(1) INDEXING.—Section 315(c) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 441a(c)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘(d),’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘subsections (b) and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’. 
(2) INCREASE
IN
LIMITS
FOR
SENATE
CAN-
DIDATES
FACING
WEALTHY
OPPONENTS.—Section 
315(i) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(i)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(C), as amended by 
section 2(b)(2)(C), by amending clause (iii) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(iii) 10 times the threshold amount, 
the increased limit shall be 6 times the ap-
plicable limit.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A) in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and a party 
committee shall not make any expenditure,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and party expenditures previously made’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘and 
a party shall not make any expenditure’’.
(3) INCREASE
IN
LIMITS
FOR
HOUSE
CAN-
DIDATES
FACING
WEALTHY
OPPONENTS.—Section 
315A(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a—1(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (1), as amended by sec-
tion 2(b)(3), by striking ‘‘exceeds $350,000—’’ 
and all that follows and inserting the following: 
‘‘exceeds $350,000, the limit under subsection 
(a)(1)(A) with respect to the candidate shall be 
tripled.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A) in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and a party 
committee shall not make any expenditure,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and party expenditures previously made’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘and 
a party shall not make any expenditure’’. 
SEC. 4. INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR POLIT-
ICAL COMMITTEES. 
(a) CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL COMMITTEES.— 
Section 315(a)(1)(C) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(C)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,500’’.
(b) CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY MULTICANDIDATE COM-
MITTEES.—Section 315(a)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
441a(a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$7,500’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘$15,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$25,000’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$7,500’’. 
SEC. 5. INDEXING OF ALL CONTRIBUTION LIMITS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315(c)(1)(B) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(c)(1)(B)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C)— 
‘‘(i) in any calendar year after 2002— 
‘‘(I) a limitation established by subsection 
(a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (b), or (h) shall be increased 
by the percent difference under subparagraph 
(A), 
‘‘(II) each amount so increased shall remain 
in effect for the calendar year, and 
‘‘(III) if any amount after the adjustment 
made under subclause (I) is not a multiple of 
$100, such amount shall be rounded to the near-
est multiple of $100; and
‘‘(ii) in any calendar year after 2006— 
‘‘(I) a limitation established by subsection 
(a)(1)(C), (a)(1)(D), or (a)(2) shall be increased 
by the percent difference under subparagraph 
(A), 
‘‘(II) each amount so increased shall remain 
in effect for the calendar year, and 
‘‘(III) if any amount after the adjustment 
made under subclause (I) is not a multiple of 
$100, such amount shall be rounded to the near-
est multiple of $100.’’. 
(b) PERIOD OF INCREASE.—Section 315(c)(1)(C) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(c)(1)(C)), as amended by section 
2(b)(1), is amended by striking ‘‘subsections (a)(1)(A), 
(a)(1)(B), and (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and (h)’’. 
(c) 
DETERMINATION
OF
BASE
YEAR.—Section 
315(c)(2)(B) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(c)(2)(B)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause 
(ii) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iii) for purposes of subsections (a)(1)(C), 
(a)(1)(D), and (a)(2), calendar year 2005.’’.
SEC. 6. PERMITTING TRANSFERS BETWEEN LEADERSHIP 
COMMITTEES AND NATIONAL PARTY COMMIT-
TEES. 
Section 315(a)(4) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(4)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) The limitations on contributions contained in 
paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to transfers between 
a leadership committee of an individual holding Federal 
office and political committees established and maintained 
by a national political party. For purposes of the previous 
sentence, the term ‘leadership committee’ means, with re-
spect to an individual holding Federal office, an unauthor-
ized political committee which is associated with such indi-
vidual but which is not affiliated with any authorized com-
mittee of such individual.’’. 
SEC. 7. INCREASE IN THRESHOLD OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND 
EXPENDITURES 
REQUIRED 
FOR 
DETER-
MINING TREATMENT AS POLITICAL COM-
MITTEE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(4)(A) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(4)(A)) is
amended by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘$10,000’’. 
(b) LOCAL POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEES.— 
(1) 
CONTRIBUTIONS
RECEIVED.—Section 
301(4)(C) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431(4)(C)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘$10,000’’. 
(2) CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES MADE.— 
Section 301(4)(C) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431(4)(C)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘$10,000’’. 
SEC. 8. PROHIBITING CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS TO 
SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS BY FOREIGN 
NATIONALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 319(a)(1) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e(a)(1)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(B); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(C) a contribution or donation to an orga-
nization described in section 527 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986; or’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING SOLICITA-
TION OF FUNDS.—Section 319(a)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
441e(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘(A) or (B)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(A), (B), or (C)’’. 
SEC. 9. REQUIRING SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS TO SUB-
MIT REPORTS UNDER FEDERAL ELECTION 
CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971. 
Section 304(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), 
each organization described in section 527 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 shall submit a report under this sec-
tion in the same manner, under the same terms and condi-
tions, and at the same times applicable to a political com-
mittee which is not an authorized committee of a candidate 
or a national committee of a political party. 
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) does not apply to an organiza-
tion described in section 527(j)(5)(B) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (relating to a State or local committee 
of a political party or political committee of a State or 
local candidate).’’.
SEC. 10. PERMITTING EXPENDITURES FOR ELECTION-
EERING COMMUNICATIONS BY CERTAIN OR-
GANIZATIONS. 
