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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 275

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

of law to provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and benefits

for House of Representatives election campaigns, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JANUARY 5, 1993

Mr. MAZZOLI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on House Administration

A BILL

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and

related provisions of law to provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and benefits for House of Representatives election campaigns, 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 ‘‘House of Representa5 tives Campaign Spending Limit and Election Reform Act

6 of 1993’’.
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1 TITLE I—EXPENDITURE LIMITA2 TIONS, CONTRIBUTION LIMI3 TATIONS, MATCHING FUNDS,

4 AND REDUCED THIRD-CLASS

5 MAIL RATE FOR ELIGIBLE

6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTA7 TIVES CANDIDATES

8 SEC. 101. NEW TITLE OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAM9 PAIGN ACT OF 1971.

10 The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2

11 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the

12 following new title:

13 ‘‘TITLE V—EXPENDITURE LIMI14 TATIONS, CONTRIBUTION

15 LIMITATIONS, AND MATCH16 ING FUNDS FOR ELIGIBLE

17 HOUSE OF REPRESENTA18 TIVES CANDIDATES

19 ‘‘SEC. 501. EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS.

20 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— An eligible House of Represent21 atives candidate may not, in an election cycle, make ex22 penditures aggregating more than $600,000, of which not

23 more than $500,000 may be expended in the general elec24 tion period.
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1 ‘‘(b) RUNOFF ELECTION AND SPECIAL ELECTION

2 AMOUNTS.—

3 ‘‘(1) RUNOFF ELECTION AMOUNT.—In addition

4 to the expenditures under subsection (a), an eligible

5 House of Representatives candidate who is a can6 didate in a runoff election may make expenditures

7 aggregating not more than $100,000 in the general

8 election period.

9 ‘‘(2) SPECIAL ELECTION AMOUNT.—An eligible

10 House of Representatives candidate who is a can11 didate in a special election may make expenditures

12 aggregating not more than $500,000 with respect to

13 the special election.

14 ‘‘(c) CLOSELY CONTESTED PRIMARY.—If, as deter15 mined by the Commission, an eligible House of Represent16 atives candidate in a contested primary election wins that

17 primary election by a margin of 10 percent or less, subject

18 to the general election period limitation in subsection (a),

19 the candidate may make additional expenditures of not

20 more than $150,000 in the general election period. The

21 additional expenditures shall be from contributions de22 scribed in section 503(h) and payments described in sec23 tion 504(g).

24 ‘‘(d) NONPARTICIPATING OPPONENT PROVISIONS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) LIMITATION EXCEPTION.—The limitations

2 imposed by subsections (a) and (b) do not apply in

3 the case of an eligible House of Representatives can4 didate if any other candidate seeking nomination or

5 election to that office—

6 ‘‘(A) is not an eligible House of Represent7 atives candidate; and

8 ‘‘(B) receives contributions or makes ex9 penditures in excess of 50 percent of the gen10 eral election period limitation specified in sub11 section (a).

12 ‘‘(2) CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY AND ADDITIONAL

13 MATCHING FUNDS.—An eligible House of Represent14 atives candidate referred to in paragraph (1)—

15 ‘‘(A) shall continue to be eligible for all

16 benefits under this title; and

17 ‘‘(B) shall receive matching funds without

18 regard to the ceiling under section 504(a).

19 ‘‘(3) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—A candidate

20 for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or

21 Resident Commissioner to, the Congress who—

22 ‘‘(A) is not an eligible House of Represent23 atives candidate; and

24 ‘‘(B) receives contributions or makes ex25 penditures in excess of 50 percent of the gen-
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1 eral election period limitation specified in sub2 section (a)(1);

3 shall report that the threshold has been reached to

4 the Commission not later than 48 hours after reach5 ing the threshold. Not later than 48 hours after the

6 Commission receives a report under this paragraph,

7 the Commission shall transmit a copy of the report

8 to each other candidate in the election.

9 ‘‘(e) INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE PROVISION.—

10 The limitation imposed by subsection (a) does not apply

11 to an eligible House of Representatives candidate if inde12 pendent expenditures totaling $60,000 are made in the

13 same election in favor of another candidate or against the

14 eligible House of Representatives candidate.

15 ‘‘(f) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN COSTS AND TAXES.—

16 Payments for legal and accounting compliance costs and

17 Federal and State taxes shall not be considered in the

18 computation of amounts subject to limitation under this

19 section.

20 ‘‘(g) CIVIL PENALTIES.—

21 ‘‘(1) LOW AMOUNT OF EXCESS EXPENDI22 TURES.—Any eligible House of Representatives can23 didate who makes expenditures that exceed a limita24 tion under subsection (a) or subsection (b) by 5 per25 cent or less shall pay to the Commission, for deposit
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1 in the Make Democracy Work Fund, an amount

2 equal to the amount of the excess expenditures.

3 ‘‘(2) MEDIUM AMOUNT OF EXCESS EXPENDI4 TURES.—And eligible House of Representatives can5 didate who makes expenditures that exceed a limita6 tion under subsection (a) or subsection (b) by more

7 than 5 percent and less than 10 percent shall pay

8 to the Commission, for deposit in the Make Democ9 racy Work Fund, an amount equal to three times

10 the amount of the excess expenditures.

11 ‘‘(3) LARGE AMOUNT OF EXCESS EXPENDI12 TURES.—Any eligible House of Representatives can13 didate who makes expenditures that exceed a limita14 tion under subsection (a) or subsection (b) by 10

15 percent or more shall pay to the Commission, for de16 posit in the Make Democracy Work Fund, the

17 amount of matching payments received under sec18 tion 504 and an amount equal to three times the

19 amount of the excess expenditures plus a civil pen20 alty in an amount determined by the Commission.

21 ‘‘(h) INDEXING.—The dollar amounts specified in

22 subsections (a), (b), (c), and (e) shall be adjusted in the

23 manner provided in section 315(c), except that, for the

24 purposes of such adjustment, the base period shall be cal25 endar year 1992.’’.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 502. STATEMENT OF PARTICIPATION; CONTINUING

2 ELIGIBILITY.

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Commission shall determine

4 whether a candidate is in compliance with this title and,

5 by reason of such compliance, is eligible to receive benefits

6 under this title. Such determination shall—

7 ‘‘(1) in the case of an initial determination, be

8 based on a statement of participation submitted by

9 the candidate; and

10 ‘‘(2) in the case of a determination of continu11 ing eligibility, be based on relevant additional infor12 mation submitted in such form and manner as the

13 Commission may require.

14 ‘‘(b) FILING.—The statement of participation re15 ferred to in subsection (a) shall be filed not later than

16 January 31 of the election year or on the date on which

17 the candidate files a statement of candidacy, whichever is

18 later.

19 SEC. 503. CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS.

20 ‘‘(a) ELIGIBLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CAN21 DIDATE LIMITATION.—An eligible House of Representa22 tives candidate may not, with respect to an election cycle,

23 accept contributions aggregating in excess of $600,000.

24 ‘‘(b) TRANSFER PROVISIONS.—

25 ‘‘(1) If an eligible House of Representatives

26 candidate transfers any amount from an election
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1 cycle to a later election cycle, the limitation with re2 spect to the candidate under subsection (a) for the

3 later cycle shall be an amount equal to the difference

4 between the amount specified in that subsection and

5 the amount transferred.

