‘‘(B) in the case of an amendment under an 
open rule, it is made available to Members and the 
general public on the Internet immediately after 
being offered; 
in a format that is searchable and sortable.’’. 
SEC. 5. PROMOTING EXPEDITED AVAILABILITY OF FEC RE-
PORTS. 
(a) MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING FOR ALL RE-
PORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(a)(11) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434(a)(11)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a 
person required to file—’’ and all that follows 
and inserting the following: ‘‘each person re-
quired to file a report under this Act shall be 
required to maintain and file such report in 
electronic form accessible by computers.’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘des-
ignations, statements, and reports’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘documents’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘means, with respect to’’ and all that follows 
and inserting the following: ‘‘means any report, 
designation, statement, or notification required 
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by this Act to be filed with the Commission or 
the Secretary of the Senate.’’. 
(2) PLACEMENT OF ALL REPORTS ON INTER-
NET.—Section 304(a)(11)(B) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
434(a)(11)(B)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a designation, statement, 
report, or notification’’ and inserting ‘‘each re-
port’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the designation, state-
ment, report, or notification’’ and inserting 
‘‘the report’’. 
(3) SEARCHABLE AND SORTABLE MANNER OF 
INFORMATION.—Section 304(a)(11)(B) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 434(a)(11)(B)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘in a format that is searchable and sortable’’ after 
‘‘Internet’’. 
(4) SOFTWARE FOR FILING OF ALL REPORTS.— 
Section 
304(a)(12) 
of 
such 
Act 
(2 
U.S.C. 
434a(a)(12)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘each person required to file a designation, 
statement, or report in electronic form’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each person required to file a report 
(as defined in paragraph (11)(D))’’; and 
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(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘any 
designation, statement, or report’’ and inserting 
‘‘any 
report 
(as 
defined 
in 
paragraph 
(11)(D))’’. 
(b) REQUIRING REPORTS FOR ALL CONTRIBUTIONS 
MADE TO ANY POLITICAL COMMITTEE WITHIN 30 DAYS 
OF ELECTION; REQUIRING REPORTS TO BE MADE WITH-
IN 24 HOURS.—Section 304(a)(6)(A) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 434(a)(6)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) Each political committee shall notify the Sec-
retary or the Commission, and the Secretary of State, as 
appropriate, in writing, of any contribution received by the 
committee during the period which begins on the 30th day 
before an election and ends at the time the polls close for 
such election. This notification shall be made within 24 
hours (or, if earlier, by midnight of the day on which the 
contribution is deposited) after the receipt of such con-
tribution and shall include the name of the candidate in-
volved (as appropriate) and the office sought by the can-
didate, the identification of the contributor, and the date 
of receipt and amount of the contribution.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to reports for periods 
beginning on or after January 1, 2013. 
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