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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3588

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for expenditure limitations and public financing for House of Representatives general

elections, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 5, 1996

Mr. OBEY (for himself, Mr. DELLUMS, and Ms. SLAUGHTER) introduced the

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Oversight,

and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to

be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee

concerned

A BILL

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to

provide for expenditure limitations and public financing

for House of Representatives general elections, 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; FINDING.

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

5 ‘‘Public Interest Campaign Reform Act of 1996’’.
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1 (b) FINDING.—Congress finds that without going to

2 a system of public financing of elections, the public’s con3 fidence in the basic process of democracy will be perma4 nently crippled, which will in turn fundamentally corrupt

5 the faith of the public in the entire political system.

6 TITLE I—EXPENDITURE LIMITA7 TIONS AND PUBLIC FINANC8 ING FOR HOUSE OF REP9 RESENTATIVES GENERAL

10 ELECTIONS

11 SEC. 101. NEW TITLE OF FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN

12 ACT OF 1971.

13 The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2

14 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the

15 following new title:

16 ‘‘TITLE V—EXPENDITURE LIMI17 TATIONS AND PUBLIC FI18 NANCING FOR HOUSE OF

19 REPRESENTATIVES GENERAL

20 ELECTIONS

21 ‘‘SEC. 501. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES IN HOUSE OF

22 REPRESENTATIVES GENERAL ELECTIONS.

23 ‘‘A candidate in a House of Representatives general

24 election may not make expenditures other than as pro25 vided in this title.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 502. SOURCES OF AMOUNTS FOR EXPENDITURES BY

2 CANDIDATES IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTA3 TIVES GENERAL ELECTIONS.

4 ‘‘The only sources of amounts for expenditures by

5 candidates in House of Representatives general elections

6 shall be—

7 ‘‘(1) the Grassroots Good Citizenship Fund,

8 under section 506; and

9 ‘‘(2) additional amounts from State and na10 tional party committees under section 507.

11 ‘‘SEC. 503. DISTRICT LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES BY

12 MAJOR PARTY CANDIDATES.

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in section

14 507, the maximum amounts of expenditures by major

15 party candidates in House of Representatives general elec16 tions shall be based on the median household income of

17 the districts involved, as provided for in subsections (b)

18 and (c).

19 ‘‘(b) MAXIMUM FOR WEALTHIEST DISTRICT.—In the

20 congressional district with the highest median household

21 income, maximum expenditures for all major party can22 didates with respect to a House of Representatives general

23 election shall be a total of $1,000,000.

24 ‘‘(c) MAXIMUM FOR OTHER DISTRICTS.—In each

25 congressional district, other than the district referred to

26 in subsection (b), the maximum expenditures for all major
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1 party candidates with respect to a House of Representa2 tives general election shall be an amount equal to—

3 ‘‘(1) the maximum amount referred to in sub4 section (b), less

5 ‘‘(2) the amount equal to—

‘‘(A) 2 6 ⁄3 of the percentage difference be7 tween the median household income of the dis8 trict involved and the median household income

9 of the district referred to in subsection (b),

10 times

11 ‘‘(B) the maximum amount referred to in

12 subsection (b).

13 ‘‘(d) ALLOCATION.—The maximum expenditure for a

14 major party candidate in a congressional district shall

15 bear the same ratio to the maximum amount under sub16 section (b) or (c), as applicable, as the total popular vote

17 in the district in the five preceding general elections for

18 candidates of the party involved bears to the total popular

19 vote in the district for candidates of all major parties.

20 ‘‘SEC. 504. DISTRICT LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES BY

21 THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES.

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in section

23 507, the maximum amounts of expenditures by third party

24 candidates in House of Representatives general elections
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1 shall be based on the median household income of the dis2 tricts involved, as provided for in subsection (b).

3 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION.—The maximum expenditure for a

4 third party candidate in a congressional district shall be,

5 as designated by the candidate, one of the following:

6 ‘‘(1) The amount that bears the same ratio to

7 the maximum amount under subsection (b) or (c) of

8 section 503, as applicable, as the total popular vote

9 in the district for candidates of the third party bears

10 to the total popular vote for all candidates in the

11 five preceding general elections.

