SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1999’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—REDUCTION OF SPECIAL INTEREST INFLUENCE
Sec. 101. Soft money of political parties.
Sec. 102. Increased contribution limits for State committees of political parties
and aggregate contribution limit for individuals.
Sec. 103. Reporting requirements.
TITLE II—INDEPENDENT AND COORDINATED EXPENDITURES
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Express advocacy determined without regard to background music.
Sec. 203. Civil penalty.
Sec. 204. Reporting requirements for certain independent expenditures.
Sec. 205. Independent versus coordinated expenditures by party.
Sec. 206. Coordination with candidates.
TITLE III—DISCLOSURE
Sec. 301. Filing of reports using computers and facsimile machines.
Sec. 302. Prohibition of deposit of contributions with incomplete contributor in-
formation.
Sec. 303. Audits.
Sec. 304. Reporting requirements for contributions of $50 or more.
Sec. 305. Use of candidates’ names.
Sec. 306. Prohibition of false representation to solicit contributions.
Sec. 307. Soft money of persons other than political parties.
Sec. 308. Campaign advertising.
TITLE IV—PERSONAL WEALTH OPTION
Sec. 401. Voluntary personal funds expenditure limit.
Sec. 402. Political party committee coordinated expenditures.
TITLE V—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 501. Codification of Beck decision.
Sec. 502. Use of contributed amounts for certain purposes.
Sec. 503. Limit on congressional use of the franking privilege.
Sec. 504. Prohibition of fundraising on Federal property.
Sec. 505. Penalties for violations.
Sec. 506. Strengthening foreign money ban.
Sec. 507. Prohibition of contributions by minors.
Sec. 508. Expedited procedures.
Sec. 509. Initiation of enforcement proceeding.
Sec. 510. Protecting equal participation of eligible voters in campaigns and
elections.
Sec. 511. Penalty for violation of prohibition against foreign contributions.
Sec. 512. Expedited court review of certain alleged violations of Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971.
Sec. 513. Conspiracy to violate presidential campaign spending limits.
Sec. 514. Deposit of certain contributions and donations in Treasury account.
Sec. 515. Establishment of a clearinghouse of information on political activities
within the Federal Election Commission.
Sec. 516. Enforcement of spending limit on presidential and vice presidential
candidates who receive public financing.
Sec. 517. Clarification of right of nationals of the United States to make polit-
ical contributions.
TITLE VI—INDEPENDENT COMMISSION ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE
REFORM
Sec. 601. Establishment and purpose of Commission.
Sec. 602. Membership of Commission.
Sec. 603. Powers of Commission.
Sec. 604. Administrative provisions.
Sec. 605. Report and recommended legislation.
Sec. 606. Expedited congressional consideration of legislation.
Sec. 607. Termination.
Sec. 608. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE VII—PROHIBITING USE OF WHITE HOUSE MEALS AND
ACCOMMODATIONS FOR POLITICAL FUNDRAISING
Sec. 701. Prohibiting use of White House meals and accommodations for polit-
ical fundraising.
TITLE VIII—SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING
FUNDRAISING ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
Sec. 801. Sense of the Congress regarding applicability of controlling legal au-
thority to fundraising on Federal government property.
TITLE IX—PROHIBITING SOLICITATION TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO
CERTAIN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
Sec. 901. Prohibition against acceptance or solicitation to obtain access to cer-
tain Federal government property.
TITLE X—REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF GOVERNMENT
PROPERTY FOR CAMPAIGN ACTIVITY
Sec. 1001. Requiring national parties to reimburse at cost for use of Air Force
One for political fundraising.
Sec. 1002. Reimbursement for use of Government equipment for campaign-re-
lated travel.
TITLE XI—PROHIBITING USE OF WALKING AROUND MONEY
Sec. 1101. Prohibiting campaigns from providing currency to individuals for
purposes of encouraging turnout on date of election.
