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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1671

To reform the financing of Federal elections.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

SEPTEMBER 30, 1999

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

to the Committee on Rules and Administration

A BILL

To reform the financing of Federal elections.

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 ‘‘Campaign Finance Integrity 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.

TITLE I—CONTRIBUTIONS

Sec. 101. Requirement for in-State and in-district contributions to congressional candidates.

Sec. 102. Use of contributions to pay campaign debt.

Sec. 103. Modification of political party contribution limits to candidates when

candidates make expenditures from personal funds.

Sec. 104. Modification of contribution limits.
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TITLE II—DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 201. Disclosure of certain non-Federal financial activities of national political parties.

Sec. 202. Political activities of corporations and labor organizations.

TITLE III—REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 301. Time for candidates to file reports.

Sec. 302. Contributor information required for contributions in any amount.

Sec. 303. Prohibition of depositing contributions with incomplete contributor

information.

Sec. 304. Filing of reports using computers and facsimile machines; required

electronic disclosure by Commission.

TITLE IV—USE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND SERVICES

Sec. 401. Ban on mass mailings.

Sec. 402. Prohibiting use of White House meals and accommodations for political fundraising.

Sec. 403. Sense of the Congress regarding applicability of controlling legal authority to fundraising on Federal Government property.

Sec. 404. Prohibition against acceptance or solicitation to obtain access to certain Federal Government property.

Sec. 405. Requiring national parties to reimburse at cost for use of Air Force

One for political fundraising.

Sec. 406. Reimbursement for use of Government equipment for campaign-related travel.

TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 501. Effective date.

1 TITLE I—CONTRIBUTIONS

2 SEC. 101. REQUIREMENT FOR IN-STATE AND IN-DISTRICT

3 CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONGRESSIONAL CAN4 DIDATES.

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

7 (1) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g),

8 and (h) as subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i), respec9 tively;

10 (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol11 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(e) REQUIREMENT FOR IN-STATE AND IN-DISTRICT

2 CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.—

3 ‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—

4 ‘‘(A) IN-STATE CONTRIBUTION.—In this

5 subsection, the term ‘in-State contribution’

6 means a contribution from an individual that is

7 a legal resident of the candidate’s State.

8 ‘‘(B) IN-DISTRICT CONTRIBUTION.—In this

9 subsection, the term ‘in-district contribution’

10 means a contribution from an individual that is

11 a legal resident of the candidate’s district.

12 ‘‘(2) LIMIT.—A candidate for nomination to, or

13 election to, the Senate or House of Representatives

14 and the candidate’s authorized committees shall not

15 accept an aggregate amount of contributions of

16 which the aggregate amount of in-State contribu17 tions and in-district contributions is less than 50

18 percent of the total amount of contributions accept19 ed by the candidate and the candidate’s authorized

20 committees.

21 ‘‘(3) TIME FOR MEETING REQUIREMENT.—A

22 candidate shall meet the requirement of paragraph

23 (2) at the end of each reporting period under section

24 304.
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1 ‘‘(4) PERSONAL FUNDS.—For purposes of this

2 subsection, a contribution that is attributable to the

3 personal funds of the candidate or proceeds of in4 debtedness incurred by the candidate or the can5 didate’s authorized committees shall not be consid6 ered to be an in-State contribution or in-district con7 tribution.’’.

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 315 of the

9 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a)

10 is amended—

11 (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘(e)’’

12 and inserting ‘‘(f)’’;

13 (2) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and

14 inserting ‘‘(f)’’; and

15 (3) in subsection (d)(3)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘(e)’’

16 and inserting ‘‘(f)’’.

17 SEC. 102. USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAY CAMPAIGN

18 DEBT.

19 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

20 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a) (as amended by section 101) is

21 amended by adding at the end the following:

22 ‘‘(j) LIMIT ON USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAY

23 CAMPAIGN DEBT.—

24 ‘‘(1) TIME TO ACCEPT CONTRIBUTIONS.—Be25 ginning on the date that is 90 days after the date
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1 of a general or special election, a candidate for elec2 tion to the Senate or House of Representatives and

3 the candidate’s authorized committees shall not ac4 cept a contribution that is to be used to pay a debt,

5 loan, or other cost associated with the election cycle

6 of such election.

