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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1880

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

for election for the House of Representatives or the Senate to raise

at least 50 percent of their contributions from individuals residing in

the district or State involved, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 20, 1999

Mr. CALVERT 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 candidates for election for the House of Representatives or the Senate to raise at least 50 percent

of their contributions from individuals residing in the

district or State involved, 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 ‘‘Citizen Campaign Con5 trol Act of 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. LIMITING AMOUNT OF CONGRESSIONAL CAN2 DIDATE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS

3 NOT RESIDING IN DISTRICT OR STATE IN4 VOLVED.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315 of the Federal Elec6 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a) is amended

7 by adding at the end the following new subsection:

8 ‘‘(i)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a can9 didate for the office of Senator or the office of Representa10 tive in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Con11 gress may not accept contributions with respect to an elec12 tion from persons other than local individual residents to13 taling in excess of the aggregate amount of contributions

14 accepted from local individual residents (as determined on

15 the basis of the information reported under section

16 304(d)).

17 ‘‘(2) If a candidate in an election makes expenditures

18 of personal funds (including contributions by the can19 didate or the candidate’s spouse to the candidate’s author20 ized campaign committee) in an amount in excess of

21 $250,000, paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to

22 any opponent of the candidate in the election.

23 ‘‘(3) In determining the amount of contributions ac24 cepted by a candidate for purposes of paragraph (1), the

25 amounts of any contributions made by a political com26 mittee of a political party shall be allocated as follows:
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1 ‘‘(A) 50 percent of such amounts shall be

2 deemed to be a contributions from local individual

3 residents.

4 ‘‘(B) 50 percent of such amounts shall be

5 deemed to be contributions from persons other than

6 local individual residents.

7 ‘‘(4) As used in this subsection, the term ‘local indi8 vidual resident’ means—

9 ‘‘(A) with respect to an election for the office

10 of Senator, an individual who resides in the State in11 volved; and

12 ‘‘(B) with respect to an election for the office

13 of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com14 missioner to, the Congress, an individual who resides

15 in the congressional district involved.’’.

16 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of

17 such Act (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end

18 the following new subsection:

19 ‘‘(d)(1) Each principal campaign committee of a can20 didate for the Senate or the House of Representatives

21 shall include the following information in the first report

22 filed under subsection (a)(2) which covers the period

23 which begins 19 days before an election and ends 20 days

24 after the election:
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1 ‘‘(A) The total contributions received by the

2 committee with respect to the election involved from

3 local individual residents (as defined in section

4 315(i)(3)), as of the last day of the period covered

5 by the report.

6 ‘‘(B) The total contributions received by the

7 committee with respect to the election involved from

8 all persons, as of the last day of the period covered

9 by the report.

10 ‘‘(2)(A) Each principal campaign committee of a can11 didate for the Senate or the House of Representatives

12 shall submit a notification to the Commission of the first

13 expenditure of personal funds (including contributions by

14 the candidate or the candidate’s spouse to the committee)

15 by which the aggregate amount of personal funds ex16 pended (or contributed) with respect to the election ex17 ceeds $250,000.

18 ‘‘(B) Each notification under subparagraph (A)—

19 ‘‘(I) shall be submitted not later than 24 hours

20 after the expenditure or contribution which is the

21 subject of the notification is made; and

22 ‘‘(II) shall include the name of the candidate,

23 the office sought by the candidate, and the date of

24 the expenditure or contribution and amount of the

25 expenditure or contribution involved.’’.
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1 (c) PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF LIMITS.—Section

2 309(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)) is amended by add3 ing at the end the following new paragraph:

4 ‘‘(4)(A) Any candidate who knowingly and willfully

5 accepts contributions in excess of any limitation provided

6 under section 315(i) shall be fined an amount equal to

7 the greater of 200 percent of the amount accepted in ex8 cess of the applicable limitation or (if applicable) the

9 amount provided in paragraph (1)(A).

10 ‘‘(B) Interest shall be assessed against any portion

11 of a fine imposed under subparagraph (A) which remains

12 unpaid after the expiration of the 30-day period which be13 gins on the date the fine is imposed.’’.

14 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

15 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with

16 respect to elections occurring after January 2001.

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