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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 715
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit the amount
of contributions which may be made to a candidate for election to
the Senate or House of Representatives by an individual who is not
eligible to vote in the State or Congressional district involved, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 11, 1999
Mr. CAMPBELL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
limit the amount of contributions which may be made
to a candidate for election to the Senate or House of
Representatives by an individual who is not eligible to
vote in the State or Congressional district involved, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Can’t Vote, Can’t Con-
tribute Campaign Reform Act of 1999’’.
TITLE I—LIMITATIONS ON
CONTRIBUTIONS
SEC. 101. LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO
CANDIDATES BY INDIVIDUALS NOT ELIGIBLE
TO VOTE IN STATE OR DISTRICT INVOLVED.
Section 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A)) is amended
by striking ‘‘in the aggregate, exceed $1,000;’’ and insert-
ing the following: ‘‘in the aggregate—
‘‘(i) in the case of contributions made to a can-
didate for election for Senator or for Representative
in or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the
Congress by an individual who is not eligible to vote
in the State or Congressional district involved (as
the case may be) at the time the contribution is
made (other than an individual who would be eligible
to vote at such time but for the failure of the indi-
vidual to register to vote), exceed $100; or
‘‘(ii) in the case of any other contributions, ex-
ceed $1,000;’’.
SEC. 102. BAN ON ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
BY NONPARTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMIT-
TEES.
Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Act, no candidate for election for Federal office may ac-
cept any contribution from a political action committee.
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘political action com-
mittee’ means any political committee which is not—
‘‘(A) the principal campaign committee of a
candidate; or
‘‘(B) a national, State, local, or district commit-
tee of a political party, including any subordinate
committee thereof.’’.
TITLE 
II—ENSURING 
VOLUN-
TARINESS 
OF 
CONTRIBU-
TIONS 
OF 
CORPORATIONS,
UNIONS, AND OTHER MEM-
BERSHIP ORGANIZATIONS
SEC. 201. PROHIBITING INVOLUNTARY USE OF FUNDS OF
EMPLOYEES OF CORPORATIONS AND OTHER
EMPLOYERS AND MEMBERS OF UNIONS AND
ORGANIZATIONS FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 316 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c)(1)(A) Except with the separate, prior, written,
voluntary authorization of the individual involved, it shall
be unlawful—
‘‘(i) for any national bank or corporation de-
scribed in this section (other than a corporation ex-
empt from Federal taxation under section 501(c) of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) to collect from
or assess a stockholder or employee any portion of
any dues, initiation fee, or other payment made as
a condition of employment which will be used for po-
litical activity in which the national bank or corpora-
tion is engaged; and
‘‘(ii) for any labor organization described in this
section to collect from or assess a member or non-
member any portion of any dues, initiation fee, or
other payment which will be used for political activ-
ity in which the labor organization is engaged.
‘‘(B) An authorization described in subparagraph (A)
shall remain in effect until revoked and may be revoked
at any time. Each entity collecting from or assessing
amounts from an individual with an authorization in effect
under such subparagraph shall provide the individual with
a statement that the individual may at any time revoke
the authorization.
‘‘(2)(A) Prior to the beginning of any 12-month pe-
riod (as determined by the corporation), each corporation
to which paragraph (1) applies shall provide each of its
shareholders with a notice containing the following:
‘‘(i) The proposed aggregate amount for dis-
bursements for political activities by the corporation
for the period.
‘‘(ii) The individual’s applicable percentage and
applicable pro rata amount for the period.
‘‘(iii) A form that the individual may complete
and return to the corporation to indicate the individ-
ual’s objection to or approval of the disbursement of
amounts for political activities during the period.
‘‘(B) It shall be unlawful for a corporation to which
subparagraph (A) applies to make disbursements for polit-
ical activities during the 12-month period described in
such subparagraph in an amount greater than the sum
of the applicable pro rata amounts for such period of all
shareholders who return the form described in subpara-
graph (A)(iii) to the corporation prior to the beginning
of the period and indicate their approval of such disburse-
ments.
‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the following definitions shall
apply:
‘‘(i) The term ‘applicable percentage’ means,
with respect to a shareholder of a corporation, the
amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the
number of shares of the corporation (within a par-
ticular class or type of stock) owned by the share-
holder at the time the notice described in subpara-
graph (A) is provided, divided by the aggregate
number of such shares owned by all shareholders of
the corporation at such time.
