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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1528

To reform the financing of Senate campaigns, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 25, 1996

Mr. BRADLEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred

to the Committee on Rules and Administration

A BILL

To reform the financing of Senate campaigns, 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 ‘‘Senate Campaign Fi5 nance Reform Act of 1996’’.

6 SEC. 2. SENATE ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCING.

7 (a) AMENDMENT OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAM8 PAIGN ACT OF 1971.—The Federal Election Campaign

9 Act of 1971 is amended by adding at the end the following

10 new title:
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1 ‘‘TITLE V—SENATE ELECTION

2 CAMPAIGN FINANCING

3 ‘‘SEC. 501. SENATE CAMPAIGN FINANCING.

4 ‘‘No Senate candidate or authorized committee of a

5 Senate candidate shall accept any contribution with re6 spect to a general election or make any expenditures with

7 respect to a general election except as provided in this

8 title.

9 ‘‘SEC. 502. REQUIREMENTS FOR RECEIPT OF BENEFITS.

10 ‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE SENATE CANDIDATE.—For purposes

11 of this title, a Senate candidate is an eligible Senate can12 didate if the candidate files a declaration with the Sec13 retary of the Senate under penalty of perjury stating

14 that—

15 ‘‘(1) the candidate agrees in writing to partici16 pate in at least 2 debates, sponsored by a non17 partisan or bipartisan organization, with all other

18 candidates for that office who are receiving pay19 ments under this title;

20 ‘‘(2) the candidate and the candidate’s author21 ized committees will not accept any contribution

22 with respect to a general election or make any ex23 penditure with respect to a general election except

24 from funds provided under this title;
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1 ‘‘(3) the candidate and the authorized commit2 tees of such candidate did not accept contributions,

3 or make expenditures, for the primary or runoff

4 election in excess of the limitations under subsection

5 (b); and

6 ‘‘(4) the candidate and the authorized commit7 tees of such candidate—

8 ‘‘(A) will deposit all payments received

9 under this title in an account insured by the

10 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation from

11 which funds may be withdrawn by check or

12 similar means of payment to third parties; and

13 ‘‘(B) will furnish campaign records, evi14 dence of contributions, and other appropriate

15 information to the Commission.

16 ‘‘(b) PRIMARY AND RUNOFF EXPENDITURE AND

17 CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS.—The requirements of this

18 subsection are met if—

19 ‘‘(1) the candidate and the candidate’s author20 ized committees have not received contributions from

21 any individual for the primary or runoff election

22 which in the aggregate exceed $100;

23 ‘‘(2) all contributions received by the candidate

24 and the candidate’s authorized committees are from

25 individuals; and
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1 ‘‘(3) the candidate and the candidate’s author2 ized committees did not make expenditures for the

3 primary or runoff election in excess of 50 percent of

4 the total amount that will be available to all can5 didates in the State for the general election under

6 section 504(b) (based on the State’s estimate of the

7 total amount made 30 days prior to the date of the

8 primary or runoff election).

9 ‘‘(c) TIME FOR FILING.—The declaration under sub10 section (a) shall be filed not later than 7 days after the

11 earlier of—

12 ‘‘(1) the date the candidate qualifies for the

13 general election ballot under State law; or

14 ‘‘(2) if, under State law, a primary or runoff

15 election to qualify for the general election ballot oc16 curs after September 1, the date the candidate wins

17 the primary or runoff election.

18 ‘‘SEC. 503. CERTIFICATION BY COMMISSION.

19 ‘‘(a) REQUEST.—Each eligible Senate candidate

20 seeking to receive benefits under this title shall submit a

21 request to the Commission, at such time and in such man22 ner as the Commission may require in regulations, con23 taining—

24 ‘‘(1) a copy of the declaration filed pursuant to

25 section 502(a);
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1 ‘‘(2) such additional information as the Com2 mission may require in regulations; and

3 ‘‘(3) a verification signed by the candidate and

4 the treasurer of the principal campaign committee of

5 such candidate stating that the information fur6 nished in support of the request is correct and fully

7 satisfies the requirements of this title.

