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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2469

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and related laws

to strengthen public confidence in the integrity of the legislative process,

to reform campaign practices for congressional elections, and for other

purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 18, 1993

Mr. SYNAR (for himself, Mr. BEILENSON, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. DEAL, Mr.

GLICKMAN, Mr. GRANDY, Mr. GUNDERSON, Mr. HORN, Mr. LIVINGSTON,

Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr. MEEHAN, and Mr. UPTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on House Administration and Energy and Commerce

A BILL

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and

related laws to strengthen public confidence in the integrity of the legislative process, to reform campaign practices for congressional 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.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Cam5 paign and Election Reform Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN LIMITATION AMOUNT FOR CON2 TRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL

3 OFFICE BY MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL

4 COMMITTEES.

5 Section 315(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Election Cam6 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is amended

7 by striking out ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

8 ‘‘$1,000’’.

9 SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN LIMITATION AMOUNT FOR CON10 TRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL

11 OFFICE BY PERSONS OTHER THAN

12 MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

13 Section 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Cam14 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A)) is amended

15 by striking out ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

16 ‘‘$500’’.

17 SEC. 4. CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH INTERMEDIARIES AND

18 CONDUITS.

19 Section 315(a)(8) of the Federal Election Campaign

20 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(8)) is amended to read

21 as follows:

22 ‘‘(8) For the purposes of this subsection:

23 ‘‘(A) Contributions made by a person, either di24 rectly or indirectly, to or on behalf of a particular

25 candidate, including contributions that are in any

26 way earmarked or otherwise directed through an
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1 intermediary or conduit to a candidate, shall be

2 treated as contributions from the person to the

3 candidate.

4 ‘‘(B) Contributions made directly or indirectly

5 by a person to or on behalf of a particular candidate

6 through an intermediary or conduit, including con7 tributions made or arranged to be made by an

8 intermediary or conduit, shall be treated as contribu9 tions from the intermediary or conduit to the can10 didate if—

11 ‘‘(i) the contributions made through the

12 intermediary or conduit are in the form of a

13 check or other negotiable instrument made pay14 able to the intermediary or conduit rather than

15 the intended recipient; or

16 ‘‘(ii) the intermediary or conduit is—

17 ‘‘(I) a political committee;

18 ‘‘(II) an officer, employee, or agent of

19 such a political committee;

20 ‘‘(III) a political party;

21 ‘‘(IV) a partnership or sole proprietor22 ship;

23 ‘‘(V) a person who is required to reg24 ister or to report its lobbying activities, or

25 a lobbyist whose activities are required to
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1 be reported, under section 308 of the Fed2 eral Regulation of Lobbying Act (2 U.S.C.

3 267), the Foreign Agents Registration Act

4 of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.), or any

5 successor Federal law requiring a person

6 who is a lobbyist or foreign agent to reg7 ister or a person to report its lobbying ac8 tivities; or

9 ‘‘(VI) an organization prohibited from

10 making contributions under section 316, or

11 an officer, employee, or agent of such an

12 organization acting on the organization’s

13 behalf.

14 ‘‘(C)(i) The term ‘intermediary or conduit’ does

15 not include—

16 ‘‘(I) a candidate or representative of a can17 didate receiving contributions to the candidate’s

18 principal campaign committee or authorized

19 committee;

20 ‘‘(II) a professional fundraiser com21 pensated for fundraising services at the usual

22 and customary rate, but only if the individual

23 is not described in subparagraph (B)(ii);

24 ‘‘(III) a volunteer hosting a fundraising

25 event at the volunteer’s home, in accordance
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1 with section 301(8)(B), but only if the individ2 ual is not described in subparagraph (B)(ii); or

3 ‘‘(IV) an individual who transmits a con4 tribution from the individual’s spouse.

5 ‘‘(ii) The term ‘representative’ means an indi6 vidual who is expressly authorized by the candidate

7 to engage in fundraising, and who occupies a signifi8 cant position within the candidate’s campaign orga9 nization, provided that the individual is not de10 scribed in subparagraph (B)(ii).

11 ‘‘(iii) The term ‘contributions made or arranged

12 to be made’ includes—

13 ‘‘(I) contributions delivered to a particular

14 candidate or the candidate’s authorized commit15 tee or agent; and

16 ‘‘(II) contributions directly or indirectly ar17 ranged to be made to a particular candidate or

18 the candidate’s authorized committee or agent,

19 in a manner that identifies directly or indirectly

20 to the candidate or authorized committee or

21 agent the person who arranged the making of

22 the contributions or the person on whose behalf

23 such person was acting.

24 Such term does not include contributions made, or

25 arranged to be made, by reason of an oral or written
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1 communication by a Federal candidate or office2 holder expressly advocating the nomination for elec3 tion, or election, of any other Federal candidate and

4 encouraging the making of a contribution to such

5 other candidate.

6 ‘‘(iv) The term ‘acting on the organization’s be7 half’ includes the following activities by an officer,

8 employee or agent of a person described in subpara9 graph (B)(ii)(VI):

10 ‘‘(I) Soliciting or directly or indirectly ar11 ranging the making of a contribution to a par12 ticular candidate in the name of, or by using

13 the name of, such a person.

14 ‘‘(II) Soliciting or directly or indirectly ar15 ranging the making of a contribution to a par16 ticular candidate using other than incidental re17 sources of such a person.

18 ‘‘(III) Soliciting contributions for a par19 ticular candidate by substantially directing the

20 solicitations to other officers, employees, or

21 agents of such a person.

22 ‘‘(D) Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit—

23 ‘‘(i) bona fide joint fundraising efforts con24 ducted solely for the purpose of sponsorship of

25 a fundraising reception, dinner, or other similar
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1 event, in accordance with rules prescribed by

2 the Commission, by—

3 ‘‘(I) 2 or more candidates;

4 ‘‘(II) 2 or more national, State, or

5 local committees of a political party within

6 the meaning of section 301(4) acting on

7 their own behalf; or

8 ‘‘(III) a special committee formed by

9 2 or more candidates, or a candidate and

10 a national, State, or local committee of a

11 political party acting on their own behalf;

12 or

13 ‘‘(ii) fundraising efforts for the benefit of

14 a candidate that are conducted by another can15 didate.

16 When a contribution is made to a candidate through an

17 intermediary or conduit, the intermediary or conduit shall

18 report the original source and the intended recipient of

19 the contribution to the Commission and to the intended

20 recipient.’’.

21 SEC. 5. CONTRIBUTIONS BY DEPENDENTS NOT OF VOTING

22 AGE.

23 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

25 the following new subsection:
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1 ‘‘(i) For purposes of this section, any contribution by

2 an individual who—

3 ‘‘(1) is a dependent of another individual; and

4 ‘‘(2) has not, as of the time of such contribu5 tion, attained the legal age for voting for elections

6 to Federal office in the State in which such individ7 ual resides,

8 shall be treated as having been made by such other indi9 vidual. If such individual is the dependent of another indi10 vidual and such other individual’s spouse, the contribution

11 shall be allocated among such individuals in the manner

12 determined by them.’’.

13 SEC. 6. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FROM STATE AND

14 LOCAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PARTIES

15 TO BE AGGREGATED.

16 Section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

18 end the following new paragraph:

19 ‘‘(9) Notwithstanding paragraph (5)(B), a candidate

20 for Federal office may not accept, with respect to an elec21 tion, any contribution from a State or local committee of

22 a political party (including any subordinate committee of

23 such committee), if such contribution, when added to the

24 total of contributions previously accepted from all such
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1 committees of that political party, exceeds a limitation on

2 contributions to a candidate under this section.’’.

3 SEC. 7. CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES USING

4 MONEY SECURED BY PHYSICAL FORCE OR

5 OTHER INTIMIDATION.

6 Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

7 1971 is amended by adding at the end the following new

8 section:

9 ‘‘CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES USING MONEY

10 SECURED BY PHYSICAL FORCE OR OTHER INTIMIDATION

11 ‘‘SEC. 323. It shall be unlawful for any person to—

12 ‘‘(1) cause another person to make a contribu13 tion or expenditure by using physical force, job dis14 crimination, financial reprisals, or the threat of

15 physical force, job discrimination, or financial re16 prisal; or

17 ‘‘(2) make a contribution or expenditure utiliz18 ing money or anything of value secured in the man19 ner described in paragraph (1).’’.

20 SEC. 8. PROHIBITION OF ACCEPTANCE BY A CANDIDATE OF

21 CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY ONE PER22 SON AGGREGATING MORE THAN $100.

23 Section 321 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

24 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441g) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and

25 no candidate or authorized committee of a candidate shall

26 accept from any one person,’’ after ‘‘make’’.
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1 SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

2 (a) CONTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE EXCEP3 TIONS.—(1) Clause (xii) of section 301(8)(B) of the Fed4 eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.

5 431(8)(B)(xii)) is amended—

6 (A) by inserting ‘‘in connection with volunteer

7 activities’’ after ‘‘such committee’’; and

8 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause

9 (2), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (3),

10 and by adding at the end the following new

11 subclause:

12 ‘‘(4) such activities are conducted solely

13 by, or any materials are distributed solely by,

14 volunteers;’’.

15 (2) Clause (ix) of section 301(9)(B) of the Federal

16 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)(ix))

17 is amended—

18 (A) by inserting ‘‘in connection with volunteer

19 activities’’ after ‘‘such committee’’, and

20 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause

21 (2), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (3),

22 and by adding at the end the following new

23 subclause:

24 ‘‘(4) any materials in connection with such

25 activities are prepared for distribution (and are

26 distributed) solely by volunteers;’’.
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1 (b) GENERIC ACTIVITIES; STATE PARTY GRASS2 ROOTS FUND.—Section 301 of the Federal Election Cam3 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by adding

4 at the end the following new paragraphs:

5 ‘‘(20) The term ‘generic campaign activity’

6 means a campaign activity that promotes a political

7 party rather than any particular Federal or non8 Federal candidate.

