‘‘(1) 100 percent of the expenses for public 
communications or voter drive activities that refer to 
one or more clearly identified Federal candidates, 
but do not refer to any clearly identified non-Federal 
candidates, shall be paid with funds from a Federal 
account, without regard to whether the communica-
tion refers to a political party. 
‘‘(2) At least 50 percent of the expenses for 
public communications and voter drive activities that 
refer to one or more clearly identified candidates for 
Federal office and one or more clearly defined non-
Federal candidates shall be paid with funds from a 
Federal account, without regard to whether the com-
munication refers to a political party. 
‘‘(3) At least 50 percent of the expenses for 
public communications or voter drive activities that 
refer to a political party, but do not refer to any 
clearly identified Federal or non-Federal candidate, 
shall be paid with funds from a Federal account, ex-
cept that this paragraph shall not apply to commu-
nications or activities that relate exclusively to elec-
tions where no candidate for Federal office appears 
on the ballot. 
‘‘(4) At least 50 percent of the expenses for 
public communications or voter drive activities that
refer to a political party, and refer to one or more 
clearly identified non-Federal candidates, but do not 
refer to any clearly identified Federal candidates, 
shall be paid with funds from a Federal account, ex-
cept that this paragraph shall not apply to commu-
nications or activities that relate exclusively to elec-
tions where no candidate for Federal office appears 
on the ballot. 
‘‘(5) At least 50 percent of any administrative 
expenses, including rent, utilities, office supplies, 
and salaries not attributable to a clearly identified 
candidate, shall be paid with funds from a Federal 
account, except that for a separate segregated fund 
such expenses may be paid instead by its connected 
organization. 
‘‘(6) At least 50 percent of the direct costs of 
a fundraising program or event, including disburse-
ments for solicitation of funds and for planning and 
administration of actual fundraising events, where 
Federal and non-Federal funds are collected through 
such program or event shall be paid with funds from 
a Federal account, except that for a separate seg-
regated fund such costs may be paid instead by its 
connected organization.
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED
NON-FEDERAL
ACCOUNT.—For 
purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified non-
Federal account’ means an account which consists 
solely of amounts—
‘‘(A) that, subject to the limitations of 
paragraphs (2) and (3), are raised by the sepa-
rate segregated fund or nonconnected com-
mittee only from individuals, and 
‘‘(B) with respect to which all other re-
quirements of Federal, State, or local law are 
met. 
‘‘(2) 
LIMITATION
ON
INDIVIDUAL
DONA-
TIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A separate segregated 
fund or nonconnected committee may not ac-
cept more than $25,000 in funds for its quali-
fied non-Federal account from any one indi-
vidual in any calendar year. 
‘‘(B) AFFILIATION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, all qualified non-Federal accounts of 
separate segregated funds or nonconnected 
committees which are directly or indirectly es-
tablished, financed, maintained, or controlled by
the same person or persons shall be treated as 
one account. 
‘‘(3) FUNDRAISING LIMITATION.—No donation 
to a qualified non-Federal account may be solicited, 
received, directed, transferred, or spent by or in the 
name of any person described in subsection (a) or 
(e) of section 323. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) VOTER DRIVE ACTIVITY.—The term ‘voter 
drive activity’ means any of the following activities 
conducted in connection with an election in which a 
candidate for Federal office appears on the ballot 
(regardless of whether a candidate for State or local 
office also appears on the ballot): 
‘‘(A) Voter registration activity. 
‘‘(B) Voter identification. 
‘‘(C) Get-out-the-vote activity. 
‘‘(D) Generic campaign activity. 
Such term shall not include any activity described in 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 316(b)(2). 
‘‘(2) FEDERAL ACCOUNT.—The term ‘Federal 
account’ means an account which consists solely of 
contributions subject to the limitations, prohibitions, 
and reporting requirements of this Act. Nothing in 
this section or in section 323(b)(2)(B)(iii) shall be
construed to infer that a limit other than the limit 
under section 315(a)(1)(C) applies to contributions 
to the account. 
‘‘(3) NONCONNECTED COMMITTEE.—The term 
‘nonconnected committee’ shall not include a polit-
ical committee of a political party.’’. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304(e) of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434(e)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) RECEIPTS
AND
DISBURSEMENTS
FROM 
QUALIFIED NON-FEDERAL ACCOUNTS.—In addition 
to any other reporting requirement applicable under 
this Act, a political committee to which section 
325(a) applies shall report all receipts and disburse-
ments from a qualified non-Federal account (as de-
fined in section 325(c)).’’. 
SEC. 4. CONSTRUCTION. 
No provision of this Act, or amendment made by this 
Act, shall be construed—
(1) as approving, ratifying, or endorsing a regu-
lation promulgated by the Federal Election Commis-
sion, 
(2) as establishing, modifying, or otherwise af-
fecting the definition of political organization for 
purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or 
(3) as affecting the determination of whether a 
group organized under section 501(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is a political committee under 
section 301(4) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971. 
SEC. 5. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) SPECIAL RULES
FOR ACTIONS BROUGHT
ON 
CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS.—If any action is brought for 
declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge the constitu-
tionality of any provision of this Act or any amendment 
made by this Act, the following rules shall apply: 
(1) The action shall be filed in the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia 
and shall be heard by a 3-judge court convened pur-
suant to section 2284 of title 28, United States 
Code. 
(2) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered 
promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives and the Secretary of the Senate.
(3) A final decision in the action shall be re-
viewable only by appeal directly to the Supreme 
Court of the United States. Such appeal shall be 
taken by the filing of a notice of appeal within 10 
days, and the filing of a jurisdictional statement 
within 30 days, of the entry of the final decision. 
(4) It shall be the duty of the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia and the 
Supreme Court of the United States to advance on 
the docket and to expedite to the greatest possible 
extent the disposition of the action and appeal. 
(b) INTERVENTION BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—In 
any action in which the constitutionality of any provision 
of this Act or any amendment made by this Act is raised 
(including but not limited to an action described in sub-
section (a)), any Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Con-
gress) or Senate shall have the right to intervene either 
in support of or opposition to the position of a party to 
the case regarding the constitutionality of the provision 
or amendment. To avoid duplication of efforts and reduce 
the burdens placed on the parties to the action, the court 
in any such action may make such orders as it considers 
necessary, including orders to require intervenors taking
similar positions to file joint papers or to be represented 
by a single attorney at oral argument. 
(c) CHALLENGE BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—Any 
Member of Congress may bring an action, subject to the 
special rules described in subsection (a), for declaratory 
or injunctive relief to challenge the constitutionality of any 
provision of this Act or any amendment made by this Act. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—
(1) INITIAL CLAIMS.—With respect to any ac-
tion initially filed on or before December 31, 2006, 
the provisions of subsection (a) shall apply with re-
spect to each action described in such subsection. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT
ACTIONS.—With respect to 
any action initially filed after December 31, 2006, 
the provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to 
any action described in such subsection unless the 
person filing such action elects such provisions to 
apply to the action. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on the date which is 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
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