TITLE XII—ENHANCING ENFORCEMENT OF CAMPAIGN LAW
Sec. 1201. Enhancing enforcement of campaign finance law.
TITLE XIII—BAN ON COORDINATED SOFT MONEY ACTIVITIES BY
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
Sec. 1301. Ban on coordination of soft money for issue advocacy by presidential
candidates receiving public financing.
TITLE XIV—POSTING NAMES OF CERTAIN AIR FORCE ONE
PASSENGERS ON INTERNET
Sec. 1401. Requirement that names of passengers on Air Force One and Air
Force Two be made available through the Internet.
TITLE XV—EXPULSION PROCEEDINGS FOR HOUSE MEMBERS
RECEIVING FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
Sec. 1501. Permitting consideration of privileged motion to expel House mem-
ber accepting illegal foreign contribution.
TITLE XVI—SEVERABILITY; CONSTITUTIONALITY; EFFECTIVE
DATE; REGULATIONS
Sec. 1601. Severability.
Sec. 1602. Review of constitutional issues.
Sec. 1603. Effective date.
Sec. 1604. Regulations.
TITLE I—REDUCTION OF
SPECIAL INTEREST INFLUENCE
SEC. 101. SOFT MONEY OF POLITICAL PARTIES.
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the
end the following new section:
‘‘SOFT MONEY OF POLITICAL PARTIES
‘‘SEC. 323. (a) NATIONAL COMMITTEES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A national committee of a
political party (including a national congressional
campaign committee of a political party) and any of-
ficers or agents of such party committees, shall not
solicit, receive, or direct to another person a con-
tribution, donation, or transfer of funds, or spend
any funds, that are not subject to the limitations,
prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—This subsection shall
apply to an entity that is directly or indirectly estab-
lished, financed, maintained, or controlled by a na-
tional committee of a political party (including a na-
tional congressional campaign committee of a polit-
ical party), or an entity acting on behalf of a na-
tional committee, and an officer or agent acting on
behalf of any such committee or entity.
‘‘(b) STATE, DISTRICT, AND LOCAL COMMITTEES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An amount that is ex-
pended or disbursed by a State, district, or local
committee of a political party (including an entity
that is directly or indirectly established, financed,
maintained, or controlled by a State, district, or
local committee of a political party and an officer or
agent acting on behalf of such committee or entity)
for Federal election activity shall be made from
funds subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and re-
porting requirements of this Act.
‘‘(2) FEDERAL ELECTION ACTIVITY.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘Federal
election activity’ means—
‘‘(i) voter registration activity during
the period that begins on the date that is
120 days before the date a regularly sched-
uled Federal election is held and ends on
the date of the election;
‘‘(ii) voter identification, get-out-the-
vote activity, or generic campaign activity
conducted in connection with an election in
which a candidate for Federal office ap-
pears on the ballot (regardless of whether
a candidate for State or local office also
appears on the ballot); and
‘‘(iii) a communication that refers to a
clearly identified candidate for Federal of-
fice (regardless of whether a candidate for
State or local office is also mentioned or
identified) and is made for the purpose of
influencing a Federal election (regardless
of whether the communication is express
advocacy).
‘‘(B) EXCLUDED
ACTIVITY.—The term
‘Federal election activity’ does not include an
amount expended or disbursed by a State, dis-
trict, or local committee of a political party
for—
‘‘(i) campaign activity conducted sole-
ly on behalf of a clearly identified can-
didate for State or local office, provided
the campaign activity is not a Federal elec-
tion activity described in subparagraph
(A);
‘‘(ii) a contribution to a candidate for
State or local office, provided the contribu-
tion is not designated or used to pay for a
Federal election activity described in sub-
paragraph (A);
‘‘(iii) the costs of a State, district, or
local political convention;
‘‘(iv) the costs of grassroots campaign
materials, including buttons, bumper stick-
ers, and yard signs, that name or depict
only a candidate for State or local office;
‘‘(v) the non-Federal share of a State,
district, or local party committee’s admin-
istrative and overhead expenses (but not
including the compensation in any month
of an individual who spends more than 20
percent of the individual’s time on Federal
election activity) as determined by a regu-
lation promulgated by the Commission to
determine the non-Federal share of a
State, district, or local party committee’s
administrative and overhead expenses; and
‘‘(vi) the cost of constructing or pur-
chasing an office facility or equipment for
a State, district or local committee.