9 ‘‘(21) The term ‘State Party Grassroots Fund’

10 means a separate segregated fund established and

11 maintained by a State committee of a political party

12 solely for purposes of making expenditures and other

13 disbursements described in section 324(d).’’.

14 SEC. 10. CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL PARTY COMMIT15 TEES.

16 (a) INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO STATE

17 PARTY.—Paragraph (1) of section 315(a) of the Federal

18 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)) is

19 amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B),

20 by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D),

21 and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new

22 subparagraph:

23 ‘‘(C) to—

24 ‘‘(i) a State Party Grassroots Fund estab25 lished and maintained by a State committee of
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1 a political party in any calendar year which, in

2 the aggregate, exceed $20,000; or

3 ‘‘(ii) any other political committee estab4 lished and maintained by a State committee of

5 a political party in any calendar year which, in

6 the aggregate, exceed $5,000,

7 except that the aggregate contributions described in

8 this subparagraph which may be made by a person

9 to the State Party Grassroots Fund and all commit10 tees of a State Committee of a political party in any

11 State in any calendar year shall not exceed $20,000;

12 or’’.

13 (b) MULTICANDIDATE COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS

14 TO STATE PARTY.—Paragraph (2) of section 315(a) of

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

16 441a(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub17 paragraph (B), by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub18 paragraph (D), and by inserting after subparagraph (B)

19 the following new subparagraph:

20 ‘‘(C) to—

21 ‘‘(i) a State Party Grassroots Fund estab22 lished and maintained by a State committee of

23 a political party in any calendar year which, in

24 the aggregate, exceed $15,000; or
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1 ‘‘(ii) to any other political committee estab2 lished and maintained by a State committee of

3 a political party which, in the aggregate, exceed

4 $5,000,

5 except that the aggregate contributions described in

6 this subparagraph which may be made by a

7 multicandidate political committee to the State

8 Party Grassroots Fund and all committees of a

9 State Committee of a political party in any State in

10 any calendar year shall not exceed $15,000; or’’.

11 (c) OVERALL LIMIT.—Paragraph (3) of section

12 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2

13 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows:

14 ‘‘(3)(A) No individual shall make contributions dur15 ing any election cycle (as defined in section 301(29)(B))

16 which, in the aggregate, exceed $60,000.

17 ‘‘(B) No individual shall make contributions during

18 any calendar year—

19 ‘‘(i) to all candidates and their authorized polit20 ical committees which, in the aggregate, exceed

21 $25,000; or

22 ‘‘(ii) to all political committees established and

23 maintained by State committees of a political party

24 which, in the aggregate, exceed $20,000.
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1 ‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), any con2 tribution made to a candidate or the candidate’s author3 ized political committees in a year other than the calendar

4 year in which the election is held with respect to which

5 such contribution is made shall be treated as made during

6 the calendar year in which the election is held.’’.

7 (d) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMMITTEE TRANS8 FERS.—(1) Subparagraph (B) of section 315(b)(1) of the

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

10 441a(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:

11 ‘‘(B) in the case of a campaign for election

12 to such office, an amount equal to the sum of—

13 ‘‘(i) $20,000,000, plus

14 ‘‘(ii) the lesser of—

15 ‘‘(I) 2 cents multiplied by the

16 voting age population of the United

17 States (as certified under subsection

18 (e) of this section), or

19 ‘‘(II) the amounts transferred by

20 the candidate and the authorized com21 mittees of the candidate to the na22 tional committee of the candidate’s

23 political party for distribution to State

24 Party Grassroots Funds.’’.
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1 (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 9002(11) of the In2 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining qualified campaign

3 expense) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause

4 (ii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (iii), and by

5 inserting at the end the following new clause ‘‘(iv) any

6 transfers to the national committee of the candidate’s po7 litical party for distribution to State Party Grassroots

8 Funds (as defined in section 301(31) of the Federal Elec9 tion Campaign Act of 1971) to the extent such transfers

10 do not exceed the amount determined under section

11 315(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act,’’.

12 SEC. 11. PROVISIONS RELATING TO NATIONAL, STATE, AND

13 LOCAL PARTY COMMITTEES.

14 (a) SOFT MONEY OF COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL

15 PARTIES.—Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act

16 of 1971 is amended by inserting after section 323 the fol17 lowing new section:

18 ‘‘POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEES

19 ‘‘SEC. 324. (a) LIMITATIONS ON NATIONAL COMMIT20 TEE.—(1) A national committee of a political party and

21 the congressional campaign committees of a political party

22 may not solicit or accept contributions or transfers not

23 subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting re24 quirements of this Act.

25 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to contributions—

26 ‘‘(A) that—
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1 ‘‘(i) are to be transferred to a State com2 mittee of a political party and are used solely

3 for activities described in clauses (xi) through

4 (xvii) of paragraph (9)(B) of section 301; or

5 ‘‘(ii) are described in section

6 301(8)(B)(viii); and

7 ‘‘(B) with respect to which contributors have

8 been notified that the funds will be used solely for

9 the purposes described in subparagraph (A).