8 ‘‘(b) CERTIFICATION.—

9 ‘‘(1) ISSUANCE.—Not later than 48 hours after

10 a Senate candidate files a request with the Commis11 sion to receive benefits under this title, the Commis12 sion shall—

13 ‘‘(A) issue a certification to each candidate

14 who satisfies the requirements of section 502;

15 ‘‘(B) calculate the amount of payments to

16 which such candidate is entitled pursuant to

17 section 504; and

18 ‘‘(C) transmit notification of the certifi19 cation to the Secretary of the Senate.

20 ‘‘(2) REVOCATION.—The Commission shall re21 voke such certification if the Commission determines

22 a candidate fails to continue to satisfy the require23 ments of section 502.

24 ‘‘(c) DETERMINATIONS BY COMMISSION.—All deter25 minations (including certifications under subsection (b))
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1 made by the Commission under this title shall be final and

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

3 judicial review under section 505.

4 ‘‘SEC. 504. BENEFITS ELIGIBLE SENATE CANDIDATES ENTI5 TLED TO RECEIVE.

6 ‘‘(a) USE OF FREE BROADCAST TIME.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible Senate can8 didate shall be entitled to free broadcast time as

9 provided under section 315A of the Communications

10 Act of 1934.

11 ‘‘(2) BROADCAST DURATION.—Free broadcast

12 time shall be used in segments of not less than 1

13 minute.

14 ‘‘(b) GENERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCING.—

15 ‘‘(1) AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS.—(A) Each eligi16 ble Senate candidate in a State shall receive a pay17 ment for the general election in an amount equal to

18 the State share divided by the number of eligible

19 Senate candidates in the State.

20 ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, the term

21 ‘State share’ means, with respect to a State, the

22 sum of—

23 ‘‘(i) 50 percent of the funds in the Senate

24 Election Campaign Fund which are attributable

25 to donations from taxpayers from such State
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1 and which remain in the fund after the last

2 election for the office of United States Senator

3 in that State, and interest allocable to such por4 tion, plus

5 ‘‘(ii) 50 percent of the funds in the Senate

6 Election Campaign Fund which are attributable

7 to donations from taxpayers from such State

8 after such election and before the 2d calendar

9 year preceding the calendar year of the election,

10 and interest allocable to such portion, plus

11 ‘‘(iii) 100 percent of the funds in the Sen12 ate Election Campaign Fund which are attrib13 utable to donations from taxpayers from such

14 State during the 2 calendar years preceding the

15 calendar year of the election, and interest allo16 cable to such portion.

17 ‘‘(C) For purposes of this paragraph, donations

18 made to the Senate Election Campaign Fund which

19 are included with an income tax return for a taxable

20 year under section 6097 of the Internal Revenue

21 Code of 1986 shall be treated as made on the last

22 day of the calendar year in which the taxable year

23 ends.

24 ‘‘(2) FREE BROADCAST TIME.—Free broadcast

25 time provided pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be
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1 used in calculating the amount a candidate is enti2 tled to receive under this subsection.

3 ‘‘SEC. 505. JUDICIAL REVIEW.

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

5 Commission made under this title shall be subject to re6 view by the United States Court of Appeals for the Dis7 trict of Columbia Circuit upon petition filed in such court

8 not later than 30 days after the agency action by the Com9 mission for which review is sought. It shall be the duty

10 of the Court of Appeals, ahead of all matters not filed

11 under this title, to advance on the docket and expeditiously

12 take action on all petitions filed pursuant to this title.

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

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

15 judicial review of any agency action by the Commission.

