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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1705
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require political
parties to submit reports to the Federal Election Commission on expendi-
tures of any funds used to influence an election for Federal office
and to require reports to the Commission on any independent expendi-
tures which mention a political party or a candidate for election for
Federal office, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 1997
Mr. HORN (for himself, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Mrs. JOHNSON of Con-
necticut, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. DOOLEY of
California, Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. HOBSON,
Mr. KOLBE, Mr. LAZIO of New York, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. PRICE of
North Carolina, Mr. QUINN, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. TIERNEY, and Mr.
STRICKLAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Oversight
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
require political parties to submit reports to the Federal
Election Commission on expenditures of any funds used
to influence an election for Federal office and to require
reports to the Commission on any independent expendi-
tures which mention a political party or a candidate
for election for Federal office, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘State-
ments’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in
paragraph (4), statements’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(4) In addition to any statements required to be
filed in accordance with subsection (a)(2), any person who
first makes independent expenditures with respect to an
election in an aggregate amount or value in excess of
$1,000 after the deadline for filing a pre-election report
under subparagraph (A)(i) of such subsection shall file a
statement containing the information described in para-
graph (2) at the time the person makes independent ex-
penditures in such aggregate amount or value.’’.
(2) EXPANDING SCOPE OF EXPENDITURES SUB-
JECT TO REPORTING.—Section 304(c) of such Act
(2 U.S.C. 434(c)), as amended by paragraph (1), is
further amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘inde-
pendent expenditure’ means—
‘‘(A) an independent expenditure described in
section 301(17); or
‘‘(B) any other payment (without regard to
whether the payment is otherwise treated as an ex-
penditure under this title) which is used to produce
or distribute any broadcast material, newspaper,
magazine, billboard, direct mail, phone bank oper-
ation, or similar type of public communication or po-
litical advertising which refers to a clearly identified
candidate or political party, which is made without
cooperation or consultation with any candidate or
any authorized committee or agent of such can-
didate, and which is not made in concert with, or at
the request or suggestion of, any candidate, or any
authorized committee or agent of such candidate
(other than any payment which would be described
in clause (i), (iii), or (v) of section 301(9)(B) if the
payment were an expenditure under such section).’’.
(3) CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT TO RE-
PORT PERSONS MAKING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR CER-
TAIN
INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURES.—The second
sentence of paragraph (2) of section 304(c) of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 434(c)) is amended by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, to-
gether with the information described in subpara-
graph (C) of the previous sentence.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to expenditures made on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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