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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1081
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the influence
of multicandidate political committees in elections for Federal office.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 13, 1997
Mr. SMITH 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
reduce the influence of multicandidate political commit-
tees in elections for Federal office.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PAC Limitation Act
of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. BAN ON MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE
CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES IN ELEC-
TIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.
Section 315(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(A) to any candidate and his authorized politi-
cal committees with respect to any election for Fed-
eral office;’’.
SEC. 3. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITA-
TION ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SOURCES
OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.
Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) A candidate for the office of Representative in,
or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress
may not, with respect to a reporting period for an election,
accept contributions from all sources outside the congres-
sional district involved totaling in excess of the total of
contributions accepted from individual residents of the
congressional district involved.’’.
SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON ACCEPTANCE OF SOFT MONEY BY
NATIONAL AND CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT-
TEES OF POLITICAL PARTIES.
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘LIMITATION ON ACCEPTANCE OF SOFT MONEY BY NA-
TIONAL AND CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES OF PO-
LITICAL PARTIES
‘‘SEC. 323. A national committee of a political party
and the congressional campaign committees of a political
party may not, in any calendar year, accept more than
$25,000 from any single person in contributions or trans-
fers that are not subject to the limitations, prohibitions,
and reporting requirements of this Act.’’.
SEC. 5. REPORTS ON FEDERAL POLITICAL ADVERTISE-
MENTS CARRIED BY RADIO STATIONS, TELE-
VISION STATIONS, AND CABLE SYSTEMS.
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971, as amended by section 4, is further amended by
adding at the end the following new section:
‘‘REPORTS
ON
FEDERAL
POLITICAL
ADVERTISEMENTS
CARRIED
BY
RADIO
STATIONS, TELEVISION
STA-
TIONS, AND CABLE SYSTEMS.
‘‘SEC. 324. At such times and in such manner as the
Commission shall prescribe by regulation, each operator
of a radio broadcasting station, television broadcasting
station, or cable system shall report to the Commission
the identity of each advertiser, the cost, the duration, and
other appropriate information with respect to each Fed-
eral political advertisement carried by the station or sys-
tem, including any advertisement advocating the passage
or defeat of Federal legislation, any advertisement advo-
cating the election or defeat of a candidate for Federal
office, and any advertisement characterizing the positions
taken by such a candidate.’’
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