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

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

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

19 ‘‘SEC. 506. PARTICIPATION BY COMMISSION IN JUDICIAL

20 PROCEEDINGS.

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

22 to appear in and defend against any action instituted

23 under this section and under section 505 either by attor24 neys employed in its office or by counsel whom it may ap25 point without regard to the provisions of title 5, United
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1 States Code, governing appointments in the competitive

2 service, and whose compensation it may fix without regard

3 to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap4 ter 53 of such title.

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

6 authorized, through attorneys and counsel described in

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

8 of the United States to seek recovery of any amounts de9 termined under this title to be payable to the Secretary

10 of the Treasury.

11 ‘‘(c) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.—The Commission is au12 thorized, through attorneys and counsel described in sub13 section (a), to petition the courts of the United States for

14 such injunctive relief as is appropriate in order to imple15 ment any provision of this title.

16 ‘‘(d) APPEALS.—The Commission is authorized on

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

18 the Supreme Court for certiorari to review of, judgments

19 or decrees entered with respect to actions in which it ap20 pears pursuant to the authority provided in this section.

21 ‘‘SEC. 508. PAYMENTS RELATING TO CANDIDATES.

22 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CAMPAIGN FUND.—

23 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established on

24 the books of the Treasury of the United States a
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1 special fund to be known as the ‘Senate Election

2 Campaign Fund’.

3 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATIONS.—(A) There are appro4 priated to the Fund for each fiscal year, out of

5 amounts in the general fund of the Treasury not

6 otherwise appropriated, amounts equal to any con7 tributions by persons which are specifically des8 ignated as being made to the Fund.

9 ‘‘(B) The Secretary of the Treasury shall, from

10 time to time, transfer to the Fund an amount not

11 in excess of the amounts described in subparagraph

12 (A).

13 ‘‘(C) Amounts in the Fund shall remain avail14 able without fiscal year limitation.

15 ‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts in

16 the Fund shall be available only for the purposes of

17 making payments required under this title.

18 ‘‘(4) ACCOUNTS.—The Secretary of the Treas19 ury shall maintain such accounts in the Fund as

20 may be required by this title or which the Secretary

21 of the Treasury determines to be necessary to carry

22 out this title.

23 ‘‘(b) PAYMENTS UPON CERTIFICATION.—Upon re24 ceipt of a certification from the Commission under section

25 503, the Secretary of the Treasury shall promptly pay the
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1 amount certified by the Commission to the candidate out

2 of the Senate Election Campaign Fund.

3 ‘‘(c) MANAGEMENT OF FUND.—The provisions of

4 section 9602 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall

5 apply to the Senate Election Campaign Fund.

6 ‘‘SEC. 507. REPORTS TO CONGRESS; REGULATIONS.

7 ‘‘(a) REPORTS.—

8 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Commission shall,

9 as soon as practicable after each election, submit a

10 full report to the Senate setting forth—

11 ‘‘(A) the expenditures (shown in such de12 tail as the Commission determines appropriate)

13 made by each eligible Senate candidate and the

14 authorized committees of such candidate;

15 ‘‘(B) the amounts certified by the Commis16 sion under section 503 as benefits available to

17 each Senate candidate; and

18 ‘‘(C) the balance in the Senate Election

19 Campaign Fund, and the balance in any ac20 count maintained by the Fund.

21 ‘‘(2) PRINTING.—Each report submitted pursu22 ant to this section shall be printed as a Senate docu23 ment.

24 ‘‘(b) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Commission

25 is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations, in
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1 accordance with the provisions of subsection (c), to con2 duct such examinations and investigations, and to require

3 the keeping and submission of such books, records, and

4 information, as it deems necessary to carry out the func5 tions and duties imposed on it by this title.

6 ‘‘(c) STATEMENT TO SENATE.—Not later than 30

7 days before prescribing any rule or regulation under sub8 section (b), the Commission shall transmit to the Senate

9 a statement setting forth the proposed rule or regulation

10 and containing a detailed explanation and justification of

11 such rule or regulation.’’.

12 (b) PROVISIONS TO FACILITATE VOLUNTARY CON13 TRIBUTIONS TO SENATE ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUND.—

14 (1) GENERAL RULE.—Part VIII of subchapter

15 A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of

16 1986 (relating to returns and records) is amended

17 by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘Subpart B—Designation of Additional Amounts to

19 Senate Election Campaign Fund

‘‘Sec. 6097. Designation of additional amounts.

20 ‘‘SEC. 6097. DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.

21 ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—Every individual (other than

22 a nonresident alien) who files an income tax return for

23 any taxable year may designate an additional amount

24 which is not less than $1 and not more than $5,000 to
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1 be paid over to the Senate Election Campaign Fund estab2 lished under section 508 of the Federal Election Cam3 paign Act of 1971.

4 ‘‘(b) MANNER AND TIME OF DESIGNATION.—A des5 ignation under subsection (a) may be made for any taxable

6 year only at the time of filing the income tax return for

7 the taxable year. Such designation shall be made on the

8 page bearing the taxpayer’s signature.

9 ‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS.—Any

10 additional amount designated under subsection (a) for any

11 taxable year shall, for all purposes of law, be treated as

12 an additional income tax imposed by chapter 1 for such

13 taxable year.

14 ‘‘(d) INCOME TAX RETURN.—For purposes of this

15 section, the term ‘income tax return’ means the return of

16 the tax imposed by chapter 1.’’.

17 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Part

18 VIII of subchapter A of chapter 61 of such Code is

19 amended by striking the heading and inserting:

20 ‘‘PART VIII—DESIGNATION OF AMOUNTS TO

21 ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUNDS

‘‘Subpart A. Presidential Election Campaign Fund.

‘‘Subpart B. Designation of additional amounts to Senate Election Campaign Fund.
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1 ‘‘Subpart A—Presidential Election Campaign Fund’’.

2 (B) The table of parts for subchapter A of

3 chapter 61 of such Code is amended by striking the

4 item relating to part VIII and inserting:

‘‘Part VIII. Designation of amounts to election campaign funds.’’.

5 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made

6 by this subsection shall apply to taxable years begin7 ning after December 31, 1995.

8 (c) AMENDMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF

9 1934.—Title III of the Communications Act of 1934 (47

10 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section

11 315 the following new section:

12 ‘‘FREE BROADCAST TIME FOR SENATE CANDIDATES

13 ‘‘SEC. 315A. (a)(1) Notwithstanding section 315, a

14 licensee shall make available 2 hours of free broadcast

15 time to each eligible Senate candidate (as defined in sec16 tion 502 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971)

17 in each State within its broadcast area. The licensee shall

18 make at least 1 hour of the free broadcast time available

19 during a prime time access period.

20 ‘‘(2) A licensee shall make free broadcast time avail21 able pursuant to this section during the period beginning

22 on the date that is 90 days before the date of a general

23 election or special election for the Senate and ending on

24 the day before the date of the election.
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1 ‘‘(3) As used in this subsection, the term ‘prime time

2 access period’ means the time between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.

3 of a weekday.

4 ‘‘(b) An appearance by a Senate candidate on a news

5 or public service program at the invitation of a broadcast6 ing station or other organization that presents such a pro7 gram shall not be counted toward time made available pur8 suant to subsection (a).

9 ‘‘(c)(1) A licensee shall make available free broadcast

10 time in accordance with this subsection to any eligible Sen11 ate candidate (as defined in section 502 of the Federal

12 Election Campaign Act of 1971) in each State within its

13 broadcast area if—

14 ‘‘(A) broadcast time was made available by the

15 licensee and the payment for such time constituted

16 an independent expenditure (as defined in section

17 301(17) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

18 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(17)); and

19 ‘‘(B) such independent expenditure was in op20 position to, or on behalf of an opponent of, such eli21 gible Senate candidate.

22 ‘‘(2) A person who reserves broadcast time the pay23 ment for which would constitute an independent expendi24 ture within the meaning of section 301(17) of the Federal
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1 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(17))

2 shall—

3 ‘‘(A) inform the licensee that payment for the

4 broadcast time will constitute an independent ex5 penditure; and

6 ‘‘(B) inform the licensee of the names of all

7 candidates for the office to which the proposed

8 broadcast relates.

9 ‘‘(3) Free broadcast time under this subsection shall

10 be provided within a reasonable period of time after the

11 broadcast time constituting the independent expenditure

12 described in paragraph (1), and shall be for the same class

13 and amount of time, and during the same period of the

14 day, as such broadcast time.’’.

15 SEC. 3. SOFT MONEY OF POLITICAL PARTIES.

16 (a) LIMITATIONS ON POLITICAL PARTY COMMIT17 TEES.—Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act

18 of 1971 is amended by inserting at the end the following

19 new section:

20 ‘‘POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEES

21 ‘‘SEC. 324. (a) LIMITATIONS ON NATIONAL COMMIT22 TEES.—(1) A national committee of a political party, in23 cluding the congressional campaign committees of a politi24 cal party, and any entity that is established, financed,

25 maintained, or controlled by a national committee of a po26 litical party, including the national congressional cam-
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1 paign committees of a political party, and any officer or

2 agents of such party committees or entity, shall not solicit

3 or accept contributions or transfers not subject to the limi4 tations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this

5 Act.

6 ‘‘(2) Any amount solicited, received, expended, or dis7 bursed directly or indirectly by a national, State, district,

8 or local committee of a political party during a calendar

9 year which might affect the outcome of a Federal election

10 shall be subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and re11 porting requirements of this Act, including—

12 ‘‘(A) voter registration;

13 ‘‘(B) get-out-the-vote activity;

14 ‘‘(C) generic campaign activity; and

15 ‘‘(D) any communication that identifies a Fed16 eral candidate (regardless of whether a State or local

17 candidate is also mentioned or identified).

18 ‘‘(b) STATE, DISTRICT, AND LOCAL COMMITTEES.—

19 (1) Subsection (a) shall not apply to expenditures or dis20 bursements made by a State, district, or local committee

21 of a political party for—

22 ‘‘(A) a contribution to a candidate other than

23 for Federal office, if such contribution is not des24 ignated or otherwise earmarked to pay for activities

25 described in subsection (a)(2);
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1 ‘‘(B) the costs of a State, district, or local polit2 ical convention;

3 ‘‘(C) the non-Federal share of a State, district,

4 or local party committee’s administrative and over5 head expenses (excluding the compensation in any

6 month of any individual who spends more than 20

7 percent of his or her time on activity during such

8 month which may affect the outcome of a Federal

9 election), as determined under subsection (c);

10 ‘‘(D) the costs of grassroots campaign mate11 rials, including buttons, bumper stickers, and yard

12 signs, which solely name or depict a State or local

13 candidate; and

14 ‘‘(E) the cost of any campaign activity con15 ducted solely on behalf of a clearly identified State

16 or local candidate, excluding activities described

17 under subsection (a)(2).

18 ‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(C), the non-Fed19 eral share of a party committee’s administrative and over20 head expenses shall be determined by applying the ratio

21 of the non-Federal disbursements to the total Federal ex22 penditures and non-Federal disbursements made by the

23 committee during the previous Presidential election year

24 to the committee’s administrative and overhead expenses

25 in the election year in question.
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1 ‘‘(c) FUNDRAISING EXPENDITURES.—Any amount

2 spent by a national committee of a political party, includ3 ing the congressional campaign committees of a political

4 party, and any entity that is established, financed, main5 tained, or controlled by a national committee of a political

6 party, including the national congressional campaign com7 mittees of a political party, and any officer or agents of

8 such party committees or entity to raise funds that are

9 used, in whole or in part, in connection with the activities

10 described in subsection (b) shall be made from funds sub11 ject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting require12 ments of this Act.’’.