6 ‘‘(2) If an eligible House of Representatives

7 candidate transfers any amount from an election

8 cycle to a later election cycle, each limitation with

9 respect to the candidate under section 315(i) for the

10 later cycle shall be one-third of the difference be11 tween the applicable amount specified in that sub12 section and the amount transferred.

13 ‘‘(c) RUNOFF AMOUNT.—In addition to the contribu14 tions under subsection (a), an eligible House of Represent15 atives candidate who is a candidate in a runoff election

16 may accept contributions aggregating not more than

17 $100,000 in the general election period. Of such contribu18 tions, one-half may be from political committees and one19 half may be from persons referred to in section 315(i)(2).

20 ‘‘(d) PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—

21 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible House of Rep22 resentatives candidate may not, with respect to an

23 election cycle, make contributions to his or her own

24 campaign totaling more than $60,000 from the per25 sonal funds of the candidate. The amount that the
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1 candidate may accept from persons referred to in

2 section 315(i)(2) shall be reduced by the amount of

3 contributions made under the preceding sentence.

4 Contributions from the personal funds of a can5 didate may not be matched under section 504.

6 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION EXCEPTION.—The limitation

7 imposed by paragraph (1) does not apply in the case

8 of an eligible House of Representatives candidate if

9 any other candidate—

10 ‘‘(A) is not an eligible House of Represent11 atives candidate; and

12 ‘‘(B) receives contributions or makes ex13 penditures in excess of 50 percent of the gen14 eral election period limitation specified in sec15 tion 501(a).

16 ‘‘(e) CIVIL PENALTIES.—

17 ‘‘(1) LOW AMOUNT OF EXCESS CONTRIBU18 TIONS.—Any eligible House of Representatives can19 didate who accepts contributions that exceed the lim20 itation under subsection (a) by 5 percent or less

21 shall refund the excess contributions to the persons

22 who made the contributions.

23 ‘‘(2) MEDIUM AMOUNT OF EXCESS CONTRIBU24 TIONS.—Any eligible House of Representatives can25 didate who accepts contributions that exceed a limi-
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1 tation under subsection (a) by more than 5 percent

2 and less than 10 percent shall pay to the Commis3 sion, for deposit in the Make Democracy Work

4 Fund, an amount equal to three times the amount

5 of the excess contributions.

6 ‘‘(3) LARGE AMOUNT OF EXCESS CONTRIBU7 TIONS.—Any eligible House of Representatives can8 didate who accepts contributions that exceed a limi9 tation under subsection (a) by 10 percent or more

10 shall pay to the Commission, for deposit in the Make

11 Democracy Work Fund, the amount of matching

12 payments received under section 504 and an amount

13 equal to three times the amount of the excess con14 tributions plus a civil penalty in an amount deter15 mined by the Commission.

16 ‘‘(f) EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN COSTS AND TAXES.—

17 Any amount—

18 ‘‘(1) accepted by a candidate for the office of

19 Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis20 sioner to the Congress; and

21 ‘‘(2) used for legal and accounting compliance

22 costs and Federal and State taxes shall not be con23 sidered in the computation of amounts subject to

24 limitation under subsection (a).
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1 ‘‘(g) INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE PROVISION.—

2 The limitation imposed by subsection (a) does not apply

3 to an eligible House of Representatives candidate if inde4 pendent expenditures totaling $60,000 are made in the

5 same election in favor of another candidate or against the

6 eligible House of Representatives candidate.

7 ‘‘(h) CLOSELY CONTESTED PRIMARY.—If, as deter8 mined by the Commission, an eligible House of Represent9 atives candidate in a contested primary election wins that

10 primary election by a margin of 10 percent or less, not11 withstanding the limitation in subsection (a), the can12 didate may, in the general election period, accept addi13 tional contributions of not more than $150,000, consisting

14 of—

15 ‘‘(1) not more than $50,000 from political com16 mittees; and

17 ‘‘(2) not more than $50,000 from individuals

18 referred to in section 315(i)(2).

19 ‘‘(i) INDEXING.—The dollar amounts specified in

20 subsections (a), (c), (d), (g), and (h) shall be adjusted in

21 the manner provided in section 315(c), except that, for

22 the purposes of such adjustment, the base period shall be

23 calendar year 1992.’’.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 504. MATCHING FUNDS.

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible House of Representa3 tives candidate shall be entitled to receive, with respect

4 to the general election, an amount equal to the amount

5 of contributions from individuals received by the can6 didate, but not more than $200,000, and not to the extent

7 that contributions from any individual during the election

8 cycle exceed $200 in the aggregate.

9 ‘‘(b) INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE PROVISION.—If,

10 with respect to a general election involving an eligible

11 House of Representatives candidate, independent expendi12 tures totaling $10,000 are made against the eligible House

13 of Representatives candidate or in favor of another can14 didate, the eligible House of Representatives candidate

15 shall be entitled, in addition to any amount received under

16 subsection (a), to a matching payment of $10,000 and ad17 ditional matching payments equal to the amount of such

18 independent expenditures above $10,000, and expendi19 tures may be made from such payments without regard

20 to the limitations in section 501.

21 ‘‘(c) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—A candidate for the

22 office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com23 missioner to, the Congress may receive matching funds

24 under subsection (a) only if the candidate—
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1 ‘‘(1) in an election cycle, has received $60,000

2 in contributions from individuals, with not more

3 than $200 to be taken into account per individual;

4 ‘‘(2) qualifies for the general election ballot;

5 ‘‘(3) has an opponent on the general election

6 ballot; and

7 ‘‘(4) files a statement of participation in which

8 the candidate agrees to—

9 ‘‘(A) comply with the limitations under

10 sections 501 and 503;

11 ‘‘(B) cooperate in the case of any audit by

12 the Commission by furnishing such campaign

13 records and other information as the Commis14 sion may require; and

15 ‘‘(C) comply with any repayment require16 ment under section 505.

17 ‘‘(d) WRITTEN INSTRUMENT REQUIREMENT.—No

18 contribution in any form other than a gift of money made

19 by a written instrument that identifies the individual mak20 ing the contribution may be used as a basis for any match21 ing payment under this section.

22 ‘‘(e) MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK FUND.—There is es23 tablished in the Treasury a fund, to be known as the

24 ‘Make Democracy Work Fund,’ consisting of such

25 amounts as may be deposited under section 501, section
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1 503, or provisions enacted pursuant to section 301 of the

2 House of Representatives Campaign Spending Limit and

3 Election Reform Act of 1991. Amounts in the fund shall

4 be available without fiscal year limitation for payment of

5 matching funds under subsection (f) and initial expendi6 tures incurred by the Commission in the administration

7 of section 304(e) or 311(a)(11) of this Act.

8 ‘‘(f) CERTIFICATION AND PAYMENT.—

9 ‘‘(1) CERTIFICATION.—Except as provided in

10 paragraphs (2) and (3), not later than 5 days after

11 receiving a request for payment, the Commission

12 shall submit to the Secretary of the Treasury a cer13 tification for payment of the amount requested

14 under subsection (a) or (b).

15 ‘‘(2) PAYMENTS.—The initial payment under

16 subsection (a) to an eligible candidate shall be

17 $60,000. All payments shall be—

18 ‘‘(A) made not later than 48 hours after

19 certification under paragraph (1); and

20 ‘‘(B) subject to proportional reduction in

21 the case of an insufficient balance in the Fund

22 established by subsection (e).

