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internet (whether through a site established for pur-
poses of this subsection, a hyperlink on another pub-
lic site of the committee, or a hyperlink on a report 
filed electronically with the Commission) in a search-
able, sortable, and downloadable manner. 
‘‘SEC. 523. PREVENTING UNNECESSARY SPENDING OF PUB-
LIC FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) MANDATORY SPENDING
OF AVAILABLE PRI-
VATE FUNDS.—An authorized committee of a candidate 
certified as a participating candidate under this title may 
not make any expenditure of any payments received under 
this title in any amount unless the committee has made 
an expenditure in an equivalent amount of funds received 
by the committee which are described in paragraphs (1), 
(3), (4), (5), and (6) of section 521(a). 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—Subsection (a) applies to an au-
thorized committee only to the extent that the funds re-
ferred to in such subsection are available to the committee 
at the time the committee makes an expenditure of a pay-
ment received under this title. 
‘‘SEC. 524. REMITTING UNSPENT FUNDS AFTER ELECTION. 
‘‘(a) REMITTANCE REQUIRED.—Not later than the 
date that is 180 days after the last election for which a 
candidate certified as a participating candidate qualifies 
to be on the ballot during the election cycle involved, such 
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participating candidate shall remit to the Commission for 
deposit in the Freedom From Influence Fund established 
under section 541 an amount equal to the balance of the 
payments received under this title by the authorized com-
mittees of the candidate which remain unexpended as of 
such date. 
‘‘(b) PERMITTING CANDIDATES PARTICIPATING IN 
NEXT
ELECTION
CYCLE
TO
RETAIN
PORTION
OF 
UNSPENT FUNDS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), a 
participating candidate may withhold not more than 
$100,000 from the amount required to be remitted under 
subsection (a) if the candidate files a signed affidavit with 
the Commission that the candidate will seek certification 
as a participating candidate with respect to the next elec-
tion cycle, except that the candidate may not use any por-
tion of the amount withheld until the candidate is certified 
as a participating candidate with respect to that next elec-
tion cycle. If the candidate fails to seek certification as 
a participating candidate prior to the last day of the Small 
Dollar Democracy qualifying period for the next election 
cycle (as described in section 511), or if the Commission 
notifies the candidate of the Commission’s determination 
does not meet the requirements for certification as a par-
ticipating candidate with respect to such cycle, the can-
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didate shall immediately remit to the Commission the 
amount withheld. 
‘‘Subtitle D—Enhanced Match 
Support 
‘‘SEC. 531. ENHANCED SUPPORT FOR GENERAL ELECTION. 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY
OF ENHANCED SUPPORT.—In 
addition to the payments made under subtitle A, the Com-
mission shall make an additional payment to an eligible 
candidate under this subtitle. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A candidate shall use the ad-
ditional payment under this subtitle only for authorized 
expenditures in connection with the election involved. 
‘‘SEC. 532. ELIGIBILITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A candidate is eligible to receive 
an additional payment under this subtitle if the candidate 
meets each of the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) The candidate is on the ballot for the gen-
eral election for the office the candidate seeks. 
‘‘(2) The candidate is certified as a partici-
pating candidate under this title with respect to the 
election. 
‘‘(3) During the enhanced support qualifying 
period, the candidate receives qualified small dollar 
contributions in a total amount of not less than 
$50,000. 
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‘‘(4) During the enhanced support qualifying 
period, the candidate submits to the Commission a 
request for the payment which includes— 
‘‘(A) a statement of the number and 
amount of qualified small dollar contributions 
received by the candidate during the enhanced 
support qualifying period; 
‘‘(B) a statement of the amount of the 
payment the candidate anticipates receiving 
with respect to the request; and 
‘‘(C) such other information and assur-
ances as the Commission may require. 
‘‘(5) After submitting a request for the addi-
tional payment under paragraph (4), the candidate 
does not submit any other application for an addi-
tional payment under this subtitle. 
‘‘(b) ENHANCED SUPPORT QUALIFYING PERIOD DE-
SCRIBED.—In this subtitle, the term ‘enhanced support 
qualifying period’ means, with respect to a general elec-
tion, the period which begins 60 days before the date of 
the election and ends 14 days before the date of the elec-
tion. 
‘‘SEC. 533. AMOUNT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), the 
amount of the additional payment made to an eligible can-
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didate under this subtitle shall be an amount equal to 50 
percent of— 
‘‘(1) the amount of the payment made to the 
candidate under section 501(b) with respect to the 
qualified small dollar contributions which are re-
ceived by the candidate during the enhanced support 
qualifying period (as included in the request sub-
mitted by the candidate under section 532(a)(4)); or 
‘‘(2) in the case of a candidate who is not eligi-
ble to receive a payment under section 501(b) with 
respect to such qualified small dollar contributions 
because the candidate has reached the limit on the 
aggregate amount of payments under subtitle A for 
the election cycle under section 501(c), the amount 
of the payment which would have been made to the 
candidate under section 501(b) with respect to such 
qualified small dollar contributions if the candidate 
had not reached such limit. 
‘‘(b) LIMIT.—The amount of the additional payment 
determined under subsection (a) with respect to a can-
didate may not exceed $500,000. 
‘‘(c) NO
EFFECT
ON
AGGREGATE
LIMIT.—The 
amount of the additional payment made to a candidate 
under this subtitle shall not be included in determining 
the aggregate amount of payments made to a participating 
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candidate with respect to an election cycle under section 
501(c). 
‘‘SEC. 534. WAIVER OF AUTHORITY TO RETAIN PORTION OF 
UNSPENT FUNDS AFTER ELECTION. 
‘‘Notwithstanding section 524(a)(2), a candidate who 
receives an additional payment under this subtitle with re-
spect to an election is not permitted to withhold any por-
tion from the amount of unspent funds the candidate is 
required to remit to the Commission under section 
524(a)(1). 
‘‘Subtitle E—Administrative 
Provisions 
‘‘SEC. 541. FREEDOM FROM INFLUENCE FUND. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Treasury a fund to be known as the ‘Freedom From Influ-
ence Fund’. 
‘‘(b) AMOUNTS HELD BY FUND.—The Fund shall 
consist of the following amounts: 
‘‘(1) ASSESSMENTS
AGAINST
FINES, SETTLE-
MENTS, 
AND
PENALTIES.—Amounts transferred 
under section 3015 of title 18, United States Code, 
section 9706 of title 31, United States Code, and 
section 6761 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSITS.—Amounts deposited into the 
Fund under— 
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