10 ‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES SUBJECT TO THIS ACT.—Any

11 amount solicited, received, expended, or disbursed directly

12 or indirectly by a national, State, district, or local commit13 tee of a political party (including any subordinate commit14 tee) with respect to any of the following activities shall

15 be subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting

16 requirements of this Act:

17 ‘‘(1)(A) Any get-out-the-vote activity conducted

18 during a calendar year in which an election for the

19 office of President is held.

20 ‘‘(B) Any other get-out-the-vote activity unless

21 subsection (c)(2) applies to the activity.

22 ‘‘(2) Any generic campaign activity.

23 ‘‘(3) Any activity that identifies or promotes a

24 Federal candidate, regardless of whether—
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1 ‘‘(A) a State or local candidate is also

2 identified or promoted; or

3 ‘‘(B) any portion of the funds disbursed

4 constitutes a contribution or expenditure under

5 this Act.

6 ‘‘(4) Voter registration.

7 ‘‘(5) Development and maintenance of voter

8 files during an even-numbered calendar year.

9 ‘‘(6) Any other activity that—

10 ‘‘(A) significantly affects a Federal elec11 tion, or

12 ‘‘(B) is not otherwise described in section

13 301(8)(B)(xvii).

14 Any amount spent to raise funds that are used, in whole

15 or in part, in connection with activities described in the

16 preceding paragraphs shall be subject to the limitations,

17 prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.

18 ‘‘(c) GET-OUT-THE-VOTE ACTIVITIES BY STATE,

19 DISTRICT, AND LOCAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PAR20 TIES.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any get21 out-the-vote activity for a State or local candidate, or for

22 a ballot measure, which is conducted by a State, district,

23 or local committee of a political party (including any sub24 ordinate committee) shall be subject to the limitations,

25 prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.
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1 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any activity

2 which the State committee of a political party certifies to

3 the Commission is an activity which—

4 ‘‘(A) is conducted during a calendar year other

5 than a calendar year in which an election for the of6 fice of President is held,

7 ‘‘(B) is exclusively on behalf of (and specifically

8 identifies only) one or more State or local candidates

9 or ballot measures, and

10 ‘‘(C) does not include any effort or means used

11 to identify or turn out those identified to be support12 ers of any Federal candidate (including any activity

13 that is undertaken in coordination with, or on behalf

14 of, a candidate for Federal office).

15 ‘‘(d) STATE PARTY GRASSROOTS FUNDS.—(1) A

16 State committee of a political party may make disburse17 ments and expenditures from its State Party Grassroots

18 Fund only for—

19 ‘‘(A) any generic campaign activity;

20 ‘‘(B) payments described in clauses (v), (x), and

21 (xii) of paragraph (8)(B) and clauses (iv), (viii), and

22 (ix) of paragraph (9)(B) of section 301;

23 ‘‘(C) subject to the limitations of section

24 315(d), payments described in clause (xii) of para25 graph (8)(B), and clause (ix) of paragraph (9)(B),
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1 of section 301 on behalf of candidates other than for

2 President and Vice President;

3 ‘‘(D) voter registration; and

4 ‘‘(E) development and maintenance of voter

5 files during an even-numbered calendar year.

6 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding section 315(a)(4), no funds

7 may be transferred by a State committee of a political

8 party from its State Party Grassroots Fund to any other

9 State Party Grassroots Fund or to any other political com10 mittee, except a transfer may be made to a district or local

11 committee of the same political party in the same State

12 if such district or local committee—

13 ‘‘(A) has established a separate segregated fund

14 for the purposes described in paragraph (1); and

15 ‘‘(B) uses the transferred funds solely for those

16 purposes.

17 ‘‘(e) AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY GRASSROOTS FUND

18 FROM STATE AND LOCAL CANDIDATE COMMITTEES.—(1)

19 Any amount received by a State Party Grassroots Fund

20 from a State or local candidate committee for expenditures

21 described in subsection (b) that are for the benefit of that

22 candidate shall be treated as meeting the requirements of

23 subsection (b) and section 304(e) if—

24 ‘‘(A) such amount is derived from funds which

25 meet the requirements of this Act with respect to
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1 any limitation or prohibition as to source or dollar

2 amount specified in section 315(a) (1)(A) and

3 (2)(A); and

4 ‘‘(B) the State or local candidate committee—

5 ‘‘(i) maintains, in the account from which

6 payment is made, records of the sources and

7 amounts of funds for purposes of determining

8 whether such requirements are met; and

9 ‘‘(ii) certifies that such requirements were

10 met.

11 ‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), in determin12 ing whether the funds transferred meet the requirements

13 of this Act described in such paragraph—

14 ‘‘(A) a State or local candidate committee’s

15 cash on hand shall be treated as consisting of the

16 funds most recently received by the committee, and

17 ‘‘(B) the committee must be able to dem18 onstrate that its cash on hand contains sufficient

19 funds meeting such requirements as are necessary to

20 cover the transferred funds.