‘‘(c) FUNDRAISING COSTS.—An amount spent by a
national, State, district, or local committee of a political
party, by an entity that is established, financed, main-
tained, or controlled by a national, State, district, or local
committee of a political party, or by an agent or officer
of any such committee or entity, to raise funds that are
used, in whole or in part, to pay the costs of a Federal
election activity shall be made from funds subject to the
limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of
this Act.
‘‘(d) TAX-EXEMPT
ORGANIZATIONS.—A national,
State, district, or local committee of a political party (in-
cluding a national congressional campaign committee of
a political party), an entity that is directly or indirectly
established, financed, maintained, or controlled by any
such national, State, district, or local committee or its
agent, and an officer or agent acting on behalf of any such
party committee or entity, shall not solicit any funds for,
or make or direct any donations to, an organization that
is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section
501(a) of such Code (or has submitted an application to
the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service for de-
termination of tax-exemption under such section).
‘‘(e) CANDIDATES.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A candidate, individual
holding Federal office, agent of a candidate or indi-
vidual holding Federal office, or an entity directly or
indirectly established, financed, maintained or con-
trolled by or acting on behalf of one or more can-
didates or individuals holding Federal office, shall
not—
‘‘(A) solicit, receive, direct, transfer, or
spend funds in connection with an election for
Federal office, including funds for any Federal
election activity, unless the funds are subject to
the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting re-
quirements of this Act; or
‘‘(B) solicit, receive, direct, transfer, or
spend funds in connection with any election
other than an election for Federal office or dis-
burse funds in connection with such an election
unless the funds—
‘‘(i) are not in excess of the amounts
permitted with respect to contributions to
candidates and political committees under
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 315(a);
and
‘‘(ii) are not from sources prohibited
by this Act from making contributions with
respect to an election for Federal office.
‘‘(2) STATE
LAW.—Paragraph (1) does not
apply to the solicitation, receipt, or spending of
funds by an individual who is a candidate for a
State or local office in connection with such election
for State or local office if the solicitation, receipt, or
spending of funds is permitted under State law for
any activity other than a Federal election activity.
‘‘(3) FUNDRAISING EVENTS.—Notwithstanding
paragraph (1), a candidate may attend, speak, or be
a featured guest at a fundraising event for a State,
district, or local committee of a political party.’’.
SEC. 102. INCREASED CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR STATE
COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND
AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR INDI-
VIDUALS.
(a) CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR STATE COMMITTEES
OF POLITICAL PARTIES.—Section 315(a)(1) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1))
is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘or’’ at
the end;
(2) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(other than a committee
described in subparagraph (D))’’ after ‘‘com-
mittee’’; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and
inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) to a political committee established and
maintained by a State committee of a political party
in any calendar year that, in the aggregate, exceed
$10,000’’.
(b) AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR INDI-
VIDUAL.—Section 315(a)(3) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) is amended by
striking ‘‘$25,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$30,000’’.
SEC. 103. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434)
(as amended by section 204) is amended by inserting after
subsection (d) the following:
‘‘(e) POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—
‘‘(1) NATIONAL
AND
CONGRESSIONAL
POLIT-
ICAL
COMMITTEES.—The national committee of a
political party, any national congressional campaign
committee of a political party, and any subordinate
committee of either, shall report all receipts and dis-
bursements during the reporting period.
‘‘(2) OTHER POLITICAL COMMITTEES TO WHICH
SECTION 323 APPLIES.—In addition to any other re-
porting requirements applicable under this Act, a
political committee (not described in paragraph (1))
to which section 323(b)(1) applies shall report all re-
ceipts and disbursements made for activities de-
scribed in paragraphs (2)(A) and (2)(B)(v) of sec-
tion 323(b).
‘‘(3) ITEMIZATION.—If a political committee
has receipts or disbursements to which this sub-
section applies from any person aggregating in ex-
cess of $200 for any calendar year, the political
committee shall separately itemize its reporting for
such person in the same manner as required in para-
graphs (3)(A), (5), and (6) of subsection (b).
‘‘(4) REPORTING
PERIODS.—Reports required
to be filed under this subsection shall be filed for the
same time periods required for political committees
under subsection (a).’’.
(b) BUILDING FUND EXCEPTION TO THE DEFINI-
TION OF CONTRIBUTION.—Section 301(8)(B) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B))
is amended—
(1) by striking clause (viii); and
(2) by redesignating clauses (ix) through (xiv)
as clauses (viii) through (xiii), respectively.
TITLE II—INDEPENDENT AND
COORDINATED EXPENDITURES
SEC. 201. DEFINITIONS.
(a) DEFINITION OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE.—
Section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act (2
U.S.C. 431) is amended by striking paragraph (17) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(17) INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘inde-
pendent expenditure’ means an expenditure by
a person—
‘‘(i) for a communication that is ex-
press advocacy; and
‘‘(ii) that is not coordinated activity
or is not provided in coordination with a
candidate or a candidate’s agent or a per-
son who is coordinating with a candidate
or a candidate’s agent.’’.
(b) DEFINITION OF EXPRESS ADVOCACY.—Section
301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 431) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(20) EXPRESS ADVOCACY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘express ad-
vocacy’ means a communication that advocates
the election or defeat of a candidate by—
‘‘(i) containing a phrase such as ‘vote
for’, ‘re-elect’, ‘support’, ‘cast your ballot
for’, ‘(name of candidate) for Congress’,
‘(name of candidate) in 1997’, ‘vote
against’, ‘defeat’, ‘reject’, or a campaign
slogan or words that in context can have
no reasonable meaning other than to advo-
cate the election or defeat of one or more
clearly identified candidates;
‘‘(ii) referring to one or more clearly
identified candidates in a paid advertise-
ment that is transmitted through radio or
television within 60 calendar days pre-
ceding the date of an election of the can-
didate and that appears in the State in
which the election is occurring, except that
with respect to a candidate for the office of
Vice President or President, the time pe-
riod is within 60 calendar days preceding
the date of a general election; or
‘‘(iii) expressing unmistakable and un-
ambiguous support for or opposition to one
or more clearly identified candidates when
taken as a whole and with limited ref-
erence to external events, such as prox-
imity to an election.
‘‘(B) VOTING RECORD AND VOTING GUIDE
EXCEPTION.—The term ‘express advocacy’ does
not include a communication which is in printed
form or posted on the Internet that—
‘‘(i) presents information solely about
the voting record or position on a cam-
paign issue of one or more candidates (in-
cluding any statement by the sponsor of
the voting record or voting guide of its
agreement or disagreement with the record
or position of a candidate), so long as the
voting record or voting guide when taken
as a whole does not express unmistakable
and unambiguous support for or opposition
to one or more clearly identified can-
didates;
‘‘(ii) is not coordinated activity or is
not made in coordination with a candidate,
political party, or agent of the candidate or
party, or a candidate’s agent or a person
who is coordinating with a candidate or a
candidate’s agent, except that nothing in
this clause may be construed to prevent
the sponsor of the voting guide from di-
recting questions in writing to a candidate
about the candidate’s position on issues for
purposes of preparing a voter guide or to
prevent the candidate from responding in
writing to such questions; and
‘‘(iii) does not contain a phrase such
as ‘vote for’, ‘re-elect’, ‘support’, ‘cast your
ballot for’, ‘(name of candidate) for Con-
gress’, ‘(name of candidate) in (year)’,
‘vote against’, ‘defeat’, or ‘reject’, or a
campaign slogan or words that in context
can have no reasonable meaning other than
to urge the election or defeat of one or
more clearly identified candidates.’’.