23 ‘‘(3) INCORRECT REQUEST.—If the Commission

24 determines that any portion of a request is incorrect,

25 the Commission shall withhold the certification for
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1 that portion only and inform the candidate as to

2 how the candidate may correct the request.

3 ‘‘(g) CLOSELY CONTESTED PRIMARY.—If, as deter4 mined by the Commission, an eligible House of Represent5 atives candidate in a contested primary election wins that

6 primary election by a margin of 10 percent or less, the

7 candidate shall be entitled to matching funds totaling not

8 more than $50,000, in addition to any other amount re9 ceived under this section.

10 ‘‘(h) INDEXING.—The dollar amounts specified in

11 subsections (a), (b), and (c) (other than the amount in

12 subsection (c) to be taken into account per individual),

13 and subsections (f) and (g) shall be adjusted in the man14 ner provided in section 315(c), except that, for the pur15 poses of such adjustment, the base period shall be cal16 endar year 1992.’’.

17 ‘‘SEC. 505. EXAMINATION AND AUDITS; REPAYMENTS.

18 ‘‘(a) GENERAL ELECTION.—After each general elec19 tion, the Commission shall conduct an examination and

20 audit of the campaign accounts of 10 percent of the eligi21 ble House of Representatives candidates, as designated by

22 the Commission through the use of an appropriate statis23 tical method of random selection, to determine whether

24 such candidates have complied with the conditions of eligi25 bility and other requirements of this title. No other factors
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1 shall be considered in carrying out such an examination

2 and audit. In selecting the accounts to be examined and

3 audited, the Commission shall select all eligible candidates

4 from a congressional district where any eligible candidate

5 is selected for examination and audit.

6 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL ELECTION.—After each special elec7 tion, the Commission shall conduct an examination and

8 audit of the campaign accounts of all eligible candidates

9 in the election to determine whether the candidates have

10 complied with the conditions of eligibility and other re11 quirements of this title.

12 ‘‘(c) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE.—The Commission may

13 conduct an examination and audit of the campaign ac14 counts of any eligible House of Representatives candidate

15 in a general election if the Commission, by an affirmative

16 vote of 4 members, determines that there exists reason

17 to believe that such candidate has violated any provision

18 of this title.

19 ‘‘(d) PAYMENTS.—If the Commission determines that

20 any amount of a payment to a candidate under this title

21 was in excess of the aggregate payments to which such

22 candidate was entitled, the Commission shall so notify the

23 candidate, and the candidate shall pay to the Secretary

24 an amount equal to the excess.
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1 ‘‘(e) DEPOSITS.—The Secretary shall deposit all pay2 ments received under this section in the Make Democracy

3 Work Fund.

4 ‘‘SEC. 506. JUDICIAL REVIEW

5 ‘‘(a) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Any agency action by the

6 Commission made under the provisions of this title shall

7 be subject to review by the United States Court of Appeals

8 for the District of Columbia Circuit upon petition filed in

9 such court within 30 days after the agency action by the

10 Commission for which review is sought.

11 ‘‘(b) APPLICATION OF TITLE 5.—The provisions of

12 chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to

13 judicial review of any agency action by the Commission.

14 ‘‘(c) AGENCY ACTION.—For purposes of this section,

15 the term ‘agency action’ has the meaning given such term

16 by section 551(13) of title 5, United States Code.

17 ‘‘SEC. 507. PARTICIPATION BY COMMISSION IN JUDICIAL

18 PROCEEDINGS.

19 ‘‘(a) APPEARANCES.—The Commission is authorized

20 to appear in and defend against any action instituted

21 under this section and under section 506 either by attor22 neys employed in its office or by counsel whom it may ap23 point without regard to the provisions of title 5, United

24 States Code, governing appointments in the competitive

25 service, and whose compensation it may fix without regard
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1 to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chap2 ter 53 of such title.

3 ‘‘(b) INSTITUTION OF ACTIONS.—The Commission is

4 authorized, through attorneys and counsel described in

5 subsection (a), to institute actions in the district courts

6 of the United States to seek recovery of any amounts de7 termined under this title to be payable to the Secretary.

8 ‘‘(c) APPEALS.—The Commission is authorized on

9 behalf of the United States to appeal from, and to petition

10 the Supreme Court for certiorari to review, judgments or

11 decrees entered with respect to actions in which it appears

12 pursuant to the authority provided in this section.

13 ‘‘SEC. 508. REPORTS TO CONGRESS; CERTIFICATIONS; REG14 ULATIONS.

15 ‘‘(a) REPORTS.—The Commission shall, as soon as

16 practicable after each election, submit a full report to the

17 House of Representatives setting forth—

18 ‘‘(1) the expenditures (shown in such detail as

19 the Commission determines appropriate) made by

20 each eligible candidate and the authorized commit21 tees of such candidate;

22 ‘‘(2) the aggregate amount of matching fund

23 payments certified by the Commission under section

24 504 for each eligible candidate;
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1 ‘‘(3) the amount of repayments, if any, required

2 under section 505, and the reasons for each repay3 ment required; and

4 ‘‘(4) the balance in the Make Democracy Work

5 Fund, and the balance in any account maintained in

6 the Fund.

7 Each report submitted pursuant to this section shall be

8 printed as a House document.

9 ‘‘(b) DETERMINATIONS BY COMMISSION.—All deter10 minations (including certifications under section 504)

11 made by the Commission under this title shall be final and

12 conclusive, except to the extent that they are subject to

13 examination and audit by the Commission under section

14 505 or judicial review under section 506.

15 ‘‘(c) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Commission is

16 authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations, in ac17 cordance with the provisions of subsection (d), to conduct

18 such audits, examinations and investigations, and to re19 quire the keeping and submission of such books, records,

20 and information, as it deems necessary to carry out the

21 functions and duties imposed on it by this title.

22 ‘‘(d) REPORT OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS.—The

23 Commission shall submit to the House of Representatives

24 a report containing a detailed explanation and justification

25 of each rule, regulation, and form of the Commission
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1 under this title. No such rule, regulation, or form may

2 take effect until a period of 30 legislative days has elapsed

3 after the report is received. As used in this subsection—

4 ‘‘(1) the term ‘legislative day’ means any cal5 endar day on which the House of Representatives is

6 in session; and

7 ‘‘(2) the terms ‘rule’ and ‘regulation’ mean a

8 provision or series of interrelated provisions stating

9 a single, separable rule of law.

10 ‘‘SEC. 509. CLOSED CAPTIONING REQUIREMENT FOR TELE11 VISION COMMERCIALS OF ELIGIBLE HOUSE

12 OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.

13 ‘‘No eligible House of Representatives candidate may

14 receive amounts from the Make Democracy Work Fund

15 unless such candidate has certified that any television

16 commercial prepared or distributed by the candidate will

17 be prepared in a manner that contains, is accompanied

18 by, or otherwise readily permits closed captioning of the

19 oral content of the commercial to be broadcast by way of

20 line 21 of the vertical blanking interval, or by way of com21 parable successor technologies.’’.

22 SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.

23 Section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

2 paragraphs:

3 ‘‘(19) The term ‘eligible House of Representatives

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

5 Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner

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

7 under section 502, is eligible to receive matching payments

8 and other benefits under title V by reason of filing a state9 ment of participation and complying with the continuing

10 eligibility requirements under section 502.

