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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1818

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to improve the efficiency of the Federal Election Commission, to authorize appropriations

for the Commission for fiscal year 2000, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 14, 1999

Mr. HOYER (for himself, Mr. FATTAH, and Mr. DAVIS of Florida) 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

improve the efficiency of the Federal Election Commission, to authorize appropriations for the Commission for

fiscal year 2000, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the

5 ‘‘FEC Reform and Authorization Act of 1999’’.

6 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of

7 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
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Sec. 2. References in Act.

TITLE I—PROMOTING DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN INFORMATION

Sec. 101. Filing of reports using computers.

Sec. 102. Campaign cycle reporting.

Sec. 103. Granting Commission authority to waive reporting requirements or

modify deadlines.

Sec. 104. Establishment of FEC as sole point of entry for reports.

Sec. 105. Prohibiting fraudulent misrepresentation in solicitation of contributions.

Sec. 106. Regulation of contributions and expenditures of draft committees.

Sec. 107. Permitting principal campaign committees to file reports on monthly

basis.

Sec. 108. Uniform 15-day deadline for semiannual, year-end, and monthly reports.

Sec. 109. Clarification of permissible use of facsimile machines and electronic

mail to file reports.

Sec. 110. Requiring actual receipt of certain independent expenditure reports

within 24 hours.

Sec. 111. Requiring monthly filing for certain multicandidate political action

committees.

TITLE II—CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES

Sec. 201. Application of aggregate contribution limit on calendar year basis

during non-election years.

Sec. 202. Contributions from foreign nationals.

Sec. 203. Treatment of lines of credit obtained by candidates as commercially

reasonable loans.

Sec. 204. Broader prohibition against force and reprisals.

Sec. 205. Repeal Secretary of Commerce reports on district-specific population.

Sec. 206. Technical correction regarding treatment of honoraria.

Sec. 207. Banning acceptance of cash contributions greater than $100.

TITLE III—PROMOTING ENFORCEMENT OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE

LAWS

Sec. 301. Authorization of FEC to issue immunity orders.

Sec. 302. Alternative procedures for imposition of penalties for reporting violations.

Sec. 303. Extension of post-election period for audits for cause.

Sec. 304. Standard for initiation of actions.

Sec. 305. Signature authority of members of Commission for subpoenas and

reason-to-believe notification.

TITLE IV—PUBLIC FINANCING OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

CAMPAIGNS

Sec. 401. Eligibility threshold for primary matching funds.

Sec. 402. Elimination of State-specific expenditure limits for primary candidates.

Sec. 403. Elimination of separate limit on expenditures for fundraising for primary candidates.

Sec. 404. Eligibility requirements for public financing.

Sec. 405. Deposit of repayments into Presidential Election Campaign Fund.
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Sec. 406. Banning contributions to presidential candidates certified to receive

public financing.

TITLE V—OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations for Federal Election Commission.

Sec. 502. Requiring FEC to update national voting systems standards.

Sec. 503. Abolition of ex officio membership of Clerk of House of Representatives and Secretary of Senate on Commission.

TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 601. Effective date.

1 SEC. 2. REFERENCES IN ACT.

2 Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in

3 this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amend4 ment to or repeal of a section or other provision, the ref5 erence shall be considered to be made to that section or

6 other provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

7 1971 .

8 TITLE I—PROMOTING DISCLO9 SURE OF CAMPAIGN INFOR10 MATION

11 SEC. 101. FILING OF REPORTS USING COMPUTERS.

12 Section 304(a) (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended by

13 striking paragraph (11) and inserting the following:

14 ‘‘(11)(A) The Commission shall promulgate a regula15 tion under which a person required to file a designation,

16 statement, or report under this Act—

17 ‘‘(i) is required to maintain and file a designa18 tion, statement, or report for any calendar year in

19 electronic form accessible by computers if the person

20 has, or has reason to expect to have, aggregate con-
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1 tributions or expenditures in excess of a threshold

2 amount determined by the Commission; and

3 ‘‘(ii) may maintain and file a designation, state4 ment, or report in electronic form or an alternative

5 form if not required to do so under the regulation

6 promulgated under clause (i).

