bursement and the amount of the payments 
each such person provided. If two or more peo-
ple provided the fifth largest of such payments, 
the covered organization involved shall select 
one of those persons to be included on the Top 
Five Funders list. 
‘‘(D) TOP TWO FUNDERS LIST.—The term 
‘Top Two Funders list’ means, with respect to 
a communication paid for in whole or in part 
with a payment which is treated as a campaign- 
related disbursement under section 324, a list 
of the persons who provided the largest and the 
second largest payments of any type in an ag-
gregate amount equal to or exceeding $10,000 
which are required under section 324(a) to be 
included in the reports filed by a covered orga-
nization with respect to such communication 
during the 12-month period ending on the date 
of the disbursement and the amount of the pay-
ments each such person provided. If two or 
more persons provided the second largest of 
such payments, the covered organization in-
volved shall select one of those persons to be in-
cluded on the Top Two Funders list.’’. 
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SEC. 4. SHAREHOLDERS’ RIGHT TO KNOW. 
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: 
‘‘SEC. 325. DISCLOSURES BY COVERED ORGANIZATIONS TO 
SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, AND DONORS OF 
INFORMATION ON CAMPAIGN-RELATED DIS-
BURSEMENTS. 
‘‘(a) INFORMATION
ON CAMPAIGN-RELATED DIS-
BURSEMENTS
TO
BE
INCLUDED
IN
PERIODIC
RE-
PORTS.—A covered organization which submits regular, 
periodic reports to its shareholders, members, or donors 
on its finances or activities shall include in each such re-
port, in a clear and conspicuous manner, the information 
included in the statements filed by the organization under 
section 324 with respect to the campaign-related disburse-
ments made by the organization during the period covered 
by the report. 
‘‘(b) HYPERLINK
TO INFORMATION INCLUDED
IN 
REPORTS FILED WITH COMMISSION.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRED POSTING OF HYPERLINK.—If a 
covered organization maintains an Internet site, the 
organization shall post on such Internet site a 
hyperlink from its homepage to the location on the 
Internet site of the Commission which contains the 
information included in the statements filed by the 
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organization under section 324 with respect to cam-
paign-related disbursements. 
‘‘(2) DEADLINE; DURATION OF POSTING.—The 
covered organization shall post the hyperlink de-
scribed in paragraph (1) not later than 24 hours 
after the Commission posts the information de-
scribed in such paragraph on the Internet site of the 
Commission, and shall ensure that the hyperlink re-
mains on the Internet site of the covered organiza-
tion until the expiration of the 1-year period which 
begins on the date of the election with respect to 
which the campaign-related disbursements are made. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘campaign-related 
disbursement’ and ‘covered organization’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in section 324.’’. 
SEC. 5. LOBBYISTS’ CAMPAIGN FUNDING DISCLOSURE. 
(a) DISCLOSURE OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES 
AND
ELECTIONEERING
COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 
5(d)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1604(d)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (F); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as sub-
paragraph (I); and 
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(3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(G) the amount of any independent ex-
penditure (as defined in section 301(17) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 431(17)) equal to or greater than 
$1,000 made by such person or organization, 
and for each such expenditure the name of each 
candidate being supported or opposed and the 
amount spent supporting or opposing each such 
candidate; 
‘‘(H) the amount of any electioneering 
communication (as defined in section 304(f)(3) 
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(f)(3)) equal to or 
greater than $1,000 made by such person or or-
ganization, and for each such communication 
the name of the candidate referred to in the 
communication and whether the communication 
involved was in support of or in opposition to 
the candidate; and’’. 
(b) DISCLOSURE OF AMOUNTS PROVIDED TO CER-
TAIN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—Section 5(d)(1)(D) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 1605(d)(1)(D)) is amended by striking 
‘‘or political party committee,’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘political party committee, or political committee which is 
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treated 
as 
a 
covered 
organization 
under 
section 
324(f)(1)(D) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971,’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to reports for semi-
annual periods described in section 5(d)(1) of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 that begin after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or amendment made by 
this Act, or the application of a provision or amendment 
to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitu-
tional, the remainder of this Act and amendments made 
by this Act, and the application of the provisions and 
amendment to any person or circumstance, shall not be 
affected by the holding. 
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as provided in section 5, the amendments 
made by this Act shall apply with respects to disburse-
ments made on or after July 1, 2012. 
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