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Union Calendar No. 212
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3
[Report No. 103–375, Part I]
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a
voluntary system of spending limits and benefits for congressional elec-
tion campaigns, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 5, 1993
Mr. GEJDENSON (for himself, Mr. GEPHARDT, Mr. BONIOR, Mr. DERRICK,
Mrs. KENNELLY, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. HOYER, Mr. FAZIO, Mr.
ROSE, Mr. KLECZKA, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SWIFT, Mr. SYNAR, Mr. SAND-
ERS, Mr. BACCHUS of Florida, Mr. CONYERS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. MAZ-
ZOLI, Mr. STARK, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. DIXON, Mr. STUDDS,
Mr. HOAGLAND, Mrs. SCHROEDER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. VENTO, Mr.
ANDREWS of Maine, Mr. OLVER, and Mr. CARDIN) introduced the follow-
ing bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration
NOVEMBER 17, 1993
Reported with an amendment and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
for a period ending not later than November 19, 1993 for consideration
of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of that committee pursuant to clause 1(l), rule X.
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
NOVEMBER 19, 1993
Additional sponsors: Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. PENNY, Mr. HALL
of Ohio, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. COYNE, Mr. YATES, Mr. SKAGGS, Mr.
FORD of Michigan, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr.
HASTINGS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FARR, Mr. REED, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr.
JOHNSTON of Florida, and Mr. OBEY
NOVEMBER 19, 1993
Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 5, 1993]
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
provide for a voluntary system of spending limits and
benefits for congressional election campaigns, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘House of Representatives Campaign Spending Limit and
Election Reform Act of 1993’’.
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—CONTROL OF CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN SPENDING
Subtitle A—[Reserved]
Subtitle B—Expenditure Limitations, Contribution Limitations, and Voter
Communication Vouchers for Eligible House of Representatives Candidates
Sec. 121. Provisions applicable to eligible House of Representatives candidates.
Sec. 122. Registration as eligible House of Representatives candidate.
Sec. 123. Definitions.
TITLE II—LIMITATIONS ON POLITICAL COMMITTEE AND LARGE
DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MAY BE ACCEPTED BY HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES
Sec. 201. Limitations on political committee and large donor contributions that
may be accepted by House of Representatives candidates.
TITLE III—INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES
Sec. 301. Clarification of definitions relating to independent expenditures.
Sec. 302. Reporting requirements for certain independent expenditures.
Sec. 303. Broadcast and cable independent expenditure communications against
eligible House of Representatives candidates.
TITLE IV—CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES BY POLITICAL
PARTY COMMITTEES
Sec. 401. Definitions.
Sec. 402. Contributions to political party committees.
Sec. 403. Provisions relating to national, State, and local party committees.
Sec. 404. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 405. Restrictions on fundraising by candidates and officeholders.
Sec. 406. Increase in authorized political committee contributions to congres-
sional campaign committees.
Sec. 407. Increase in the amount that multicandidate political committees may
contribute to national political party committees.
Sec. 408. Merchandising and affinity cards.
Sec. 409. Increased limitation amount for certain contributions to political com-
mittees of State political parties.
TITLE V—CONTRIBUTIONS
Sec. 501. Restrictions on bundling.
Sec. 502. Contributions by dependents not of voting age.
Sec. 503. Prohibition of acceptance by a candidate of cash contributions from any
one person aggregating more than $100.
Sec. 504. Contributions to candidates from State and local committees of political
parties to be aggregated.
Sec. 505. Prohibition of false representation to solicit contributions.
Sec. 506. Limited exclusion of advances by campaign workers from the definition
of the term ‘‘contribution’’.
Sec. 507. Amendment to section 316 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971.
Sec. 508. Prohibition of certain election-related activities of foreign nationals.
TITLE VI—REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Sec. 601. Change in certain reporting from a calendar year basis to an election
cycle basis.
Sec. 602. Personal and consulting services.
Sec. 603. Reduction in threshold for reporting of certain information by persons
other than political committees.
Sec. 604. Computerized indices of contributions.
Sec. 605. Identification.
Sec. 606. Political committees.
Sec. 607. Use of candidates’ names.
Sec. 608. Reporting requirements.
Sec. 609. Simultaneous registration of candidate and candidate’s principal cam-
paign committee.
Sec. 610. Disclosures by organizations that engage in lobbying.
TITLE VII—FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Sec. 701. Appearance as amici curiae.
Sec. 702. Federal Election Commission public service announcements.
Sec. 703. Authority to seek injunction.
Sec. 704. Expedited procedures.
Sec. 705. Insolvent political committees.
TITLE VIII—BALLOT INITIATIVE COMMITTEES
Sec. 801. Definitions relating to ballot initiatives.
Sec. 802. Amendment to definition of contribution.
Sec. 803. Amendment to definition of expenditure.
Sec. 804. Organization of ballot initiative committees.
Sec. 805. Registration of ballot initiative committees.
Sec. 806. Reporting by ballot initiative committees.
Sec. 807. Enforcement for ballot initiative committees.
Sec. 808. Prohibition on contributions and expenditures by ballot initiative com-
mittees.
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 901. Broadcast rates and preemption.
Sec. 902. Campaign advertising amendments.
Sec. 903. Telephone voting by persons with disabilities.
Sec. 904. Transfer of presidential election financing provisions to Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971.
TITLE X—HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CAMPAIGN ELECTION
FUNDING AND RELATED MATTERS
Sec. 1001. Make Democracy Work Election Fund.
TITLE XI—EFFECTIVE DATES; SEVERABILITY
Sec. 1101. Effective date.
Sec. 1102. Severability.
Sec. 1103. Expedited review of constitutional issues.
Sec. 1104. Regulations.
Sec. 1105. Budget neutrality.
TITLE I—CONTROL OF CONGRES-
SIONAL CAMPAIGN SPENDING
Subtitle A—[Reserved]
Subtitle 
B—Expenditure 
Limita-
tions, Contribution Limitations,
and 
Voter 
Communication
Vouchers for Eligible House of
Representatives Candidates
SEC. 121. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ELIGIBLE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 is amended by adding at the end the following
new title:
‘‘TITLE VI—EXPENDITURE LIMI-
TATIONS, 
CONTRIBUTION
LIMITATIONS, 
AND 
VOTER
COMMUNICATION VOUCHERS
FOR 
ELIGIBLE 
HOUSE 
OF
REPRESENTATIVES 
CAN-
DIDATES
‘‘SEC. 601. EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible House of Representa-
tives candidate may not, in an election cycle, make expendi-
tures aggregating more than $600,000.