7 ‘‘(B) The Commission shall make a designation,

8 statement, report, or notification that is filed electronically

9 with the Commission accessible to the public on the Inter10 net not later than 24 hours after the designation, state11 ment, report, or notification is received by the Commis12 sion.

13 ‘‘(C) In promulgating a regulation under this para14 graph, the Commission shall provide methods (other than

15 requiring a signature on the document being filed) for

16 verifying designations, statements, and reports covered by

17 the regulation. Any document verified under any of the

18 methods shall be treated for all purposes (including pen19 alties for perjury) in the same manner as a document

20 verified by signature.’’.

21 SEC. 102. CAMPAIGN CYCLE REPORTING.

22 Section 304(b) (2 U.S.C. 434(b)) is amended by in23 serting ‘‘(or election cycle, in the case of an authorized

24 committee of a candidate for Federal office)’’ after ‘‘cal-
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1 endar year’’ each place it appears in paragraphs (2), (3),

2 (4), (6), and (7).

3 SEC. 103. GRANTING COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO WAIVE

4 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OR MODIFY

5 DEADLINES.

6 Section 304 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding

7 at the end the following new subsection:

8 ‘‘(d) The Commission may relieve any person or cat9 egory of persons of the obligation to file any of the reports

10 required by this section, or may change the due dates of

11 any of the reports required by this section, if it determines

12 that such action is consistent with the purposes of this

13 title. During each calendar quarter, the Commission shall

14 publish a list of each waiver granted under this subsection

15 during the previous quarter.’’.

16 SEC. 104. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEC AS SOLE POINT OF

17 ENTRY FOR REPORTS.

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(g) (2 U.S.C. 432(g))

19 is amended to read as follows:

20 ‘‘(g) All designations, statements, and reports re21 quired to be filed under this Act shall be filed with the

22 Commission.’’.

23 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 304 (2

24 U.S.C. 434) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (a)(6)(A), by striking ‘‘the

2 Secretary or’’; and

3 (2) in the second sentence of subsection (c)(2),

4 by striking ‘‘the Secretary or’’.

5 SEC. 105. PROHIBITING FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTA6 TION IN SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

7 Section 322 (2 U.S.C. 441h) is amended—

8 (1) by striking ‘‘No person’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)

9 No person’’; and

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section:

12 ‘‘(b) No person may—

13 ‘‘(1) fraudulently misrepresent himself or her14 self or any entity under the person’s control as solic15 iting contributions for or on behalf of any candidate

16 or political party; or

17 ‘‘(2) knowingly and willfully participate in or

18 conspire to participate in any plan, scheme, or de19 sign to violate paragraph (1).’’.

20 SEC. 106. REGULATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDI21 TURES OF DRAFT COMMITTEES.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—

23 (1) TREATMENT AS CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section

24 301(8)(A) (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(A)) is amended—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause

2 (i);

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

4 clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

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

6 clause:

7 ‘‘(iii) any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or

8 deposit of money or anything of value made by any

9 person for the purpose of influencing any clearly

10 identified individual to seek nomination or election

11 to Federal office.’’.

12 (2) TREATMENT AS EXPENDITURES.—Section

13 301(9)(A) (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(A)) is amended—

14 (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause

15 (i);

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

17 clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

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

19 clause:

20 ‘‘(iii) any purchase, payment, distribution, loan,

21 advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of

22 value made by any person for the purpose of influ23 encing any clearly identified individual to seek nomi24 nation or election to Federal office.’’.
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1 (b) APPLICATION TO CORPORATIONS AND LABOR OR2 GANIZATIONS.—Section 316(b)(2) (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2))

3 is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by

4 inserting after ‘‘in this section,’’ the following: ‘‘and shall

5 include any contribution described in section

6 301(8)(A)(iii) and any expenditure described in section

7 301(9)(A)(iii),’’.