12 ‘‘(2) The amount that bears the same ratio to

13 the maximum amount under subsection (b) or (c) of

14 section 503, as applicable, as the total popular vote,

15 in the State in which the election is held, for House

16 of Representatives candidates of the third party

17 bears to the total popular vote for all candidates in

18 the State in the five preceding general elections.

19 ‘‘(3) The amount corresponding to the number

20 of signatures presented to and verified by the Com21 mission according to the following table:

‘‘20,000 signatures ................................................ $75,000

30,000 signatures .................................................. 100,000

40,000 signatures .................................................. 150,000

50,000 signatures .................................................. 200,000
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1 ‘‘SEC. 505. DISTRICT LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES BY

2 INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES.

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The maximum expenditure for

4 independent candidates in House of Representatives gen5 eral elections shall be based on the median household in6 come of the districts involved, as provided for in subsection

7 (b).

8 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION.—The maximum expenditure for

9 an independent candidate in a congressional district shall

10 be, as designated by the candidate, one of the following:

11 ‘‘(1) The amount that bears the same ratio to

12 the maximum amount under subsection (b) or (c) of

13 section 503, as applicable, as the total popular vote

14 in the district for all independent candidates bears

15 to the total popular vote for all candidates in the

16 district in the five preceding general elections.

17 ‘‘(2) The amount that bears the same ratio to

18 the maximum amount under subsection (b) or (c) of

19 section 503, as applicable, as the total popular vote,

20 in the State in which the election is held, for inde21 pendent House of Representatives candidates bears

22 to the total popular vote for all candidates in the

23 State in the five preceding general elections.

24 ‘‘SEC. 506. GRASSROOTS GOOD CITIZENSHIP FUND.

25 ‘‘(a) CREATION OF FUND.—There is established in

26 the Treasury a trust fund to be known as the ‘Grassroots
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1 Good Citizenship Fund’, consisting of such amounts as

2 may be credited to such fund as provided in this section.

3 ‘‘(b) DISTRICT ACCOUNTS.—There shall be estab4 lished within the Grassroots Good Citizenship Fund an ac5 count for each congressional district. The accounts so es6 tablished shall be administered by the Commission for the

7 purpose of distributing amounts under this title.

8 ‘‘(c) PAYMENTS TO CANDIDATES.—Subject to sub9 section (d), the Commission shall pay to each candidate

10 from the Grassroots Good Citizenship Fund the maximum

11 amount calculated for such candidate under section 503,

12 504, or 505.

13 ‘‘(d) INSUFFICIENT AMOUNTS.—If, as determined by

14 the Commission, there are insufficient amounts in the

15 Grassroots Good Citizenship Fund for payments under

16 subsection (c), the Commission may reduce payments to

17 candidates so that each candidate receives a pro rata por18 tion of the amounts that are available.

19 ‘‘(e) TRANSFERS TO FUND.—There are hereby cred20 ited to the Grassroots Good Citizenship Fund amounts

21 equivalent to the amounts designated under sections 6097

22 and 6098 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

23 ‘‘(f) EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in the Grassroots

24 Good Citizenship Fund shall be available for the purpose

25 of providing amounts for expenditure by candidates in
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1 House of Representatives general elections in accordance

2 with this title.

3 ‘‘SEC. 507. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FROM STATE AND NA4 TIONAL PARTY COMMITTEES.

5 ‘‘(a) CONTRIBUTIONS.—In addition to amounts made

6 available under section 503 or 504, in the case of a can7 didate in a House of Representatives general election who

8 is the candidate of a political party, the State and national

9 committees of that political party may make contributions

10 to the candidate totaling not more than 5 percent of the

11 maximum expenditure applicable to the candidate under

12 section 503 or section 504.

13 ‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES.—A House of Representatives

14 candidate who is the candidate of a political party may

15 make expenditures of the amounts received under sub16 section (a).

