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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 612
To reform campaign practices for elections to the House of Representatives
by limiting contributions from political action committees, establishing
tax credits for individual campaign contributions, providing matching
funds for individual small contributions, limiting the use of personal
funds in a campaign, offsetting independent expenditures, encouraging
the use of longer campaign commercials, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 26, 1993
Mr. KANJORSKI introduced the following bill; which was referred jointly to the
Committees on House Administration, Ways and Means, and Energy and
Commerce
A BILL
To reform campaign practices for elections to the House
of Representatives by limiting contributions from political
action committees, establishing tax credits for individual
campaign contributions, providing matching funds for
individual small contributions, limiting the use of per-
sonal funds in a campaign, offsetting independent ex-
penditures, encouraging the use of longer campaign com-
mercials, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘House of Representa-
tives Election Campaign Reform Act of 1990’’.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES BY POLITI-
CAL ACTION COMMITTEES.
Section 315(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is amended
by striking out ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘$2,000’’.
SEC. 3. CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONGRESSIONAL
CAMPAIGNS.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Part IV of subchapter A of
chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
ed by inserting a new section 24 as follows:
‘‘SEC. 
24. 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO 
CONGRESSIONAL 
CAM-
PAIGNS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of an individual,
there shall be allowed, subject to the limitations of sub-
section (b), as a credit against the tax imposed by this
chapter, an amount equal to 100 percent of any congres-
sional contribution which is made by such individual with-
in the taxable year, as defined in subsection (c)(1).
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) The credit allowed by subsection (a) for a
taxable year shall not exceed an aggregate of $200
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($400 in the case of a joint return) for all congres-
sional contributions by an individual in said year.
‘‘(2) The credit under subsection (a) shall not
be allowed with respect to a congressional contribu-
tion, if the contribution is transmitted to the can-
didate or a campaign committee of the candidate
through an intermediary group, organization, or
committee.
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section—
‘‘(1) The term ‘congressional contribution’
means a contribution or gift of money, payment of
which is made during the taxable year, to an individ-
ual who is a candidate for nomination or election to
the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to, the Congress of the United
States in any primary, general, or special election,
and which—
‘‘(A) is from a taxpayer (or either spouse
in the case of a joint return) who is a resident
of the State in which the election is held; and
‘‘(B) is solely for the use by the recipient
to further his candidacy for nomination or elec-
tion to such office.