8 SEC. 107. PERMITTING PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES

9 TO FILE REPORTS ON MONTHLY BASIS.

10 Section 304(a) (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended—

11 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘If’’ and in12 serting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (12), if’’;

13 and

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

15 paragraph:

16 ‘‘(12)(A) A political committee which is the principal

17 campaign committee of a candidate for the House of Rep18 resentatives or for the Senate may file monthly reports

19 in accordance with this paragraph in lieu of the reports

20 required to be filed under paragraph (2), except that—

21 ‘‘(i) in addition to such monthly reports, the

22 committee shall file a pre-election report in accord23 ance with paragraph (2)(A)(i) with respect to any

24 primary election in which the candidate participates,

25 except that in the case of a primary election occur-
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1 ring during the first 20 days of a month, the Com2 mission may waive the requirement to file such pre3 election report or the requirement to file the report

4 otherwise due under this paragraph during the

5 month, or may revise the deadlines otherwise appli6 cable for submitting such reports; and

7 ‘‘(ii) in lieu of filing the reports otherwise due

8 under this paragraph in November and December of

9 any year in which a regularly scheduled general elec10 tion is held, a pre-general election report shall be

11 filed in accordance with paragraph (2)(A)(i), a post12 general election report shall be filed in accordance

13 with paragraph (2)(A)(ii), and a year end report

14 shall be filed no later than January 31 of the fol15 lowing calendar year.

16 ‘‘(B) Monthly reports under this paragraph shall be

17 filed by the treasurer of the committee no later than the

18 20th day after the last day of the month and shall be com19 plete as of the last day of the month.’’.

20 SEC. 108. UNIFORM 15-DAY DEADLINE FOR SEMIANNUAL,

21 YEAR-END, AND MONTHLY REPORTS.

22 (a) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—Section 304(a) (2

23 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended—

24 (1) in paragraphs (2)(B)(i) and (4)(B)(iv), by

25 striking ‘‘July 31’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15’’; and
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1 (2) in paragraphs (2)(B)(ii) and (4)(B)(iv), by

2 striking ‘‘January 31’’ and inserting ‘‘January 15’’.

3 (b) YEAR-END REPORTS.—

4 (1) FINAL QUARTER REPORT FOR COMMITTEES

5 REPORTING QUARTERLY.—Section 304(a) (2 U.S.C.

6 434(a)) is amended in paragraphs (2)(A)(iii) and

7 (4)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘: except that’’ and all that

8 follows through ‘‘year’’.

9 (2) REPORTS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section

10 304(a) (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended in paragraphs

11 (3)(A)(i), (4)(B), and (12)(B) by striking ‘‘January

12 31’’ and inserting ‘‘January 15’’.

13 (c) MONTHLY REPORTS.—Section 304(a) (2 U.S.C.

14 434(a)) is amended in paragraphs (3)(A)(i), (3)(B)(i),

15 (4)(B), and (12)(B) by striking ‘‘20th day’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘15th day’’.

17 SEC. 109. CLARIFICATION OF PERMISSIBLE USE OF FAC18 SIMILE MACHINES AND ELECTRONIC MAIL

19 TO FILE REPORTS.

20 Section 304(a)(11)(A)(i) (2 U.S.C.

21 434(a)(11)(A)(i)), as amended by section 101, is amended

22 by inserting after ‘‘computers’’ the following: ‘‘(including

23 by facsimile device or electronic mail in the case of any

24 report required to be filed within 24 hours after the trans25 action reported has occurred)’’.
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1 SEC. 110. REQUIRING ACTUAL RECEIPT OF CERTAIN INDE2 PENDENT EXPENDITURE REPORTS WITHIN 24

3 HOURS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(c)(2) (2 U.S.C.

5 434(c)(2)) is amended in the matter following subpara6 graph (C)—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘shall be reported’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘shall be filed’’; and

9 (2) by adding at the end the following new sen10 tence: ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection (a)(5), the time

11 at which the statement under this subsection is re12 ceived by the Secretary, the Commission, or any

13 other recipient to whom the notification is required

14 to be sent shall be considered the time of filing of

15 the statement with the recipient.’’.

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 304(a)(5)

17 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘or

18 (4)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (4)(A)(ii), or the second sen19 tence of subsection (c)(2)’’.

20 SEC. 111. REQUIRING MONTHLY FILING FOR CERTAIN

21 MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL ACTION COM22 MITTEES.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(a)(3) (2 U.S.C.