‘‘(b) RUNOFF ELECTION
AND SPECIAL ELECTION
AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) RUNOFF ELECTION AMOUNT.—If an eligible
House of Representatives candidate is a candidate in
a runoff election, the candidate may make additional
expenditures aggregating not more than $200,000 in
the election cycle.
‘‘(2) SPECIAL ELECTION AMOUNT.—An eligible
House of Representatives candidate who is a can-
didate in a special election may make expenditures
aggregating not more than $600,000 with respect to
the special election.
‘‘(c) CLOSELY CONTESTED PRIMARY.—If, as deter-
mined by the Commission, an eligible House of Representa-
tives candidate in a contested primary election wins that
primary election by a margin of 20 percentage points or
less, the candidate may make additional expenditures ag-
gregating not more than $200,000 in the election cycle.
‘‘(d) NONPARTICIPATING OPPONENT PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) LIMITATION
EXCEPTION.—The limitations
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) do not apply in
the case of an eligible House of Representatives can-
didate if any other general election candidate seeking
nomination or election to that office—
‘‘(A) is not an eligible House of Representa-
tives candidate; and
‘‘(B) receives contributions or makes ex-
penditures in excess of 25 percent of the limita-
tion under subsection (a).
‘‘(2) CONTINUED ELIGIBILITY AND ADDITIONAL
MATCHING FUNDS.—An eligible House of Representa-
tives candidate referred to in paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) shall continue to be eligible for all ben-
efits under this title; and
‘‘(B) shall receive voter communication
vouchers under section 604.
‘‘(3) REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—A candidate
for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to, the Congress—
‘‘(A) who is not an eligible House of Rep-
resentatives candidate; and
‘‘(B) who makes contributions in excess of
$50,000 of personal funds of the candidate and
members of the candidate’s immediate family to
the authorized committee of the candidate or re-
ceives contributions or makes expenditures in ex-
cess of 25 percent of the limitation under sub-
section (a);
shall report that the threshold has been reached to the
Clerk of the House of Representatives not later than
48 hours after reaching the threshold. The Clerk shall
transmit a report received under this paragraph to
the Commission as soon as possible (but no later than
4 working hours of the Commission) after such re-
ceipt, and the Commission shall transmit a copy to
each other candidate for election to the same office
within 48 hours of receipt.
‘‘(e) EXEMPTION FOR LEGAL COSTS AND TAXES.—Any
costs incurred by an eligible House of Representatives can-
didate or his or her authorized committee, or a Federal of-
ficeholder, for legal services or Federal, State, or local in-
come and payroll taxes with respect to a candidate’s author-
ized committees, or to comply with section 606, shall not
be considered in the computation of amounts subject to limi-
tation under this section.
‘‘(f) EXEMPTION FOR ACCOUNTING OR FUNDRAISING
COSTS.—
‘‘(1) Any costs incurred by an eligible House of
Representatives candidate or his or her authorized
committee in connection with the solicitation of con-
tributions on behalf of such candidate or for account-
ing services to ensure compliance with this Act shall
not be considered in the computation of amounts sub-
ject to limitation under subsection (a) to the extent
that the aggregate of such costs does not exceed 10
percent of the limitation under subsection (a).
‘‘(2) An amount equal to 10 percent of salaries
and overhead expenditures of an eligible House of
Representatives candidate’s campaign headquarters
and offices shall not be considered in the computation
of amounts subject to limitation under this section.
Any amount excluded under this paragraph shall be
applied against the accounting or fundraising ex-
penditure exemption under paragraph (1).
‘‘(g) CIVIL PENALTIES.—
‘‘(1) LOW AMOUNT OF EXCESS EXPENDITURES.—
Any eligible House of Representatives candidate who
makes expenditures that exceed a limitation under
subsection (a) or subsection (b) by 2.5 percent or less
shall pay to the Commission an amount equal to the
amount of the excess expenditures.
‘‘(2) MEDIUM
AMOUNT
OF
EXCESS
EXPENDI-
TURES.—Any eligible House of Representatives can-
didate who makes expenditures that exceed a limita-
tion under subsection (a) or subsection (b) by more
than 2.5 percent and less than 5 percent shall pay to
the Commission an amount equal to three times the
amount of the excess expenditures.
‘‘(3) LARGE
AMOUNT
OF
EXCESS
EXPENDI-
TURES.—Any eligible House of Representatives can-
didate who makes expenditures that exceed a limita-
tion under subsection (a) or subsection (b) by 5 per-
cent or more shall pay to the Commission an amount
equal to three times the amount of the excess expendi-
tures plus a civil penalty in an amount determined
by the Commission.
‘‘(h) INDEXING.—The dollar amounts specified in sub-
sections (a), (b), and (c) shall be adjusted at the beginning
of each calendar year based on the increase in the price
index determined under section 315(c), except that, for the
purposes of such adjustment, the base period shall be cal-
endar year 1992.
‘‘(i) The limitations of this section do not apply in
the case of any recall action held pursuant to State law.
‘‘SEC. 602. CONTRIBUTION LIMITATIONS.
‘‘(a) PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—An eligible House
of Representatives candidate may not, with respect to an
election cycle, make contributions or loans to his or her own
campaign totaling more than $50,000 from the personal
funds of the candidate. The amount that the candidate may
accept from persons referred to in section 315(i)(2) shall
be reduced by the amount of contributions made under the
preceding sentence. Contributions from the personal funds
of a candidate may not be matched under section 604.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION EXCEPTION.—The limitation im-
posed by subsection (a) does not apply in the case of an
eligible House of Representatives candidate if any other
candidate for that office—
‘‘(1) is not an eligible House of Representatives
general election candidate; and
‘‘(2) makes contributions or loans to his or her
own campaign totaling more than $50,000 from his
or her own personal funds.
‘‘SEC. 603. DECLARATION OF PARTICIPATION; CONTINUING
ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘The Commission shall determine whether a candidate
is eligible under this title and, by reason of such eligibility
may receive benefits under this title. Such determination
shall—
‘‘(1) in the case of an initial determination, be
based on a declaration of participation submitted by
the candidate; and
‘‘(2) in the case of a determination of continuing
eligibility, be based on relevant additional informa-
tion submitted in such form and manner as the Com-
mission may require.
‘‘SEC. 604. VOTER COMMUNICATION VOUCHERS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible House of Representa-
tives candidate shall be entitled to receive, with respect to
the general election, an amount of voter communication
vouchers equal to the amount of contributions from individ-
uals received by the candidate, but not more than $200,000,
with not more than $200 to be taken into account per indi-
vidual.