7 ‘‘(2) PERSONAL OBLIGATION.—A debt, loan, or

8 other cost associated with an election cycle that is

9 not paid in full on the date that is 90 days after the

10 date of the general or special election shall be as11 sumed as a personal obligation by the candidate.’’.

12 SEC. 103. MODIFICATION OF POLITICAL PARTY CONTRIBU13 TION LIMITS TO CANDIDATES WHEN CAN14 DIDATES MAKE EXPENDITURES FROM PER15 SONAL FUNDS.

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315 of the Federal Elec17 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a) (as amended

18 by section 102) is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing:

20 ‘‘(k) CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR POLITICAL PARTY

21 COMMITTEES IN RESPONSE TO CANDIDATE EXPENDI22 TURES OF PERSONAL FUNDS.—

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a general

24 election for the Senate or House of Representatives,

25 a political party committee may make contributions
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1 to a candidate without regard to any limitation

2 under subsections (a) and (d) until such time as the

3 aggregate amount of contributions is equal to or

4 greater than the applicable limit.

5 ‘‘(2) APPLICABLE LIMIT.—The applicable limit

6 under paragraph (1), with respect to a candidate,

7 shall be the greatest aggregate amount of expendi8 tures that an opponent of the candidate in the same

9 election and the opponent’s authorized committee

10 make using the personal funds of the opponent or

11 proceeds of indebtedness incurred by the opponent

12 (including contributions by the opponent to the op13 ponent’s authorized committee) in excess of 2 times

14 the limit under subsection (a)(1)(A) with respect to

15 a general election.

16 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF POLITICAL PARTY COM17 MITTEE.—For purposes of this subsection, the term

18 ‘political party committee’ means a political com19 mittee that is a national, State, district, or local

20 committee of a political party (including any subor21 dinate committee).’’.

22 (b) NOTIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES FROM PER23 SONAL FUNDS.—Section 304(a)(6) of the Federal Elec24 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(6)) is

25 amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub2 paragraph (C); and

3 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol4 lowing:

5 ‘‘(B)(i) The principal campaign committee of a can6 didate for nomination to, or election to, the Senate or

7 House of Representatives shall notify the Commission of

8 the aggregate amount expenditures made using personal

9 funds of the candidate or proceeds of indebtedness in10 curred by the candidate (including contributions by the

11 candidate to the candidate’s authorized committee) in ex12 cess of an amount equal to 2 times the limit under section

13 301(a)(1)(A).

14 ‘‘(ii) The notification under clause (i) shall—

15 ‘‘(I) be submitted to the Commission not later

16 than 24 hours after the expenditure that is the sub17 ject of the notification is made;

18 ‘‘(II) include the name of the candidate, the of19 fice sought by the candidate, and the date and

20 amount of the expenditure; and

21 ‘‘(III) include the aggregate amount of expendi22 tures from personal funds that have been made with

23 respect to that election as of the date of the expendi24 ture that is the subject of the notification.’’.
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1 SEC. 104. MODIFICATION OF CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.

2 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

3 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a) is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (a)—

5 (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking

6 ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’; and

7 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking

8 ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$2,500’’; and

9 (2) in subsection (c)—

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘sub11 section (b) and subsection (d)’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘paragraphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of subsection

13 (a) and subsections (b) and (d)’’; and

14 (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking

15 ‘‘means the calendar year 1974.’’ and inserting

16 ‘‘means—

17 ‘‘(i) for purposes of subsections (b) and

18 (d), calendar year 1974; and

19 ‘‘(ii) for purposes of paragraphs (1)(A)

20 and (2)(A) of subsection (a), calendar year

21 1999.’’.
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1 TITLE II—DISCLOSURE

2 REQUIREMENTS

3 SEC. 201. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN NON-FEDERAL FINAN4 CIAL ACTIVITIES OF NATIONAL POLITICAL

5 PARTIES.

6 Section 304(b)(4) of the Federal Election Campaign

7 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(4)) is amended—

8 (1) in subparagraph (H)(v), by striking ‘‘and’’

9 at the end;

10 (2) in subparagraph (I), by inserting ‘‘and’’

11 after the semicolon; and

12 (3) by adding at the end the following:

13 ‘‘(J) for a national political committee of a po14 litical party, disbursements made by the committee

15 in an aggregate amount greater than $1,000, during

16 a calendar year, in connection with a political activ17 ity (as defined in section 316(c)(3));’’.

