SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN LIMITATION AMOUNT FOR CON-
TRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL
OFFICE 
BY 
MULTICANDIDATE 
POLITICAL
COMMITTEES.
Section 315(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is amended
by striking out ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘$1,000’’.
SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN LIMITATION AMOUNT FOR CON-
TRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FOR FEDERAL
OFFICE 
BY 
PERSONS 
OTHER 
THAN
MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
Section 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A)) is amended
by striking out ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘$500’’.
SEC. 4. CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH INTERMEDIARIES AND
CONDUITS.
Section 315(a)(8) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(8)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(8) For the purposes of this subsection:
‘‘(A) Contributions made by a person, either di-
rectly or indirectly, to or on behalf of a particular
candidate, including contributions that are in any
way earmarked or otherwise directed through an
intermediary or conduit to a candidate, shall be
treated as contributions from the person to the
candidate.
‘‘(B) Contributions made directly or indirectly
by a person to or on behalf of a particular candidate
through an intermediary or conduit, including con-
tributions made or arranged to be made by an
intermediary or conduit, shall be treated as contribu-
tions from the intermediary or conduit to the can-
didate if—
‘‘(i) the contributions made through the
intermediary or conduit are in the form of a
check or other negotiable instrument made pay-
able to the intermediary or conduit rather than
the intended recipient; or
‘‘(ii) the intermediary or conduit is—
‘‘(I) a political committee;
‘‘(II) an officer, employee, or agent of
such a political committee;
‘‘(III) a political party;
‘‘(IV) a partnership or sole proprietor-
ship;
‘‘(V) a person who is required to reg-
ister or to report its lobbying activities, or
a lobbyist whose activities are required to
be reported, under section 308 of the Fed-
eral Regulation of Lobbying Act (2 U.S.C.
267), the Foreign Agents Registration Act
of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.), or any
successor Federal law requiring a person
who is a lobbyist or foreign agent to reg-
ister or a person to report its lobbying ac-
tivities; or
‘‘(VI) an organization prohibited from
making contributions under section 316, or
an officer, employee, or agent of such an
organization acting on the organization’s
behalf.
‘‘(C)(i) The term ‘intermediary or conduit’ does
not include—
‘‘(I) a candidate or representative of a can-
didate receiving contributions to the candidate’s
principal campaign committee or authorized
committee;
‘‘(II) 
a 
professional 
fundraiser 
com-
pensated for fundraising services at the usual
and customary rate, but only if the individual
is not described in subparagraph (B)(ii);
‘‘(III) a volunteer hosting a fundraising
event at the volunteer’s home, in accordance
with section 301(8)(B), but only if the individ-
ual is not described in subparagraph (B)(ii); or
‘‘(IV) an individual who transmits a con-
tribution from the individual’s spouse.
‘‘(ii) The term ‘representative’ means an indi-
vidual who is expressly authorized by the candidate
to engage in fundraising, and who occupies a signifi-
cant position within the candidate’s campaign orga-
nization, provided that the individual is not de-
scribed in subparagraph (B)(ii).
‘‘(iii) The term ‘contributions made or arranged
to be made’ includes—
‘‘(I) contributions delivered to a particular
candidate or the candidate’s authorized commit-
tee or agent; and
‘‘(II) contributions directly or indirectly ar-
ranged to be made to a particular candidate or
the candidate’s authorized committee or agent,
in a manner that identifies directly or indirectly
to the candidate or authorized committee or
agent the person who arranged the making of
the contributions or the person on whose behalf
such person was acting.
Such term does not include contributions made, or
arranged to be made, by reason of an oral or written
communication by a Federal candidate or office-
holder expressly advocating the nomination for elec-
tion, or election, of any other Federal candidate and
encouraging the making of a contribution to such
other candidate.
‘‘(iv) The term ‘acting on the organization’s be-
half’ includes the following activities by an officer,
employee or agent of a person described in subpara-
graph (B)(ii)(VI):
‘‘(I) Soliciting or directly or indirectly ar-
ranging the making of a contribution to a par-
ticular candidate in the name of, or by using
the name of, such a person.