17 ‘‘SEC. 508. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on January 15, and

19 continuing through April 15 of each year, the Commission

20 shall carry out a program, utilizing broadcast announce21 ments and other appropriate means, to inform the public

22 of the existence and purpose of the Grassroots Good Citi23 zenship Fund and the role that individual citizens can play

24 in the election process by voluntarily contributing to the

25 fund. The announcements shall be broadcast during prime
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1 time viewing hours in 30-second advertising segments

2 equivalent to 200 gross rating points per network per

3 week. The Commission shall ensure that the maximum

4 number of taxpayers shall be exposed to these announce5 ments. Television networks, as defined by the Federal

6 Communications Commission, shall provide the broadcast

7 time under this section as part of their obligations in the

8 public interest under the Communications Act of 1934.

9 The Federal Election Commission shall encourage broad10 cast outlets other than the above mentioned television net11 works including radio to provide similar announcements.

12 ‘‘(b) GROSS RATING POINT.—The term ‘gross rating

13 point’ is a measure of the total gross weight delivered. It

14 is the sum of the ratings for individual programs. Since

15 a household rating period is 1 percent of the coverage

16 base, 200 gross rating points means 2 messages a week

17 per average household.

18 ‘‘SEC. 509. DEFINITIONS.

19 ‘‘As used in this title—

20 ‘‘(1) the term ‘House of Representatives can21 didate’ means a candidate for the office of Rep22 resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis23 sioner to, the Congress;

24 ‘‘(2) the term ‘median household income’

25 means, with respect to a congressional district, the
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1 median household income of that district, as deter2 mined by the Commission, using the most current

3 data from the Bureau of the Census;

4 ‘‘(3) the term ‘major party’ means, with respect

5 to a House of Representatives general election, a po6 litical party whose candidate for the office of Rep7 resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis8 sioner to, the Congress in the preceding general elec9 tion received, as the candidate of such party, 25 per10 cent or more of the total number of popular votes

11 received by all candidates for such office;

12 ‘‘(4) the term ‘third party’ means with respect

13 to a House of Representatives general election, a po14 litical party whose candidate for the office of Rep15 resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis16 sioner to, the Congress in the preceding general elec17 tion received, as the candidate of such party, 5 per18 cent or more but less than 25 percent of the total

19 number of popular votes received by all candidates

20 for such office;

21 ‘‘(5) the term ‘independent candidate’ means,

22 with respect to a House of Representatives general

23 election, a candidate for the office of Representative

24 in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the
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1 Congress who is not the candidate of a major party

2 or a third party; and

3 ‘‘(6) the term ‘House of Representatives gen4 eral election’ means a general election for the office

5 of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com6 missioner to, the Congress.’’.

7 SEC. 102. EFFECT OF INVALIDITY OF MANDATORY EXPEND8 ITURE LIMITATIONS.

9 If any mandatory limitation on expenditures con10 tained in title V of the Federal Election Campaign Act

11 of 1971, as enacted by section 101, is held invalid—

12 (1) any House of Representatives candidate, as

13 defined in section 509 of the Federal Election Cam14 paign Act of 1971, who, in a general election volun15 tarily complies with such limitations shall receive

16 amounts for expenditures in the same manner and

17 to the same extent as provided for in that title; and

18 (2) any House of Representatives candidate, as

19 defined in section 509 of the Federal Election Cam20 paign Act of 1971, who, in a general election does

21 not voluntarily comply with such limitations shall be

22 subject to the limitation on contributions from large

23 donor multicandidate political committees under sec24 tion 315(l) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
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1 1971 in the same manner and to the same extent as

2 if that section were applicable to general elections.

3 TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO IN4 TERNAL REVENUE CODE OF

5 1986

6 SEC. 201. DESIGNATION OF OVERPAYMENTS AND CON7 TRIBUTIONS FOR GRASSROOTS GOOD CITI8 ZENSHIP FUND.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the

10 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to returns and

11 records) is amended by adding at the end the following:

12 ‘‘PART IX—DESIGNATION OF OVERPAYMENTS

13 AND CONTRIBUTIONS FOR GRASSROOTS

14 GOOD CITIZENSHIP FUND

‘‘Sec. 6097. Designation of overpayments for Grassroots Good

Citizenship Fund.

15 ‘‘SEC. 6097. DESIGNATION OF OVERPAYMENTS FOR GRASS16 ROOTS GOOD CITIZENSHIP FUND.

