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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2415 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to eliminate limitations 

on direct contributions to candidates, to require disclosure of certain 

contributions within 24 hours of receipt, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 3, 2014 

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

the Committee on Rules and Administration 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 

eliminate limitations on direct contributions to candidates, to require disclosure of certain contributions 

within 24 hours of receipt, 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 ‘‘SuperPAC Elimination 

5 Act of 2014’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF LIMITATIONS ON DIRECT CON2 TRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES. 

3 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to allow 

4 unlimited direct contributions by citizens and lawful per5 manent residents of the United States to candidates in 

6 Federal elections. 

7 (b) ELIMINATION OF LIMITATION.—Section 315(a) 

8 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 

9 441a(a)) is amended— 

10 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and re12 designating subparagraphs (B), (C), and (D) as 

13 subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively; 

14 and 

15 (B) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated 

16 by subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(other than 

17 a committee described in subparagraph (D))’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘(other than an authorized polit19 ical committee of a candidate or a committee 

20 described in subparagraph (C))’’; 

21 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

22 (A) by striking subparagraph (A) and re23 designating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as sub24 paragraphs (A) and (B), respectively; and 

25 (B) in subparagraph (B), as redesignated 

26 by subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘((other than 


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1 an authorized political committee of a can2 didate)’’ after ‘‘political committee’’; and 

3 (3) by striking paragraph (3). 

4 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

5 (1) Section 315(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 

6 441a(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (6). 

7 (2)(A) Section 315(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 

8 441a(c)) is amended— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘(a)(1)(B), (a)(3),’’ in para10 graph (1)(B)(i); 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘, (a)(1)(B), (a)(3),’’ in 

12 subparagraph (1)(C); and 

13 (iii) by striking ‘‘, (a)(1)(B), (a)(3),’’ in 

14 paragraph (2)(B)(ii). 

15 (B) Section 304(i)(3)(B) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 

16 434(i)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘, (a)(1)(B), 

17 (a)(3),’’. 

18 (3) Section 323(e)(1)(B)(i) of such Act (2 

19 U.S.C. 441i(e)(1)(B)(i)) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘contributions to candidates and political commit21 tees under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘contributions to political committees under 

23 paragraphs (1) and (2)’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. 24-HOUR NOTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR ALL DI2 RECT CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES. 

3 Section 304(a)(6)(A) of the Federal Election Cam4 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(6)(A)) is amended 

5 to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(A)(i) IN GENERAL.—If a candidate re7 ceives an aggregate amount of contributions in 

8 excess of $200 from any contributor during a 

9 calendar year, the principal campaign com10 mittee of such candidate shall submit to the 

11 Secretary or the Commission, and the Secretary 

12 of State, as appropriate, in writing, a notifica13 tion containing the name of the candidate and 

14 office sought by the candidate, the identification 

15 of the contributor, and the date of the receipt 

16 and amount of the contribution. 

17 ‘‘(ii) If, at any time after a candidate is re18 quired to submit a notification under this sub19 paragraph with respect to a contributor during 

20 a calendar year, the candidate receives addi21 tional contributions from that contributor dur22 ing that year, the principal campaign committee 

23 of the candidate shall submit an additional noti24 fication under clause (i) with respect to such 

25 contributor. 


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1 ‘‘(iii) The principal campaign committee of 

2 the candidate shall submit the notification re3 quired under this subparagraph with respect to 

4 a contributor— 

5 ‘‘(I) in the case of a notification de6 scribed in clause (i), not later than 24 

7 hours after the date on which the aggre8 gate amount of contributions received from 

9 the contributor during the calendar year 

10 exceeds $200; or 

11 ‘‘(II) in the case of an additional noti12 fication described in clause (ii), not later 

13 than 24 hours after the date of the con14 tribution.’’. 

15 SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

16 The amendments made by this Act shall apply to con17 tributions made for elections occurring after the date of 

18 the enactment of this Act. 

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