(c) 
DEFINITION
OF
EXPENDITURE.—Section
301(9)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(2 U.S.C. 431(9)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) a payment made by a political committee
for a communication that—
‘‘(I) refers to a clearly identified candidate;
and
‘‘(II) is for the purpose of influencing a
Federal election (regardless of whether the com-
munication is express advocacy).’’.
SEC. 202. EXPRESS ADVOCACY DETERMINED WITHOUT RE-
GARD TO BACKGROUND MUSIC.
Section 301(20) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(20)), as added by section
201(b), is amended by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(C) 
BACKGROUND
MUSIC.—In 
deter-
mining whether any communication by tele-
vision or radio broadcast constitutes express ad-
vocacy for purposes of this Act, there shall not
be taken into account any background music
not including lyrics used in such broadcast.’’.
SEC. 203. CIVIL PENALTY.
Section 309 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (4)(A)—
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘clause
(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii)’’;
and
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iii) If the Commission determines by an affirmative
vote of 4 of its members that there is probable cause to
believe that a person has made a knowing and willful viola-
tion of section 304(c), the Commission shall not enter into
a conciliation agreement under this paragraph and may
institute a civil action for relief under paragraph (6)(A).’’;
and
(B) in paragraph (6)(B), by inserting ‘‘(ex-
cept an action instituted in connection with a
knowing 
and 
willful 
violation 
of 
section
304(c))’’ after ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’; and
(2) in subsection (d)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Any
person’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in
subparagraph (D), any person’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) In the case of a knowing and willful violation
of section 304(c) that involves the reporting of an inde-
pendent expenditure, the violation shall not be subject to
this subsection.’’.
SEC. 204. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN INDE-
PENDENT EXPENDITURES.
Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking the undes-
ignated matter after subparagraph (C);
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) of sub-
section (c) as subsection (f); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (c)(2) (as
amended by paragraph (1)) the following:
‘‘(d) TIME
FOR REPORTING CERTAIN EXPENDI-
TURES.—
‘‘(1) EXPENDITURES AGGREGATING $1,000.—
‘‘(A) INITIAL REPORT.—A person (includ-
ing a political committee) that makes or con-
tracts to make independent expenditures aggre-
gating $1,000 or more after the 20th day, but
more than 24 hours, before the date of an elec-
tion shall file a report describing the expendi-
tures within 24 hours after that amount of
independent expenditures has been made.
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—After a per-
son files a report under subparagraph (A), the
person shall file an additional report within 24
hours after each time the person makes or con-
tracts to make independent expenditures aggre-
gating an additional $1,000 with respect to the
same election as that to which the initial report
relates.
‘‘(2) EXPENDITURES AGGREGATING $10,000.—
‘‘(A) INITIAL REPORT.—A person (includ-
ing a political committee) that makes or con-
tracts to make independent expenditures aggre-
gating $10,000 or more at any time up to and
including the 20th day before the date of an
election shall file a report describing the ex-
penditures within 48 hours after that amount
of independent expenditures has been made.
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL REPORTS.—After a per-
son files a report under subparagraph (A), the
person shall file an additional report within 48
hours after each time the person makes or con-
tracts to make independent expenditures aggre-
gating an additional $10,000 with respect to
the same election as that to which the initial re-
port relates.
‘‘(3) PLACE OF FILING; CONTENTS.—A report
under this subsection—
‘‘(A) shall be filed with the Commission;
and
‘‘(B) shall contain the information required
by subsection (b)(6)(B)(iii), including the name
of each candidate whom an expenditure is in-
tended to support or oppose.’’.