21 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any State Party

22 Grassroots Fund receiving any transfer described in para23 graph (1) from a State or local candidate committee shall

24 be required to meet the reporting requirements of this Act,

25 and shall submit to the Commission all certifications re-
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1 ceived, with respect to receipt of the transfer from such

2 candidate committee.

3 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, a State or local

4 candidate committee is a committee established, financed,

5 maintained, or controlled by a candidate for other than

6 Federal office.’’.

7 (b) CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.—(1) Sec8 tion 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

9 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’

10 at the end of clause (xiii), by striking the period at the

11 end of clause (xiv) and inserting a semicolon, and by add12 ing at the end the following new clauses:

13 ‘‘(xv) any amount contributed to a

14 candidate for other than Federal office;

15 ‘‘(xvi) any amount received or ex16 pended to pay the costs of a State or local

17 political convention;

18 ‘‘(xvii) any payment for campaign ac19 tivities that are exclusively on behalf of

20 (and specifically identify only) State or

21 local candidates and do not identify any

22 Federal candidate, and that are not activi23 ties described in section 324(b) (without

24 regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or section

25 324(c)(1);
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1 ‘‘(xviii) any payment for administra2 tive expenses of a State or local committee

3 of a political party, including expenses

4 for—

5 ‘‘(I) overhead, including party

6 meetings;

7 ‘‘(II) staff (other than individuals

8 devoting a significant amount of their

9 time to elections for Federal office

10 and individuals engaged in conducting

11 get-out-the-vote activities for a Fed12 eral election); and

13 ‘‘(III) conducting party elections

14 or caucuses;

15 ‘‘(xix) any payment for research per16 taining solely to State and local candidates

17 and issues;

18 ‘‘(xx) any payment for development

19 and maintenance of voter files other than

20 during the 1-year period ending on the

21 date during an even-numbered calendar

22 year on which regularly scheduled general

23 elections for Federal office occur; and

24 ‘‘(xxi) any payment for any other ac25 tivity which is solely for the purpose of in-
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1 fluencing, and which solely affects, an elec2 tion for non-Federal office and which is

3 not an activity described in section 324(b)

4 (without regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or

5 section 324(c)(1).’’.

6 (2) Section 301(9)(B) of the Federal Election Cam7 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)) is amended by

8 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ix), by striking the

9 period at the end of clause (x) and inserting a semicolon,

10 and by adding at the end the following new clauses:

11 ‘‘(xi) any amount contributed to a

12 candidate for other than Federal office;

13 ‘‘(xii) any amount received or ex14 pended to pay the costs of a State or local

15 political convention;

16 ‘‘(xiii) any payment for campaign ac17 tivities that are exclusively on behalf of

18 (and specifically identify only) State or

19 local candidates and do not identify any

20 Federal candidate, and that are not activi21 ties described in section 324(b) (without

22 regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or section

23 324(c)(1);
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1 ‘‘(xiv) any payment for administrative

2 expenses of a State or local committee of

3 a political party, including expenses for—

4 ‘‘(I) overhead, including party

5 meetings;

6 ‘‘(II) staff (other than individuals

7 devoting a significant amount of their

8 time to elections for Federal office

9 and individuals engaged in conducting

10 get-out-the-vote activities for a Fed11 eral election); and

12 ‘‘(III) conducting party elections

13 or caucuses;

14 ‘‘(xv) any payment for research per15 taining solely to State and local candidates

16 and issues;

17 ‘‘(xvi) any payment for development

18 and maintenance of voter files other than

19 during the 1-year period ending on the

20 date during an even-numbered calendar

21 year on which regularly scheduled general

22 elections for Federal office occur; and

23 ‘‘(xvii) any payment for any other ac24 tivity which is solely for the purpose of in25 fluencing, and which solely affects, an elec-
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1 tion for non-Federal office and which is

2 not an activity described in section 324(b)

3 (without regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or

4 section 324(c)(1).’’.

5 (c) LIMITATION APPLIED AT NATIONAL LEVEL.—

6 Paragraph (3) of section 315(d) of the Federal Election

7 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)(3)) is amended

8 by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Not9 withstanding the preceding sentence, the applicable con10 gressional campaign committee of a political party shall

11 make the expenditures described in this paragraph which

12 are authorized to be made by a national or State commit13 tee with respect to a candidate in any State unless it allo14 cates all or a portion of such expenditures to either or

15 both of such committees.’’.

16 (d) LIMITATIONS APPLY FOR ENTIRE ELECTION

17 CYCLE.—Section 315(d)(1) of the Federal Election Cam18 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)(1)) is amended by

19 adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Each limi20 tation under the following paragraphs shall apply to the

21 entire election cycle for an office.’’.