11 ‘‘(20) The term ‘general election period’ means, with

12 respect to any candidate, the period beginning on the day

13 after the date of the primary election for the specific office

14 the candidate is seeking, whichever is later, and ending

15 on the earlier of—

16 ‘‘(A) the date of such general election; or

17 ‘‘(B) the date on which the candidate withdraws

18 from the campaign or otherwise ceases actively to

19 seek election; and

20 ‘‘(21) The term ‘election cycle’ means—

21 ‘‘(A) in the case of a candidate or the author22 ized committees of a candidate, the term beginning

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

24 election for the specific office or seat which such
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1 candidate seeks and ending on the date of the next

2 general election for such office or seat; or

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

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

5 election and ending on the date of the next general

6 election.’’.

7 SEC. 103. EXTENSION OF REDUCED THIRD-CLASS MAILING

8 RATES TO ELIGIBLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA9 TIVES CANDIDATES.

10 Section 3626(e) of title 39, United States Code, is

11 amended—

12 (1) in paragraph (2)(A)—

13 (A) by striking out ‘‘and the National’’

14 and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘the National’’;

15 and

16 (B) by striking out ‘‘Committee;’’ and in17 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘Committee, and, subject

18 to paragraph (3), the principal campaign com19 mittee of an eligible House of Representatives

20 candidate;’’;

21 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking out ‘‘and’’

22 after the semicolon;

23 (3) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking out the pe24 riod and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’;
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1 (4) by adding after paragraph (2)(C) the fol2 lowing new subparagraph:

3 ‘‘(D) the terms ‘eligible House of Representa4 tives candidate’ and ‘principal campaign committee’

5 have the meanings given those terms in section 301

6 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.’’;

7 and

8 (5) by adding after paragraph (2) the following

9 new paragraph:

10 ‘‘(3) The rate made available under this subsection

11 with respect to an eligible House of Representatives can12 didate shall apply only to—

13 ‘‘(A) the general election period (as defined in

14 section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

15 1971); and

16 ‘‘(B) that number of pieces of mail equal to 3

17 times the number of individuals in the voting age

18 population of the congressional district (as certified

19 under section 315(e) of such Act).’’.
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1 TITLE II—LIMITATIONS ON PO2 LITICAL COMMITTEE AND

3 LARGE DONOR CONTRIBU4 TIONS THAT MAY BE ACCEPT5 ED BY HOUSE OF REP6 RESENTATIVES CANDIDATES;

7 MISCELLANEOUS PROVI8 SIONS RELATING TO CON9 TRIBUTIONS UNDER THE

10 FEDERAL ELECTION CAM11 PAIGN ACT OF 1971

12 SEC. 201. LIMITATIONS ON POLITICAL COMMITTEE AND

13 LARGE DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MAY

14 BE ACCEPTED BY HOUSE OF REPRESENTA15 TIVES CANDIDATES.

16 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

18 the following new subsection:

19 ‘‘(i)(1) A candidate for the office of Representative

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

21 may not, with respect to an election cycle, accept contribu22 tions, from political committees aggregating in excess of

23 $200,000.

24 ‘‘(2) A candidate for the office of Representative in,

25 or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress
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1 may not, with respect to an election cycle, accept contribu2 tions aggregating in excess of $200,000 from persons

3 other than political committees whose contributions total

4 more than $200.

5 ‘‘(3) In addition to the contributions under para6 graphs (1) and (2), a House of Representatives candidate

7 who is a candidate in a runoff election may accept con8 tributions aggregating not more than $100,000 with re9 spect to the runoff election. Of such contributions, one

10 half may be from political committees and one-half may

11 be from persons referred to in paragraph (2).

12 ‘‘(4) Any amount—

13 ‘‘(A) accepted by a candidate for the office of

14 Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis15 sioner to the Congress; and

16 ‘‘(B) used for legal and accounting compliance

17 costs and Federal and State taxes shall not be con18 sidered in the computation of amounts subject to

19 limitation under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), but

20 shall be subject to the other limitations of this Act.

21 ‘‘(5) In addition to any other contributions under this

22 subsection, if, as determined by the Commission, an eligi23 ble House of Representatives candidate in a contested pri24 mary election wins that primary election by a margin of

25 10 percent or less, the candidate may, in the general elec-
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1 tion period, accept contributions of not more than

2 $150,000, consisting of—

3 ‘‘(A) not more than $50,000 from political com4 mittees; and

5 ‘‘(B) not more than $50,000 from persons re6 ferred to in paragraph (2).

7 ‘‘(6) The dollar amounts specified in paragraphs (1),

8 (2), (3), and (5) (other than the amounts in paragraphs

9 (2) and (5) relating to contribution totals) shall be ad10 justed in the manner provided in section 315(c), except

11 that, for the purposes of such adjustment, the base period

12 shall be calendar year 1992.’’.

13 SEC. 202. CONTRIBUTIONS BY DEPENDENTS NOT OF VOT14 ING AGE.

15 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

16 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 201, is

17 further amended by adding at the end of the following new

18 subsection:

19 ‘‘(j) For purposes of this section, any contribution by

20 an individual who—

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

22 ‘‘(2) has not, as of the time of such contribu23 tion, attained the legal age for voting for election to

24 Federal office in the State in which such individual

25 resides, shall be treated as having been made by
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1 such other individual. If such individual is the de2 pendent of another individual and such other indi3 vidual’s spouse, the contribution shall be allocated

4 among such individuals in the manner determined by

5 them.’’.

6 SEC. 203. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FROM STATE

7 AND LOCAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PAR8 TIES TO BE AGGREGATED.

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

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

11 end the following new paragraph:

12 ‘‘(9) A candidate for Federal office may not accept,

13 with respect to an election, any contribution from a State

14 or local committee of a political party (including any sub15 ordinate committee of such committee), if such contribu16 tion, when added to the total of contributions previously

17 accepted from all such committees of that political party,

18 exceeds a limitation on contributions to a candidate under

19 this section.’’.

20 SEC. 204. LIMITED EXCLUSION OF ADVANCES BY CAM21 PAIGN WORKERS FROM THE DEFINITION OF

22 THE TERM ‘‘CONTRIBUTION’’.

23 Section 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign

24 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended—
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1 (1) in clause (xiii), by striking out ‘‘and’’ after

2 the semicolon at the end;

3 (2) in clause (xiv), by striking out the period at

4 the end and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

5 ‘‘; and’’; and

6 (3) by adding at the end the following new

7 clause:

8 ‘‘(xv) any advance voluntarily made on behalf of

9 an authorized committee of a candidate by an indi10 vidual in the normal course of such individual’s re11 sponsibilities as a volunteer for, or employee of, the

12 committee, if the advance is reimbursed by the com13 mittee within 60 days after the date on which the

14 advance is made, and the value of advances on be15 half of a committee does not exceed $1,000 with re16 spect to an election.’’.

17 SEC. 205. INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT THAT

18 MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEES

19 MAY CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONAL POLITICAL

20 PARTY COMMITTEES.

21 Section 315(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Election Cam22 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(B)) is amended

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

24 ‘‘$20,000’’.
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1 SEC. 206. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 316 OF THE FEDERAL

2 ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971.

