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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4583 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require certain 

campaign-related communications which are paid for by certain taxexempt organizations or political organizations to include a statement 

naming their five largest donors, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 3, 2010 

Mr. BOCCIERI 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 

require certain campaign-related communications which 

are paid for by certain tax-exempt organizations or political organizations to include a statement naming their 

five largest donors, 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 ‘‘Stand By Your Ad 

5 Act of 2010’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STATEMENTS INCLUDED IN CAMPAIGN COMMU2 NICATIONS FUNDED BY CERTAIN TAX-EX3 EMPT ORGANIZATIONS OR POLITICAL ORGA4 NIZATIONS. 

5 (a) REQUIRING STATEMENT IDENTIFYING LARGEST

6 DONORS.—Section 318(d) of the Federal Election Cam7 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441d(d)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Any commu9 nication’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in para10 graph (3), any communication’’; and 

11 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES FOR COMMUNICATIONS

14 PAID FOR BY CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT OR POLITICAL

15 ORGANIZATIONS.— 

16 ‘‘(A) DISCLOSURE STATEMENT RE17 QUIRED.—Any communication described in 

18 paragraph (3) of subsection (a) which is funded 

19 in whole or in part by a covered section 501(c) 

20 organization or a political organization and 

21 which is transmitted through radio or television 

22 shall include, in addition to the requirements of 

23 that paragraph, the disclosure statement de24 scribed in subparagraph (C). 

25 ‘‘(B) METHOD OF CONVEYANCE OF STATE26 MENT.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTED

2 THROUGH RADIO.—In the case of a com3 munication to which this paragraph applies 

4 which is transmitted through radio, the 

5 disclosure statement described in subpara6 graph (C) shall be made by audio in a 

7 clearly spoken manner. 

8 ‘‘(ii) COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTED

9 THROUGH TELEVISION.—In the case of a 

10 communication to which this paragraph 

11 applies which is transmitted through tele12 vision, the disclosure statement described 

13 in subparagraph (C) shall be conveyed by 

14 an unobscured, full-screen view of a rep15 resentative of the organization, or by a 

16 representative of the organization making 

17 the statement in voice-over. The statement, 

18 together with clearly readable logos of the 

19 organization and each donor identified in 

20 the disclosure statement (if any), shall also 

21 appear in writing at the end of the commu22 nication in a clearly readable manner with 

23 a reasonable degree of color contrast be24 tween the background and the printed 


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1 statement and logos, for a period of at 

2 least 4 seconds. 

3 ‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE STATEMENT DE4 SCRIBED.—The disclosure statement described 

5 in this subparagraph is the following: ‘This ad6 vertisement was paid for by lllllll, 

7 whose funders include lllllll. For a 

8 full list of donors, go to lllllll.’, 

9 with— 

10 ‘‘(i) the first blank to be filled in with 

11 the name of the covered section 501(c) or12 ganization or political organization in13 volved; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the second blank to be filled in 

15 with the names of the 5 persons who pro16 vided the largest amount of funding to the 

17 organization for any purpose during the 

18 12-month period which ends on the date on 

19 which the organization paid for the com20 munication; and 

21 ‘‘(iii) the third blank to be filled in 

22 with the Internet address of the website of 

23 the organization which includes the infor24 mation the organization is required to post 


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1 and maintain under subsections (c)(4) and 

2 (f)(8) of section 304. 

3 ‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph— 

4 ‘‘(i) the term ‘political organization’ 

5 means a political organization described in 

6 section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code 

7 of 1986, except that such term does not in8 clude a political committee of a political 

9 party; and 

10 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘covered section 501(c) 

11 organization’ means— 

12 ‘‘(I) an organization described in 

13 paragraph (4), (5), or (6) of section 

14 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 

15 of 1986 and exempt from taxation 

16 under section 501(a) of such Code; or 

17 ‘‘(II) an organization which has 

18 submitted an application to the Inter19 nal Revenue Service for determination 

20 of its status as an organization de21 scribed in subclause (I).’’. 

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

23 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to communications 

24 made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 3. REQUIRING ORGANIZATIONS TO INCLUDE INFOR2 MATION ON LARGEST DONORS IN REPORTS 

3 ON INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES AND 

4 ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS. 

5 (a) REPORTS ON INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.— 

6 (1) CONTENTS OF STATEMENTS.—Section 

7 304(c)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

8 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(c)(2)) is amended— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub10 paragraph (B); 

11 (B) by striking the period at the end of 

12 subparagraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

14 subparagraph: 

15 ‘‘(D) if the person making the independent ex16 penditure is a covered section 501(c) organization or 

17 a political organization (as such terms are defined in 

18 section 318(d)(3)(D)), the identification of the 5 

19 persons who provided the largest amount of funding 

20 to the organization for any purpose, together with 

21 the amount of funding each such person provided, 

22 during the 12-month period which ends on the date 

23 on which the organization made the independent ex24 penditure.’’. 

25 (2) POSTING OF INFORMATION ON WEBSITE.— 

26 Section 304(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(c)) is 


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1 amended by adding at the end the following new 

2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(4) Each covered section 501(c) organization or po4 litical organization which is required to include the infor5 mation described in paragraph (2)(D) in the statements 

6 required to be filed under this subsection shall post and 

7 maintain such information on a publicly available official 

8 website of the organization.’’. 

9 (b) REPORTS ON ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICA10 TIONS.— 

11 (1) CONTENTS OF STATEMENTS.—Section 

12 304(f)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

13 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(f)(2)) is amended by adding at 

14 the end the following new subparagraph: 

15 ‘‘(G) If the person making the disburse16 ment is a covered section 501(c) organization or 

17 a political organization (as such terms are de18 fined in section 318(d)(3)(D)), the identifica19 tion of the 5 persons who provided the largest 

20 amount of funding to the person for any pur21 pose, together with the amount of funding each 

22 such person provided, during the 12-month pe23 riod which ends on the date on which the orga24 nization made the disbursement.’’. 


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1 (2) POSTING OF INFORMATION ON WEBSITE.— 

2 Section 304(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(f)) is 

3 amended by adding at the end the following new 

4 paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(8) POSTING CERTAIN DONOR INFORMATION

6 ON WEBSITE.—Each covered section 501(c) organi7 zation or political organization which is required to 

8 include the information described in paragraph 

9 (2)(G) in the statements required to be filed under 

10 this subsection shall post and maintain such infor11 mation on a publicly available official website of the 

12 organization.’’. 

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 this section shall apply with respect to statements filed 

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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