SEC. 205. INDEPENDENT VERSUS COORDINATED EXPENDI-
TURES BY PARTY.
Section 315(d) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
(2 U.S.C. 441a(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ and
inserting ‘‘, (3), and (4)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4) INDEPENDENT
VERSUS
COORDINATED
EX-
PENDITURES BY PARTY.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On or after the date on
which a political party nominates a candidate, a
committee of the political party shall not make both
expenditures under this subsection and independent
expenditures (as defined in section 301(17)) with re-
spect to the candidate during the election cycle.
‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION.—Before making a coordi-
nated expenditure under this subsection with respect
to a candidate, a committee of a political party shall
file with the Commission a certification, signed by
the treasurer of the committee, that the committee
has not and shall not make any independent expend-
iture with respect to the candidate during the same
election cycle.
‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—For the purposes of this
paragraph, all political committees established and
maintained by a national political party (including
all congressional campaign committees) and all polit-
ical committees established and maintained by a
State political party (including any subordinate com-
mittee of a State committee) shall be considered to
be a single political committee.
‘‘(D) TRANSFERS.—A committee of a political
party that submits a certification under subpara-
graph (B) with respect to a candidate shall not, dur-
ing an election cycle, transfer any funds to, assign
authority to make coordinated expenditures under
this subsection to, or receive a transfer of funds
from, a committee of the political party that has
made or intends to make an independent expendi-
ture with respect to the candidate.’’.
SEC. 206. COORDINATION WITH CANDIDATES.
(a) DEFINITION
OF COORDINATION WITH CAN-
DIDATES.—
(1) SECTION
301(8).—Section 301(8) of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
431(8)) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of
clause (i);
(ii) by striking the period at the end
of clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iii) coordinated activity (as defined
in subparagraph (C)).’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) ‘Coordinated activity’ means anything
of value provided by a person in coordination
with a candidate, an agent of the candidate, or
the political party of the candidate or its agent
for the purpose of influencing a Federal election
(regardless of whether the value being provided
is a communication that is express advocacy) in
which such candidate seeks nomination or elec-
tion to Federal office, and includes any of the
following:
‘‘(i) A payment made by a person in
cooperation, consultation, or concert with,
at the request or suggestion of, or pursu-
ant to any general or particular under-
standing with a candidate, the candidate’s
authorized committee, the political party of
the candidate, or an agent acting on behalf
of a candidate, authorized committee, or
the political party of the candidate.
‘‘(ii) A payment made by a person for
the production, dissemination, distribution,
or republication, in whole or in part, of any
broadcast or any written, graphic, or other
form of campaign material prepared by a
candidate, a candidate’s authorized com-
mittee, or an agent of a candidate or au-
thorized committee (not including a com-
munication 
described 
in 
paragraph
(9)(B)(i) or a communication that ex-
pressly advocates the candidate’s defeat).
‘‘(iii) A payment made by a person
based on information about a candidate’s
plans, projects, or needs provided to the
person making the payment by the can-
didate or the candidate’s agent who pro-
vides the information with the intent that
the payment be made.
‘‘(iv) A payment made by a person if,
in the same election cycle in which the pay-
ment is made, the person making the pay-
ment is serving or has served as a member,
employee, fundraiser, or agent of the can-
didate’s authorized committee in an execu-
tive or policymaking position.
‘‘(v) A payment made by a person if
the person making the payment has served
in any formal policy making or advisory
position with the candidate’s campaign or
has participated in formal strategic or for-
mal policymaking discussions (other than
any discussion treated as a lobbying con-
tact under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of
1995 in the case of a candidate holding
Federal office or as a similar lobbying ac-
tivity in the case of a candidate holding
State or other elective office) with the can-
didate’s campaign relating to the can-
didate’s pursuit of nomination for election,
or election, to Federal office, in the same
election cycle as the election cycle in which
the payment is made.