24 434(a)(3)) is amended—

25 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),

26 by striking ‘‘President—’’ and inserting ‘‘President
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1 or is a multicandidate political committee described

2 in section 315(a)(4)—’’;

3 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara4 graph (A);

5 (3) in subparagraph (B) in the matter pre6 ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘calendar year,’’ and

7 inserting ‘‘calendar year in the case of a committee

8 which is the principal campaign committee of a can9 didate for the office of President,’’;

10 (4) by striking the period at the end of sub11 paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’;

12 (5) by adding at the end the following new sub13 paragraph:

14 ‘‘(C) in any other calendar year in the case of

15 a multicandidate political committee described in

16 section 315(a)(4), the treasurer shall file reports in

17 accordance with paragraph (4).’’.

18 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 304(a)(4)

19 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(4)) is amended in the matter preceding

20 subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘All political committees’’

21 and inserting ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this sub22 section, all political committees’’.
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1 TITLE II—CONTRIBUTIONS AND

2 EXPENDITURES

3 SEC. 201. APPLICATION OF AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTION

4 LIMIT ON CALENDAR YEAR BASIS DURING

5 NON-ELECTION YEARS.

6 Section 315(a)(3) (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) is amended

7 by striking the second sentence.

8 SEC. 202. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM FOREIGN NATIONALS.

9 Section 319 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended—

10 (1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CONTRIBU11 TIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘DONATIONS AND EXPENDI12 TURES’’; and

13 (2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘contribution’’

14 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘donation or ex15 penditure’’.

16 SEC. 203. TREATMENT OF LINES OF CREDIT OBTAINED BY

17 CANDIDATES AS COMMERCIALLY REASON18 ABLE LOANS.

19 Section 301(8)(B) (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is

20 amended—

21 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (xiii);

22 (2) by striking the period at the end of clause

23 (xiv) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

24 (3) by adding at the end the following new

25 clause:
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1 ‘‘(xv) any loan of money derived from an ad2 vance on a candidate’s brokerage account, credit

3 card, home equity line of credit, or other line of

4 credit available to the candidate, if such loan is

5 made in accordance with applicable law and under

6 commercially reasonable terms and if the person

7 making such loan makes loans in the normal course

8 of the person’s business.’’.

9 SEC. 204. BROADER PROHIBITION AGAINST FORCE AND RE10 PRISALS.

11 Section 316(b)(3) (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(3)) is

12 amended—

13 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through

14 (C) as subparagraphs (B) through (D); and

15 (2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) (as so

16 redesignated) the following new subparagraph:

17 ‘‘(A) for such a fund to cause another person

18 to make a contribution or expenditure by physical

19 force, job discrimination, financial reprisals, or the

20 threat of force, job discrimination, or financial re21 prisal;’’.

22 SEC. 205. REPEAL SECRETARY OF COMMERCE REPORTS ON

23 DISTRICT-SPECIFIC POPULATION.

24 (a) REPEAL REPORT BY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE

25 ON DISTRICT-SPECIFIC VOTING AGE POPULATION.—Sec-
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1 tion 315(e) (2 U.S.C. 441a(e)) is amended by striking

2 ‘‘States, of each State, and of each congressional district’’

3 and inserting ‘‘States and of each State’’.

4 (b) DEADLINE FOR REPORTING OF CERTAIN AN5 NUAL ESTIMATES TO COMMISSION.—

6 (1) PRICE INDEX.—Section 315(c)(1) (2 U.S.C.

7 441a(c)(1)) is amended—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘At the beginning’’ and in9 serting ‘‘Not later than February 15’’; and

10 (B) by striking ‘‘as there become available

11 necessary data from the Bureau of Labor Sta12 tistics of the Department of Labor,’’.

13 (2) VOTING AGE POPULATION.—Section 315(e)

14 (2 U.S.C. 441a(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘During

15 the first week of January 1975, and every subse16 quent year,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than February

17 15 of 1975 and each subsequent year,’’.

18 SEC. 206. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING TREAT19 MENT OF HONORARIA.

20 Section 301(8)(B) (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)), as amended

21 by section 203, is further amended—

22 (1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (xiii);

23 (2) by striking clause (xiv); and

24 (3) by redesignating clause (xv) as clause (xiv).
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1 SEC. 207. BANNING ACCEPTANCE OF CASH CONTRIBU2 TIONS GREATER THAN $100.

3 Section 315 (2 U.S.C. 441a) is amended by adding

4 at the end the following new subsection:

5 ‘‘(i) No candidate or political committee may accept

6 any contributions of currency of the United States or cur7 rency of any foreign country from any person which, in

8 the aggregate, exceed $100.’’.