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each taxpayer’s

18 return for the taxable year of the tax imposed by chapter

19 1, such taxpayer may designate that—

20 ‘‘(1) a specified portion (not less than $1 or

21 more than $10,000, and not less than $1 or more

22 than $20,000 in the case of a joint return) of any

23 overpayment of tax for such taxable year, and
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1 ‘‘(2) any contribution which the taxpayer in2 cludes with such return,

3 shall be paid over to the Grassroots Good Citizenship

4 Fund under section 506 of the Federal Election Campaign

5 Act of 1971.

6 ‘‘(b) MANNER AND TIME OF DESIGNATION.—A des7 ignation under subsection (a) may be made with respect

8 to any taxable year only at the time of filing the return

9 of tax imposed by chapter 1 for such taxable year. Such

10 designation shall be made on the 1st page of the return.

11 ‘‘(c) OVERPAYMENTS TREATED AS REFUNDED.—For

12 purposes of this title, any portion of an overpayment of

13 tax designated under subsection (a) shall be treated as

14 being refunded to the taxpayer as of the last date pre15 scribed for filing the return of tax imposed by chapter 1

16 (determined without regard to extensions) or, if later, the

17 date the return is filed.’’

18 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of parts for

19 such subchapter A is amended by adding at the end there20 of the following new item:

‘‘Part IX. Designation of overpayments and contributions for certain purposes relating to House of Representatives

elections.’’

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

22 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after

23 December 31, 1996.
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1 SEC. 202. DESIGNATION OF OVERPAYMENTS AND CON2 TRIBUTIONS FOR DISTRIBUTION TO HOUSE

3 OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part IX of subchapter A of chap5 ter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to

6 returns and records), as added by section 201, is amended

7 by adding at the end the following:

8 ‘‘SEC. 6098. DESIGNATION OF OVERPAYMENTS FOR DIS9 TRIBUTION TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

10 CANDIDATES.

11 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each taxpayer’s

12 return for the taxable year of the tax imposed by chapter

13 1, such taxpayer may designate that—

14 ‘‘(1) a specified portion (not less than $1 or

15 more than $1,000, and not less than $1 or more

16 than $2,000 in the case of a joint return) of any

17 overpayment of tax for such taxable year, and

18 ‘‘(2) any contribution which the taxpayer in19 cludes with such return,

20 shall be paid to State or national committees of political

21 parties, as designated by the taxpayer, to be used exclu22 sively for contributions to House of Representatives can23 didates under section 507 of the Federal Election Cam24 paign Act of 1971.

25 ‘‘(b) MANNER AND TIME OF DESIGNATION.—A des26 ignation under subsection (a) may be made with respect
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1 to any taxable year only at the time of filing the return

2 of tax imposed by chapter 1 for such taxable year. Such

3 designation shall be made on the 1st page of the return.

4 ‘‘(c) OVERPAYMENTS TREATED AS REFUNDED.—For

5 purposes of this title, any portion of an overpayment of

6 tax designated under subsection (a) shall be treated as

7 being refunded to the taxpayer as of the last date pre8 scribed for filing the return of tax imposed by chapter 1

9 (determined without regard to extensions) or, if later, the

10 date the return is filed.’’

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

12 for such subchapter A is amended by inserting after the

13 item relating to section 6097 the following new item:

‘‘Sec. 6098. Designation of overpayments for distribution to

House of Representatives candidates.’’

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

15 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after

16 December 31, 1996.

17 SEC. 203. INCREASE IN CORPORATE INCOME TAX ON TAX18 ABLE INCOME ABOVE $10,000,000.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (4) of subsection (b)

20 of section 11 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is

21 amended by striking ‘‘35 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘35.1

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

2 subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after

3 the date of the enactment of this Act.

4 (c) USE OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—Amounts received

5 by reason of the amendment made by subsection (a) shall

6 be paid over to the Grassroots Good Citizenship Fund

7 under section 506 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

8 of 1971.

9 TITLE III—BAN ON USE OF SOFT

10 MONEY BY HOUSE CANDIDATES

11 SEC. 301. BAN ON USE OF SOFT MONEY BY HOUSE CAN12 DIDATES.

13 Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

14 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the

15 end the following new section:

16 ‘‘BAN ON USE OF NON-REGULATED FUNDS BY HOUSE

17 CANDIDATES

18 ‘‘SEC. 323. (a) IN GENERAL.—No funds may be con19 tributed or expended with respect to any House of Rep20 resentatives election unless the funds are subject to the

21 limitations and prohibitions of this Act.