22 SEC. 12. RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDRAISING BY CANDIDATES

23 AND OFFICEHOLDERS.

24 (a) STATE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES.—Section 315

25 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
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1 441a), as amended by section 5, is further amended by

2 adding at the end the following new subsection:

3 ‘‘(j) LIMITATIONS ON FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES OF

4 FEDERAL CANDIDATES AND OFFICEHOLDERS AND CER5 TAIN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—(1) For purposes of this

6 Act, a candidate for Federal office, an individual holding

7 Federal office, or any agent of the candidate or individual

8 may not solicit funds to, or receive funds on behalf of,

9 any Federal or non-Federal candidate or political commit10 tee—

11 ‘‘(A) which are to be expended in connection

12 with any election for Federal office unless such

13 funds are subject to the limitations, prohibitions,

14 and requirements of this Act; or

15 ‘‘(B) which are to be expended in connection

16 with any election for other than Federal office unless

17 such funds are not in excess of amounts permitted

18 with respect to Federal candidates and political com19 mittees under subsections (a) (1) and (2), and are

20 not from sources prohibited by such subsections with

21 respect to elections to Federal office.

22 ‘‘(2)(A) The aggregate amount which a person de23 scribed in subparagraph (B) may solicit from a

24 multicandidate political committee for State committees

25 described in subsection (a)(1)(C) (including subordinate
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1 committees) for any calendar year shall not exceed the dol2 lar amount in effect under subsection (a)(2)(B) for the

3 calendar year.

4 ‘‘(B) A person is described in this subparagraph if

5 such person is a candidate for Federal office, an individual

6 holding Federal office, an agent of such a candidate or

7 individual, or any national, State, district, or local commit8 tee of a political party (including a subordinate committee)

9 and any agent of such a committee.

10 ‘‘(3) The appearance or participation by a candidate

11 for Federal office or individual holding Federal office in

12 any fundraising event conducted by a committee of a polit13 ical party or a candidate for other than Federal office shall

14 not be treated as a solicitation for purposes of paragraph

15 (1) if such candidate or individual does not solicit or re16 ceive, or make disbursements from, any funds resulting

17 from such activity.

18 ‘‘(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the solicitation

19 or receipt of funds, or disbursements, by an individual who

20 is a candidate for other than Federal office if such activity

21 is permitted under State law.

22 ‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, an individual

23 shall be treated as holding Federal office if such individ24 ual—

25 ‘‘(A) holds a Federal office; or
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1 ‘‘(B) holds a position described in level I of the

2 Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5,

3 United States Code.’’.

4 (b) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 315 of

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

6 441a), as amended by section 5 and subsection (a), is fur7 ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub8 section:

9 ‘‘(k) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.—(1) If an indi10 vidual is a candidate for, or holds, Federal office during

11 any period, such individual may not during such period

12 solicit contributions to, or on behalf of, any organization

13 which is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Reve14 nue Code of 1986 if a significant portion of the activities

15 of such organization include voter registration or get-out16 the-vote campaigns.

17 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, an individual

18 shall be treated as holding Federal office if such individ19 ual—

20 ‘‘(A) holds a Federal office; or

21 ‘‘(B) holds a position described in level I of the

22 Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5,

23 United States Code.’’.
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1 SEC. 13. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

2 (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of the

3 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434)

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

6 ‘‘(d) POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—(1) The national

7 committee of a political party and any congressional cam8 paign committee of a political party, and any subordinate

9 committee of either, shall report all receipts and disburse10 ments during the reporting period, whether or not in con11 nection with an election for Federal office.

12 ‘‘(2) A political committee (not described in para13 graph (1)) to which section 324 applies shall report all

14 receipts and disbursements including separate schedules

15 for receipts and disbursements for State Grassroots Funds

16 described in section 301(31).

17 ‘‘(3) Any political committee to which section 324 ap18 plies shall include in its report under paragraph (1) or

19 (2) the amount of any transfer described in section

20 324(d)(2) and shall itemize such amounts to the extent

21 required by section 304(b)(3)(A).

22 ‘‘(4) Any political committee to which paragraph (1)

23 or (2) does not apply shall report any receipts or disburse24 ments which are used in connection with a Federal elec25 tion.
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1 ‘‘(5) If a political committee has receipts or disburse2 ments to which this subsection applies from any person

3 aggregating in excess of $200 for any calendar year, the

4 political committee shall separately itemize its reporting

5 for such person in the same manner as subsection (b)

6 (3)(A), (5), or (6).

7 ‘‘(6) Reports required to be filed by this subsection

8 shall be filed for the same time periods required for politi9 cal committees under subsection (a).’’.

10 (b) REPORT OF EXEMPT CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section

11 301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2

12 U.S.C. 431(8)) is amended by inserting at the end thereof

13 the following:

14 ‘‘(C) The exclusion provided in clause (viii)

15 of subparagraph (B) shall not apply for pur16 poses of any requirement to report contribu17 tions under this Act, and all such contributions

18 aggregating in excess of $200 shall be

19 reported.’’.