‘‘(b) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.—A candidate for the
office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to, the Congress may receive voter communication
vouchers under subsection (a) only if the candidate—
‘‘(1) in an election cycle, has received 10 percent
of the limit specified in section 601(a) in contribu-
tions from individuals, with not more than $200 to
be taken into account per individual;
‘‘(2) qualifies for the general election ballot;
‘‘(3) has an opponent on the general election bal-
lot; and
‘‘(4) files a declaration of participation in which
the candidate agrees to—
‘‘(A) comply with the limitations under sec-
tions 601 and 315(i);
‘‘(B) cooperate in the case of any audit by
the Commission by furnishing such campaign
records and other information as the Commis-
sion may require; and
‘‘(C) comply with any repayment require-
ment under section 606.
‘‘(c) WRITTEN INSTRUMENT REQUIREMENT.—No con-
tribution in any form other than a gift of money made by
a written instrument or a certification by the committee
making the request that identifies the individual making
the contribution by full name and address may be used as
a basis for any matching payment under this section.
‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION AND PAYMENT.—
‘‘(1) CERTIFICATION.—Except as provided in
paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) not later than 5 days
after receiving a request for payment, the Commission
shall certify for payment the amount requested under
this section. The request by an eligible candidate to
receive voter communications vouchers under this sec-
tion shall contain—
‘‘(A) such information and be made in ac-
cordance with such procedures as the Commis-
sion may provide by regulation; and
‘‘(B) a verification signed by the candidate
and the treasurer of the principal campaign
committee of such candidate stating that the in-
formation furnished in support of the request, to
the best of their knowledge, is correct and fully
satisfies the requirements of this title.
‘‘(2) PAYMENTS.—The initial payment of voter
communication vouchers under subsection (a) to an
eligible candidate shall be an amount equal to at least
10 percent of the limit specified in section 601(a). All
payments shall be—
‘‘(A) made not later than 48 hours after cer-
tification under paragraph (1); and
‘‘(B) subject to proportional reduction in
the case of insufficient funds.
‘‘(3) PARTIAL CERTIFICATION.—If the Commis-
sion determines that any portion of a request does not
meet the requirements for certification, the Commis-
sion shall withhold the certification for that portion
only and inform the candidate as to how the can-
didate may correct the request.
‘‘(4) CERTIFICATION WITHHELD.—The Commis-
sion may withhold certification if it determines that
a candidate who is otherwise eligible has engaged in
a pattern of activity indicating that the promises in
the candidate’s statement of participation cannot be
relied upon.
‘‘(e) CLOSELY CONTESTED PRIMARY.—If, as deter-
mined by the Commission, an eligible House of Representa-
tives candidate in a contested primary election wins that
primary election by a margin of 20 percentage points or
less, the candidate shall be eligible to receive matching
vouchers totaling not more than $66,600, in addition to any
other amount received under this section. The amount
available under the preceding sentence is subject to the
matching requirements of this section.
‘‘(f) INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURE
PROVISION.—If,
with respect to a general election involving an eligible
House of Representatives candidate, independent expendi-
tures totaling $10,000 are made against the eligible House
of Representatives candidate or in favor of another can-
didate, the eligible House of Representatives candidate shall
be entitled, in addition to any amount received under sub-
section (a), to voter communication vouchers equal to the
amount of such independent expenditures, and expenditures
may be made from such vouchers without regard to the limi-
tations in section 601.
‘‘(g) PROHIBITION
OF CONVERSION
TO PERSONAL
USE.—An eligible candidate who receives voter communica-
tion vouchers under this section may not convert any
amount to personal use or make any payments, directly or
indirectly, to such candidate or to any members of the im-
mediate family of the candidate.
‘‘(h) INDEXING.—The dollar amount specified in sub-
sections (a) and (e) (other than the amount taken into ac-
count per individual) shall be adjusted at the beginning of
the calendar year based on the increase in the price index
determined under section 315(c), except that, for the pur-
poses of such adjustment, the base period shall be calendar
year 1992.
‘‘(i) USE OF VOTER COMMUNICATION VOUCHERS.—
Voter communication vouchers shall be used by an eligible
House of Representatives candidate—
‘‘(1) to purchase broadcast time during the gen-
eral election period in the same manner as other
broadcast time may be purchased by the candidate;
‘‘(2) to purchase print advertisements during the
general election period;
‘‘(3) to purchase voter contact campaign mate-
rials (brochures, bumper stickers, handbills, pins,
posters, and yard signs) used during the general elec-
tion period; or
‘‘(4) to pay for postage expenses incurred during
the general election period.
‘‘(j) UNEXPENDED VOUCHERS.—Any amount of voter
communication vouchers received by an eligible House can-
didate under this title and not expended on or before the
date of the general election shall be repaid within 60 days
of the election, except that a reasonable amount may be re-
tained for a period not exceeding 120 days after the date
of the general election for the liquidation of obligations to
pay expenditures for the general election incurred during
the general election period. At the end of the 120-day period,
any unexpended vouchers received under this title shall be
promptly repaid.
‘‘SEC. 605. CLOSED CAPTIONING REQUIREMENT FOR TELE-
VISION COMMERCIALS OF ELIGIBLE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.
‘‘No eligible House of Representatives candidate may
receive amounts under section 604 unless such candidate
has certified to the Federal Election Commission that any
television commercial prepared or distributed by the can-
didate will be prepared in a manner that contains, is ac-
companied by, or otherwise readily permits closed caption-
ing of the oral content of the commercial to be broadcast
by way of line 21 of the vertical blanking interval, or by
way of comparable successor technologies.
‘‘SEC. 606. EXAMINATION AND AUDITS; REPAYMENTS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL ELECTION.—After each general elec-
tion, the Commission shall conduct an examination and
audit of the campaign accounts of 5 percent of the eligible
House of Representatives candidates, as designated by the
Commission through the use of an appropriate statistical
method of random selection, to determine whether such can-
didates have complied with the conditions of eligibility and
other requirements of this title. No other factors shall be
considered in carrying out such an examination and audit.
The Commission shall conduct an examination and audit
of the accounts of all candidates from a congressional dis-
trict where any eligible candidate is selected for examina-
tion and audit.
‘‘(b) SPECIAL ELECTION.—After each special election,
the Commission shall conduct an examination and audit
of the campaign accounts of all eligible candidates in the
election to determine whether the candidates have complied
with the conditions of eligibility and other requirements of
this title.
‘‘(c) AFFIRMATIVE VOTE.—The Commission may con-
duct an examination and audit of the campaign accounts
of any eligible House of Representatives candidate in a gen-
eral election if the Commission, by an affirmative vote of
4 members, determines that there exists reason to believe
whether such candidate may have violated any provision
of this title.
‘‘(d) PAYMENTS.—If the Commission determines that
any amount of a payment to a candidate under this title
was in excess of the aggregate payments to which such can-
didate was entitled, the Commission shall so notify the can-
didate, and the candidate shall pay an amount equal to
the excess.
‘‘SEC. 607. JUDICIAL REVIEW.
‘‘(a) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Any agency action by the
Commission made under the provisions of this title shall
be subject to review by the United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit upon petition filed in
such court within 30 days after the agency action by the
Commission for which review is sought. It shall be the duty
of the Court of Appeals, ahead of all matters not filed under
this title, to advance on the docket and expeditiously take
action on all petitions filed pursuant to this title.
‘‘(b) APPLICATION OF TITLE 5.—The provisions of
chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply to judi-
cial review of any agency action by the Commission.
‘‘(c) AGENCY ACTION.—For purposes of this section,
the term ‘agency action’ has the meaning given such term
by section 551(13) of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘SEC. 608. PARTICIPATION BY COMMISSION IN JUDICIAL
PROCEEDINGS.
‘‘(a) APPEARANCES.—The Commission is authorized
to appear in and defend against any action instituted
under this section and under section 607 either by attorneys
employed in its office or by counsel whom it may appoint
without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States
Code, governing appointments in the competitive service,
and whose compensation it may fix without regard to the
provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53
of such title.
‘‘(b) INSTITUTION OF ACTIONS.—The Commission is
authorized, through attorneys and counsel described in sub-
section (a), to institute actions in the district courts of the
United States to seek recovery of any amounts determined
under this title to be payable to the Secretary.
‘‘(c) INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.—The Commission is author-
ized, through attorneys and counsel described in subsection
(a), to petition the courts of the United States for such in-
junctive relief as is appropriate in order to implement any
provision of this title.
‘‘(d) APPEALS.—The Commission is authorized on be-
half of the United States to appeal from, and to petition
the Supreme Court for certiorari to review, judgments or
decrees entered with respect to actions in which it appears
pursuant to the authority provided in this section.
‘‘SEC. 609. REPORTS TO CONGRESS; CERTIFICATIONS; REG-
ULATIONS.
‘‘(a) REPORTS.—The Commission shall, as soon as
practicable after each election, submit a full report to the
House of Representatives setting forth—
‘‘(1) the expenditures (shown in such detail as
the Commission determines appropriate) made by
each eligible candidate and the authorized committees
of such candidate;
‘‘(2) the aggregate amount of voter communica-
tion vouchers certified by the Commission under sec-
tion 604 for each eligible candidate; and
‘‘(3) the amount of repayments, if any, required
under section 606, and the reasons for each repay-
ment required.
Each report submitted pursuant to this section shall be
printed as a House document.
‘‘(b) DETERMINATIONS BY COMMISSION.—All deter-
minations (including certifications under section 604)
made by the Commission under this title shall be final and
conclusive, except to the extent that they are subject to ex-
amination and audit by the Commission under section 606
or judicial review under section 607.
‘‘(c) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Commission is
authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of subsection (d), to conduct
such audits, examinations and investigations, and to re-
quire the keeping and submission of such books, records, and
information, as it deems necessary to carry out the func-
tions and duties imposed on it by this title.
‘‘(d) REPORT
OF
PROPOSED
REGULATIONS.—The
Commission shall submit to the House of Representatives
a report containing a detailed explanation and justification
of each rule, regulation, and form of the Commission under
this title. No such rule, regulation, or form may take effect
until a period of 30 legislative days has elapsed after the
report is received. As used in this subsection—
‘‘(1) the term ‘legislative day’ means any cal-
endar day on which the House of Representatives is
in session; and
‘‘(2) the terms ‘rule’ and ‘regulation’ mean a
provision or series of interrelated provisions stating a
single, separable rule of law.’’.
(b) REPORT
ON
USING
VOTER
COMMUNICATION
VOUCHERS FOR PRIMARY ELECTIONS.—The Commission
shall submit to the House of Representatives, not later than
January 1, 1997, a report containing an evaluation for ex-
panding the use of voter communication vouchers in pri-
mary elections for eligible candidates to the House of Rep-
resentatives for the election year 2000 and thereafter. The
report shall include a detailed cost estimate for such expan-
sion and options for financing the use of Voter Communica-
tion Vouchers in primary elections.
SEC. 122. REGISTRATION AS ELIGIBLE HOUSE OF REP-
RESENTATIVES CANDIDATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(e) of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6)(A) In the case of a candidate for the office of Rep-
resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the
Congress, who desires to be an eligible House of Representa-
tives candidate, a declaration of participation of the can-
didate to abide by the limits specified in sections 601 and
315(i) and provide the information required under section
604(b)(4) shall be included in the designation required to
be filed under paragraph (1).
‘‘(B)(i) In the case of a candidate referred to in sub-
paragraph (A), if the statement of candidacy does not in-
clude a declaration referred to in that paragraph, the can-
didate may amend the statement to include such declara-
tion, if such amendment is filed under subsection (g) not
later than 7 days after the earlier of—
‘‘(I) the date the candidate qualifies for the gen-
eral election ballot under State law; or
‘‘(II) if, under State law, a primary or runoff
election to qualify for the general election ballot oc-
curs after September 1, the date the candidate wins
the primary or runoff election.
‘‘(ii) A declaration of participation that is included
in a statement of candidacy or has been added by amend-
ment under subparagraph (B) may not thereafter be re-
voked.’’.
SEC. 123. DEFINITIONS.
Section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by striking paragraph (19)
and inserting the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(19) The term ‘general election’ means any election
which will directly result in the election of a person to a
Federal office, but does not include an open primary elec-
tion.
‘‘(20) The term ‘general election period’ means, with
respect to any candidate, the period beginning on the day
after the date of the primary or runoff election for the spe-
cific office the candidate is seeking, whichever is later, and
ending on the earlier of—
‘‘(A) the date of such general election; or
‘‘(B) the date on which the candidate withdraws
from the campaign or otherwise ceases actively to seek
election.
‘‘(21) The term ‘immediate family’ means—
‘‘(A) a candidate’s spouse;
‘‘(B) a child, stepchild, parent, grandparent,
brother, step-brother, sister or step-sister of the can-
didate or the candidate’s spouse; and
‘‘(C) the spouse of any person described in sub-
paragraph (B).