‘‘(II) Soliciting or directly or indirectly ar-
ranging the making of a contribution to a par-
ticular candidate using other than incidental re-
sources of such a person.
‘‘(III) Soliciting contributions for a par-
ticular candidate by substantially directing the
solicitations to other officers, employees, or
agents of such a person.
‘‘(D) Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit—
‘‘(i) bona fide joint fundraising efforts con-
ducted solely for the purpose of sponsorship of
a fundraising reception, dinner, or other similar
event, in accordance with rules prescribed by
the Commission, by—
‘‘(I) 2 or more candidates;
‘‘(II) 2 or more national, State, or
local committees of a political party within
the meaning of section 301(4) acting on
their own behalf; or
‘‘(III) a special committee formed by
2 or more candidates, or a candidate and
a national, State, or local committee of a
political party acting on their own behalf;
or
‘‘(ii) fundraising efforts for the benefit of
a candidate that are conducted by another can-
didate.
When a contribution is made to a candidate through an
intermediary or conduit, the intermediary or conduit shall
report the original source and the intended recipient of
the contribution to the Commission and to the intended
recipient.’’.
SEC. 5. CONTRIBUTIONS BY DEPENDENTS NOT OF VOTING
AGE.
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) For purposes of this section, any contribution by
an individual who—
‘‘(1) is a dependent of another individual; and
‘‘(2) has not, as of the time of such contribu-
tion, attained the legal age for voting for elections
to Federal office in the State in which such individ-
ual resides,
shall be treated as having been made by such other indi-
vidual. If such individual is the dependent of another indi-
vidual and such other individual’s spouse, the contribution
shall be allocated among such individuals in the manner
determined by them.’’.
SEC. 6. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FROM STATE AND
LOCAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PARTIES
TO BE AGGREGATED.
Section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(9) Notwithstanding paragraph (5)(B), a candidate
for Federal office may not accept, with respect to an elec-
tion, any contribution from a State or local committee of
a political party (including any subordinate committee of
such committee), if such contribution, when added to the
total of contributions previously accepted from all such
committees of that political party, exceeds a limitation on
contributions to a candidate under this section.’’.
SEC. 
7. 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
AND 
EXPENDITURES 
USING
MONEY SECURED BY PHYSICAL FORCE OR
OTHER INTIMIDATION.
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES USING MONEY
SECURED BY PHYSICAL FORCE OR OTHER INTIMIDATION
‘‘SEC. 323. It shall be unlawful for any person to—
‘‘(1) cause another person to make a contribu-
tion or expenditure by using physical force, job dis-
crimination, financial reprisals, or the threat of
physical force, job discrimination, or financial re-
prisal; or
‘‘(2) make a contribution or expenditure utiliz-
ing money or anything of value secured in the man-
ner described in paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 8. PROHIBITION OF ACCEPTANCE BY A CANDIDATE OF
CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY ONE PER-
SON AGGREGATING MORE THAN $100.
Section 321 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441g) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and
no candidate or authorized committee of a candidate shall
accept from any one person,’’ after ‘‘make’’.
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.
(a) CONTRIBUTION
AND
EXPENDITURE
EXCEP-
TIONS.—(1) Clause (xii) of section 301(8)(B) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
431(8)(B)(xii)) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘in connection with volunteer
activities’’ after ‘‘such committee’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause
(2), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (3),
and by adding at the end the following new
subclause:
‘‘(4) such activities are conducted solely
by, or any materials are distributed solely by,
volunteers;’’.
(2) Clause (ix) of section 301(9)(B) of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)(ix))
is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘in connection with volunteer
activities’’ after ‘‘such committee’’, and
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause
(2), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (3),
and by adding at the end the following new
subclause:
‘‘(4) any materials in connection with such
activities are prepared for distribution (and are
distributed) solely by volunteers;’’.
(b) GENERIC ACTIVITIES; STATE PARTY GRASS-
ROOTS FUND.—Section 301 of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(20) The term ‘generic campaign activity’
means a campaign activity that promotes a political
party rather than any particular Federal or non-
Federal candidate.