20 (c) REPORTS BY STATE COMMITTEES.—Section 304

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

22 434), as amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding

23 at the end thereof the following new subsection:

24 ‘‘(e) FILING OF STATE REPORTS.—In lieu of any re25 port required to be filed by this Act, the Commission may
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1 allow a State committee of a political party to file with

2 the Commission a report required to be filed under State

3 law if the Commission determines such reports contain

4 substantially the same information.’’.

5 (d) OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—

6 (1) AUTHORIZED COMMITTEES.—Paragraph (4)

7 of section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign

8 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(4)) is amended by

9 striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (H), by

10 inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (I), and

11 by adding at the end the following new subpara12 graph:

13 ‘‘(J) in the case of an authorized commit14 tee, disbursements for the primary election, the

15 general election, and any other election in which

16 the candidate participates;’’.

17 (2) NAMES AND ADDRESSES.—Subparagraph

18 (A) of section 304(b)(5) of the Federal Election

19 Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(5)(A)) is

20 amended—

21 (A) by striking ‘‘within the calendar year’’,

22 and

23 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and the election to

24 which the operating expenditure relates’’ after

25 ‘‘operating expenditure’’.
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1 SEC. 14. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN INDE2 PENDENT EXPENDITURES.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Federal Elec4 tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended

5 by section 13, is further amended by adding at the end

6 the following new subsection:

7 ‘‘(f) TIME FOR REPORTING CERTAIN EXPENDI8 TURES.—(1) Any person making independent expendi9 tures aggregating $1,000 or more after the 20th day, but

10 more than 24 hours, before any election shall file a report

11 of such expenditures within 24 hours after such expendi12 tures are made.

13 ‘‘(2) Any person making independent expenditures

14 aggregating $10,000 or more at any time up to and in15 cluding the 20th day before any election shall file a report

16 within 48 hours after such expenditures are made. An ad17 ditional statement shall be filed each time independent ex18 penditures aggregating $10,000 are made with respect to

19 the same election as the initial statement filed under this

20 section.

21 ‘‘(3) Any statement under this subsection shall be

22 filed with the Commission and the Secretary of State of

23 the State involved and shall contain the information re24 quired by subsection (b)(6)(B)(iii) of this section, includ25 ing whether the independent expenditure is in support of,

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1 48 hours after the Commission receives a report, the Com2 mission shall transmit a copy of the report to each can3 didate seeking nomination or election to that office.

4 ‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, an expenditure

5 shall be treated as made when it is made or obligated to

6 be made.

7 ‘‘(5)(A) If any person intends to make independent

8 expenditures totaling $5,000 or more during the 20 days

9 before an election, such person shall file a statement no

10 later than the 20th day before the election.

11 ‘‘(B) Any statement under subparagraph (A) shall be

12 filed with the Commission and the Secretary of State of

13 the State involved and shall identify each candidate whom

14 the expenditure will support or oppose. Not later than 48

15 hours after the Commission receives a statement under

16 this paragraph, the Commission shall transmit a copy of

17 the statement to each candidate identified.

18 ‘‘(6) The Commission may make its own determina19 tion that a person has made, or has incurred obligations

20 to make, independent expenditures with respect to any

21 Federal election which in the aggregate exceed the applica22 ble amounts under paragraph (1) or (2). The Commission

23 shall notify each candidate in such election of such deter24 mination within 24 hours of making it.’’.
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 304(c)(2)

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

3 434(c)(2)) is amended by striking the undesignated mat4 ter after subparagraph (C).

5 SEC. 15. EQUAL BROADCAST TIME.

6 Section 315(a) of the Communications Act of 1934

7 (47 U.S.C. 315(a)) is amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(a)(1) If a licensee permits any person who is a le9 gally qualified candidate for public office to use a broad10 casting station other than any use required to be provided

11 under paragraph (2), the licensee shall afford equal oppor12 tunities to all other such candidates for that office in the

13 use of the broadcasting station.

14 ‘‘(2)(A) A person who reserves broadcast time the

15 payment for which would constitute an independent ex16 penditure within the meaning of section 301(17) of the

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

18 431(17)) shall—

19 ‘‘(i) inform the licensee that payment for the

20 broadcast time will constitute an independent ex21 penditure;

22 ‘‘(ii) inform the licensee of the names of all can23 didates for the office to which the proposed broad24 cast relates; and
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1 ‘‘(iii) provide the licensee a copy of the state2 ment described in section 304A(b)(3)(B) of the Fed3 eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.

4 434(d)(3)(B)).

5 ‘‘(B) A licensee who is informed as described in sub6 paragraph (A) shall, if any of the candidates described in

7 subparagraph (A)(ii) has provided the licensee the name

8 and address of a person to whom notification under this

9 subparagraph is to be given—

10 ‘‘(i) notify such person of the proposed making

11 of the independent expenditure; and

12 ‘‘(ii) provide, without charge, any such can13 didate (other than a candidate for whose benefit the

14 independent expenditure is made) with the same

15 amount of broadcast time immediately after the

16 broadcast time paid for by the independent expendi17 ture.

18 ‘‘(3) A licensee shall have no power of censorship over

19 the material broadcast under this section.