9 TITLE III—PROMOTING EN10 FORCEMENT OF CAMPAIGN

11 FINANCE LAWS

12 SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF FEC TO ISSUE IMMUNITY OR13 DERS.

14 Section 6001(1) of title 18, United States Code, is

15 amended by inserting ‘‘the Federal Election Commission,’’

16 after ‘‘the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,’’.

17 SEC. 302. ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES FOR IMPOSITION OF

18 PENALTIES FOR REPORTING VIOLATIONS.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309(a)(4) (2 U.S.C.

20 437g(a)(4)) is amended—

21 (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘clause

22 (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) and subparagraph

23 (C)’’; and

24 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub25 paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(C)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the

2 case of a violation of any requirement under this Act relat3 ing to the reporting of receipts or disbursements, the Com4 mission may—

5 ‘‘(I) find that a person committed such a viola6 tion on the basis of information obtained pursuant

7 to the procedures described in paragraphs (1) and

8 (2); and

9 ‘‘(II) based on such finding, require the person

10 to pay a civil money penalty in an amount deter11 mined under a schedule of penalties which is estab12 lished and published by the Commission and which

13 takes into account the amount of the violation in14 volved, the existence of previous violations by the

15 person, and such other factors as the Commission

16 considers appropriate.

17 ‘‘(ii) The Commission may not make any determina18 tion adverse to a person under clause (i) until the person

19 has been given written notice and an opportunity for the

20 determination to be made on the record.

21 ‘‘(iii) Any person against whom an adverse deter22 mination is made under this subparagraph may obtain a

23 review of such determination by filing in the United States

24 District Court for the District of Columbia (prior to the

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1 the person receives notification of the determination) a

2 written petition requesting that the determination be

3 modified or set aside.’’.

4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

5 309(a)(6)(A) (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(6)(A)) is amended by

6 striking ‘‘paragraph (4)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph

7 (4)’’.

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

9 this section shall apply with respect to violations occurring

10 on or after January 1, 2001.

11 SEC. 303. EXTENSION OF POST-ELECTION PERIOD FOR AU12 DITS FOR CAUSE.

13 The sixth sentence of section 311(b) (2 U.S.C.

14 438(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘6 months’’ and inserting

15 ‘‘12 months’’.

16 SEC. 304. STANDARD FOR INITIATION OF ACTIONS.

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309(a)(2) (2 U.S.C.

18 437g(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘it has reason to be19 lieve’’ and all that follows through ‘‘of 1954,’’ and insert20 ing the following: ‘‘it has a reason to investigate a possible

21 violation of this Act or of chapter 95 or chapter 96 of

22 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that has occurred or

23 is about to occur (based on the same criteria applicable

24 under this paragraph prior to the enactment of the FEC

25 Reform and Reauthorization Act of 1999),’’.
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

2 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to complaints filed

3 on or after January 1, 2001.

4 SEC. 305. SIGNATURE AUTHORITY OF MEMBERS OF COM5 MISSION FOR SUBPOENAS AND REASON-TO6 BELIEVE NOTIFICATION.

7 (a) ISSUANCE OF SUBPOENAS.—Section 307(a)(3) (2

8 U.S.C. 437d(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘signed by the

9 chairman or the vice chairman’’ and inserting ‘‘signed by

10 any member of the Commission’’.

11 (b) NOTIFICATIONS OF ALLEGED VIOLATION.—Sec12 tion 309(a)(2) (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(2)) is amended by strik13 ing ‘‘through its chairman or vice chairman’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘through any of its members’’.

15 TITLE IV—PUBLIC FINANCING

16 OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

17 CAMPAIGNS

18 SEC. 401. ELIGIBILITY THRESHOLD FOR PRIMARY MATCH19 ING FUNDS.

20 Section 9033(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of

21 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9033(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘20

22 States’’ and inserting ‘‘30 States’’.
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1 SEC. 402. ELIMINATION OF STATE-SPECIFIC EXPENDITURE

2 LIMITS FOR PRIMARY CANDIDATES.

3 Section 315(b)(1)(A) (2 U.S.C. 441a(b)(1)(A)) is

4 amended by striking ‘‘, except the aggregate’’ and all that

5 follows through ‘‘$200,000’’.

