I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3688
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require certain political
organizations under such Code to report information to the Federal
Election Commission, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 16, 2000
Mr. MOORE (for himself, Mr. HOYER, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr.
DAVIS of Florida, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts,
Mr. EVANS, Ms. PELOSI, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. BARRETT of
Wisconsin, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. MINGE,
Mr. NADLER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. FARR of California, Ms. MCCARTHY of
Missouri, Ms. RIVERS, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. BOYD, Mr. FORD, Ms.
HOOLEY of Oregon, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. SANDLIN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr.
CAPUANO, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. HILL of Indiana, Mr.
HOEFFEL, Mr. LARSON, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. PHELPS, Ms.
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SHOWS, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. UDALL of
New Mexico, and Mr. WU) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the
Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently de-
termined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require
certain political organizations under such Code to report
information to the Federal Election Commission, and
for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Campaign Integrity
Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO POLITICAL ORGA-
NIZATIONS 
UNDER 
INTERNAL 
REVENUE
CODE OF 1986.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 527(e)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(1) POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘political or-
ganization’ means a party, committee, associa-
tion, fund, or other organization (whether or
not incorporated)—
‘‘(i) organized and operated primarily
for the purpose of directly or indirectly ac-
cepting contributions or making expendi-
tures, or both, for an exempt function; and
‘‘(ii) except as provided in subpara-
graph (B), which files an annual statement
with the Secretary under which it certifies
that it is in compliance with subsections
(a) and (b) of section 304A of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—Subparagraph (A)(ii) does not apply
with respect to any of the following:
‘‘(i) Subject to subparagraph (C), any
organization which exists for the exclusive
purpose of influencing or attempting to
influence—
‘‘(I) the selection, nomination,
election, or appointment of any indi-
vidual to any State or local public of-
fice or office in a State or local polit-
ical organization;
‘‘(II) the appointment of any in-
dividual to any Federal public office;
or
‘‘(III) the selection, nomination,
election, or appointment of any indi-
vidual to any office in a political orga-
nization.
‘‘(ii) Any committee, club, association,
or other group of persons (other than a
separate segregated fund established under
section 316 of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b)) which
accepts contributions or makes expendi-
tures (as defined in this subsection) during
a calendar year in an aggregate amount of
less than $5,000.
‘‘(iii) Any political committee de-
scribed in section 301(4) of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971.
‘‘(C) TREATMENT
OF
CERTAIN
COMMU-
NICATIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—No organization
may be treated as an organization de-
scribed in subparagraph (B)(i) if it makes
payments described in clause (ii) during an
election cycle.
‘‘(ii) COMMUNICATIONS DESCRIBED.—
A payment described in this clause is a
payment for any communication which
mentions a clearly identified candidate for
election for Federal office or which con-
tains the likeness of such a candidate,
other than a payment for a communication
described in clause (i) of section 301(9)(B)
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)) or a payment
described in clause (v) of such section.
‘‘(iii) ELECTION CYCLE DEFINED.—In
this subparagraph, the term ‘election cycle’
means, with respect to a candidate for
election for Federal office, the period be-
ginning on the first day following the date
of the last general election for such office
and ending on the date of the next general
election for such office.
‘‘(D) TIMING OF STATEMENT OF COMPLI-
ANCE.—The annual statement of compliance re-
quired under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be filed
not later than the time for filing an annual re-
turn under section 6012(a)(6) (whether or not
the organization is required to file a return
under such section for such year).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 2000.
SEC. 3. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER FEDERAL
ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN 
ACT 
OF 
1971 
DE-
SCRIBED.
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by inserting after
section 304 the following new section: