a general election may not exceed 1⁄3 of the maximum ap-
plicable to the candidate in a general election under title 
V. 
‘‘(2) For purposes of limitations under this Act, any 
expenditure by a candidate referred to in paragraph (1), 
including an expenditure for the preparation, production, 
or presentation of communications through electronic 
media or in written form, shall, regardless of when the 
expenditure is made, be attributed to the appropriate gen-
eral election, unless such expenditure is made solely for 
an election other than a general election.’’. 
TITLE V—CONSIDERATION OF 
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 
SEC. 501. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CONSTITU-
TIONAL AMENDMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If any provision of this Act or any 
amendment made by this Act is found unconstitutional by 
the Supreme Court, the provisions of section 2908 (other 
than subsection (a)) of the Defense Base Closure and Re-
alignment Act of 1990 shall apply to the consideration of 
a joint resolution described in section 502 in the same 
manner as such provisions apply to a joint resolution de-
scribed in section 2908(a) of such Act. 
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(b) SPECIAL RULES.—For purposes of applying sub-
section (a) with respect to such provisions, the following 
rules shall apply: 
(1) Any reference to the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives shall be 
deemed a reference to the Committee on the Judici-
ary of the House of Representatives and any ref-
erence to the Committee on Armed Services of the 
Senate shall be deemed a reference to the Committee 
on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
(2) Any reference to the date on which the 
President transmits a report shall be deemed a ref-
erence to the date on which the Supreme Court finds 
a provision of this Act or an amendment made by 
this Act unconstitutional. 
SEC. 502. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT DESCRIBED. 
For purposes of section 501, a joint resolution de-
scribed in this section is a joint resolution proposing the 
following text as an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States: 
‘‘ARTICLE — 
‘‘SECTION 1. Congress may provide for reasonable re-
strictions on contributions, expenditures, and other dis-
bursements in campaigns for election for Federal office 
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as necessary to protect the integrity of the electoral proc-
ess. 
‘‘SECTION 2. Congress shall have power to enforce 
this article by appropriate legislation. No legislation en-
acted to enforce this article shall apply with respect to any 
election held after the last day of the year of the fourth 
Presidential election held after the date of the enactment 
of the legislation, unless the period in which such legisla-
tion is in effect is extended by an Act of Congress which 
is signed into law by the President.’’. 
TITLE VI—GENERAL EFFECTIVE 
DATE; SUNSET 
SEC. 601. GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE; SUNSET. 
This Act and the amendments made by this Act— 
(1) except as otherwise specifically provided, 
shall take effect January 1, 2009; and 
(2) shall remain in effect until December 31, 
2022. 
Æ 
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