‘
is responsible for the content of
this advertisement.’
with the blank to be filled in with the name of the political
committee or other person paying for the communication
and the name of any connected organization of the payor;
and, if such communication contains visual images, shall
also appear in a clearly readable manner with a reasonable
degree of color contrast between the background and the
printed statement, for a period of at least 4 seconds.
‘‘(f) In the case of an election for the office of Rep-
resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to,
the Congress, any communication described in subsection
(a)(1) or subsection (a)(2) on behalf of a candidate who
is not an eligible House of Representatives candidate shall
disclose the noneligible status of the candidate.’’.
SEC. 803. TELEPHONE VOTING BY PERSONS WITH DISABIL-
ITIES.
(a) STUDY OF SYSTEMS TO PERMIT PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES TO VOTE BY TELEPHONE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Election Com-
mission shall conduct a study to determine the fea-
sibility of developing a system or systems by which
persons with disabilities may be permitted to vote by
telephone.
(2) CONSULTATION.—The Federal Election
Commission shall conduct the study described in
paragraph (1) in consultation with State and local
election officials, representatives of the telecommuni-
cations industry, representatives of persons with dis-
abilities, and other concerned members of the public.
(3) CRITERIA.—The system or systems devel-
oped pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—
(A) propose a description of the kinds of
disabilities that impose such difficulty in travel
to polling places that a person with a disability
who may desire to vote is discouraged from un-
dertaking such travel;
(B) propose procedures to identify persons
who are so disabled; and
(C) describe procedures and equipment
that may be used to ensure that—
(i) only those persons who are entitled
to use the system are permitted to use it;
(ii) the votes of persons who use the
system are recorded accurately and remain
secret;
(iii) the system minimizes the possibil-
ity of vote fraud; and
(iv) the system minimizes the finan-
cial costs that State and local governments
would incur in establishing and operating
the system.
(4) REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS.—In developing
a system described in paragraph (1), the Federal
Election Commission may request proposals from
private contractors for the design of procedures and
equipment to be used in the system.
(5) PHYSICAL ACCESS.—Nothing in this section
is intended to supersede or supplant efforts by State
and local governments to make polling places phys-
ically accessible to persons with disabilities.
(6) DEADLINE.—The Federal Election Commis-
sion shall submit to Congress the study required by
this section not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 804. TRANSFER OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FINANC-
ING PROVISIONS TO FEDERAL ELECTION
CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—The Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘TITLE 
VIII—FINANCING 
OF
PRESIDENTIAL 
ELECTION
CAMPAIGNS
‘‘Subtitle A—Presidential Election
Campaign Fund
‘‘Subtitle B—Presidential Primary
Matching Payment Account’’.
(b) TRANSFER
OF PROVISIONS
FROM INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE.—
(1) Sections 9001 through 9012 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 are hereby transferred to the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, inserted
after the heading for subtitle A of title VIII of such
Act (as added by subsection (a)), and redesignated
as sections 801 through 812, respectively.
(2) Sections 9031 through 9042 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 are hereby transferred to the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, inserted
after the heading for subtitle B of title VIII of such
Act, and redesignated as sections 831 through 842,
respectively.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVE-
NUE CODE.—The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘section 9006(a)’’ in section
6096(a) and inserting ‘‘section 806(a) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971’’,
(2) by striking subtitle H, and
(3) by striking the item relating to subtitle H
in the table of subtitles.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TRANSFERRED
SECTIONS.—
(1) Each section transferred under subsection
(b) is amended by striking each reference contained
therein to another provision transferred and redesig-
nated by subsection (b) and inserting a reference to
the redesignated provision.
(2) Title VIII of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (as amended by the foregoing
provisions of this section) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘This chapter’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘This subtitle’’,
(B) by striking ‘‘this chapter’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘this subtitle’’,
(C) by striking ‘‘of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971’’ each place it appears,
(D) by striking ‘‘chapter 96’’ in section
803(e) and inserting ‘‘subtitle B’’,
(E) by striking ‘‘section 6096’’ in sections
806(a), 808(a), and 810(c) and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 6096 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986’’, and
(F) by striking ‘‘this subtitle’’ in section
810(c) and inserting ‘‘this title’’.
(e) SAVINGS PROVISIONS.—
(1) CONTINUATION OF FUNDS.—The fund es-
tablished under section 806(a) of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (as amended by this sec-
tion) shall be treated for all purposes of law as a
continuation of the fund established by section
9006(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as
in effect on the day before the date of the enactment
of this Act). A similar rule shall apply to the ac-
counts required under sections 808 and 837 of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (as so
amended).