18 SEC. 202. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF CORPORATIONS AND

19 LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.

20 (a) DISCLOSURE TO EMPLOYEES AND SHARE21 HOLDERS REGARDING POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.—Section

22 316 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2

23 U.S.C. 441b) is amended by adding at the end the fol24 lowing:
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1 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED FOR POLITICAL AC2 TIVITY.—

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except with the separate,

4 written, voluntary authorization of each individual, a

5 national bank, corporation or labor organization

6 shall not—

7 ‘‘(A) in the case of a national bank or cor8 poration described in this section, collect from

9 or assess its stockholders or employees any

10 dues, initiation fee, or other payment as a con11 dition of employment or membership if any part

12 of the dues, fee, or payment will be used for a

13 political activity in which the national bank or

14 corporation is engaged; and

15 ‘‘(B) in the case of a labor organization

16 described in this section, collect from or assess

17 its members or nonmembers any dues, initiation

18 fee, or other payment if any part of the dues,

19 fee, or payment will be used for a political ac20 tivity.

21 ‘‘(2) EFFECT OF AUTHORIZATION.—An author22 ization described in paragraph (1) shall remain in

23 effect until revoked and may be revoked at any time.

24 ‘‘(3) DEFINITION OF POLITICAL ACTIVITY.—

25 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘political
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1 activity’ includes a communication or other activity

2 that involves carrying on propaganda, attempting to

3 influence legislation, or participating or intervening

4 in a political party or political campaign for a Fed5 eral office.

6 ‘‘(d) DISCLOSURE OF DISBURSEMENTS FOR POLIT7 ICAL ACTIVITIES.—

8 ‘‘(1) CORPORATIONS AND NATIONAL BANKS.—A

9 corporation or national bank shall submit an annual

10 written report to shareholders stating the amount of

11 each disbursement made for political activities or

12 that otherwise influences Federal elections.

13 ‘‘(2) LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.—A labor organi14 zation shall submit an annual written report to dues

15 paying members and nonmembers stating the

16 amount of each disbursement made for political ac17 tivities or that otherwise influences Federal elec18 tions, including contributions and expenditures.’’.

19 (b) DISCLOSURE TO THE COMMISSION OF CERTAIN

20 PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS

21 AND CORPORATIONS.—Section 304 of the Federal Elec22 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended

23 by adding at the end the following:

24 ‘‘(d) REQUIRED STATEMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND

25 LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.—Each corporation, national
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1 bank, or labor organization that makes an aggregate

2 amount of disbursements during a year in an amount

3 equal to or greater than $1,000 for any activity described

4 in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of section 316(a)(2) shall

5 submit a statement to the Commission (not later than 24

6 hours after making the payments) describing the amount

7 spent and the activity involved.’’.

8 TITLE III—REPORTING

9 REQUIREMENTS

10 SEC. 301. TIME FOR CANDIDATES TO FILE REPORTS.

11 Section 304(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Election Cam12 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(2)(A)) is amended—

13 (1) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ following

14 the semicolon;

15 (2) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ following

16 the semicolon; and

17 (3) by adding at the end the following:

18 ‘‘(iv) monthly reports during the months of

19 July, August, September, and October, that

20 shall be filed no later than the final day of the

21 reporting month; and

22 ‘‘(v) 24-hour reports, beginning on the day

23 that is 15 days preceding an election, that shall

24 be filed no later than the end of each 24-hour

25 period; and’’.
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1 SEC. 302. CONTRIBUTOR INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR

2 CONTRIBUTIONS IN ANY AMOUNT.

3 (a) SECTION 302.—Section 302 of the Federal Elec4 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432) is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (b)—

6 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, and if

7 the amount’’ and all that follows through the

8 period and inserting: ‘‘and the following infor9 mation:

10 ‘‘(A) The identification of the contributor.