‘‘(22) The term ‘primary election’ means an election
which may result in the selection of a candidate for the
ballot in a general election for a Federal office.
‘‘(23) The term ‘primary election period’ means, with
respect to any candidate, the period beginning on the day
following the date of the last election for the specific office
the candidate is seeking and ending on the earlier of—
‘‘(A) the date of the first primary election for
that office following the last general election for that
office; or
‘‘(B) the date on which the candidate withdraws
from the election or otherwise ceases actively to seek
election.
‘‘(24) The term ‘runoff election’ means an election held
after a primary election which is prescribed by applicable
State law as the means for deciding which candidate will
be on the ballot in the general election for a Federal office.
‘‘(25) The term ‘runoff election period’ means, with re-
spect to any candidate, the period beginning on the day
following the date of the last primary election for the spe-
cific office such candidate is seeking and ending on the date
of the runoff election for such office.
‘‘(26) The term ‘voting age population’ means the resi-
dent population, 18 years of age or older, as certified pursu-
ant to section 315(e).
‘‘(27) The term ‘eligible House of Representatives can-
didate’ means a candidate for election to the office of Rep-
resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the
Congress, who, as determined by the Commission under sec-
tion 603, is eligible to receive matching vouchers and other
benefits under title VI by reason of filing a declaration of
participation under section 302(e) and complying with the
continuing eligibility requirements under section 603.
‘‘(28) The term ‘election cycle’ means—
‘‘(A) in the case of a candidate or the authorized
committees of a candidate, the term beginning on the
day after the date of the most recent general election
for the specific office or seat which such candidate
seeks and ending on the date of the next general elec-
tion for such office or seat; or
‘‘(B) for all other persons, the term beginning on
the first day following the date of the last general elec-
tion and ending on the date of the next general elec-
tion.’’.
TITLE II—LIMITATIONS ON PO-
LITICAL 
COMMITTEE 
AND
LARGE 
DONOR 
CONTRIBU-
TIONS THAT MAY BE ACCEPT-
ED BY HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES CANDIDATES
SEC. 201. LIMITATIONS ON POLITICAL COMMITTEE AND
LARGE DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MAY
BE ACCEPTED BY HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES CANDIDATES.
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 subsections:
‘‘(i)(1) A candidate for the office of Representative in,
or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may
not, with respect to an election cycle, accept contributions
from political committees aggregating in excess of $200,000.
‘‘(2) A candidate for the office of Representative in,
or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may
not, with respect to an election cycle, accept contributions
aggregating in excess of $200,000 from persons other than
political committees whose contributions total more than
$200.
‘‘(3) In addition to the contributions under para-
graphs (1) and (2), if an eligible House of Representatives
candidate in a contested primary election wins that pri-
mary election by a margin of 20 percentage points or less,
the candidate may accept contributions of—
‘‘(A) not more than $66,600 from political com-
mittees; and
‘‘(B) not more than $66,600 from persons re-
ferred to in paragraph (2).
‘‘(4) In addition to the contributions under para-
graphs (1) and (2), a House of Representatives candidate
who is a candidate in a runoff election may accept con-
tributions of (A) not more than $100,000 from political
committees; and (B) not more than $100,000 from persons
referred to in paragraph (2).
‘‘(j) NONPARTICIPATING OPPONENT PROVISIONS.—The
limitations imposed by section 315(i) do not apply in the
case of an eligible House of Representatives candidate if
any other candidate seeking nomination or election to that
office—
‘‘(1) is not an eligible House of Representatives
general election candidate; and
‘‘(2) makes contributions or loans to his or her
own campaign totaling more than $50,000 from his
or her own personal funds.
‘‘(k) CIVIL PENALTIES.—
‘‘(1) LOW
AMOUNT
OF
EXCESS
CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—Any eligible House of Representatives can-
didate who accepts contributions that exceed the limi-
tations under this section by 2.5 percent or less shall
refund the excess contributions to the persons who
made the contributions.
‘‘(2) MEDIUM
AMOUNT
OF
EXCESS
CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—Any eligible House of Representatives can-
didate who accepts contributions that exceed the limi-
tations under this section by more than 2.5 percent
and less than 5 percent shall pay to the Commission
an amount equal to three times the amount of the ex-
cess contributions.
‘‘(3) LARGE
AMOUNT
OF
EXCESS
CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—Any eligible House of Representatives can-
didate who accepts contributions that exceed the limi-
tations under this section by 5 percent or more shall
pay to the Commission an amount equal to three
times the amount of the excess contributions plus a
civil penalty in an amount determined by the Com-
mission.
‘‘(l) 
EXEMPTION
FOR
CERTAIN
COSTS.—Any
amount—
‘‘(1) accepted by a House of Representatives can-
didate; and
‘‘(2) used for costs incurred under section 601(e)
and (f) shall not be considered in the computation of
amounts subject to limitation.
‘‘(m) INDEXING.—The dollar amounts specified in sec-
tion 315(i) shall be adjusted at the beginning of the cal-
endar year based on the increase in the price index deter-
mined under section 315(c), except that, for the purposes
of such adjustment, the base period shall be calendar year
1992.
‘‘(n) TRANSFER PROVISION.—The limitations imposed
by section 315(i) apply without regard to amounts trans-
ferred from previous election cycles or other authorized com-
mittees of the same candidate. Candidates shall not be re-
quired to seek the redesignation of contributions in order
to transfer such contributions to a later election cycle.’’.
TITLE III—INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURES
SEC. 301. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITIONS RELATING TO
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.
(a) INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE DEFINITION AMEND-
MENT.—Section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by striking paragraphs
(17) and (18) and inserting the following:
‘‘(17)(A) The term ‘independent expenditure’ means
an expenditure for an advertisement or other communica-
tion that—
‘‘(i) contains express advocacy; and
‘‘(ii) is made without the participation or co-
operation of, or consultation with, a candidate or a
candidate’s representative.
‘‘(B) The following shall not be considered an inde-
pendent expenditure:
‘‘(i) An expenditure made by an authorized com-
mittee of a candidate for Federal office or a political
committee of a political party.
‘‘(ii) An expenditure made by a person who,
during the election cycle, has made a contribution to
a candidate, where the expenditure is in support of
that candidate or in opposition to another candidate
for the same office.
‘‘(iii) An expenditure made by a person, or a po-
litical committee established, maintained or controlled
by such person, who is required to register, under sec-
tion 308 of the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act
(2 U.S.C. 267) or the Foreign Agents Registration Act
(22 U.S.C. 611) or any successor Federal law requir-
ing a person who is a lobbyist or foreign agent to reg-
ister.