‘‘(vi) A payment made by a person if,
in the same election cycle, the person mak-
ing the payment retains the professional
services of any person that has provided or
is providing campaign-related services in
the same election cycle to a candidate (in-
cluding services provided through a polit-
ical committee of the candidate’s political
party) in connection with the candidate’s
pursuit of nomination for election, or elec-
tion, to Federal office, including services
relating to the candidate’s decision to seek
Federal office, and the person retained is
retained to work on activities relating to
that candidate’s campaign.
‘‘(vii) A payment made by a person
who has directly participated in fund-
raising activities with the candidate or in
the solicitation or receipt of contributions
on behalf of the candidate.
‘‘(viii) A payment made by a person
who has communicated with the candidate
or an agent of the candidate (including a
communication through a political com-
mittee of the candidate’s political party)
after the declaration of candidacy (includ-
ing a pollster, media consultant, vendor,
advisor, or staff member acting on behalf
of the candidate), about advertising mes-
sage, allocation of resources, fundraising,
or other campaign matters related to the
candidate’s campaign, including campaign
operations, staffing, tactics, or strategy.
‘‘(ix) The provision of in-kind profes-
sional services or polling data (including
services or data provided through a polit-
ical committee of the candidate’s political
party) to the candidate or candidate’s
agent.
‘‘(x) A payment made by a person
who has engaged in a coordinated activity
with a candidate described in clauses (i)
through (ix) for a communication that
clearly refers to the candidate or the can-
didate’s opponent and is for the purpose of
influencing that candidates’s election (re-
gardless of whether the communication is
express advocacy).
‘‘(D) For purposes of subparagraph (C),
the term ‘professional services’ means polling,
media advice, fundraising, campaign research or
direct mail (except for mailhouse services solely
for the distribution of voter guides as defined in
section 431(20)(B)) services in support of a
candidate’s pursuit of nomination for election,
or election, to Federal office.
‘‘(E) For purposes of subparagraph (C),
all political committees established and main-
tained by a national political party (including
all congressional campaign committees) and all
political committees established and maintained
by a State political party (including any subor-
dinate committee of a State committee) shall be
considered to be a single political committee.’’.
(2) SECTION
315(a)(7).—Section 315(a)(7) (2
U.S.C. 441a(a)(7)) is amended by striking subpara-
graph (B) and inserting the following:
‘‘(B) a coordinated activity, as described in
section 301(8)(C), shall be considered to be a
contribution to the candidate, and in the case
of a limitation on expenditures, shall be treated
as an expenditure by the candidate.
(b) MEANING OF CONTRIBUTION OR EXPENDITURE
FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 316.—Section 316(b)(2)
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
441b(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall include’’ and in-
serting ‘‘includes a contribution or expenditure, as those
terms are defined in section 301, and also includes’’.
TITLE III—DISCLOSURE
SEC. 301. FILING OF REPORTS USING COMPUTERS AND
FACSIMILE MACHINES.
Section 304(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended by striking para-
graph (11) and inserting the following:
‘‘(11)(A) The Commission shall promulgate a regula-
tion under which a person required to file a designation,
statement, or report under this Act—
‘‘(i) is required to maintain and file a designa-
tion, statement, or report for any calendar year in
electronic form accessible by computers if the person
has, or has reason to expect to have, aggregate con-
tributions or expenditures in excess of a threshold
amount determined by the Commission; and
‘‘(ii) may maintain and file a designation, state-
ment, or report in electronic form or an alternative
form, including the use of a facsimile machine, if not
required to do so under the regulation promulgated
under clause (i).
‘‘(B) The Commission shall make a designation,
statement, report, or notification that is filed electronically
with the Commission accessible to the public on the Inter-
net not later than 24 hours after the designation, state-
ment, report, or notification is received by the Commis-
sion.