(2) REFERENCES
TO
TRANSFERRED
PROVI-
SIONS.—Any reference in any law, rule, regulation,
or other official paper to a provision of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 which was transferred under
subsection (b) shall be treated as reference to the
appropriate provision of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971.
TITLE 
IX—HOUSE 
OF 
REP-
RESENTATIVES 
CAMPAIGN
ELECTION FUNDING AND RE-
LATED MATTERS
SEC. 901. CITIZEN REPRESENTATIVE FUND.
The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 431 et seq.), as amended by section 121, is further
amended by adding at the end the following new title:
‘‘TITLE VII—CITIZEN
REPRESENTATIVE FUND
‘‘SEC. 701. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF THE FUND.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby established on
the books of the Treasury of the United States a special
fund to be known as the Citizen Representative Fund
(hereinafter in this title referred to as the ‘fund’). The
amounts designated for the fund shall remain available
without fiscal limitation for purposes of providing benefits
under title VI and making expenditures for the adminis-
tration of the fund. The Secretary shall maintain such ac-
counts in the fund as may be required by this title or
which the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry
out the provisions of this title.
‘‘(b) PAYMENTS UPON CERTIFICATION.—Upon re-
ceipt of a certification from the Commission under section
604, except as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary
shall issue within 48 hours to an eligible candidate the
amount of voter communication vouchers certified by the
Commission to the eligible candidate out of the fund.
‘‘(c) REDUCTIONS IN PAYMENTS IF FUNDS INSUFFI-
CIENT.—If on June 1, 1998, or on June 1 of a Federal
election year thereafter, the Secretary determines that the
moneys in the fund are not, or may not be, sufficient to
satisfy the full entitlement of all eligible candidates, the
Secretary shall withhold from such payment the amount
necessary to assure that each eligible candidate will receive
a pro rata share of the candidate’s full entitlement.
Amounts so withheld shall be paid when the Secretary de-
termines that there are sufficient moneys in the fund to
pay such amounts, or portions thereof, to all eligible can-
didates from whom amounts have been withheld, but, if
there are not sufficient moneys in the fund to satisfy the
full entitlement of an eligible candidate, the amounts so
withheld shall be paid in such manner that each eligible
candidate receives a pro rata share of the full entitlement,
except that—
‘‘(1) in special elections, a candidate shall re-
ceive the full entitlement not a pro rata share; and
‘‘(2) a candidate who receives vouchers from
the fund in response to an independent expenditure
as provided in section 604(f) shall receive the full
entitlement not a pro rata share.
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall notify the
Commission and each eligible candidate by registered mail
of any reduction of any payment by reason of subsection
(c).
‘‘(e) REDEEMABILITY OF VOUCHERS.—Voter com-
munication vouchers issued and used as provided in this
section shall be redeemable at face value by the Secretary
through the facilities of the Treasury of the United States.
The Secretary shall issue regulations providing for the re-
demption of voter communication vouchers through finan-
cial institutions which are insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or the Federal Savings and Loan
Insurance Corporation. No financial institution may im-
pose a fee or other charge for the redemption of voter com-
munication vouchers.’’.
SEC. 902. DESIGNATION OF OVERPAYMENTS AND CON-
TRIBUTIONS FOR THE CITIZEN REPRESENTA-
TIVE FUND AS SPECIFIED BY THE TAXPAYER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to returns and
records) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘PART 
IX—DESIGNATION 
OF
OVERPAYMENTS 
AND 
CON-
TRIBUTIONS FOR THE CITI-
ZEN REPRESENTATIVE FUND
AS SPECIFIED BY THE TAX-
PAYER
‘‘Sec. 6097. Designation.
‘‘SEC. 6097. DESIGNATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each taxpayer’s
return for the taxable year of the tax imposed by chapter
1, such taxpayer may designate that—
‘‘(1) a specified portion (not less than $1 or
more than $5,000, and not less than $1 or more
than $10,000 in the case of a joint return) of any
overpayment of tax for such taxable year, and
‘‘(2) any contribution which the taxpayer in-
cludes with such return,
shall be used for the Citizen Representative Fund.
‘‘(b) MANNER AND TIME OF DESIGNATION.—A des-
ignation under subsection (a) may be made with respect
to any taxable year only at the time of filing the return
of tax imposed by chapter 1 for such taxable year. Such
designation shall be made on the 1st page of the return.
‘‘(c) OVERPAYMENTS TREATED AS REFUNDED.—For
purposes of this title, any portion of an overpayment of
tax designated under subsection (a) shall be treated as
being refunded to the taxpayer as of the last date pre-
scribed for filing the return of tax imposed by chapter 1
(determined without regard to extensions) or, if later, the
date the return is filed.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of parts for
such subchapter A is amended by adding at the end there-
of the following new item:
‘‘Part IX. Designation of overpayments and contributions for the
Citizen Representative Fund as specified by the
taxpayer.’’
