;

7 ‘‘(ii) bona fide news interview;

8 ‘‘(iii) bona fide news documentary (if the ap9 pearance of the candidate is incidental to the presen10 tation of the subject or subjects covered by the news

11 documentary); or

12 ‘‘(iv) on-the-spot coverage of bona fide news

13 events (including political conventions and activates

14 incidental thereto),

15 shall not be deemed to be use of a broadcasting station

16 within the meaning of this subsection.

17 ‘‘(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed

18 as relieving broadcasters, in connection with the presen19 tation of newscasts, news interviews, news documentaries,

20 and on-the-spot coverage of news events, from their obliga21 tion under this Act to operate in the public interest and

22 to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of con23 flicting views on issues of public importance.

24 ‘‘(6)(A) A licensee that endorses a candidate for Fed25 eral office in an editorial shall, within the time stated in
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1 subparagraph (B), provide to all other candidates for elec2 tion to the same office—

3 ‘‘(i) notice of the date and time of broadcast of

4 the editorial;

5 ‘‘(ii) a taped or printed copy of the editorial;

6 and

7 ‘‘(iii) a reasonable opportunity to broadcast a

8 response using the licensee’s facilities.

9 ‘‘(B) In the case of an editorial described in subpara10 graph (A) that—

11 ‘‘(i) is first broadcast 72 hours or more prior to

12 the date of a primary, runoff, or general election,

13 the notice and copy described in subparagraph (A)(i)

14 and (ii) shall be provided not later than 24 hours

15 after the time of the first broadcast of the editorial,

16 and

17 ‘‘(ii) is first broadcast less than 72 hours before

18 the date of an election, the notice and copy shall be

19 provided at a time prior to the first broadcast that

20 will be sufficient to enable candidates a reasonable

21 opportunity to prepare and broadcast a response.

22 ‘‘(7) A communication under reserved broadcast time

23 described in paragraph (2)—

24 ‘‘(A) in the case of a television broadcast, shall

25 include during the entire length of the communica-
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1 tion a clearly readable video statement covering at

2 least 25 percent of the viewing area of a television

3 screen stating the information required in section

4 318(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

5 1971 and, if the independent expenditure is made by

6 a political committee, stating the name of its con7 nected organization (if any) and the city and State

8 in which such organization is located; and

9 ‘‘(B) in the case of any audio broadcast (includ10 ing a television broadcast), shall include an audio

11 statement at the conclusion of the broadcast stating

12 the information described in section 318(a) of the

13 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and, if the

14 independent expenditure is made by a political com15 mittee, stating the name of its connected organiza16 tion (if any) and the city and State in which such

17 organization is located.’’.

18 SEC. 803. OTHER AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS

19 ACT OF 1934.

20 Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47

21 U.S.C. 315), as amended by section 802, is further

22 amended—

23 (1) in subsection (b)—

24 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),

25 by striking ‘‘The charges’’ and inserting ‘‘Ex-
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1 cept as provided in subsection (c), the charges’’;

2 and

3 (B) in paragraph (1)—

4 (i) by striking ‘‘forty-five’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘30’’;

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘sixty’’ and inserting

7 ‘‘45’’; and

8 (iii) by striking ‘‘lowest unit charge of

9 the station for the same class and amount

10 of time for the same period’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘lowest charge of the station for the same

12 amount of time for the same period on the

13 same date’’;

14 (2) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as

15 subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and

16 (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow17 ing:

18 ‘‘(c) Subsection (b) shall not apply to an eligible

19 House of Representatives candidate (as defined in section

20 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) who

21 makes expenditures that exceed a limitation under sub22 section (a), (b), or (c) of section 501 of the Federal Elec23 tion Campaign Act of 1971 or who, with respect to an

24 election cycle, makes contributions to his or her own cam25 paign totaling more than $100,000 from the personal
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1 funds of the candidate. The charges made pursuant to

2 subsection (b) for the use of any broadcasting station by

3 any eligible House of Representatives candidate who

4 agrees not to make, and does not make, expenditures that

5 exceed a limitation under subsection (a), (b), or (c) of sec6 tion 501 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

7 shall not exceed, at any time, the lowest charge of the sta8 tion for the same amount of time for the same period on

9 the same date.

10 ‘‘(d)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a li11 censee shall not preempt the use, during any period speci12 fied in subsection (b)(1), of a broadcasting station by a

13 legally qualified candidate for public office who has pur14 chased and paid for such use pursuant to the provisions

15 of subsection (b)(1).

16 ‘‘(2) If a program to be broadcast by a broadcasting

17 station is preempted because of circumstances beyond the

18 control of the broadcasting station, any candidate adver19 tising spot scheduled to be broadcast during that program

20 may also be preempted.’’.
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1 TITLE IX—CONTRIBUTION

2 SOLICITATION

3 SEC. 901. PROHIBITION OF FALSE REPRESENTATION TO

4 SOLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS.

5 Section 322 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

6 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441h) is amended—

7 (1) by inserting after ‘‘SEC. 322.’’ the follow8 ing: ‘‘(a)’’; and

9 (2) by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(b) No person shall solicit contributions by falsely

11 representing himself as a candidate or as a representative

12 of a candidate, a political committee, or a political party.’’.

13 TITLE X—REPORTING

14 REQUIREMENTS

15 SEC. 1001. REDUCTION IN THRESHOLD FOR REPORTING OF

16 CERTAIN INFORMATION BY PERSONS OTHER

17 THAN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

18 Section 304(b)(3)(A) of the Federal Election Cam19 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(3)(A)) is amended

20 by striking ‘‘$200’’ and inserting ‘‘$50’’.

21 SEC. 1002. REPORTING OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES BY

22 CATEGORY.

23 Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

25 the following:
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1 ‘‘(d) The Commission shall require, with respect to

2 reports under this section, that operating expenditures be

3 reported on an election cycle basis, by category, as speci4 fied by the Commission.’’.

5 SEC. 1003. CHANGE IN CERTAIN REPORTING FROM A CAL6 ENDAR YEAR BASIS TO AN ELECTION CYCLE

7 BASIS.

8 Paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection (b) of sec9 tion 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

10 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(2)–(7)) are amended by inserting after

11 ‘‘calendar year’’ each place it appears the following:

12 ‘‘(election cycle, in the case of an authorized committee

13 of a candidate for the office of Representative in, or Dele14 gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress)’’.

15 SEC. 1004. COMPUTERIZED INDICES OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

16 Section 311(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

17 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 438(a)) is amended—

18 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

19 (9);

20 (2) by striking the period at the end of para21 graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

22 (3) by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(11) maintain computerized indices of con24 tributions of $50 or more.’’.
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1 TITLE XI—EFFECTIVE DATE

2 SEC. 1101. EFFECTIVE DATE.

3 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the provi4 sions of, and the amendments made by, this Act shall take

5 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act but shall

6 not apply with respect to any election occurring before

7 January 1, 1994.

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