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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2122

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

for election to the House of Representatives or Senate to raise not

less than 50 percent of the contributions made with respect to the

election from individuals who reside in the State the candidate seeks

to represent.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 12, 2001

Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. SHAW, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. BARTLETT of

Maryland, Mr. PETRI, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. SHADEGG,

Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. SOUDER, Mr.

WELDON of Florida, and Mr. HANSEN) 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 to the House of Representatives or Senate to raise not less than 50 percent

of the contributions made with respect to the election

from individuals who reside in the State the candidate

seeks to represent.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. REQUIRING MAJORITY OF AMOUNT OF CON2 TRIBUTIONS ACCEPTED BY CONGRESSIONAL

3 CANDIDATES TO COME FROM IN-STATE RESI4 DENTS.

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) The total amount of contributions accepted

9 with respect to an election by a candidate for the office

10 of Senator or the office of Representative in, or Delegate

11 or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress from in-State

12 individual residents shall be at least 50 percent of the total

13 amount of contributions accepted from all sources.

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

15 of personal funds (including contributions by the can16 didate or the candidate’s spouse to the candidate’s author17 ized campaign committee) in an amount in excess of

18 $250,000, paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to

19 any opponent of the candidate in the election.

20 ‘‘(3) In determining the amount of contributions ac21 cepted by a candidate for purposes of paragraph (1), the

22 amounts of any contributions made by a political com23 mittee of a political party shall be allocated as follows:

24 ‘‘(A) 50 percent of such amounts shall be

25 deemed to be contributions from in-State individual

26 residents.
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1 ‘‘(B) 50 percent of such amounts shall be

2 deemed to be contributions from persons other than

3 in-State individual residents.

4 ‘‘(4) As used in this subsection, the term ‘in-State

5 individual resident’ means an individual who resides in the

6 State in which the election involved is held.’’.

7 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of

8 such Act (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by section 502(a)

9 of the Department of Transportation and Related Agen10 cies Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by reference under

11 section 101(a) of Public Law 106–346), is amended by

12 adding at the end the following new subsection:

13 ‘‘(e)(1) Each principal campaign committee of a can14 didate for the Senate or the House of Representatives

15 shall include the following information in the first report

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

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

18 after the election:

19 ‘‘(A) The total contributions received by the

20 committee with respect to the election involved from

21 in-State individual residents (as defined in section

22 315(i)(4)), as of the last day of the period covered

23 by the report.

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

25 committee with respect to the election involved from
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1 all persons, as of the last day of the period covered

2 by the report.

3 ‘‘(2)(A) Each principal campaign committee of a can4 didate for the Senate or the House of Representatives

5 shall submit a notification to the Commission of the first

6 expenditure of personal funds (including contributions by

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

8 by which the aggregate amount of personal funds ex9 pended (or contributed) with respect to the election ex10 ceeds $250,000.

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

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

13 after the expenditure or contribution which is the

14 subject of the notification is made; and

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

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

17 the expenditure or contribution and amount of the

18 expenditure or contribution involved.’’.

19 (c) PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF LIMITS.—Section

20 309(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)) is amended by add21 ing at the end the following new paragraph:

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

23 accepts contributions in excess of any limitation provided

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

25 the greater of 200 percent of the amount accepted in ex-
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1 cess of the applicable limitation or (if applicable) the

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

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

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

5 unpaid after the expiration of the 30-day period which be6 gins on the date the fine is imposed.’’.

7 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

8 The amendments made by this Act shall apply with

9 respect to elections occurring after January 2003.

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