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115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1723 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a 

limitation on the time for the use of contributions or donations, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 24, 2017 

Mr. TAKANO (for himself and Mr. CONYERS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on House Administration 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 

provide for a limitation on the time for the use of contributions or donations, 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 ‘‘Let It Go Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. TIMEFRAME FOR AND PRIORITIZATION OF DIS6 POSAL OF CONTRIBUTIONS OR DONATIONS. 

7 Section 313 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 

8 of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub2 section (d); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(c) DISPOSAL.— 

6 ‘‘(1) TIMEFRAME.—Contributions or donations 

7 described in subsection (a) may only be used— 

8 ‘‘(A) in the case of an individual who is 

9 not a candidate with respect to an election for 

10 any Federal office for a 6-year period beginning 

11 on the day after the date of the most recent 

12 such election in which the individual was a can13 didate for any such office, during such 6-year 

14 period; or 

15 ‘‘(B) in the case of an individual who be16 comes a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying 

17 Disclosure Act of 1995, before the date on 

18 which such individual becomes such a registered 

19 lobbyist. 

20 ‘‘(2) MEANS OF DISPOSAL; PRIORITIZATION.— 

21 Beginning on the date the 6-year period described in 

22 subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) ends (or, in the 

23 case of an individual described in subparagraph (B) 

24 of such paragraph, the date on which the individual 

25 becomes a registered lobbyist under the Lobbying 


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1 Disclosure Act of 1995), contributions or donations 

2 that remain available to an individual described in 

3 such paragraph shall be disposed of, not later than 

4 30 days after such date, as follows: 

5 ‘‘(A) First, to pay any debts or obligations 

6 owed in connection with the campaign for elec7 tion for Federal office of the individual. 

8 ‘‘(B) Second, to the extent such contribu9 tion or donations remain available after the ap10 plication of subparagraph (A), through any of 

11 the following means of disposal (or a combina12 tion thereof), in any order the individual con13 siders appropriate: 

14 ‘‘(i) Returning such contributions or 

15 donations to the individuals, entities, or 

16 both, who made such contributions or do17 nations. 

18 ‘‘(ii) Making contributions to an orga19 nization described in section 170(c) of the 

20 Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

21 ‘‘(iii) Making transfers to a national, 

22 State, or local committee of a political 

23 party.’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. 1-YEAR TRANSITION PERIOD FOR CERTAIN INDIVID2 UALS. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual de4 scribed in subsection (b), any contributions or donations 

5 remaining available to the individual shall be disposed of— 

6 (1) not later than one year after the date of the 

7 enactment of this Act; and 

8 (2) in accordance with the prioritization speci9 fied in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection 

10 (c)(2) of section 313 of the Federal Election Cam11 paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114), as amended 

12 by section 2. 

13 (b) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—An individual de14 scribed in this subsection is an individual who, as of the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act— 

16 (1)(A) is not a candidate with respect to an 

17 election for any Federal office for a period of not 

18 less than 6 years beginning on the day after the date 

19 of the most recent such election in which the indi20 vidual was a candidate for any such office; or 

21 (B) is an individual who becomes a registered 

22 lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; 

23 and 


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1 (2) would be in violation of subsection (c) of 

2 section 313 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

3 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114), as amended by section 2. 

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