‘‘(21) The term ‘State Party Grassroots Fund’
means a separate segregated fund established and
maintained by a State committee of a political party
solely for purposes of making expenditures and other
disbursements described in section 324(d).’’.
SEC. 10. CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL PARTY COMMIT-
TEES.
(a) 
INDIVIDUAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
TO
STATE
PARTY.—Paragraph (1) of section 315(a) of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B),
by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D),
and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(C) to—
‘‘(i) a State Party Grassroots Fund estab-
lished and maintained by a State committee of
a political party in any calendar year which, in
the aggregate, exceed $20,000; or
‘‘(ii) any other political committee estab-
lished and maintained by a State committee of
a political party in any calendar year which, in
the aggregate, exceed $5,000,
except that the aggregate contributions described in
this subparagraph which may be made by a person
to the State Party Grassroots Fund and all commit-
tees of a State Committee of a political party in any
State in any calendar year shall not exceed $20,000;
or’’.
(b) MULTICANDIDATE COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS
TO STATE PARTY.—Paragraph (2) of section 315(a) of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
441a(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B), by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D), and by inserting after subparagraph (B)
the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) to—
‘‘(i) a State Party Grassroots Fund estab-
lished and maintained by a State committee of
a political party in any calendar year which, in
the aggregate, exceed $15,000; or
‘‘(ii) to any other political committee estab-
lished and maintained by a State committee of
a political party which, in the aggregate, exceed
$5,000,
except that the aggregate contributions described in
this subparagraph which may be made by a
multicandidate political committee to the State
Party Grassroots Fund and all committees of a
State Committee of a political party in any State in
any calendar year shall not exceed $15,000; or’’.
(c) OVERALL
LIMIT.—Paragraph (3) of section
315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3)(A) No individual shall make contributions dur-
ing any election cycle (as defined in section 301(29)(B))
which, in the aggregate, exceed $60,000.
‘‘(B) No individual shall make contributions during
any calendar year—
‘‘(i) to all candidates and their authorized polit-
ical committees which, in the aggregate, exceed
$25,000; or
‘‘(ii) to all political committees established and
maintained by State committees of a political party
which, in the aggregate, exceed $20,000.
‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), any con-
tribution made to a candidate or the candidate’s author-
ized political committees in a year other than the calendar
year in which the election is held with respect to which
such contribution is made shall be treated as made during
the calendar year in which the election is held.’’.
(d) PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE COMMITTEE TRANS-
FERS.—(1) Subparagraph (B) of section 315(b)(1) of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
441a(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) in the case of a campaign for election
to such office, an amount equal to the sum of—
‘‘(i) $20,000,000, plus
‘‘(ii) the lesser of—
‘‘(I) 2 cents multiplied by the
voting age population of the United
States (as certified under subsection
(e) of this section), or
‘‘(II) the amounts transferred by
the candidate and the authorized com-
mittees of the candidate to the na-
tional committee of the candidate’s
political party for distribution to State
Party Grassroots Funds.’’.
(2) Subparagraph (A) of section 9002(11) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 (defining qualified campaign
expense) is amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause
(ii), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (iii), and by
inserting at the end the following new clause ‘‘(iv) any
transfers to the national committee of the candidate’s po-
litical party for distribution to State Party Grassroots
Funds (as defined in section 301(31) of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971) to the extent such transfers
do not exceed the amount determined under section
315(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act,’’.
SEC. 11. PROVISIONS RELATING TO NATIONAL, STATE, AND
LOCAL PARTY COMMITTEES.
(a) SOFT MONEY OF COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL
PARTIES.—Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 is amended by inserting after section 323 the fol-
lowing new section:
‘‘POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEES
‘‘SEC. 324. (a) LIMITATIONS ON NATIONAL COMMIT-
TEE.—(1) A national committee of a political party and
the congressional campaign committees of a political party
may not solicit or accept contributions or transfers not
subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting re-
quirements of this Act.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to contributions—
‘‘(A) that—
‘‘(i) are to be transferred to a State com-
mittee of a political party and are used solely
for activities described in clauses (xi) through
(xvii) of paragraph (9)(B) of section 301; or
‘‘(ii) 
are 
described 
in 
section
301(8)(B)(viii); and
‘‘(B) with respect to which contributors have
been notified that the funds will be used solely for
the purposes described in subparagraph (A).
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES
SUBJECT
TO
THIS
ACT.—Any
amount solicited, received, expended, or disbursed directly
or indirectly by a national, State, district, or local commit-
tee of a political party (including any subordinate commit-
tee) with respect to any of the following activities shall
be subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting
requirements of this Act:
‘‘(1)(A) Any get-out-the-vote activity conducted
during a calendar year in which an election for the
office of President is held.
‘‘(B) Any other get-out-the-vote activity unless
subsection (c)(2) applies to the activity.
‘‘(2) Any generic campaign activity.
‘‘(3) Any activity that identifies or promotes a
Federal candidate, regardless of whether—
‘‘(A) a State or local candidate is also
identified or promoted; or
‘‘(B) any portion of the funds disbursed
constitutes a contribution or expenditure under
this Act.
‘‘(4) Voter registration.
‘‘(5) Development and maintenance of voter
files during an even-numbered calendar year.
‘‘(6) Any other activity that—
‘‘(A) significantly affects a Federal elec-
tion, or
‘‘(B) is not otherwise described in section
301(8)(B)(xvii).
Any amount spent to raise funds that are used, in whole
or in part, in connection with activities described in the
preceding paragraphs shall be subject to the limitations,
prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.
‘‘(c) GET-OUT-THE-VOTE ACTIVITIES
BY STATE,
DISTRICT, AND LOCAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PAR-
TIES.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any get-
out-the-vote activity for a State or local candidate, or for
a ballot measure, which is conducted by a State, district,
or local committee of a political party (including any sub-
ordinate committee) shall be subject to the limitations,
prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any activity
which the State committee of a political party certifies to
the Commission is an activity which—
‘‘(A) is conducted during a calendar year other
than a calendar year in which an election for the of-
fice of President is held,
‘‘(B) is exclusively on behalf of (and specifically
identifies only) one or more State or local candidates
or ballot measures, and
‘‘(C) does not include any effort or means used
to identify or turn out those identified to be support-
ers of any Federal candidate (including any activity
that is undertaken in coordination with, or on behalf
of, a candidate for Federal office).
‘‘(d) STATE PARTY GRASSROOTS FUNDS.—(1) A
State committee of a political party may make disburse-
ments and expenditures from its State Party Grassroots
Fund only for—
‘‘(A) any generic campaign activity;
‘‘(B) payments described in clauses (v), (x), and
(xii) of paragraph (8)(B) and clauses (iv), (viii), and
(ix) of paragraph (9)(B) of section 301;
‘‘(C) subject to the limitations of section
315(d), payments described in clause (xii) of para-
graph (8)(B), and clause (ix) of paragraph (9)(B),
any limitation or prohibition as to source or dollar
amount specified in section 315(a) (1)(A) and
(2)(A); and
‘‘(B) the State or local candidate committee—
‘‘(i) maintains, in the account from which
payment is made, records of the sources and
amounts of funds for purposes of determining
whether such requirements are met; and
‘‘(ii) certifies that such requirements were
met.
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), in determin-
ing whether the funds transferred meet the requirements
of this Act described in such paragraph—
‘‘(A) a State or local candidate committee’s
cash on hand shall be treated as consisting of the
funds most recently received by the committee, and
‘‘(B) the committee must be able to dem-
onstrate that its cash on hand contains sufficient
funds meeting such requirements as are necessary to
cover the transferred funds.
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any State Party
Grassroots Fund receiving any transfer described in para-
graph (1) from a State or local candidate committee shall
be required to meet the reporting requirements of this Act,
and shall submit to the Commission all certifications re-
ceived, with respect to receipt of the transfer from such
candidate committee.
‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, a State or local
candidate committee is a committee established, financed,
maintained, or controlled by a candidate for other than
Federal office.’’.
(b) CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.—(1) Sec-
tion 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’
at the end of clause (xiii), by striking the period at the
end of clause (xiv) and inserting a semicolon, and by add-
ing at the end the following new clauses:
‘‘(xv) any amount contributed to a
candidate for other than Federal office;
‘‘(xvi) any amount received or ex-
pended to pay the costs of a State or local
political convention;
‘‘(xvii) any payment for campaign ac-
tivities that are exclusively on behalf of
(and specifically identify only) State or
local candidates and do not identify any
Federal candidate, and that are not activi-
ties described in section 324(b) (without
regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or section
324(c)(1);
‘‘(xviii) any payment for administra-
tive expenses of a State or local committee
of a political party, including expenses
for—
‘‘(I) overhead, including party
meetings;
‘‘(II) staff (other than individuals
devoting a significant amount of their
time to elections for Federal office
and individuals engaged in conducting
get-out-the-vote activities for a Fed-
eral election); and
‘‘(III) conducting party elections
or caucuses;
‘‘(xix) any payment for research per-
taining solely to State and local candidates
and issues;
‘‘(xx) any payment for development
and maintenance of voter files other than
during the 1-year period ending on the
date during an even-numbered calendar
year on which regularly scheduled general
elections for Federal office occur; and
‘‘(xxi) any payment for any other ac-
tivity which is solely for the purpose of in-
fluencing, and which solely affects, an elec-
tion for non-Federal office and which is
not an activity described in section 324(b)
(without regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or
section 324(c)(1).’’.
(2) Section 301(9)(B) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)) is amended by
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ix), by striking the
period at the end of clause (x) and inserting a semicolon,
and by adding at the end the following new clauses:
‘‘(xi) any amount contributed to a
candidate for other than Federal office;
‘‘(xii) any amount received or ex-
pended to pay the costs of a State or local
political convention;
‘‘(xiii) any payment for campaign ac-
tivities that are exclusively on behalf of
(and specifically identify only) State or
local candidates and do not identify any
Federal candidate, and that are not activi-
ties described in section 324(b) (without
regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or section
324(c)(1);
‘‘(xiv) any payment for administrative
expenses of a State or local committee of
a political party, including expenses for—
‘‘(I) overhead, including party
meetings;
‘‘(II) staff (other than individuals
devoting a significant amount of their
time to elections for Federal office
and individuals engaged in conducting
get-out-the-vote activities for a Fed-
eral election); and
‘‘(III) conducting party elections
or caucuses;
‘‘(xv) any payment for research per-
taining solely to State and local candidates
and issues;
‘‘(xvi) any payment for development
and maintenance of voter files other than
during the 1-year period ending on the
date during an even-numbered calendar
year on which regularly scheduled general
elections for Federal office occur; and
‘‘(xvii) any payment for any other ac-
tivity which is solely for the purpose of in-
fluencing, and which solely affects, an elec-
tion for non-Federal office and which is
not an activity described in section 324(b)
(without regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or
section 324(c)(1).’’.
(c) LIMITATION APPLIED AT NATIONAL LEVEL.—
Paragraph (3) of section 315(d) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)(3)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Not-
withstanding the preceding sentence, the applicable con-
gressional campaign committee of a political party shall
make the expenditures described in this paragraph which
are authorized to be made by a national or State commit-
tee with respect to a candidate in any State unless it allo-
cates all or a portion of such expenditures to either or
both of such committees.’’.
(d) LIMITATIONS APPLY
FOR ENTIRE ELECTION
CYCLE.—Section 315(d)(1) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)(1)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Each limi-
tation under the following paragraphs shall apply to the
entire election cycle for an office.’’.
SEC. 12. RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDRAISING BY CANDIDATES
AND OFFICEHOLDERS.