‘‘(ii) The term ‘applicable pro rata amount’
means, with respect to a shareholder for a 12-month
period, the product of the shareholder’s applicable
percentage for the period and the proposed aggre-
gate amount for disbursements for political activities
by the corporation for the period, as specified in the
notice provided under subparagraph (A).
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘politi-
cal activity’ means any activity carried out for the purpose
of influencing (in whole or in part) any election for Fed-
eral office, influencing the consideration or outcome of any
Federal legislation or the issuance or outcome of any Fed-
eral regulations, or educating individuals about candidates
for election for Federal office or any Federal legislation,
law, or regulations.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to amounts collected or assessed
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
TITLE III—RESTRICTIONS ON
SOFT MONEY
SEC. 301. BAN ON SOFT MONEY OF NATIONAL POLITICAL
PARTIES AND CANDIDATES; BAN ON USE OF
SOFT MONEY BY STATE POLITICAL PARTIES
FOR FEDERAL ELECTION ACTIVITY.
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:
‘‘RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF SOFT MONEY BY POLITICAL
PARTIES AND CANDIDATES
‘‘SEC. 323. (a) BAN ON USE BY NATIONAL PAR-
TIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No political committee of a
national political party may solicit, receive, or direct
any contributions, donations, or transfers of funds,
or spend any funds, which are not subject to the
limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements
of this Act.
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Paragraph (1) shall
apply to any entity which is established, financed,
maintained, or controlled (directly or indirectly) by,
or which acts on behalf of, a political committee of
a national political party, including any national
congressional campaign committee of such a party
and any officer or agent of such an entity or com-
mittee.
‘‘(b) CANDIDATES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No candidate for Federal
office, individual holding Federal office, or any agent
of such a candidate or officeholder may solicit, re-
ceive, or direct—
‘‘(A) any funds in connection with any
Federal election unless the funds are subject to
the limitations, prohibitions and reporting re-
quirements of this Act;
‘‘(B) any funds that are to be expended in
connection with any election for other than a
Federal office unless the funds are not in excess
of the applicable amounts permitted with re-
spect to contributions to candidates and politi-
cal committees under paragraphs (1) and (2) of
section 315(a), and are not from sources pro-
hibited from making contributions by this Act
with respect to elections for Federal office; or
‘‘(C) any funds on behalf of any person
which are not subject to the limitations, prohi-
bitions, and reporting requirements of this Act
if such funds are for the purpose of financing
any activity on behalf of a candidate for elec-
tion for Federal office or any communication
which refers to a clearly identified candidate for
election for Federal office.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.—
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to—
‘‘(A) the solicitation, receipt, or direction
of funds by an individual who is a candidate for
a non-Federal office if such activity is per-
mitted under State law for such individual’s
non-Federal campaign committee; or
‘‘(B) the attendance by an individual who
holds Federal office at a fundraising event for
a State or local committee of a political party
of the State which the individual represents as
a Federal officeholder, if the event is held in
such State.
‘‘(c) STATE PARTIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any payment by a State
committee of a political party for a mixed political
activity—
‘‘(A) shall be subject to limitation and re-
porting under this Act as if such payment were
an expenditure; and
‘‘(B) may be paid only from an account
that is subject to the requirements of this Act.
‘‘(2) MIXED POLITICAL ACTIVITY DEFINED.—
As used in this section, the term ‘mixed political ac-
tivity’ means, with respect to a payment by a State
committee of a political party, an activity (such as
a voter registration program, a get-out-the-vote
drive, or general political advertising) that is both
for the purpose of influencing an election for Fed-
eral office and for any purpose unrelated to influenc-
ing an election for Federal office.
‘‘(d) PROHIBITING TRANSFERS
OF NON-FEDERAL
FUNDS BETWEEN STATE PARTIES.—A State committee
of a political party may not transfer any funds to a State
committee of a political party of another State unless the
funds are subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and re-
porting requirements of this Act.
‘‘(e) 
APPLICABILITY
TO
FUNDS
FROM
ALL
SOURCES.—This section shall apply with respect to funds
of any individual, corporation, labor organization, or other
person.’’.
TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATE
SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made
by this Act shall apply with respect to elections occurring
after January 2001.
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