3 Section 316(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

4 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)) is amended—

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ at the beginning of para6 graph (2) and redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B),

7 and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;

8 (2) at the beginning of the first sentence in

9 subparagraph (A), by inserting the following: ‘‘Ex10 cept as provided in subparagraph (B),’’; and

11 (3) by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the

12 following:

13 ‘‘(B) Expenditures by a corporation or

14 labor organization for candidate appearances,

15 candidate debates and voter guides directed to

16 the general public shall be considered contribu17 tions unless—

18 ‘‘(i) in the case of a candidate appear19 ance, the appearance takes place on cor20 porate or labor organization premises or at

21 a meeting or convention of the corporation

22 or labor organization, and all candidates

23 for election to that office are notified that

24 they may make an appearance under the

25 same or similar conditions;
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1 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a candidate debate,

2 the organization staging the debate is ei3 ther an organization described in section

4 301 whose broadcasts or publications are

5 supported by commercial advertising, sub6 scriptions or sales to the public, including

7 a noncommercial educational broadcaster,

8 or a nonprofit organization exempt from

9 Federal taxation under section 501(c)(3)

10 or 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code

11 of 1986 that does not endorse, support, op12 pose candidates or political parties; and

13 ‘‘(iii) in the case of a voter guide, the

14 guide is prepared and distributed by a cor15 poration or labor organization and consists

16 of questions posed to at least two can17 didates for election to that office,

18 provided that no communication made by a cor19 poration or labor organization in connection

20 with the candidate appearance, candidate de21 bate or voter guide contains express advocacy,

22 or that no candidate is favored through the

23 structure or format of the candidate appear24 ance, candidate debate or voter guide.’’.
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1 TITLE III—REQUIREMENT OF

2 BUDGET NEUTRALITY

3 SEC. 301. REQUIREMENT OF BUDGET NEUTRALITY.

4 (a) CONDITIONAL PAY-AS-YOU-GO ESTIMATE.—To

5 achieve the purpose of subsection (b), an estimate shall

6 be made of the net ‘‘pay-as-you-go’’ costs of this Act as7 suming its preceding sections become effective. That esti8 mate shall be made under the procedures specified in sec9 tion 252(d) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi10 cit Control Act of 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the Def11 icit Control Act) but shall not be considered to be an esti12 mate required by that section. Until and unless this sub13 section is superseded by subsection (c), no net costs other14 wise attributable to this Act shall be included in any docu15 ments required under the Deficit Control Act.

16 (b) ALL COSTS MUST BE FULLY OFFSET BY JANU17 ARY 1, 1993.—The provisions of title VII, section 201,

18 and sections 503 through section 509 shall not become

19 effective unless, on January 1, 1993, it is determined that

20 each of the following three conditions has been met:

21 (1) Provisions to raise revenues or reduce

22 spending, such as—

23 (A) limiting the business tax deductibility

24 of amounts spent in lobbying the Government

25 of the United States have been enacted;
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1 (B) establishing a Federal Election Com2 mission registration fee on political committees

3 have been enacted; or

4 (C) allowing the ‘‘Make Democracy Work’’

5 fund to receive funds voluntarily contributed by

6 individuals or organizations have been enacted.

7 (2) The statute enacting any provision referred

8 to in paragraph (1) states that the provision has

9 been enacted for the purpose of effectuating this

10 Act.

11 (3) The savings from provisions under para12 graphs (1) and (2), estimated under the procedures

13 specified in section 252(d) of the Deficit Control Act

14 at the time of their enactment, are as great or great15 er in both fiscal years 1994 and 1995 than the net

16 costs of this Act in each such year conditionally esti17 mated under subsection (a).

18 (c) ADDITION OF ESTIMATED NET COSTS TO THE

19 PAY-AS-YOU-GO SCORECARD.—If, on January 1, 1993, it

20 is determined that the costs of this Act have been fully

21 offset as specified in subsection (b), so that the preceding

22 sections of this Act shall become effective, then the condi23 tional estimate of the costs of this Act (made under sub24 section (a)) shall be included in the records maintained

25 under section 252 of the Deficit Control Act.
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1 (d) DEFINITION OF ‘‘COSTS’’ AND ‘‘SAVINGS’’.—For

2 purposes of this section, the terms ‘‘costs’’ and ‘‘savings’’

3 mean outlay increases or decreases from direct spending

4 provisions or revenue increases or decreases from revenue

5 provisions of the type covered under section 252 of the

6 Deficit Control Act.

7 TITLE IV—INDEPENDENT

8 EXPENDITURES

9 SEC. 401. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITIONS RELATING TO

10 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.

11 (a) INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE DEFINITION

12 AMENDMENT.—Section 301 of the Federal Election Cam13 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by striking

14 out paragraphs (17) and (18) and inserting in lieu thereof

15 the following:

16 ‘‘(17)(A) The term ‘independent expenditure’ means

17 an expenditure for an advertisement or other communica18 tion that—

19 ‘‘(i) contains express advocacy; and

20 ‘‘(ii) is made without the participation or co21 operation of a candidate or a candidate’s representa22 tive.

23 ‘‘(B) Any expenditure made by the following shall not

24 be considered an independent expenditure:

25 ‘‘(i) a political committee of a political party;
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1 ‘‘(ii) a political committee established, main2 tained or controlled by a person or organization re3 quired to register under section 308 of the Federal

4 Regulation of Lobbying Act (2 U.S.C. 267) or the

5 Foreign Agents Registration Act (22 U.S.C. 611); or

6 ‘‘(iii) a person who, during the election cycle,

7 has communicated with or received information from

8 a candidate or a representative of that candidate re9 garding activities that have the purpose of influenc10 ing that candidate’s election to Federal office, where

11 the expenditure is in support of that candidate or in

12 opposition to another candidate for that office.

13 ‘‘(18) The term ‘express advocacy’ means, when a

14 communication is taken as a whole, an expression of sup15 port for or opposition to a specific candidate, to a specific

16 group of candidates, or to candidates of a particular politi17 cal party, or a suggestion to take action with respect to

18 an election, such as to vote for or against, make contribu19 tions to or participate in campaign activity.’’.

20 (b) CONTRIBUTION DEFINITION AMENDMENT.—Sec21 tion 301(8)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

22 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(A)) is amended—

23 (1) in clause (i), by striking out ‘‘or’’ after the

24 semicolon at the end;
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1 (2) in clause (ii), by striking out the period at

2 the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

3 (3) by adding at the end the following new

4 clause:

5 ‘‘(iii) any payment or other transaction re6 ferred to in paragraph (17)(A)(i) that does not

7 qualify as an independent expenditure under

8 paragraph (17(A)(ii).’’.

9 SEC. 402. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN INDE10 PENDENT EXPENDITURES.

11 Section 304(c) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

12 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(c)) is amended—

13 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking out the undes14 ignated matter after subparagraph (C);

15 (2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para16 graph (5); and

17 (3) by inserting after paragraph (2), as amend18 ed by paragraph (1), the following new paragraphs:

19 ‘‘(3)(A) Any independent expenditure (including

20 those described in subsection (b)(6)(B)(iii) of this section)

21 aggregating $1,000 or more made after the 20th day, but

22 more than 24 hours, before any election shall be reported

23 within 24 hours after such independent expenditure is

24 made.
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1 ‘‘(B) Any independent expenditure aggregating

2 $5,000 or more made at any time up to and including

3 the 20th day before any election shall be reported within

4 48 hours after such independent expenditure is made. An

5 additional statement shall be filed each time independent

6 expenditures aggregating $5,000 are made with respect to

7 the same election as the initial statement filed under this

8 section.

