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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2154

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for separate

limitations on contributions to qualifying and nonqualifying House of

Representatives candidates.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 19, 1993

Mr. BROWN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. INSLEE, Ms. SHEPHERD, Mr. STUPAK,

Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. HOLDEN, and Mr. BROWDER) 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

provide for separate limitations on contributions to qualifying and nonqualifying House of Representatives candidates.

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. LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTRIBUTIONS

2 TO QUALIFYING AND NONQUALIFYING

3 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.

4 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

6 the following new subsection:

7 ‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1)(A), sub8 section (a)(2)(A), or any other provision of this Act—

9 ‘‘(A) no person shall make contributions to any

10 qualifying House of Representatives candidate with

11 respect to a general election and any primary elec12 tion relating to that general election which, in the

13 aggregate, exceed $1,000; and

14 ‘‘(B) no multicandidate political committee shall

15 make contributions to any qualifying House of Rep16 resentatives candidate with respect to a general elec17 tion and any primary election relating to that gen18 eral election which, in the aggregate, exceed $5,000.

19 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(1)(A), sub20 section (a)(2)(A), or any other provision of this Act—

21 ‘‘(A) no person shall make contributions to any

22 candidate for the office of Representative in, or Del23 egate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress

24 (other than a qualifying House of Representatives

25 candidate) with respect to a general election and any
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1 primary election relating to that general election

2 which, in the aggregate, exceed $500; and

3 ‘‘(B) no multicandidate political committee shall

4 make contributions to any candidate for the office of

5 Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis6 sioner to, the Congress (other than a qualifying

7 House of Representatives candidate) with respect to

8 a general election and any primary election relating

9 to that general election which, in the aggregate, ex10 ceed $1,000.’’.

11 SEC. 2. LIMITATIONS ON MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL

12 COMMITTEE AND LARGE DONOR CONTRIBU13 TIONS THAT MAY BE ACCEPTED BY QUALIFY14 ING AND NONQUALIFYING HOUSE OF REP15 RESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.

16 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

17 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 1, is fur18 ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub19 sections:

20 ‘‘(j)(1) A qualifying House of Representatives can21 didate may not, with respect to an election cycle, accept

22 contributions from the sources specified in paragraph (2)

23 aggregating in excess of $200,000.

24 ‘‘(2) The sources referred to in paragraph (1) are—

25 ‘‘(A) multicandidate political committees; and
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1 ‘‘(B) persons other than multicandidate political

2 committees whose contributions total more than

3 $250.

4 ‘‘(k)(1) A candidate for the office of Representative

5 in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress

6 (other than a qualifying House of Representatives can7 didate) may not, with respect to an election cycle, accept

8 contributions from the sources specified in paragraph (2)

9 aggregating in excess of $100,000.

10 ‘‘(2) The sources referred to in paragraph (1) are—

11 ‘‘(A) multicandidate political committees; and

12 ‘‘(B) persons other than multicandidate political

13 committees whose contributions total more than

14 $250.’’.

15 SEC. 3. DEFINITION AMENDMENT.

16 Section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

17 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by striking out para18 graph (19) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new

19 paragraphs:

20 ‘‘(19) The term ‘qualifying House of Representatives

21 candidate’ means a candidate for election to the office of

22 Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner

23 to, the Congress, who, as determined by the Commission,

24 agrees to limit expenditures to $400,000 with respect to

25 an election cycle.
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1 ‘‘(20) The term ‘election cycle’ means—

2 ‘‘(A) in the case of a candidate or the author3 ized committees of a candidate, the term beginning

4 on the day after the date of the most recent general

5 election for the specific office which such candidate

6 seeks and ending on the date of the next general

7 election for such office; and

8 ‘‘(B) for all other persons, the term beginning

9 on the first day following the date of the last general

10 election and ending on the date of the next general

11 election.’’.

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