22 ‘‘(b) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION DE23 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘House of Representa24 tives election’ means any election for the office of Rep25 resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to,

26 the Congress.’’.
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1 TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT

2 EXPENDITURES

3 SEC. 401. BAN ON INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES IN HOUSE

4 OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS.

5 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

6 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a) is amended by adding at the end

7 the following new subsection;

8 ‘‘(i) No person may make any independent expendi9 ture with respect to an election for the office of Represent10 ative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the

11 Congress.’’.

12 SEC. 402. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITIONS RELATING TO

13 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.

14 (a) INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE DEFINITION

15 AMENDMENT.—Section 301 of the Federal Election Cam16 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by striking

17 out paragraphs (17) and (18) and inserting the following

18 new paragraphs:

19 ‘‘(17)(A) The term ‘independent expenditure’ means

20 an expenditure for an advertisement or other communica21 tion that—

22 ‘‘(i) contains express advocacy; and

23 ‘‘(ii) is made without the participation or co24 operation of, or consultation with, a candidate or a

25 candidate’s representative.
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1 ‘‘(B) The following shall not be considered an inde2 pendent expenditure:

3 ‘‘(i) An expenditure made by an authorized

4 committee of a candidate for Federal office or a po5 litical committee of a political party.

6 ‘‘(ii) An expenditure made by a person who,

7 during the election cycle, has made a contribution to

8 a candidate, where the expenditure is in support of

9 that candidate or in opposition to another candidate

10 for the same office.

11 ‘‘(iii) An expenditure made by a person, or a

12 political committee established, maintained or con13 trolled by such person, who is required to register,

14 under section 308 of the Federal Regulation of Lob15 bying Act (2 U.S.C. 267) or the Foreign Agents

16 Registration Act (22 U.S.C. 611) or any successor

17 Federal law requiring a person who is a lobbyist or

18 foreign agent to register.

19 ‘‘(iv) An expenditure made by a person who,

20 during the election cycle, has communicated with or

21 received information from a candidate or a rep22 resentative of that candidate regarding activities

23 that have the purpose of influencing that candidate’s

24 election to Federal office, where the expenditure is
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1 in support of that candidate or in opposition to an2 other candidate for that office.

3 ‘‘(v) An expenditure if, in the same election

4 cycle, the person making the expenditure is or has

5 been—

6 ‘‘(I) authorized to raise or expend funds on

7 behalf of the candidate or the candidate’s au8 thorized committees; or

9 ‘‘(II) serving as a member, employee, or

10 agent of the candidate’s authorized committees

11 in an executive or policymaking position.

12 ‘‘(18) The term ‘express advocacy’ means, when a

13 communication is taken as a whole and with limited ref14 erence to external events, an expression of support for or

15 opposition to a specific candidate, to a specific group of

16 candidates, or to candidates of a particular political party,

17 or a suggestion to take action with respect to an election,

18 such as to vote for or against, make contributions to, or

19 participate in campaign activity.’’.

20 (b) CONTRIBUTION DEFINITION AMENDMENT.—Sec21 tion 301(8)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

22 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(A)) is amended—

23 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the

24 semicolon at the end;
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1 (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the

2 end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

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

4 clause:

5 ‘‘(iii) any payment or other transaction referred

6 to in paragraph (17)(A)(i) that does not qualify as

7 an independent expenditure under paragraph

8 (17)(A)(ii).’’.

9 SEC. 403. SPECIFIC DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR CER10 TAIN COMMUNICATIONS.

11 Section 318 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

12 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441d) is amended by adding at the end

13 the following new subsections:

14 ‘‘(c) A communication described in subsection (a)(1)

15 or subsection (a)(2) that is broadcast over a television sta16 tion shall include a photographic or similar image of the

17 candidate. The image shall be—

18 ‘‘(1) readily identifiable as that of the can19 didate;

20 ‘‘(2) accompanied by the following statement:

21 ‘Paid for by . 

22 takes full responsibility for the content of this adver23 tisement.’, with the blanks to be filled in with the

24 name of the political committee or other person pay-
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1 ing for the communication, and the name of the can2 didate, respectively;

3 ‘‘(3) shown for a period of at least 4 seconds;

4 and

5 ‘‘(4) of sufficient size to cover at least one-third

6 of the television screen.

7 ‘‘(d) A statement described in subsection (a)(3) that

8 is broadcast over a television station shall be—

9 ‘‘(1) in the following form: ‘Paid for by

10 . Not authorized by any can11 didate.’, with the blank to be filled in with the name

12 of the person paying for the communication and the

13 name of any connected organization of that person

14 and the city and State in which such individual lives

15 and the city and State in which the organization is

16 located;

17 ‘‘(2) shown continuously throughout the com18 munication; and

19 ‘‘(3) of sufficient size to be clearly visible to the

20 viewer.

21 ‘‘(e) Any statement described in subsection (a) that

22 is contained in a newspaper, magazine, direct mailing, or

23 other printed communication shall—
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1 ‘‘(1) afford a reasonable degree of color con2 trast between the statement and the background of

3 the communication; and

4 ‘‘(2) be printed in a minimum uniform char5 acter height of 0.20 inch.

6 ‘‘(f) A communication described in subsection (a)(1)

7 or subsection (a)(2) that is broadcast over a radio station

8 shall include the following statement: ‘Paid for by

9 . takes full respon10 sibility for the content of this advertisement.’, with the

11 blanks to be filled in with the name of the political com12 mittee or other person paying for the communication, and

13 the name of the candidate, respectively.

14 ‘‘(g) A statement described in subsection (a)(3) that

15 is broadcast over a radio station shall be in the following

16 form: ‘Paid for by . Not authorized by

17 any candidate.’, with the blank to be filled in with the

18 name of the person paying for the communication and the

19 name of any connected organization of that person and

20 the city and State in which the individual resides and the

21 city and State in which the organization is located.’’.
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1 TITLE V—PROVISIONS RELAT2 ING TO HOUSE OF REP3 RESENTATIVES PRIMARY

4 ELECTIONS

5 SEC. 501. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES IN HOUSE OF

6 REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS OTHER THAN

7 GENERAL ELECTIONS.

8 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

9 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 401, is

10 further amended by adding at the end the following new

11 subsection:

12 ‘‘(j) The maximum expenditures for a candidate for

13 the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident

14 Commissioner to, the Congress in any election other than

a general election may not exceed 1 15 ⁄3 of the maximum ap16 plicable to the candidate in a general election under title

17 V.’’.

18 SEC. 502. LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO SMALL DONOR

19 MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315(a) of the Federal

21 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)) is

22 amended by adding at the end the following new para23 graph:

24 ‘‘(9) A small donor multicandidate political commit25 tee may make contributions to any candidate for the office
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1 of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis2 sioner to, the Congress and the authorized committees of

3 such candidate with respect to an election (other than a

4 general election) which, in the aggregate, do not exceed

5 $5,000.’’.

6 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 301 of the Federal Elec7 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended

8 by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:

9 ‘‘(21) The term ‘small donor multicandidate political

10 committee’ means a multicandidate political committee

11 that does not accept contributions totaling more than

12 $200 from any single source in a calendar year.

13 ‘‘(22) The term ‘large donor multicandidate political

14 committee’ means a multicandidate political committee

15 that accepts contributions totaling more than $200 from

16 any single source in a calendar year.’’.

17 SEC. 503. LIMITATION ON ACCEPTANCE OF LARGE DONOR

18 MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE

19 CONTRIBUTIONS BY HOUSE OF REPRESENTA20 TIVES CANDIDATES.

21 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

22 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 401 and

23 501, is further amended by adding at the end the following

24 new subsection:
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1 ‘‘(k) A candidate for the office of Representative in,

2 or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress,

3 and the authorized political committees of such candidate,

4 may not, with respect to an election other than a general

5 election, accept contributions from large donor multican6 didate political committees in excess of 20 percent of the

7 total accepted from all multicandidate political commit8 tees.’’.

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