9 ‘‘(C) Such statement shall be filed with the Commis10 sion and the Secretary of State and shall contain the infor11 mation required by subsection (b)(6)(B)(iii) of this sec12 tion, including whether the independent expenditure is in

13 support of, or in opposition to, the candidate involved. Not

14 later than 48 hours after the Commission receives a report

15 under paragraph (A) or (B), the Commission shall trans16 mit a copy of the report to each candidate seeking nomina17 tion or election to that office.

18 ‘‘(D) For purposes of this section, the term ‘made’

19 includes any action taken to incur an obligation for pay20 ment.

21 ‘‘(4)(A) If any person intends to make independent

22 expenditures totaling $5,000 during the 20 days before

23 an election, such person shall file a statement no later

24 than the 20th day before the election.
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1 ‘‘(B) Such statement shall be filed with the Commis2 sion and shall identify each candidate whom the expendi3 ture will support or oppose. Not later than 48 hours after

4 the Commission receives a statement under this para5 graph, the Commission shall transmit a copy of the state6 ment to each candidate identified.’’.

7 TITLE V—BUNDLING AND SOFT

8 MONEY.

9 SEC. 501. RESTRICTIONS ON BUNDLING.

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

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

12 as follows:

13 ‘‘(8)(A) No person, either directly or indirectly, may

14 act as a conduit or intermediary for any contribution to

15 a candidate.

16 ‘‘(B)(i) Nothing in this section shall prohibit—

17 ‘‘(I) joint fundraising conducted in accordance

18 with rules prescribed by the Commission by 2 or

19 more candidates; or

20 ‘‘(II) fundraising for the benefit of a candidate

21 that is conducted by another candidate.

22 ‘‘(ii) No person prohibited from acting as a conduit

23 or intermediary under subparagraph (A) may conduct or

24 otherwise participate in joint fundraising activities with or

25 on behalf of any candidate.
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1 ‘‘(C) For purposes of this section, the term ‘conduit

2 or intermediary’ means a person who transmits a con3 tribution to a candidate or candidate’s committee or rep4 resentative from another person, except that—

5 ‘‘(i) a candidate or representative of a can6 didate is not a conduit or intermediary for the pur7 pose of transmitting contributions to the candidate’s

8 principal campaign committee or authorized commit9 tee;

10 ‘‘(ii) a professional fundraiser is not a conduit

11 or intermediary, if the fundraiser is compensated for

12 fundraising services at the usual and customary

13 rate;

14 ‘‘(iii) a volunteer hosting a fundraising event at

15 the volunteer’s home, in accordance with section

16 301(8)(b), is not a conduit or intermediary for the

17 purposes of that event; and

18 ‘‘(iv) an individual is not a conduit or

19 intermediary for the purpose of transmitting a con20 tribution from the individual’s spouse.

21 ‘‘(D) For purposes of this section, the term ‘rep22 resentative’—

23 ‘‘(i) shall mean a person who is expressly au24 thorized by the candidate to engage in fundraising,

25 and who, in the case of an individual, occupies a sig-
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1 nificant position within the candidate’s campaign or2 ganization, provided that the individual is not acting

3 as an officer, employee or agent of any other person;

4 ‘‘(ii) shall not include—

5 ‘‘(I) a political committee with a connected

6 organization;

7 ‘‘(II) a political party;

8 ‘‘(III) a partnership or sole proprietorship;

9 or

10 ‘‘(IV) an organization prohibited from

11 making contributions under section 316.’’.

12 SEC. 502. LIMITATIONS ON COMBINED POLITICAL ACTIVI13 TIES OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES OF POLITI14 CAL PARTIES.

15 Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of

16 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the

17 end the following new section:

18 ‘‘LIMITATIONS ON COMBINED POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF

19 POLITICAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PARTIES

20 ‘‘SEC. 323. (a)(1) In each Federal election cycle with

21 respect to each State, a political party the national com22 mittee of which received amounts under section 9008(b)

23 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to the

24 preceding presidential election may not make payments for

25 combined political activities in a total amount which ex26 ceeds 50 cents multiplied by the voting age population of
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1 the State (as certified under section 315(e)) or $500,000

2 whichever is greater.

3 ‘‘(2) For purposes of the limitation of paragraph (1),

4 aggregate payments by national party committees, State

5 party committees, subordinate State party committees and

6 any other local party committees of the same party in any

7 State shall not exceed the limitation in paragraph (1). A

8 State party committee shall administer compliance with

9 the limitation in one of the following ways—

10 ‘‘(A) the State party committee shall be respon11 sible for ensuring that payments by the entire party

12 organization within that State comply with the limi13 tation and shall file consolidated reports with the

14 Commission showing all payments for combined po15 litical activity within the State; or

16 ‘‘(B) any other method, submitted in advance

17 and approved by the Commission which permits con18 trol over payments and disclosure.

19 ‘‘(b)(1) Political party committees that make pay20 ments for combined political activity must allocate a por21 tion of such payments to Federal accounts containing con22 tributions subject to the limitations and prohibitions of

23 this Act, as provided for in this section.

24 ‘‘(2) National party committees shall allocate as fol25 lows:
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1 ‘‘(A) At least 65 percent of the costs of voter

2 drives and administrative expenses shall be paid

3 from a Federal account in presidential election

4 years. At least 60 percent of the costs of voter drives

5 and administrative expenses shall be paid from a

6 Federal account in all other years.

7 ‘‘(B) The costs of fundraising activities which

8 shall be paid from a Federal account shall equal the

9 ratio of funds received into the Federal account to

10 the total receipts from each fundraising program or

11 event.

12 ‘‘(C) The costs of activities subject to limitation

13 under section 315(d) which involve both Federal and

14 non-Federal candidates, shall be paid from a Federal

15 account according to the time or space devoted to

16 Federal candidates.

17 ‘‘(3) State and local party committees shall allocate

18 as follows:

19 ‘‘(A) At least 50 percent of the costs of voter

20 drives and administrative expenses shall be paid

21 from a Federal account in presidential election

22 years. In all other years, the costs of voter drives

23 and administrative expenses which shall be paid

24 from a Federal account shall be determined by the

25 ballot composition for the election cycle, but, in no
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1 event, shall the amount paid from the Federal ac2 count be less than 33 percent.

3 ‘‘(B) The costs of fundraising activities which

4 shall be paid from a Federal account shall equal the

5 ratio of funds received into the Federal account to

6 the total receipts from each fundraising program or

7 event.

8 ‘‘(C) The costs of activities exempt from the

9 definition of ‘contribution’ or ‘expenditure’ under

10 section 301, when conducted in conjunction with

11 both Federal and non-Federal elections, shall be

12 paid from a Federal account according to the time

13 or space devoted to Federal candidates or elections.

14 ‘‘(D) The costs of activities subject to limitation

15 under section 315(d) which involve both Federal and

16 non-Federal candidates, shall be paid from a Federal

17 account according to the time or space devoted to

18 Federal candidates.

19 ‘‘(c) For purposes of this subsection—

20 ‘‘(1) the term ‘combined political activity’

21 means any activity that is both—

22 ‘‘(A) in connection with an election for

23 Federal office; and

24 ‘‘(B) in connection with an election for any

25 non-Federal office.
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1 ‘‘(2) Any activity which is undertaken solely in

2 connection with a Federal election is not combined

3 political activity.