11 ‘‘(B) The date of the receipt of the contribu12 tion.’’; and

13 (B) in paragraph (2)—

14 (i) in subsection (A), by striking

15 ‘‘such contribution’’ and inserting ‘‘the

16 contribution and the identification of the

17 contributor’’; and

18 (ii) in subsection (B), by striking

19 ‘‘such contribution’’ and all that follows

20 through the period and inserting ‘‘, no

21 later than 10 days after receiving the con22 tribution, the contribution and the fol23 lowing information:

24 ‘‘(i) The identification of the contributor.

25 ‘‘(ii) The date of the receipt of the con26 tribution.’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (c)—

2 (A) by striking paragraph (2);

3 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or con4 tributions aggregating more than $200 during

5 any calendar year’’; and

6 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4),

7 and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respec8 tively; and

9 (3) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ‘‘(c)(5)’’

10 and inserting ‘‘(c)(4)’’.

11 (b) SECTION 304.—Section 304(b)(3)(A) of the Fed12 eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.

13 434(b)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘whose contribu14 tions’’ and all that follows through ‘‘so elect,’’.

15 SEC. 303. PROHIBITION OF DEPOSITING CONTRIBUTIONS

16 WITH INCOMPLETE CONTRIBUTOR INFORMA17 TION.

18 Section 302 of Federal Election Campaign Act of

19 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432) is amended by adding at the end

20 the following:

21 ‘‘(j) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—The treasurer of

22 a candidate’s authorized committee shall not deposit or

23 otherwise negotiate a contribution unless the information

24 required by this section is complete.’’.
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1 SEC. 304. FILING OF REPORTS USING COMPUTERS AND

2 FACSIMILE MACHINES; REQUIRED ELEC3 TRONIC DISCLOSURE BY COMMISSION.

4 Section 304(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

5 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended by striking para6 graph (11) and inserting the following:

7 ‘‘(11) ELECTRONIC FILING.—

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall

9 issue a regulation to permit a report, designation, or

10 statement required to be filed with the Commission

11 under this Act to be filed in electronic form acces12 sible by computer or through the use of a facsimile

13 machine or other method of transmission that cor14 responds with the method of record-keeping or

15 transmission used by persons required to file under

16 this Act.

17 ‘‘(B) INTERNET ACCESS TO CAMPAIGN FINANCE

18 INFORMATION.—The Commission shall make the in19 formation contained in a designation, statement, re20 port, or notification filed with the Commission under

21 this section accessible to the public on the Internet

22 and publicly available at the offices of the Commis23 sion not later than 24 hours after the designation,

24 statement, report, or notification is received by the

25 Commission.’’.
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1 TITLE IV—USE OF GOVERNMENT

2 PROPERTY AND SERVICES

3 SEC. 401. BAN ON MASS MAILINGS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3210(a)(6) of title 39,

5 United States Code, is amended by striking subparagraph

6 (A) and inserting the following:

7 ‘‘(A) A Member of, or Member-elect to, Congress may

8 not mail any mass mailing as franked mail.’’.

9 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

10 (1) Section 3210 of title 39, United States

11 Code, is amended—

12 (A) in subsection (a)—

13 (i) in paragraph (3)—

14 (I) in subparagraph (G), by

15 striking ‘‘, including general mass

16 mailings,’’;

17 (II) in subparagraph (I), by

18 striking ‘‘or other general mass mail19 ing’’; and

20 (III) in subparagraph (J), by

21 striking ‘‘or other general mass mail22 ing’’;

23 (ii) in paragraph (6)—

24 (I) by striking subparagraphs

25 (B), (C), and (F);
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1 (II) by striking the second sen2 tence of subparagraph (D); and

3 (III) by redesignating subpara4 graphs (D) and (E) as subparagraphs

5 (B) and (C), respectively; and

6 (iii) by striking paragraph (7);

7 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘sub8 section (a) (4) and (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘para9 graphs (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (a)’’;

10 (C) by striking subsection (f); and

11 (D) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub12 section (f).

13 (2) Section 316 of the Legislative Branch Ap14 propriations Act, 1990 (39 U.S.C. 3210 note) is

15 amended by striking subsection (a).

16 (3) Section 311 of the Legislative Branch Ap17 propriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e) is amended

18 by striking subsection (f).

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

20 this section shall take effect at the beginning of the first

21 Congress that begins after December 31, 2000.
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1 SEC. 402. PROHIBITING USE OF WHITE HOUSE MEALS AND

2 ACCOMMODATIONS FOR POLITICAL FUND3 RAISING.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 29 of title 18, United

5 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol6 lowing new section:

7 ‘‘§ 612. Prohibiting use of meals and accommodations

8 at White House for political fundraising

9 ‘‘(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to provide

10 or offer to provide any meals or accommodations at the

11 White House in exchange for any money or other thing

12 of value, or as a reward for the provision of any money

13 or other thing of value, in support of any political party

14 or the campaign for electoral office of any candidate.

15 ‘‘(b) Any person who violates this section shall be

16 fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 3 years,

17 or both.

18 ‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, any official resi19 dence or retreat of the President (including private resi20 dential areas and the grounds of such a residence or re21 treat) shall be treated as part of the White House.’’.

22 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

23 for chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, is amended

24 by adding at the end the following new item:

‘‘612. Prohibiting use of meals and accommodations at White House for political

fundraising.’’.
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1 SEC. 403. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING APPLICA2 BILITY OF CONTROLLING LEGAL AUTHORITY

3 TO FUNDRAISING ON FEDERAL GOVERN4 MENT PROPERTY.

5 It is the sense of the Congress that Federal law clear6 ly demonstrates that ‘‘controlling legal authority’’ under

7 title 18, United States Code, prohibits the use of Federal

8 Government property to raise campaign funds.

9 SEC. 404. PROHIBITION AGAINST ACCEPTANCE OR SOLICI10 TATION TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO CERTAIN FED11 ERAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 11 of title 18, United

13 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing new section:

15 ‘‘§ 226. Acceptance or solicitation to obtain access to

16 certain Federal Government property

17 ‘‘Whoever solicits or receives anything of value in con18 sideration of providing a person with access to Air Force

19 One, Marine One, Air Force Two, Marine Two, the White

20 House, or the Vice President’s residence, shall be fined

21 under this title, or imprisoned not more than one year,

22 or both.’’.

23 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections

24 for chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, is amended

25 by adding at the end the following new item:
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‘‘226. Acceptance or solicitation to obtain access to certain Federal Government

property.’’.

1 SEC. 405. REQUIRING NATIONAL PARTIES TO REIMBURSE

2 AT COST FOR USE OF AIR FORCE ONE FOR

3 POLITICAL FUNDRAISING.

4 Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

5 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the

6 end the following new section:

7 ‘‘REIMBURSEMENT BY POLITICAL PARTIES FOR USE OF

8 AIR FORCE ONE FOR POLITICAL FUNDRAISING

9 ‘‘SEC. 324. (a) IN GENERAL.—If the President, Vice

10 President, or the head of any executive department (as

11 defined in section 101 of title 5, United States Code) uses

12 Air Force One for transportation for any travel which in13 cludes a fundraising event for the benefit of any political

14 committee of a national political party, such political com15 mittee shall reimburse the Federal Government for the

16 fair market value of the transportation of the individual

17 involved, based on the cost of an equivalent commercial

18 chartered flight.

19 ‘‘(b) AIR FORCE ONE DEFINED.—In subsection (a),

20 the term ‘Air Force One’ means the airplane operated by

21 the Air Force which has been specially configured to carry

22 out the mission of transporting the President.’’.
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1 SEC. 406. REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF GOVERNMENT

2 EQUIPMENT FOR CAMPAIGN-RELATED

3 TRAVEL.

4 Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

5 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the

6 end the following new section:

7 ‘‘REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF GOVERNMENT

8 EQUIPMENT FOR CAMPAIGN-RELATED TRAVEL

9 ‘‘SEC. 325. If a candidate for election for Federal of10 fice (other than a candidate who holds Federal office) uses

11 Federal government property as a means of transportation

12 for purposes related (in whole or in part) to the campaign

13 for election for such office, the principal campaign com14 mittee of the candidate shall reimburse the Federal gov15 ernment for the costs associated with providing the trans16 portation.’’.

17 TITLE V—EFFECTIVE DATE

18 SEC. 501. EFFECTIVE DATE.

19 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and

20 the amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect

21 to elections occurring, payments made, and filing periods

22 beginning after December 31, 2000.

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