13 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDRAISING BY CAN14 DIDATES AND OFFICEHOLDERS.—Section 315 of the Fed15 eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a) is

16 amended by adding at the end the following new sub17 section:

18 ‘‘(i)(1) The limitations, prohibitions, and reporting

19 requirements of this Act shall apply to the solicitation for,

20 and receipt of funds by, a candidate for Federal office,

21 an individual holding Federal office, or any agent of such

22 candidate or officeholder, in connection with any Federal

23 election.

24 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the solicitation

25 or receipt of funds by an individual who is a candidate
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1 for a non-Federal office if such activity is permitted under

2 State law.’’.

3 (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—

4 (1) NATIONAL COMMITTEES.—Section 304 of

5 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2

6 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end the

7 following new subsection:

8 ‘‘(d) POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—(1) The national

9 committee of a political party, any congressional campaign

10 committee of a political party, and any subordinate com11 mittee of either, shall report all receipts and disburse12 ments during the reporting period, whether or not in con13 nection with an election for Federal office.

14 ‘‘(2) Any political committee to which paragraph (1)

15 does not apply shall report any receipts or disbursements

16 that are used in connection with a Federal election.

17 ‘‘(3) If a political committee has receipts or disburse18 ments to which this subsection applies from any person

19 aggregating in excess of $200 for any calendar year, the

20 political committee shall separately itemize its reporting

21 for such person in the same manner as required in sub22 section (b) (3)(A), (5), or (6).

23 ‘‘(4) Reports required to be filed under this sub24 section shall be filed for the same time periods required

25 for political committees under subsection (a).’’.
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1 (2) REPORT OF EXEMPT CONTRIBUTIONS.—

2 Section 301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign

3 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)) is amended by insert4 ing at the end the following:

5 ‘‘(C) The exclusion provided in subparagraph

6 (B)(viii) shall not apply for purposes of any require7 ment to report contributions under this Act, and all

8 such contributions aggregating in excess of $200

9 shall be reported.’’.

10 (3) REPORTS BY STATE COMMITTEES.—Section

11 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

12 (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by paragraph (1), is

13 amended by adding at the end the following new

14 subsection:

15 ‘‘(e) FILING OF STATE REPORTS.—In lieu of any re16 port required to be filed by this Act, the Commission may

17 allow a State committee of a political party to file with

18 the Commission a report required to be filed under State

19 law if the Commission determines such reports contain

20 substantially the same information.’’.

21 (4) OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—

22 (A) AUTHORIZED COMMITTEES.—Section

23 304(b)(4) of the Federal Election Campaign

24 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(4)) is amended—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of

2 subparagraph (H);

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of

4 subparagraph (I); and

5 (iii) by adding at the end the follow6 ing new subparagraph:

7 ‘‘(J) in the case of an authorized commit8 tee, disbursements for the primary election, the

9 general election, and any other election in which

10 the candidate participates;’’.

11 (B) NAMES AND ADDRESSES.—Section

12 304(b)(5)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign

13 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(5)(A)) is amend14 ed—

15 (i) by striking ‘‘within the calendar

16 year’’; and

17 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and the election to

18 which the operating expenditure relates’’

19 after ‘‘operating expenditure’’.

20 SEC. 4. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

21 Beginning on September 1 and continuing through

22 November 1 of each election year, the Federal Election

23 Commission shall carry out a program, utilizing public

24 service announcements, to provide basic information to the

25 public about—
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1 (1) voter registration, including locations and

2 times; and

3 (2) voting requirements.

4 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in

6 this Act, the amendments made by, and the provisions of,

7 this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this

8 Act, but shall not apply with respect to activities in con9 nection with any election occurring before December 31,

10 1996.

11 (b) CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES BEFORE

12 DATE OF ENACTMENT.—This Act, and the amendments

13 made by this Act, shall not apply to contributions and ex14 penditures made before the date of enactment of this Act.

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