I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3356 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the prohibition 
against the conversion of contributions to personal use to contributions 
to political committees, to clarify that contributions accepted by political 
committees may be used for authorized expenditures in connection with 
their political activities and for other lawful purposes, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 28, 2013 
Mr. HARRIS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
apply the prohibition against the conversion of contribu-
tions to personal use to contributions to political commit-
tees, to clarify that contributions accepted by political 
committees may be used for authorized expenditures in 
connection with their political activities and for other 
lawful purposes, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Clean Campaign Con-
tributions Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF RULES APPLICABLE TO USES 
OF CONTRIBUTIONS ACCEPTED BY POLIT-
ICAL COMMITTEES. 
(a) 
PROHIBITING
CONVERSION
TO
PERSONAL 
USE.—Section 313(b)(2) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 439a(b)(2)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘the candidate’s election campaign or individual’s 
duties as a holder of Federal office,’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘the candidate’s election campaign, the individ-
ual’s duties as a holder of Federal office, or the political 
committee’s political activities (as the case may be),’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION THAT CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE 
USED FOR AUTHORIZED EXPENDITURES IN CONNECTION 
WITH POLITICAL ACTIVITIES AND FOR OTHER LAWFUL 
PURPOSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 313(a) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 439a(a)) is amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘accepted by a candidate’’ and in-
serting ‘‘accepted by a candidate or a political 
committee’’; 
(B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘used by the candidate or indi-
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vidual’’ and inserting ‘‘used by the candidate, 
individual, or political committee’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (1), by striking the semi-
colon at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘, 
or, in the case of a political committee, in con-
nection with the committee’s political activi-
ties;’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
313(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 439a(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘for ordi-
nary and necessary expenses’’ and inserting ‘‘in 
the case of a candidate or individual, for ordi-
nary and necessary expenses’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘for con-
tributions’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of a can-
didate or individual, for contributions’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘for 
transfers’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of a can-
didate or individual, for transfers’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘for do-
nations’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of a can-
didate or individual, for donations’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections occurring 
after December 2014. 
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