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 1995.
SEC. 903. FUNDING.
The Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act
of 1990 (28 U.S.C. 2461 note) is amended—
(1) by amending section 4 to read as follows:
‘‘ADJUSTMENT OF PENALTIES BY REGULATION
‘‘SEC. 4. The head of each Federal department or
agency shall—
‘‘(1) by regulation, not later than the date of
enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, ad-
just each civil monetary penalty provided by law
within the jurisdiction of the department or agency,
except any penalty under the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, by the inflation adjustment described in
section 5;
‘‘(2) publish each such adjustment in the Fed-
eral Register; and
‘‘(3) submit to the Secretary of the Treasury by
November 15 of each year a statement of—
‘‘(A) the amount of such penalties collected
during the preceding fiscal year; and
‘‘(B) the portion of that amount that is at-
tributable to inflation adjustments, determined
under section 8.’’;
(2) in section 5(a) by striking ‘‘The adjustment
described under paragraphs (4) and (5)(A) of sec-
tion 4’’ and inserting ‘‘The inflation adjustment’’;
and
(3) adding at the end the following new sec-
tions:
‘‘APPLICATION OF PENALTY ADJUSTMENTS
‘‘SEC. 7. Any adjustment to a civil monetary penalty
made under section 4 shall apply to violations that occur
after the date on which the adjustment is made.
‘‘DEPOSIT OF INCREASED COLLECTIONS IN THE CITIZEN
REPRESENTATIVE FUND
‘‘SEC. 8. (a) On the first November 15 following the
date of enactment of this Act, and on November 15 of
each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
transfer to the Citizen Representative Fund the portion
of the amount of civil penalties collected by each Federal
department or agency during the preceding year that is
attributable to inflation adjustments made under section
4.
‘‘(b) For the purposes of subsection (a), each amount
of a civil penalty collected for a violation that occurs after
the date of enactment shall be considered to include a por-
tion attributable to the inflation adjustment that is equal
to the amount collected multiplied by the fraction obtained
by dividing—
‘‘(1) the amount by which the maximum au-
thorized amount of the penalty had been adjusted
under section 4 after the date of enactment, and be-
fore the penalty was imposed, by
‘‘(2) the maximum authorized penalty as of the
date of enactment of this section.’’.
SEC. 904. AFFINITY CARDS.
Section 316 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or
any other provision of this Act to the contrary, an amount
received from a corporation (including a State-chartered
or national bank) by the Citizen Representative Fund
‘‘(6) except for any royalty or commission per-
mitted to be paid by this subsection, no goods, serv-
ices, or anything else of value is provided by such
corporation to the Fund, except that such corpora-
tion may advance or finance costs or extend credit
in connection with the issuance of credit cards pur-
suant to this subsection if and to the extent such ad-
vance, financing, or extension is undertaken in the
ordinary course of the corporation’s business and is
undertaken on similar terms by such corporation in
its transactions with nonpolitical entities in like cir-
cumstances.’’.
TITLE X—EFFECTIVE DATES;
SEVERABILITY
SEC. 1001. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amend-
ments made by, and the provisions of, this Act shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act but shall
not apply with respect to activities in connection with any
election occurring before January 1, 1997.
SEC. 1002. SEVERABILITY.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), if any provi-
sion of this Act (including any amendment made by this
Act), or the application of any such provision to any per-
son or circumstance, is held invalid, the validity of any
other provision of this Act, or the application of such pro-
vision to other persons and circumstances, shall not be af-
fected thereby.
(b) If title VI of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971, section 315 (i) through (j) (as added by this Act),
or section 701 (as added by this Act), or any part thereof,
is held to be invalid, all provisions of, and amendments
made by title VI, section 315 (i) through (j) of this Act,
or section 701 of this Act shall be treated as invalid.
SEC. 1003. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF CONSTITUTIONAL IS-
SUES.
(a) DIRECT APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT.—An ap-
peal may be taken directly to the Supreme Court of the
United States from any final judgment, decree, or order
issued by any court finding any provision of this Act, or
amendment made by this Act to be unconstitutional.
(b) ACCEPTANCE AND EXPEDITION.—The Supreme
Court shall, if it has not previously ruled on the question
addressed in the ruling below, accept jurisdiction over, ad-
vance on the docket, and expedite the appeal to the great-
est extent possible.
SEC. 1004. REGULATIONS.
The Federal Election Commission shall prescribe any
regulations required to carry out the provisions of this Act
within 12 months after the effective date of this Act.
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