‘‘(iv) An expenditure made by a person who,
during the election cycle, has communicated with or
received information from a candidate or a represent-
ative of that candidate regarding activities that have
the purpose of influencing that candidate’s election to
Federal office, where the expenditure is in support of
that candidate or in opposition to another candidate
for that office.
‘‘(v) An expenditure if, in the same election
cycle, the person making the expenditure is or has
been—
‘‘(I) authorized to raise or expend funds on
behalf of the candidate or the candidate’s author-
ized committees; or
‘‘(II) serving as a member, employee, or
agent of the candidate’s authorized committees in
an executive or policymaking position.
‘‘(18) The term ‘express advocacy’ means, when a com-
munication is taken as a whole and with limited reference
to external events, an expression of support for or opposi-
tion to a specific candidate, to a specific group of can-
didates, or to candidates of a particular political party, or
a suggestion to take action with respect to an election, such
as to vote for or against, make contributions to, or partici-
pate in campaign activity.’’.
(b) CONTRIBUTION DEFINITION AMENDMENT.—Sec-
tion 301(8)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semi-
colon at the end;
(2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(iii) any payment or other transaction referred
to in paragraph (17)(A)(i) that does not qualify as
an 
independent 
expenditure 
under 
paragraph
(17)(A)(ii).’’.
SEC. 302. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN INDE-
PENDENT EXPENDITURES.
Section 304(c) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking out the undes-
ignated matter after subparagraph (C);
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (8); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2), as amended
by paragraph (1), the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(3)(A) Any person (including a political committee)
making an independent expenditure (including those de-
scribed in subsection (b)(6)(B)(iii) of this section) aggregat-
ing $1,000 or more made after the 20th day, but more than
24 hours, before any election shall file a report within 24
hours after such independent expenditure is made.
‘‘(B) Any person (including a political committee)
making an independent expenditure aggregating $5,000 or
more made at any time up to and including the 20th day
before any election shall file a report within 48 hours after
such independent expenditure is made. An additional re-
port shall be filed each time independent expenditures ag-
gregating $5,000 are made with respect to the same election
as the initial report filed under this section.
‘‘(C) Such report shall be filed with the Clerk of the
House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, or
the Commission, whichever is applicable, and the Secretary
of State of the State involved and shall contain the informa-
tion required by subsection (b)(6)(B)(iii) of this section, in-
cluding whether the independent expenditure is in support
of, or in opposition to, the candidate involved. The Clerk
of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the
Senate shall as soon as possible (but not later than 4 work-
ing hours of the Commission) after receipt of a report trans-
mit it to the Commission. Not later than 48 hours after
the Commission receives a report, the Commission shall
transmit a copy of the report to each candidate seeking
nomination or election to that office.
‘‘(D) For purposes of this section, the term ‘made’ in-
cludes any payment and any action taken to incur an obli-
gation for payment.
‘‘(4)(A) If any person (including a political commit-
tee) intends to make independent expenditures totaling
$5,000 during the 20 days before an election, such person
shall file a report no later than the 20th day before the elec-
tion.
‘‘(B) Such report shall be filed with the Clerk of the
House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, or
the Commission, whichever is applicable, and the Secretary
of State of the State involved, and shall identify each can-
didate whom the expenditure is actually intended to sup-
port or to oppose. The Clerk of the House of Representatives
and the Secretary of the Senate shall as soon as possible
(but not later than 4 working hours of the Commission)
after receipt of a report transmit it to the Commission. Not
later than 48 hours after the Commission receives a report
under this paragraph, the Commission shall transmit a
copy of the statement to each candidate identified.
‘‘(5) The Commission may make its own determina-
tion that a person has made, or has incurred obligations
to make, independent expenditures with respect to any Fed-
eral election which in the aggregate exceed the applicable
amounts under paragraph (3) or (4). The Commission shall
notify each candidate in such election of such determination
within 24 hours of making it.
‘‘(6) At the same time as an eligible candidate who
has qualified under section 604(b) is notified under para-
graph (3), (4), or (5) with respect to expenditures during
a general election period, the Commission shall certify eligi-
bility to receive benefits under section 604(b).
‘‘(7) The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the
Secretary of the Senate shall make any report received
under this subsection available for public inspection and
copying in the same manner as the Commission under sec-
tion 311(a)(4), and shall preserve such statements in the
same manner as the Commission under section 311(a)(5).’’.
SEC. 303. BROADCAST AND CABLE INDEPENDENT EXPENDI-
TURE COMMUNICATIONS AGAINST ELIGIBLE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.
Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 315) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as
subsections (e) and (f), respectively; and
(2) by inserting immediately before subsection
(e) as redesignated the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) If any person makes an independent expenditure
through a communication on a broadcasting station or a
cable system (as defined in section 602 of this Act) that
expressly advocates the defeat of an eligible House of Rep-
resentatives candidate, or the election of the opponent of an
eligible House of Representatives candidate (regardless of
whether such opponent is an eligible candidate), the licensee
or cable operator, as applicable, shall, not later than one
week after the communication (or not later than 24 hours
after the communication, if the communication occurs not
more than one week before the election) transmit to such
candidate—
‘‘(1) a statement of the date and time of the com-
munication;
‘‘(2) a script or tape recording of the commu-
nication, or an accurate summary of the communica-
tion if a script or tape recording is not available; and
‘‘(3) an offer of an equal opportunity for such
candidate to use the broadcasting station or cable sys-
tem to respond to the communication at a charge de-
termined in accordance with subsection (b).’’.
TITLE IV—CONTRIBUTIONS AND
EXPENDITURES BY POLITICAL
PARTY COMMITTEES
SEC. 401. DEFINITIONS.
(a) 
CONTRIBUTION
AND
EXPENDITURE
EXCEP-
TIONS.—(1) Clause (xii) of section 301(8)(B) of Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)(xii))
is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘in connection with volunteer
activities’’ after ‘‘such committee’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause
(2), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause (3),
and by adding at the end the following new subclause:
‘‘(4) such activities are conducted solely by,
and any materials are prepared for distribution,
and are distributed solely by, volunteers;’’.
(2) Clause (ix) of section 301(9)(B) of Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)(ix)) is amend-
ed—
(A) by inserting ‘‘in connection with volunteer
activities’’ after ‘‘such committee’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause
(2); and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subclause:
‘‘(4) such activities are conducted solely by,
and any materials are prepared for distribution
and are distributed solely by, volunteers; and’’.
(b) GENERIC ACTIVITIES; STATE PARTY GRASSROOTS
FUND.—Section 301 of Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431), as amended by section 123, is further
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs:
‘‘(29) The term ‘generic campaign activity’ means any
campaign activity conducted by a political party to pro-
mote a political party rather than any Federal or non-Fed-
eral candidate and which does not identify any Federal or
non-Federal candidate.
‘‘(30) The term ‘State Party Grassroots Fund’ means
a separate segregated fund established and maintained by
a State committee of a political party solely for purposes
of making expenditures and other disbursements described
in section 323(d).’’.
SEC. 402. CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL PARTY COMMIT-
TEES.
(a) INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL PARTY
COMMITTEES.—Paragraph (1) of section 315(a) of Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B),
by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D),
and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(C) to—
‘‘(i) a State Party Grassroots Fund estab-
lished and maintained by a State committee of
a political party in any calendar year which, in
the aggregate, exceed $20,000;
‘‘(ii) any other political committee estab-
lished and maintained by a State committee of
a political party in any calendar year which, in
the aggregate, exceed $5,000,
except that the aggregate contributions described in
this subparagraph which may be made by a person
to the State Party Grassroots Fund and all commit-
tees of a State Committee of a political party in any
State in any calendar year shall not exceed $20,000;
or’’.
(b) MULTICANDIDATE COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO
STATE PARTY.—Paragraph (2) of section 315(a) of Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B),
by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D),
and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(C) to—
‘‘(i) a State Party Grassroots Fund estab-
lished and maintained by a State committee of
a political party in any calendar year which, in
the aggregate, exceed $15,000;
‘‘(ii) to any other political committee estab-
lished and maintained by a State committee of
a political party which, in the aggregate, exceed
$5,000,
except that the aggregate contributions described in
this subparagraph which may be made by a
multicandidate political committee to the State Party
Grassroots Fund and all committees of a State Com-
mittee of a political party in any State in any cal-
endar year shall not exceed $15,000; or’’.
(c) OVERALL LIMIT.—Paragraph (3) of section 315(a)
of Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
441a(a)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3)(A) No individual shall make contributions during
any election cycle (as defined in section 301(29)(B)) which,
in the aggregate, exceed $60,000.
‘‘(B) No individual shall make contributions during
any calendar year—
‘‘(i) to all candidates and their authorized politi-
cal committees which, in the aggregate, exceed
$25,000; or
‘‘(ii) to all political committees established and
maintained by State committees of a political party
which, in the aggregate, exceed $20,000.
‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), any con-
tribution made to a candidate or the candidate’s authorized
political committees in a year other than the calendar year
in which the election is held with respect to which such con-
tribution is made shall be treated as made during the cal-
endar year in which the election is held.’’.
SEC. 403. PROVISIONS RELATING TO NATIONAL, STATE,
AND LOCAL PARTY COMMITTEES.
(a) SOFT MONEY OF COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PAR-
TIES.—Title III of Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding after section
322 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 323. POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEES.
‘‘(a) LIMITATIONS ON NATIONAL COMMITTEE.—(1) A
national committee of a political party and the congres-
sional campaign committees of a political party may not
solicit or accept contributions or transfers not subject to the
limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of
this Act.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to contributions—
‘‘(A) that—
‘‘(i) are to be transferred to a State commit-
tee of a political party and are used solely for
activities described in clauses (xi) through (xvii)
of paragraph (9)(B) of section 301;
‘‘(ii) 
are 
described 
in 
section
301(8)(B)(viii); and
‘‘(B) with respect to which contributors have
been notified that the funds will be used solely for the
purposes described in subparagraph (A).
‘‘(b) ACTIVITIES
SUBJECT
TO
THIS
ACT.—Any
amount solicited, received, expended, or disbursed directly
or indirectly by a national, State, district, or local commit-
tee of a political party with respect to any of the following
activities shall be subject to the limitations, prohibitions,
and reporting requirements of this Act:
‘‘(A) Any get-out-the-vote activity conducted dur-
ing a calendar year in which an election for the office
of President is held.
‘‘(B) Any other get-out-the-vote activity unless
subsection (c)(2) applies to the activity.
‘‘(C) Any generic campaign activity.
‘‘(D) Any activity that identifies or promotes a
Federal candidate, regardless of whether—
‘‘(i) a State or local candidate is also iden-
tified or promoted; or
‘‘(ii) any portion of the funds disbursed
constitutes a contribution or expenditure under
this Act.
‘‘(E) Voter registration.
‘‘(F) Development and maintenance of voter files
during an even-numbered calendar year.
‘‘(G) Any other activity that—
‘‘(i) significantly affects a Federal election,
or
‘‘(ii) is not otherwise described in section
301(8)(B)(xvii).
Any amount spent to raise funds that are used, in whole
or in part, in connection with activities described in the
preceding paragraphs shall be subject to the limitations,
prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.
‘‘(c) GET-OUT-THE-VOTE ACTIVITIES BY STATE, DIS-
TRICT, AND LOCAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PARTIES.—
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any get-out-the-
vote activity for a State or local candidate, or for a ballot
measure, which is conducted by a State, district, or local
committee of a political party shall be subject to the limita-
tions, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any activity
which the State committee of a political party certifies to
the Commission is an activity which—
‘‘(A) is conducted during a calendar year other
than a calendar year in which an election for the of-
fice of President is held,
‘‘(B) is exclusively on behalf of (and specifically
identifies only) one or more State or local candidates
or ballot measures, and
‘‘(C) does not include any effort or means used
to identify or turn out those identified to be support-
ers of any Federal candidate (including any activity
that is undertaken in coordination with, or on behalf
of, a candidate for Federal office).
‘‘(d) STATE PARTY GRASSROOTS FUNDS.—(1) A State
committee of a political party may make disbursements and
expenditures from its State Party Grassroots Fund only
for—
‘‘(A) any generic campaign activity;
‘‘(B) payments described in clauses (v), (x), and
(xii) of paragraph (8)(B) and clauses (iv), (viii), and
(ix) of paragraph (9)(B) of section 301;
‘‘(C) subject to the limitations of section 315(d),
payments described in clause (xii) of paragraph
(8)(B), and clause (ix) of paragraph (9)(B), of section
301 on behalf of candidates other than for President
and Vice President;
‘‘(D) voter registration; and
‘‘(E) development and maintenance of voter files
during an even-numbered calendar year.
