I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2830
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a
House of Representatives election limitation on contributions from per-
sons other than in-State individual residents, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 22, 1995
Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mr. HORN) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Oversight, and
in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Commerce, and Gov-
ernment Reform and Oversight, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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 Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
provide for a House of Representatives election limitation
on contributions from persons other than in-State indi-
vidual residents, 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 Finance Re-
form, Fairness, and Citizens Involvement Act’’.
SEC. 2. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITA-
TION ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PERSONS
OTHER THAN IN-STATE INDIVIDUAL RESI-
DENTS.
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)(1) 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 persons other than in-State in-
dividual residents in excess of 50 percent of the total of
contributions accepted.
‘‘(2) As used in this subsection, the term ‘in-State
individual resident’ means an individual who is a resident
of the State in which the congressional district involved
is located.’’.
SEC. 3. ANTI-BUNDLING PROVISION.
Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 2, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(j) No person may act as an intermediary or conduit
for any contribution from another person in the form of
a check or other negotiable instrument that is made pay-
able to a candidate for Federal office or a campaign com-
mittee of a candidate for Federal office.’’.
SEC. 4. INCOME TAX CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO FED-
ERAL CAMPAIGNS.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subpart A of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to nonrefundable personal credits) is
amended by inserting after section 22 the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 23. CONTRIBUTIONS TO FEDERAL CAMPAIGNS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—In the case of an individual,
there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed
by this chapter for the taxable year an amount equal to
all Federal campaign contributions paid or incurred by the
individual during such taxable year.
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) AMOUNT OF CREDIT.—The credit allowed
by subsection (a) for a taxable year shall not exceed
$100 ($200 in the case of a joint return).
‘‘(2) VERIFICATION.—The credit allowed by
subsection (a) shall be allowed, with respect to any
Federal campaign contribution, only if such con-
tribution is verified in such manner as the Secretary
shall prescribe by regulation.
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) CANDIDATE.—The term ‘candidate’ means
an individual who—
‘‘(A) publicly announces before the close of
the calendar year following the calendar year in
which the contribution or gift is paid or in-
curred that he is a candidate for nomination or
election to any Federal elective public office,
and
‘‘(B) meets the qualifications prescribed by
law to hold such office.
‘‘(2) FEDERAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION.—The
term ‘Federal campaign contribution’ means a con-
tribution or gift of money, or the fair market value
of a contribution or gift of property, to—
‘‘(A) an individual who is a candidate for
nomination or election to any Federal elective
public office in any primary, general, or special
election, for use by such individual to further
the candidacy of the individual for nomination
or election to such office,
‘‘(B) any committee, association, or organi-
zation (whether or not incorporated) organized
and operated exclusively for the purposes of in-
fluencing, or attempting to influence, the nomi-
nation or election of one or more individuals