(a) PERMITTING ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE EXPENDI-
TURES FOR CERTAIN TARGETED ELECTIONEERING COMMU-
NICATIONS.—Section 316(c) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(c)) is amended by strik-
ing paragraph (6). 
(b) EXPANDING TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONS ELIGIBLE 
TO MAKE EXPENDITURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 316(c) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 441b(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 
501(c)(4) organization’’ each place it appears in 
paragraphs (2), (3)(B), and (4)(A) (in the matter 
preceding clause (i)) and inserting ‘‘section 501(c)(4), 
(5), or (6) organization’’. 
(2) DEFINITION.—Section 316(c)(4)(A)(i) of such 
Act (2 U.S.C. 441b(c)(4)(A)(i)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4), (5), or (6) of 
section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’. 
(c) CLARIFICATION OF EFFECT ON TAX TREATMENT 
OF EXPENDITURES.—Section 316(c)(5) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 441b(c)(5)) is amended by striking the period at the 
end and inserting the following: ‘‘, or to affect the treatment 
under such Code of any expenditures described in section
527(e) of such Code which are made by a section 501(c)(4), 
(5), or (6) organization.’’. 
SEC. 11. EXPANDING ABILITY OF CORPORATIONS AND 
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS TO COMMUNICATE 
WITH MEMBERS. 
(a) TYPES OF COMMUNICATIONS PERMITTED.—Sec-
tion 316(b)(4)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘only 
by mail addressed’’ and inserting ‘‘only by communications 
addressed or otherwise delivered’’. 
(b) SOLICITATIONS BY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS.—Sec-
tion 316(b)(4)(D) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(4)(D)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘to the extent that’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting a period. 
SEC. 12. PERMITTING STATE AND LOCAL POLITICAL PAR-
TIES 
TO 
USE 
NONFEDERAL 
FUNDS 
FOR 
VOTER REGISTRATION AND SAMPLE BAL-
LOTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(20) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(20)) is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (i) 
and redesignating clauses (ii) through (iv) as clauses 
(i) through (iii); and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘subparagraph 
(A)(i) or (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph 
(A)(i)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause 
(iii); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (iv) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
clauses: 
‘‘(v) voter registration activities; and 
‘‘(vi) the costs incurred with the prepa-
ration of a sample ballot for an election in 
which a candidate for Federal office and a 
candidate for State or local office appears 
on the ballot.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1) 
Section 
304(f)(3)(B)(iv) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(f)(3)(B)(iv)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘section 301(20)(A)(iii)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 301(20)(A)(ii)’’. 
(2) Section 323 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441i) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘clause 
(i) or (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’;
(B) in subsection (e)(4), by striking ‘‘clauses (i) 
and (ii)’’ each place it appears in subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’; and 
(C) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘section 
301(20)(A)(iii)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
301(20)(A)(ii)’’. 
SEC. 13. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORIZATION OF FEDERAL 
CANDIDATES AND OFFICEHOLDERS TO AT-
TEND FUNDRAISING EVENTS FOR STATE OR 
LOCAL POLITICAL PARTIES. 
Section 323(e)(3) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441i(e)(3)) is amended by striking 
‘‘speak,’’ and inserting ‘‘speak without restriction or regula-
tion,’’. 
SEC. 14. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF PUBLIC COMMU-
NICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(22) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(22)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘Such term shall not include communications over the 
Internet.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
SEC. 15. TREATMENT OF CANDIDATE COMMUNICATIONS 
CONTAINING ENDORSEMENT BY FEDERAL 
CANDIDATE OR OFFICEHOLDER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315(a) of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(9)(A) For purposes of paragraph (7)(C), a disburse-
ment for an electioneering communication which refers to 
a candidate for Federal office shall not be treated as a dis-
bursement which is coordinated with such candidate solely 
on the ground that the communication contains a State or 
local endorsement or (in the case of a communication con-
taining a State or local endorsement) that the candidate 
reviewed, approved, or otherwise participated in the prepa-
ration and dissemination of the communication. 
‘‘(B) In subparagraph (A), the term ‘State or local en-
dorsement’ means, with respect to a candidate for Federal 
office— 
‘‘(i) an endorsement by such candidate of a can-
didate for State or local office or of another candidate 
for Federal office; or 
‘‘(ii) a statement of the position of such can-
didate on a State or local ballot initiative or ref-
erendum.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
315(a)(7)(C)(ii) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(7)(C)(ii)) is
amended by striking ‘‘such disbursement’’ and inserting 
‘‘subject to paragraph (9), such disbursement’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to elections occurring on 
or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 16. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or any amendment made 
by this Act, or the application of a provision or amendment 
to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitu-
tional, the remainder of this Act and the amendments made 
by this Act, and the application of the provisions and 
amendments to any person or circumstance, shall not be 
affected by the holding. 
SEC. 17. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made 
by this Act shall take effect January 1, 2006.
Union Calendar No. 87 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1316 
[Report No. 109–146] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 to repeal the limit on the aggregate amount 
of campaign contributions that may be made by 
individuals during an election cycle, to repeal the 
limit on the amount of expenditures political par-
ties may make on behalf of their candidates in 
general elections for Federal office, to allow State 
and local parties to make certain expenditures 
using nonfederal funds, to restore certain rights 
to exempt organizations under the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986, and for other purposes. 
JUNE 22, 2005 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed