SEC. 508. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ELECTION-RELATED
ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN NATIONALS.
Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsections:
‘‘(c) A foreign national shall not directly or indirectly
direct, control, influence or participate in any person’s
election-related activities, such as the making of contribu-
tions or expenditures in connection with elections for any
local, State, or Federal office or the administration of a
political committee.
‘‘(d) A separate segregated fund established in ac-
cordance with section 316(b)(2)(C) involved in the making
of contributions or expenditures in connection with elec-
tions for any Federal, State, or local office shall include
the following statement on all printed materials produced
for the purpose of soliciting contributions:
‘‘ ‘It is unlawful for a foreign national to make
any contribution of money or other thing of value to
a political committee.’.’’.
TITLE VI—REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 601. CHANGE IN CERTAIN REPORTING FROM A CAL-
ENDAR YEAR BASIS TO AN ELECTION CYCLE
BASIS.
Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), and (7) of section
304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 434(b) (2), (3), (4), (6), and (7)), are amended
by inserting after ‘‘calendar year’’ each place it appears
the following: ‘‘(election cycle, in the case of an authorized
committee of a candidate for Federal office)’’.
SEC. 602. PERSONAL AND CONSULTING SERVICES.
(a) REPORTING BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—Sec-
tion 304(b)(5)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(5)(A)), as amended by section
405, is further amended by inserting before the semicolon
at the end the following: ‘‘, except that if a person to
whom an expenditure is made is merely providing personal
or consulting services and is in turn making expenditures
to other persons (not including employees) who provide
goods or services to the candidate or his or her authorized
committees, the name and address of such other person,
together with the date, amount and purpose of such ex-
penditure shall also be disclosed’’.
(b) RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING BY PERSONS
TO WHOM EXPENDITURES ARE PASSED THROUGH.—Sec-
tion 302 of Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 432) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(j) The person described in section 304(b)(5)(A)
who is providing personal or consulting services and who
is in turn making expenditures to other persons (not in-
cluding employees) for goods or services provided to a can-
didate shall maintain records of and shall provide to a po-
litical committee the information necessary to enable the
political committee to report the information described in
section 304(b)(5)(A).’’.
SEC. 603. REDUCTION IN THRESHOLD FOR REPORTING OF
CERTAIN INFORMATION BY PERSONS OTHER
THAN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
Section 304(b)(3)(A) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(3)(A)) is amended
by striking ‘‘$200’’ and inserting ‘‘$100’’.
SEC. 604. COMPUTERIZED INDICES OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
Section 311(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 438(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(9);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(11) maintain computerized indices of con-
tributions of $200 or more.’’.
SEC. 605. IDENTIFICATION.
Section 301(13)(A) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(13)(A)) is amended by
striking ‘‘mailing address’’ and inserting ‘‘permanent resi-
dence address’’.
SEC. 606. POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
Section 303(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 433(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, and if the
organization or committee is incorporated, the State
of incorporation’’ after ‘‘committee’’; and
(2) by striking the ‘‘name and address of the
treasurer’’ in paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘the
names and addresses of the officers, including the
treasurer’’.
SEC. 607. USE OF CANDIDATES’ NAMES.
Section 302(e)(4) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)(4)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(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 such 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. 608. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by sections 402, 403,
and 404, is further amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(h) WAIVER.—The Commission may relieve any cat-
egory of political committees of the obligation to file 1 or
more reports required by this section, or may change the
due dates of such reports, if it determines that such action
is consistent with the purposes of this Act. The Commis-
sion may waive requirements to file reports in accordance
with this subsection through a rule of general applicability
or, in a specific case, may waive or change the due date
of a report by notifying all political committees affected.’’.
SEC. 609. SIMULTANEOUS REGISTRATION OF CANDIDATE
AND 
CANDIDATE’S 
PRINCIPAL 
CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE.
Section 303(a) of Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 433(a)) is amended in the first sentence
by striking ‘‘no later than 10 days after designation’’ and
inserting ‘‘on the date of its designation’’.
SEC. 610. DISCLOSURES BY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENGAGE
IN LOBBYING.
(a) DISCLOSURES REQUIRED.—Title III of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et
seq.), as amended by section 403, is further amended by
adding after section 323 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 324. DISCLOSURES BY ORGANIZATIONS THAT EN-
GAGE IN LOBBYING.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any organization that—
‘‘(1) is described in paragraph (4) or (6) of sec-
tion 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
and is exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such
Code, and
‘‘(2) conducts lobbying activities or pays an-
other person compensation to conduct lobbying ac-
tivities on its behalf,
shall provide the same information with respect to con-
tributions made to such organization, in the same manner
and to the same extent as is required for political commit-
tees under this Act.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.— As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘lobbying activities’ means lobby-
ing contacts and efforts in support of such contacts,
including—
‘‘(A) preparation and planning activities;
‘‘(B) research and other background work
that is intended for use in lobbying contacts;
‘‘(C) coordination with the lobbying activi-
ties of others; and
‘‘(D) grass roots lobbying communications
(as defined in regulations implementing section
4911(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986) to the extent that such communications
are made in direct support of lobbying contacts;
‘‘(2) the term ‘lobbying contact’—
‘‘(A) means any oral or written commu-
nication with a Member of Congress, an officer
or employee of the House of Representatives or
the Senate, or an officer or employee of the ex-
ecutive branch that is made with regard to—
‘‘(i) the formulation, modification, or
adoption of Federal legislation (including
legislative proposals); or
‘‘(ii) the formulation, modification, or
adoption of a Federal rule, regulation, Ex-
ecutive order, or any other program, policy,
or position of the United States Govern-
ment; and
‘‘(B) does not include any communication
that—
‘‘(i) is made by public officials acting
in their official capacity;
‘‘(ii) is made by representatives of a
media organization if the purpose of the
communication is gathering and dissemi-
nating news and information to the public;
or
‘‘(iii) consists of testimony given be-
fore a committee or subcommittee of the
Congress, or submitted for inclusion in the
public record of a hearing conducted by
any such committee or subcommittee or by
a Federal agency; and
‘‘(3) the term ‘Member of Congress’ means a
Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to, the Congress.’’.
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 301(8)(A) of Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(A)), as
amended by section 301, is further amended—
(1) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the
semicolon;
(2) in clause (iii) by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(iv) any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or
deposit of money or anything of value made by any
person to an organization to which section 323 ap-
plies.’’.
TITLE VII—FEDERAL ELECTION
COMMISSION
SEC. 701. APPEARANCE AS AMICI CURIAE.
Section 306(f) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437c(f)) is amended by striking out
paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(4)(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph
(2), or of any other provision of law, the Commission is
authorized to appear on its own behalf in any action relat-
ed to the exercise of its statutory duties or powers in any
court as either a party or as amicus curiae, either—
‘‘(i) by attorneys employed in its office, or
‘‘(ii) by counsel whom it may appoint, on a
temporary basis as may be necessary for such pur-
pose, without regard to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code, governing appointments in the
competitive service, and whose compensation it may
fix without regard to the provisions of chapter 51
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title. The
compensation of counsel so appointed on a tem-
porary basis shall be paid out of any funds otherwise
available to pay the compensation of employees of
the Commission.
‘‘(B) The authority granted under subparagraph (A)
includes the power to appeal from, and petition the Su-
preme Court for certiorari to review, judgments or decrees
entered with respect to actions in which the Commission
appears pursuant to the authority provided in this sec-
tion.’’.
SEC. 702. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION PUBLIC SERV-
ICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Title III of Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), as amended by sections 403 and
610, is further amended by inserting after section 324 the
following new section:
‘‘SEC. 325. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on January 15, and
continuing through April 15 of each year, the Federal
Election Commission shall carry out a program, utilizing
broadcast announcements and other appropriate means, to
inform the public of the existence and purpose of the Citi-
zen Representative Fund and the role that individual citi-
zens can play in the election process by voluntarily contrib-
uting to the Fund. The Commission shall seek to broad-
cast such announcements during prime time viewing hours
in 30-second advertising segments equivalent to 200 gross
rating points per network per week. The Commission shall
attempt to ensure that the maximum number of taxpayers
shall be exposed to these announcements. The Federal
Election Commission shall attempt to utilize a variety of
communications media, including television, cable, and
radio networks, and individual television, cable, and radio
stations, to provide similar announcements.
‘‘(b) GROSS RATING POINT.—The term ‘gross rating
point’ is a measure of the total gross weight delivered. It
is the sum of the ratings for individual programs. Since
a household rating period is 1 percent of the coverage