20 ‘‘(4) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no obliga21 tion is imposed under this subsection upon any licensee

22 to allow the use of its station by any candidate.

23 ‘‘(5)(A) Appearance by a legally qualified candidate

24 on a—

25 ‘‘(i) bona fide newscast;
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1 ‘‘(ii) bona fide news interview;

2 ‘‘(iii) bona fide news documentary (if the ap3 pearance of the candidate is incidental to the presen4 tation of the subject or subjects covered by the news

5 documentary); or

6 ‘‘(iv) on-the-spot coverage of bona fide news

7 events (including political conventions and activities

8 incidental thereto),

9 shall not be deemed to be use of a broadcasting station

10 within the meaning of this subsection.

11 ‘‘(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed

12 as relieving broadcasters, in connection with the presen13 tation of newscasts, news interviews, news documentaries,

14 and on-the-spot coverage of news events, from their obliga15 tion under this Act to operate in the public interest and

16 to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of con17 flicting views on issues of public importance.

18 ‘‘(6)(A) A licensee that endorses a candidate for Fed19 eral office in an editorial shall, within the time stated in

20 subparagraph (B), provide to all other candidates for elec21 tion to the same office—

22 ‘‘(i) notice of the date and time of broadcast of

23 the editorial;

24 ‘‘(ii) a taped or printed copy of the editorial;

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1 ‘‘(iii) a reasonable opportunity to broadcast a

2 response using the licensee’s facilities.

3 ‘‘(B) In the case of an editorial described in subpara4 graph (A) that—

5 ‘‘(i) is first broadcast 72 hours or more prior to

6 the date of a primary, runoff, or general election,

7 the notice and copy described in subparagraph (A)

8 (i) and (ii) shall be provided not later than 24 hours

9 after the time of the first broadcast of the editorial,

10 and

11 ‘‘(ii) is first broadcast less than 72 hours before

12 the date of an election, the notice and copy shall be

13 provided at a time prior to the first broadcast that

14 will be sufficient to enable candidates a reasonable

15 opportunity to prepare and broadcast a response.

16 ‘‘(7) A communication under reserved broadcast time

17 described in paragraph (2)—

18 ‘‘(A) in the case of a television broadcast, shall

19 include during the entire length of the communica20 tion a clearly readable video statement covering at

21 least 25 percent of the viewing area of a television

22 screen stating the information required in section

23 318(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

24 1971 and, if the independent expenditure is made by

25 a political committee, stating the name of its con-
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1 nected organization (if any) and the city and State

2 in which such organization is located; and

3 ‘‘(B) in the case of any audio broadcast (includ4 ing a television broadcast), shall include an audio

5 statement at the conclusion of the broadcast stating

6 the information described in section 318(a) of the

7 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and, if the

8 independent expenditure is made by a political com9 mittee, stating the name of its connected organiza10 tion (if any) and the city and State in which such

11 organization is located.’’.

12 SEC. 16. PROHIBITION OF LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES; RE13 STRICTION ON CONTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN

14 PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES.

15 (a) LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE PROHIBITION.—Sec16 tion 302 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

17 (2 U.S.C. 432) is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing new subsection:

19 ‘‘(j) A candidate for Federal office may not establish,

20 maintain, finance, or control a political committee, other

21 than the principal campaign committee of the candidate.’’.

22 (b) PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE RESTRIC23 TION.—Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

24 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 5 and
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1 12, is further amended by adding at the end the following

2 new subsection:

3 ‘‘(l) A principal campaign committee of a candidate

4 for Federal office may not make any contribution to any

5 other principal campaign committee (other than the prin6 cipal campaign committee of the same individual as a can7 didate for another Federal office).’’.

8 SEC. 17. PROHIBITION OF TRANSFERS AMONG NONCAN9 DIDATE, NONPARTY POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

10 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

11 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 5, 12,

12 and 16, is further amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing new subsection:

14 ‘‘(m) A noncandidate, nonparty political committee

15 may not make contributions, or otherwise transfer funds,

16 to any other noncandidate, nonparty political committee.

17 As used in this subsection, the term ‘noncandidate,

18 nonparty political committee’ means a political committee

19 that is not an authorized committee of a candidate for

20 Federal office and is not a political committee of a political

21 party.’’.

22 SEC. 18. RESTRICTIONS ON CONNECTED POLITICAL AC23 TION COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES.

24 Section 316(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign

25 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is amended by adding
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1 at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The exclusion

2 under subparagraph (C) does not permit receipt of direct

3 or indirect subsidies for administrative expenses (including

4 salaries, utility expenses, office equipment expenses, and

5 general overhead) from a corporation, labor organization,

6 membership organization, cooperative, or corporation

7 without capital stock.’’.

8 SEC. 19. EFFECTIVE DATE AND SUNSET PROVISIONS.

9 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

10 become effective January 1, 1994, and shall apply with

11 respect to elections beginning with the general election of

12 1994 (and any primary election relating to such general

13 election).

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