110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2630 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
prohibit certain political committees from compensating 
the spouse of the candidate for services provided to or 
on behalf of the committee, to require such committees 
to report on payments made to the spouse and the imme-
diate family members of the candidate, 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 Expenditure 
Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO COM-
PENSATE SPOUSES OF CANDIDATES; DISCLO-
SURE OF PAYMENTS MADE TO SPOUSES AND 
FAMILY MEMBERS. 
(a) PROHIBITION; DISCLOSURE.—Section 313 of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 439a) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) PROHIBITING COMPENSATION
OF SPOUSES; 
DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO SPOUSES AND FAMILY 
MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(1) 
PROHIBITING
COMPENSATION
OF 
SPOUSES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, no authorized committee of a candidate or 
any other political committee established, main-
tained, or controlled by a candidate or an individual 
holding Federal office (other than a political com-
mittee of a political party) shall directly or indirectly 
compensate the spouse of the candidate or individual
(as the case may be) for services provided to or on 
behalf of the committee. 
‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO SPOUSES 
AND IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS.—In addition to 
any other information included in a report submitted 
under section 304 by a committee described in para-
graph (1), the committee shall include in the report 
a separate statement of any payments, including di-
rect or indirect compensation, made to the spouse or 
any immediate family member of the candidate or 
individual involved during the period covered by the 
report. 
‘‘(3) IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER DEFINED.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘immediate family mem-
ber’ means the son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter- 
in-law, mother, father, brother, sister, brother-in- 
law, sister-in-law, or grandchild of the candidate or 
individual involved.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 313(a)(1) 
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 439a(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘for otherwise’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection (c), 
for otherwise’’.
SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY AGAINST CANDIDATE OR 
OFFICEHOLDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 309 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) In the case of a violation of section 313(c) com-
mitted by a committee described in such section, if the 
candidate or individual involved knew of the violation, any 
penalty imposed under this section shall be imposed on 
the candidate or individual and not on the committee.’’. 
(b) 
PROHIBITING
REIMBURSEMENT
BY
COM-
MITTEE.—Section 313(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 439a(c)), 
as added by section 2(a), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) PROHIBITING REIMBURSEMENT BY COM-
MITTEE OF PENALTY PAID BY CANDIDATE FOR VIO-
LATIONS.—A committee described in paragraph (1) 
may not make any payment to reimburse the can-
didate or individual involved for any penalty imposed 
for a violation of this subsection which is required 
to be paid by the candidate or individual under sec-
tion 309(e).’’.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to elections occurring after December 2007. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2007. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2630 
AN ACT 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 to prohibit certain political committees 
from compensating the spouse of the candidate 
for services provided to or on behalf of the com-
mittee, to require such committees to report on 
payments made to the spouse and the immediate 
family members of the candidate, and for other 
purposes.