(a) STATE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES.—Section 315
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
441a), as amended by section 5, is further amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(j) LIMITATIONS ON FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES OF
FEDERAL CANDIDATES AND OFFICEHOLDERS AND CER-
TAIN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—(1) For purposes of this
Act, a candidate for Federal office, an individual holding
Federal office, or any agent of the candidate or individual
may not solicit funds to, or receive funds on behalf of,
any Federal or non-Federal candidate or political commit-
tee—
‘‘(A) which are to be expended in connection
with any election for Federal office unless such
funds are subject to the limitations, prohibitions,
and requirements of this Act; or
‘‘(B) which are to be expended in connection
with any election for other than Federal office unless
such funds are not in excess of amounts permitted
with respect to Federal candidates and political com-
mittees under subsections (a) (1) and (2), and are
not from sources prohibited by such subsections with
respect to elections to Federal office.
‘‘(2)(A) The aggregate amount which a person de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) may solicit from a
multicandidate political committee for State committees
described in subsection (a)(1)(C) (including subordinate
committees) for any calendar year shall not exceed the dol-
lar amount in effect under subsection (a)(2)(B) for the
calendar year.
‘‘(B) A person is described in this subparagraph if
such person is a candidate for Federal office, an individual
holding Federal office, an agent of such a candidate or
individual, or any national, State, district, or local commit-
tee of a political party (including a subordinate committee)
and any agent of such a committee.
‘‘(3) The appearance or participation by a candidate
for Federal office or individual holding Federal office in
any fundraising event conducted by a committee of a polit-
ical party or a candidate for other than Federal office shall
not be treated as a solicitation for purposes of paragraph
(1) if such candidate or individual does not solicit or re-
ceive, or make disbursements from, any funds resulting
from such activity.
‘‘(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the solicitation
or receipt of funds, or disbursements, by an individual who
is a candidate for other than Federal office if such activity
is permitted under State law.
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, an individual
shall be treated as holding Federal office if such individ-
ual—
‘‘(A) holds a Federal office; or
SEC. 13. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434)
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(d) POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—(1) The national
committee of a political party and any congressional cam-
paign committee of a political party, and any subordinate
committee of either, shall report all receipts and disburse-
ments during the reporting period, whether or not in con-
nection with an election for Federal office.
‘‘(2) A political committee (not described in para-
graph (1)) to which section 324 applies shall report all
receipts and disbursements including separate schedules
for receipts and disbursements for State Grassroots Funds
described in section 301(31).
‘‘(3) Any political committee to which section 324 ap-
plies shall include in its report under paragraph (1) or
(2) the amount of any transfer described in section
324(d)(2) and shall itemize such amounts to the extent
required by section 304(b)(3)(A).
‘‘(4) Any political committee to which paragraph (1)
or (2) does not apply shall report any receipts or disburse-
ments which are used in connection with a Federal elec-
tion.
‘‘(5) If a political committee has receipts or disburse-
ments to which this subsection applies from any person
aggregating in excess of $200 for any calendar year, the
political committee shall separately itemize its reporting
for such person in the same manner as subsection (b)
(3)(A), (5), or (6).
‘‘(6) Reports required to be filed by this subsection
shall be filed for the same time periods required for politi-
cal committees under subsection (a).’’.
(b) REPORT OF EXEMPT CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section
301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 431(8)) is amended by inserting at the end thereof
the following:
‘‘(C) The exclusion provided in clause (viii)
of subparagraph (B) shall not apply for pur-
poses of any requirement to report contribu-
tions under this Act, and all such contributions
aggregating in excess of $200 shall be
reported.’’.
(c) REPORTS BY STATE COMMITTEES.—Section 304
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
434), as amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding
at the end thereof the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) FILING OF STATE REPORTS.—In lieu of any re-
port required to be filed by this Act, the Commission may
allow a State committee of a political party to file with
the Commission a report required to be filed under State
law if the Commission determines such reports contain
substantially the same information.’’.
(d) OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) AUTHORIZED COMMITTEES.—Paragraph (4)
of section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(4)) is amended by
striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (H), by
inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (I), and
by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph:
‘‘(J) in the case of an authorized commit-
tee, disbursements for the primary election, the
general election, and any other election in which
the candidate participates;’’.
(2) NAMES
AND
ADDRESSES.—Subparagraph
(A) of section 304(b)(5) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(5)(A)) is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘within the calendar year’’,
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and the election to
which the operating expenditure relates’’ after
‘‘operating expenditure’’.
SEC. 14. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN INDE-
PENDENT EXPENDITURES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended
by section 13, is further amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) TIME
FOR REPORTING CERTAIN EXPENDI-
TURES.—(1) Any person making independent expendi-
tures aggregating $1,000 or more after the 20th day, but
more than 24 hours, before any election shall file a report
of such expenditures within 24 hours after such expendi-
tures are made.
‘‘(2) Any person making independent expenditures
aggregating $10,000 or more at any time up to and in-
cluding the 20th day before any election shall file a report
within 48 hours after such expenditures are made. An ad-
ditional statement shall be filed each time independent ex-
penditures aggregating $10,000 are made with respect to
the same election as the initial statement filed under this
section.
‘‘(3) Any statement under this subsection shall be
filed with the Commission and the Secretary of State of
the State involved and shall contain the information re-
quired by subsection (b)(6)(B)(iii) of this section, includ-
ing whether the independent expenditure is in support of,
or in opposition to, the candidate involved. Not later than
48 hours after the Commission receives a report, the Com-
mission shall transmit a copy of the report to each can-
didate seeking nomination or election to that office.
‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, an expenditure
shall be treated as made when it is made or obligated to
be made.
‘‘(5)(A) If any person intends to make independent
expenditures totaling $5,000 or more during the 20 days
before an election, such person shall file a statement no
later than the 20th day before the election.
‘‘(B) Any statement under subparagraph (A) shall be
filed with the Commission and the Secretary of State of
the State involved and shall identify each candidate whom
the expenditure will support or oppose. Not later than 48
hours after the Commission receives a statement under
this paragraph, the Commission shall transmit a copy of
the statement to each candidate identified.
‘‘(6) The Commission may make its own determina-
tion that a person has made, or has incurred obligations
to make, independent expenditures with respect to any
Federal election which in the aggregate exceed the applica-
ble amounts under paragraph (1) or (2). The Commission
shall notify each candidate in such election of such deter-
mination within 24 hours of making it.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 304(c)(2)
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
434(c)(2)) is amended by striking the undesignated mat-
ter after subparagraph (C).
SEC. 15. EQUAL BROADCAST TIME.
Section 315(a) of the Communications Act of 1934
(47 U.S.C. 315(a)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a)(1) If a licensee permits any person who is a le-
gally qualified candidate for public office to use a broad-
casting station other than any use required to be provided
under paragraph (2), the licensee shall afford equal oppor-
tunities to all other such candidates for that office in the
use of the broadcasting station.
‘‘(2)(A) A person who reserves broadcast time the
payment for which would constitute an independent ex-
penditure within the meaning of section 301(17) of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
431(17)) shall—
‘‘(i) inform the licensee that payment for the
broadcast time will constitute an independent ex-
penditure;
‘‘(ii) inform the licensee of the names of all can-
didates for the office to which the proposed broad-
cast relates; and
‘‘(iii) provide the licensee a copy of the state-
ment described in section 304A(b)(3)(B) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
434(d)(3)(B)).
‘‘(B) A licensee who is informed as described in sub-
paragraph (A) shall, if any of the candidates described in
subparagraph (A)(ii) has provided the licensee the name
and address of a person to whom notification under this
subparagraph is to be given—
‘‘(i) notify such person of the proposed making
of the independent expenditure; and
‘‘(ii) provide, without charge, any such can-
didate (other than a candidate for whose benefit the
independent expenditure is made) with the same
amount of broadcast time immediately after the
broadcast time paid for by the independent expendi-
ture.
‘‘(3) A licensee shall have no power of censorship over
the material broadcast under this section.
‘‘(4) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no obliga-
tion is imposed under this subsection upon any licensee
to allow the use of its station by any candidate.
