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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1080

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit national

political parties from using soft money, to restrict the use of soft money

by corporations and labor organizations, to impose additional reporting

requirements under such Act on corporations, labor organizations, and

nonprofit organizations, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 15, 2001

Mr. LINDER 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

prohibit national political parties from using soft money,

to restrict the use of soft money by corporations and

labor organizations, to impose additional reporting requirements under such Act on corporations, labor organizations, and nonprofit organizations, 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 ‘‘Federal Election Re5 form Act of 2001’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF SOFT MONEY BY NATIONAL

2 POLITICAL PARTIES.

3 Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

4 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the

5 end the following new section:

6 ‘‘PROHIBITING USE OF NONFEDERAL FUNDS BY

7 NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES

8 ‘‘SEC. 323. No political committee established and

9 maintained by a national political party (including a na10 tional congressional campaign committee of a national po11 litical party) may solicit, receive, spend, or direct to an12 other person any funds which are not subject to the limita13 tions, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this

14 Act.’’.

15 SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS AND ADDITIONAL REPORTING RE16 QUIREMENTS FOR CORPORATIONS, LABOR

17 ORGANIZATIONS, AND NONPROFIT ORGANI18 ZATIONS.

19 (a) PROHIBITING USE OF SOFT MONEY BY COR20 PORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS FOR CERTAIN

21 ACTIVITIES.—Section 316(b)(2) of the Federal Election

22 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is amended

23 by striking ‘‘(A) communications’’ and all that follows

24 through ‘‘and (C)’’.

25 (b) DISCLOSURE OF ELECTION-RELATED ACTIV26 ITY.—Section 304 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended
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1 by section 502(a) of the Department of Transportation

2 and Related Agencies Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by

3 reference under section 101(a) of Public Law 106–346),

4 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub5 section:

6 ‘‘(e)(1) Each corporation, labor organization, and

7 nonprofit organization which makes a disbursement or

8 transfer of funds for any activity in connection with an

9 election for Federal office shall file reports in accordance

10 with subsection (a)(4) containing the same information

11 with respect to such disbursement or transfer which would

12 be required if the disbursement or transfer were treated

13 as a contribution or expenditure under this Act.

14 ‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), any disburse15 ment or transfer of funds for a public communication

16 which mentions (by name, image, or likeness) a candidate

17 for election for Federal office and which is made within

18 the 90-day period ending on the date of such election shall

19 be treated as a disbursement or transfer of funds for an

20 activity in connection with an election for Federal office.

21 ‘‘(3) This subsection shall not apply with respect to

22 a disbursement or transfer of funds which is otherwise

23 treated as a contribution or expenditure under this Act.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

2 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect

3 upon the expiration of the 90-day period which begins on

4 the date of the enactment of this Act.

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