4 ‘‘(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), com5 bined political activity shall include—

6 ‘‘(A) State and local party activities ex7 empt from the definitions of ‘contribution’ and

8 ‘expenditure’ under section 301 and activities

9 subject to limitation under section 315 which

10 involve both Federal and non-Federal can11 didates, except that payments for activities sub12 ject to limitation under section 315 are not sub13 ject to the limitation of subsection (a)(1);

14 ‘‘(B) voter drives including voter registra15 tion, voter identification and get-out-the-vote

16 drives or any other activities that urge the gen17 eral public to register, vote for or support non18 Federal candidates, candidates of a particular

19 party, or candidates associated with a particu20 lar issue, without mentioning a specific Federal

21 candidate;

22 ‘‘(C) fundraising activities where both Fed23 eral and non-Federal funds are collected

24 through such activities; and
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1 ‘‘(D) administrative expenses not directly

2 attributable to a clearly identified Federal or

3 non-Federal candidate, except that payments

4 for administrative expenses are not subject to

5 the limitation of subsection (a)(1).

6 ‘‘(4) The following payments are exempt from

7 the definition of combined political activity;

8 ‘‘(A) Any amount described in section

9 301(8)(B)(viii).

10 ‘‘(B) Any payments for legal or accounting

11 services, if such services are for the purpose of

12 ensuring compliance with this Act.

13 ‘‘(5) The term ‘ballot composition’ means the

14 number of Federal offices on the ballot compared to

15 the total number of offices on the ballot during the

16 next election cycle for the State. In calculating the

17 number of offices for purposes of this paragraph, the

18 following offices shall be counted, if on the ballot

19 during the next election cycle: President, United

20 States Senator, United States Representative, Gov21 ernor, State Senator, and State Representative. No

22 more than three additional statewide partisan can23 didates shall be counted, if on the ballot during the

24 next election cycle. No more than three additional

25 local partisan candidates shall be counted, if such of-
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1 fices are on the ballot in the majority of the State’s

2 counties during the next election cycle.

3 ‘‘(6) The term ‘time or space devoted to Fed4 eral candidates’ means with respect to a particular

5 communication, the portion of the communication

6 devoted to Federal candidates compared to the en7 tire communication, except that no less than one8 third of any communication shall be considered de9 voted to a Federal candidate.’’.

10 SEC. 503. PROHIBITION OF SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBU11 TIONS FOR CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZA12 TIONS BY FEDERAL CANDIDATES AND OF13 FICE HOLDERS.

14 Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

15 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 201 and

16 202, is further amended by adding at the end the following

17 new subsection:

18 ‘‘(k) During any period an individual is a candidate

19 for, or holds, Federal office, such individual may not dur20 ing such period solicit contributions to, or on behalf of,

21 any organization which is described in section 501(c) of

22 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 if a substantial part

23 of the activities of such organization include voter reg24 istration or get-out-the-vote campaigns.’’.
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1 SEC. 504. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN RE2 CEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS THAT ARE NOT

3 IN CONNECTION WITH ELECTIONS FOR FED4 ERAL OFFICE OR ARE NOT CONTRIBUTIONS

5 OR EXPENDITURES.

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

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

8 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new

9 subsection:

10 ‘‘(d)(1) Political committees established and main11 tained by a national political party shall report all receipts

12 and disbursements during the reporting period, whether

13 or not in connection with an election for Federal office.

14 ‘‘(2) A political committee (not described in para15 graph (1)) to which section 323 applies shall report all

16 receipts and disbursements in connection with a Federal

17 election or combined political activity (as determined

18 under section 323).

19 ‘‘(3) Any political committee to which paragraph (1)

20 or (2) does not apply shall report any receipts or disburse21 ments which are used in connection with a Federal elec22 tion or combined political activity (as determined by the

23 Commission).

24 ‘‘(4) If any receipt or disbursement to which this sub25 section applies exceeds $200, the political committee shall
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1 include identification of the person from whom, or to

2 whom, such receipt or disbursement was received or made.

3 ‘‘(5) Reports required to be filed by this subsection

4 shall be filed for the same time periods required for politi5 cal committees under subsection (a).’’.

6 (b) REPORT OF EXEMPT CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section

7 301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2

8 U.S.C. 431(8)) is amended by adding at the end the fol9 lowing:

10 ‘‘(C) The exclusions provided in subparagraph (v)

11 and (viii) of subparagraph (B) shall not apply for purposes

12 of any requirement to report contributions under this Act,

13 and all such contributions aggregating in excess of $200

14 shall be reported.’’.

15 (c) REPORTING OF EXEMPT EXPENDITURES.—Sec16 tion 301(9) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

17 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)) is amended by adding at the end the

18 following:

19 ‘‘(C) The exclusions provided in subparagraph (iv) of

20 subparagraph (B) shall not apply for purposes of any re21 quirement to report expenditures under this Act, and all

22 such expenditures aggregating in excess of $200 shall be

23 reported.’’.
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1 SEC. 505. CLARIFICATION OF EXCLUSION OF MAILING

2 COSTS FROM PARTY-BUILDING PROVISIONS.

3 Section 301(8)(B)(x)(1), section 301(8)(B)(xi), sec4 tion 301(8)(B)(xii)(1), section 301(9)(B)(viii)(1), and sec5 tion 301(9)(B)(ix)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign

6 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)(x)(1)), (2 U.S.C.

7 (8)(B)(xi)), (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)(xii)(1)), (2 U.S.C.

8 431(9)(B)(viii)(1)), and (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)(ix)(1)), are

9 each amended by striking out ‘‘direct mail’’ and inserting

10 in lieu thereof ‘‘mail’’.

11 TITLE VI—PROHIBITIONS RE12 LATING TO POLITICAL COM13 MITTEES AND FOREIGN NA14 TIONALS

15 SEC. 601. PROHIBITION OF LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES.

16 Section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

17 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)) is amended by inserting the

18 following new paragraph:

19 ‘‘(6)(A) A candidate for Federal office may not estab20 lish, maintain, or control any political committee other

21 than a principal campaign committee of the candidate, au22 thorized committee, party committee, or other political

23 committee designated in accordance with paragraph (3).

24 A candidate for more than one Federal office may des25 ignate a separate principal campaign committee for each

26 Federal office.
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1 ‘‘(B) For one year after January 1, 1993, any such

2 political committee may continue to make contributions.

3 At the end of that period such political committee shall

4 disburse all funds by one or more of the following means:

5 making contributions to an entity qualified, under section

6 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or mak7 ing a contribution to the treasury of the United States

8 or the Make Democracy Work Fund; or, contributing to

9 the national, State or local committees of a political party,

10 or, making contributions not to exceed $1,000 to any can11 didate for effective office.’’.

12 SEC. 602. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN USES OF THE NAME

13 OF A CANDIDATE BY POLITICAL COMMIT14 TEES OTHER THAN THE PRINCIPAL CAM15 PAIGN COMMITTEE OF THE CANDIDATE.

16 Section 302(e)(4) of the Federal Election Campaign

17 Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)(4)) is amended to read as

18 follows:

19 ‘‘(4)(A) The name of each authorized committee shall

20 include the name of the candidate who authorized the com21 mittee under paragraph (1).

22 ‘‘(B) A political committee that is not an authorized

23 committee shall not include the name of any candidate in

24 its name or use the name of any candidate in any fund25 raising activity on behalf of such committee in such a con-
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1 text as to suggest that the committee is an authorized

2 committee of the candidate.’’.