‘‘(5)(A) Appearance by a legally qualified candidate
on a—
‘‘(i) bona fide newscast;
‘‘(ii) bona fide news interview;
‘‘(iii) bona fide news documentary (if the ap-
pearance of the candidate is incidental to the presen-
tation of the subject or subjects covered by the news
documentary); or
‘‘(iv) on-the-spot coverage of bona fide news
events (including political conventions and activities
incidental thereto),
shall not be deemed to be use of a broadcasting station
within the meaning of this subsection.
‘‘(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed
as relieving broadcasters, in connection with the presen-
tation of newscasts, news interviews, news documentaries,
and on-the-spot coverage of news events, from their obliga-
tion under this Act to operate in the public interest and
to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of con-
flicting views on issues of public importance.
‘‘(6)(A) A licensee that endorses a candidate for Fed-
eral office in an editorial shall, within the time stated in
subparagraph (B), provide to all other candidates for elec-
tion to the same office—
‘‘(i) notice of the date and time of broadcast of
the editorial;
‘‘(ii) a taped or printed copy of the editorial;
and
‘‘(iii) a reasonable opportunity to broadcast a
response using the licensee’s facilities.
‘‘(B) In the case of an editorial described in subpara-
graph (A) that—
‘‘(i) is first broadcast 72 hours or more prior to
the date of a primary, runoff, or general election,
the notice and copy described in subparagraph (A)
(i) and (ii) shall be provided not later than 24 hours
after the time of the first broadcast of the editorial,
and
‘‘(ii) is first broadcast less than 72 hours before
the date of an election, the notice and copy shall be
provided at a time prior to the first broadcast that
will be sufficient to enable candidates a reasonable
opportunity to prepare and broadcast a response.
‘‘(7) A communication under reserved broadcast time
described in paragraph (2)—
‘‘(A) in the case of a television broadcast, shall
include during the entire length of the communica-
tion a clearly readable video statement covering at
least 25 percent of the viewing area of a television
screen stating the information required in section
318(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 and, if the independent expenditure is made by
a political committee, stating the name of its con-
nected organization (if any) and the city and State
in which such organization is located; and
‘‘(B) in the case of any audio broadcast (includ-
ing a television broadcast), shall include an audio
statement at the conclusion of the broadcast stating
the information described in section 318(a) of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and, if the
independent expenditure is made by a political com-
mittee, stating the name of its connected organiza-
tion (if any) and the city and State in which such
organization is located.’’.
SEC. 16. PROHIBITION OF LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES; RE-
STRICTION ON CONTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES.
(a) LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE PROHIBITION.—Sec-
tion 302 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(2 U.S.C. 432) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(j) A candidate for Federal office may not establish,
maintain, finance, or control a political committee, other
than the principal campaign committee of the candidate.’’.
(b) PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE RESTRIC-
TION.—Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 5 and
12, is further amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(l) A principal campaign committee of a candidate
for Federal office may not make any contribution to any
other principal campaign committee (other than the prin-
cipal campaign committee of the same individual as a can-
didate for another Federal office).’’.
SEC. 17. PROHIBITION OF TRANSFERS AMONG NONCAN-
DIDATE, NONPARTY POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 5, 12,
and 16, is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(m) A noncandidate, nonparty political committee
may not make contributions, or otherwise transfer funds,
to any other noncandidate, nonparty political committee.
As used in this subsection, the term ‘noncandidate,
nonparty political committee’ means a political committee
that is not an authorized committee of a candidate for
Federal office and is not a political committee of a political
party.’’.
SEC. 18. RESTRICTIONS ON CONNECTED POLITICAL AC-
TION COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES.
Section 316(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The exclusion
under subparagraph (C) does not permit receipt of direct
or indirect subsidies for administrative expenses (including
salaries, utility expenses, office equipment expenses, and
general overhead) from a corporation, labor organization,
membership organization, cooperative, or corporation
without capital stock.’’.
SEC. 19. EFFECTIVE DATE AND SUNSET PROVISIONS.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall
become effective January 1, 1994, and shall apply with
respect to elections beginning with the general election of
1994 (and any primary election relating to such general
election).
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