‘‘(C) In promulgating a regulation under this para-
graph, the Commission shall provide methods (other than
requiring a signature on the document being filed) for
verifying designations, statements, and reports covered by
the regulation. Any document verified under any of the
methods shall be treated for all purposes (including pen-
alties for perjury) in the same manner as a document
verified by signature.’’.
SEC. 302. PROHIBITION OF DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTIONS
WITH INCOMPLETE CONTRIBUTOR INFORMA-
TION.
Section 302 of Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 432) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(j) DEPOSIT OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—The treasurer of
a candidate’s authorized committee shall not deposit, ex-
cept in an escrow account, or otherwise negotiate a con-
tribution from a person who makes an aggregate amount
of contributions in excess of $200 during a calendar year
unless the treasurer verifies that the information required
by this section with respect to the contributor is com-
plete.’’.
SEC. 303. AUDITS.
(a) RANDOM AUDITS.—Section 311(b) of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 438(b)) is
amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—’’ before
‘‘The Commission’’;
(2) by moving the text 2 ems to the right; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(2) RANDOM AUDITS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), the Commission may conduct ran-
dom audits and investigations to ensure vol-
untary compliance with this Act. The selection
of any candidate for a random audit or inves-
tigation shall be based on criteria adopted by a
vote of at least four members of the Commis-
sion.
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Commission shall
not conduct an audit or investigation of a can-
didate’s authorized committee under subpara-
graph (A) until the candidate is no longer a
candidate for the office sought by the candidate
in an election cycle.
‘‘(C) 
APPLICABILITY.—This 
paragraph
does not apply to an authorized committee of a
candidate for President or Vice President sub-
ject to audit under section 9007 or 9038 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.
(b) EXTENSION OF PERIOD DURING WHICH CAM-
PAIGN AUDITS MAY BE BEGUN.—Section 311(b) of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 438(b))
is amended by striking ‘‘6 months’’ and inserting ‘‘12
months’’.
SEC. 304. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRIBU-
TIONS OF $50 OR MORE.
Section 304(b)(3)(A) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act at 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(3)(A) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘$200’’ and inserting ‘‘$50’’;
and
(2) by striking the semicolon and inserting ‘‘,
except that in the case of a person who makes con-
tributions aggregating at least $50 but not more
than $200 during the calendar year, the identifica-
tion need include only the name and address of the
person;’’.
SEC. 305. USE OF CANDIDATES’ NAMES.
Section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)) is amended by striking para-
graph (4) and inserting the following:
‘‘(4)(A) The name of each authorized committee shall
include the name of the candidate who authorized the com-
mittee under paragraph (1).
‘‘(B) A political committee that is not an authorized
committee shall not—
‘‘(i) include the name of any candidate in its
name; or
‘‘(ii) except in the case of a national, State, or
local party committee, use the name of any can-
didate in any activity on behalf of the committee in
such a context as to suggest that the committee is
an authorized committee of the candidate or that the
use of the candidate’s name has been authorized by
the candidate.’’.
SEC. 306. PROHIBITION OF FALSE REPRESENTATION TO
SOLICIT CONTRIBUTIONS.
Section 322 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441h) is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘SEC. 322.’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—No person
shall solicit contributions by falsely representing himself
or herself as a candidate or as a representative of a can-
didate, a political committee, or a political party.’’.
SEC. 307. SOFT MONEY OF PERSONS OTHER THAN POLIT-
ICAL PARTIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) (as amended
by section 103(c) and section 204) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(g) DISBURSEMENTS OF PERSONS OTHER THAN
POLITICAL PARTIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person, other than a po-
litical committee of a political party or a person de-
scribed in section 501(d) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, that makes an aggregate amount of
disbursements in excess of $50,000 during a cal-
endar year for activities described in paragraph (2)
shall file a statement with the Commission—
‘‘(A) on a monthly basis as described in
subsection (a)(4)(B); or
‘‘(B) in the case of disbursements that are
made within 20 days of an election, within 24
hours after the disbursements are made.