3 SEC. 603. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ELECTION-RELATED

4 ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN NATIONALS.

5 Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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

7 the following new subsection:

8 ‘‘(c) A foreign national shall not directly or indirectly

9 direct, control, influence or participate in any person’s

10 election-related activities, such as the making of contribu11 tions or expenditures in connection with elections for any

12 local, State, or Federal office or the administration of a

13 political committee.’’.

14 TITLE VII—CAMPAIGN SURPLUS

15 SEC. 701. EXCESS FUNDS OF INCUMBENTS WHO ARE CAN16 DIDATES FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA17 TIVES.

18 An individual who—

19 (1) is a candidate for the office of Representa20 tive in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to,

21 the Congress in an election cycle to which title V of

22 the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (as en23 acted by section 101 of this Act) applies;

24 (2) is an incumbent of that office; and
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1 (3) as of the date of the first statement of par2 ticipation submitted by the individual under section

3 502 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971,

4 has campaign accounts containing in excess of

5 $600,000;

6 shall deposit such excess in a separate account subject to

7 the provision of section 304 of the Federal Election Cam8 paign Act of 1971. The amount so deposited shall be avail9 able for any lawful purpose other than use, with respect

10 to the individual, for an election for the office of Rep11 resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to,

12 the Congress, unless section 501(d)(1) of the Federal

13 Election Campaign Act of 1971 is applicable.

14 TITLE VIII—CAMPAIGN

15 ADVERTISING

16 SEC. 801. CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING AMENDMENTS.

17 Section 318 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

18 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441d) is amended—

19 (1) in the matter before paragraph (1) of sub20 section (a), by striking out ‘‘an expenditure’’ and in21 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘a disbursement’’;

22 (2) in the matter before paragraph (1) of sub23 section (a), by striking out ‘‘direct’’;
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1 (3) in paragraph (3) of subsection (a), by in2 serting after ‘‘name’’ the following ‘‘and permanent

3 street address’’; and

4 (4) by adding at the end the following new sub5 sections:

6 ‘‘(c) Any printed communication described in sub7 section (a) shall be—

8 ‘‘(1) of sufficient type size to be clearly read9 able by the recipient of the communication;

10 ‘‘(2) contained in a printed box set apart from

11 the other contents of the communication; and

12 ‘‘(3) consist of a reasonable degree of color con13 trast between the background and the printed state14 ment.

15 ‘‘(d) Any broadcast or cablecast communication de16 scribed in subsection (a)(1) or subsection (a)(2) shall in17 clude, in addition to the requirements of those subsections,

18 in a clearly spoken manner, the following statement—

19 ‘ is responsible for the content of

20 this advertisement.’

21 with the blank to be filled in with the name of the can22 didate, and, if broadcast or cablecast by means of tele23 vision, shall also—

24 ‘‘(1) appear in a clearly readable manner with

25 a reasonable degree of color contrast between the
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1 background and the printed statement, for a period

2 of at least 4 seconds; and

3 ‘‘(2) be accompanied by a clearly identifiable

4 photographic or similar image of the candidate.

5 ‘‘(e) Any broadcast or cablecast communication de6 scribed in subsection (a)(3) shall include, in addition to

7 the requirements of those subsections, in a clearly spoken

8 manner, the following statement—

9 ‘ is responsible for the content of

10 this advertisement.’

11 with the blank to be filled in with the name of the political

12 committee or other person paying for the communication

13 and the name of any connected organization of the payor;

14 and, if broadcast or cablecast by means of television, shall

15 also appear in a clearly readable manner with a reasonable

16 degree of color contrast between the background and the

17 printed statement, for a period of at least 4 seconds.’’.

18 SEC. 802. AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNICATIONS ACT OF

19 1934.

20 Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47

21 U.S.C. 315), as amended by section 801, is further

22 amended—

23 (1) in subsection (b)(1)—

24 (A) by striking out ‘‘forty-five’’ and insert25 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘30’’;
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1 (B) by striking out ‘‘sixty’’ and inserting

2 in lieu thereof ‘‘45’’; and

3 (C) by striking out ‘‘lowest unit charge of

4 the station for the same class and amount of

5 time for the same period’’ and insert ‘‘lowest

6 charge of the station for the same amount of

7 time for the same period on the same date’’;

8 (2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and

9 (e) as subsections (d), (e) and (f), respectively; and

10 (3) by inserting immediately after subsection

11 (b) the following new subsection:

12 ‘‘(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a li13 censee shall not preempt the use, during any period speci14 fied in subsection (b)(1), of a broadcasting station by a

15 legally qualified candidate for public office who has pur16 chased and paid for such use pursuant to the provisions

17 of subsection (b)(1).

18 ‘‘(2) If a paragraph to be broadcast by a broadcasting

19 station is preempted because of circumstances beyond the

20 control of the broadcasting station, any candidate adver21 tising spot scheduled to be broadcast during that program

22 may also be preempted.’’.
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1 TITLE IX—CONTRIBUTION

2 SOLICITATION

3 SEC. 901. PROHIBITION OF FALSE REPRESENTATION TO

4 SOLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS.

5 Section 322 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

6 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441h) is amended—

7 (1) by inserting after ‘‘SEC. 322.’’ the follow8 ing: ‘‘(a)’’; and

9 (2) by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(b) No person shall solicit contributions by falsely

11 representing himself as a candidate or as a representative

12 of a candidate, a political committee, or a political party.’’.

13 TITLE X—REPORTING

14 REQUIREMENTS

15 SEC. 1001. REDUCTION IN THRESHOLD FOR REPORTING OF

16 CERTAIN INFORMATION BY PERSONS OTHER

17 THAN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

18 Section 304(b)(3)(A) of the Federal Election Cam19 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(3)(A)) is amended

20 by striking out ‘‘$200’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

21 ‘‘$50’’.

22 SEC. 1002. REPORTING OF OPERATING EXPENDITURES BY

23 CATEGORY.

24 Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act

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1 this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the fol2 lowing new subsection:

3 ‘‘(e) The Commission shall require, with respect to

4 reports under this section, that operating expenditures be

5 reported on an election cycle basis, by category, as speci6 fied by the Commission.’’.

7 SEC. 1003. CHANGE IN CERTAIN REPORTING FROM A CAL8 ENDAR YEAR BASIS TO AN ELECTION CYCLE

9 BASIS.

10 Paragraphs (2) through (7) of subsection (b) of sec11 tion 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

12 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(2)–(7)) are amended by inserting after

13 ‘‘calendar year’’ each place it appears the following:

14 ‘‘(election cycle, in the case of an authorized committee

15 of a candidate for the office of Representative in, or Dele16 gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress)’’.

17 SEC. 1004. COMPUTERIZED INDICES OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

18 Section 311(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act

19 of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 438(a)) is amended—

20 (1) by striking out ‘‘and’’ at the end of para21 graph (9);

22 (2) by striking out the period at the end of

23 paragraph (10) and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘; and’’;

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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new

2 paragraph:

3 ‘‘(11) maintain computerized indices of con4 tributions of $50 or more.’’.

5 TITLE XI—EFFECTIVE DATE

6 SEC. 1101. EFFECTIVE DATE.

7 Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the provi8 sions of, and the amendments made by, this Act shall take

9 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act but shall

10 not apply with respect to any election occurring before

11 January 1, 1993.

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