6 SEC. 403. ELIMINATION OF SEPARATE LIMIT ON EXPENDI7 TURES FOR FUNDRAISING FOR PRIMARY

8 CANDIDATES.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(9)(B)(vi) (2 U.S.C.

10 431(9)(B)(vi)) is amended—

11 (1) by inserting ‘‘with respect to a general elec12 tion’’ after ‘‘such a candidate’’; and

13 (2) by striking ‘‘section 315(b)’’ and inserting

14 ‘‘section 315(b)(1)(B)’’.

15 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF UNIFIED EXPENDITURE

16 LIMITATION.—Section 315(b)(1)(A) (2 U.S.C.

17 441a(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’

18 and inserting ‘‘$12,000,000’’.

19 SEC. 404. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC FI20 NANCING.

21 (a) ELIGIBILITY FOR GENERAL ELECTION.—Section

22 9003 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C.

23 9003) is amended by adding at the end the following new

24 subsection:
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1 ‘‘(f) INELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN CANDIDATES.—A

2 candidate shall not be eligible to receive payments under

3 section 9006 if—

4 ‘‘(1) the candidate has been convicted of will5 fully violating any provision of this chapter or chap6 ter 96;

7 ‘‘(2) the candidate has failed to make any re8 payment required under section 9007 or section

9 9038; or

10 ‘‘(3) the candidate would not be eligible to serve

11 as President if elected.’’.

12 (b) ELIGIBILITY FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS.—Section

13 9033 of such Code (26 U.S.C. 9033) is amended by add14 ing at the end the following new subsection:

15 ‘‘(d) INELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN CANDIDATES.—A

16 candidate shall not be eligible to receive payments under

17 section 9037 if—

18 ‘‘(1) the candidate has been convicted of will19 fully violating any provision of this chapter or chap20 ter 95;

21 ‘‘(2) the candidate has failed to make any re22 payment required under section 9007 or section

23 9038; or

24 ‘‘(3) the candidate would not be eligible to serve

25 as President if elected.’’.
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1 SEC. 405. DEPOSIT OF REPAYMENTS INTO PRESIDENTIAL

2 ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUND.

3 Section 9007(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of

4 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9007(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘in the

5 general fund of the Treasury’’ and inserting ‘‘in the fund’’.

6 SEC. 406. BANNING CONTRIBUTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL

7 CANDIDATES CERTIFIED TO RECEIVE PUBLIC

8 FINANCING.

9 Section 315 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section

10 207, is further amended by adding at the end the following

11 new subsection:

12 ‘‘(j) Except to the extent permitted under sections

13 9003(b)(2) and 9003(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code

14 of 1986, no person may make any contribution to a can15 didate for election for President who is eligible to receive

16 benefits with respect to such election under chapter 95

17 of such Code by making a certification described in section

18 9003(b) and section 9003(c) of such Code.’’.

19 TITLE V—OTHER

20 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

21 SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR FED22 ERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.

23 The second sentence of section 314 (2 U.S.C. 439c)

24 is amended—

25 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘1978’’; and
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1 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert2 ing the following: ‘‘, and $38,516,000 for the fiscal

3 year ending September 30, 2000.’’.

4 SEC. 502. REQUIRING FEC TO UPDATE NATIONAL VOTING

5 SYSTEMS STANDARDS.

6 The Federal Election Commission shall (directly or

7 by contract) update the current national voting systems

8 standards and conduct ongoing analyses of the techno9 logical advances to the equipment, and shall publish the

10 updated standards for such equipment.

11 SEC. 503. ABOLITION OF EX OFFICIO MEMBERSHIP OF

12 CLERK OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

13 AND SECRETARY OF SENATE ON COMMIS14 SION.

15 Section 306(a) (2 U.S.C. 437c(a)) is amended—

16 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Secretary

17 of the Senate and the Clerk’’ and all that follows

18 through ‘‘right to vote, and’’; and

19 (2) in paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), by striking

20 ‘‘(other than the Secretary of the Senate and the

21 Clerk of the House of Representatives)’’ each place

22 it appears.
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1 TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE

2 SEC. 601. EFFECTIVE DATE.

3 Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made

4 by this Act shall apply with respect to elections occurring

5 after January 2001.

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