‘‘(2) Notwithstanding section 315(a)(4), no funds may
be transferred by a State committee of a political party
from its State Party Grassroots Fund to any other State
Party Grassroots Fund or to any other political committee,
except a transfer may be made to a district or local commit-
tee of the same political party in the same State if such
district or local committee—
‘‘(A) has established a separate segregated fund
for the purposes described in paragraph (1); and
‘‘(B) uses the transferred funds solely for those
purposes.
‘‘(e) AMOUNTS RECEIVED
BY GRASSROOTS FUND
FROM STATE AND LOCAL CANDIDATE COMMITTEES.—(1)
Any amount received by a State Party Grassroots Fund
from a State or local candidate committee for expenditures
described in subsection (b) that are for the benefit of that
candidate shall be treated as meeting the requirements of
subsection (b) and section 304(e) if—
‘‘(A) such amount is derived from funds which
meet the requirements of this Act with respect to any
limitation or prohibition as to source or dollar
amount specified in section 315(a) (1)(A) and (2)(A);
and
‘‘(B) the State or local candidate committee—
‘‘(i) maintains, in the account from which
payment is made, records of the sources and
amounts of funds for purposes of determining
whether such requirements are met; and
‘‘(ii) certifies that such requirements were
met.
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), in determining
whether the funds transferred meet the requirements of this
Act described in such paragraph—
‘‘(A) a State or local candidate committee’s cash
on hand shall be treated as consisting of the funds
most recently received by the committee, and
‘‘(B) the committee must be able to demonstrate
that its cash on hand contains sufficient funds meet-
ing such requirements as are necessary to cover the
transferred funds.
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)—
‘‘(A) any State Party Grassroots Fund receiving
any transfer described in paragraph (1) from a State
or local candidate committee shall be required to meet
the reporting requirements of this Act, and shall sub-
mit to the Commission all certifications received, with
respect to receipt of the transfer from such candidate
committee; and
‘‘(B) in the case of a subordinate committee of
a State committee which maintains segregated ac-
counts which are not commingled with other accounts
of the State committee and which subordinate com-
mittee is subject to reporting and contribution limita-
tion requirements of State law, the certification re-
quired by this paragraph may be made by such sub-
ordinate committee.
‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, a State or local
candidate committee is a committee established, financed,
maintained, or controlled by a candidate for other than
Federal office.’’.
(b) CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.—(1) Section
301(8)(B) of Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended—
(A) in clause (viii), by inserting after ‘‘Federal
office’’ the following: ‘‘or any amounts received by
any committee of any National or State political
party to support the operation of a television and
radio broadcast facility’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (xiii);
(C) by striking clause (xiv); and
(D) by inserting after clause (xiii) the following
new clauses:
‘‘(xiv) any amount contributed to a candidate
for other than Federal office;
‘‘(xv) any amount received or expended to pay
the costs of a State or local political convention;
‘‘(xvi) any payment for campaign activities that
are exclusively on behalf of (and specifically identify
only) State or local candidates and do not identify
any Federal candidate, and that are not activities de-
scribed in section 323(b) (without regard to para-
graph (6)(B)) or section 323(c)(1);
‘‘(xvii) any payment for administrative expenses
of a State or local committee of a political party, in-
cluding expenses for—
‘‘(I) overhead, including party meetings;
‘‘(II) staff (other than individuals devoting
a significant amount of their time to elections
for Federal office and individuals engaged in
conducting get-out-the-vote activities for a Fed-
eral election); and
‘‘(III) conducting party elections or cau-
cuses;
‘‘(xviii) any payment for research pertaining
solely to State and local candidates and issues;
‘‘(xix) any payment for development and main-
tenance of voter files other than during the 1-year pe-
riod ending on the date during an even-numbered cal-
endar year on which regularly scheduled general elec-
tions for Federal office occur; and
‘‘(xx) any payment for any other activity which
is solely for the purpose of influencing, and which
solely affects, an election for non-Federal office and
which is not an activity described in section 323(b)
(without regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or section
323(c)(1).’’.
(2) Section 301(9)(B) of Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)), as amended by section
401, is further amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of
clause (ix), by striking the period at the end of clause (x)
and inserting a semicolon, and by adding at the end the
following new clauses:
‘‘(xi) any amounts expended by any committee
of any National or State political party to support
the operation of a television and radio broadcast fa-
cility;
‘‘(xii) any amount contributed to a candidate for
other than Federal office;
‘‘(xiii) any amount received or expended to pay
the costs of a State or local political convention;
‘‘(xiv) any payment for campaign activities that
are exclusively on behalf of (and specifically identify
only) State or local candidates and do not identify
any Federal candidate, and that are not activities de-
scribed in section 323(b) (without regard to para-
graph (6)(B)) or section 323(c)(1);
‘‘(xv) any payment for administrative expenses
of a State or local committee of a political party, in-
cluding expenses for—
‘‘(I) overhead, including party meetings;
‘‘(II) staff (other than individuals devoting
a significant amount of their time to elections
for Federal office and individuals engaged in
conducting get-out-the-vote activities for a Fed-
eral election); and
‘‘(III) conducting party elections or cau-
cuses;
‘‘(xvi) any payment for research pertaining sole-
ly to State and local candidates and issues;
‘‘(xvii) any payment for development and main-
tenance of voter files other than during the 1-year pe-
riod ending on the date during an even-numbered cal-
endar year on which regularly scheduled general elec-
tions for Federal office occur; and
‘‘(xviii) any payment for any other activity
which is solely for the purpose of influencing, and
which solely affects, an election for non-Federal office
and which is not an activity described in section
323(b) (without regard to paragraph (6)(B)) or sec-
tion 323(c)(1).’’.
(c) LIMITATION APPLIED
AT NATIONAL LEVEL.—
Paragraph (3) of section 315(d) of Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)(3)) is amended by
adding at the end the following new flush sentence:
‘‘Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the applicable
congressional campaign committee of a political party shall
make the expenditures described in this paragraph which
are authorized to be made by a national or State committee
with respect to a candidate in any State unless it allocates
all or a portion of such expenditures to either or both of
such committees.’’.
(d) LIMITATIONS
APPLY
FOR
ENTIRE
ELECTION
CYCLE.—Section 315(d)(1) of Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)(1)) is amended by adding
at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Each limitation
under the following paragraphs shall apply to the entire
election cycle for an office.’’.
SEC. 404. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—(1) The national com-
mittee of a political party and any congressional campaign
committee of a political party, and any subordinate com-
mittee of either, shall report all receipts and disbursements
during the reporting period, whether or not in connection
with an election for Federal office.
‘‘(2) A political committee (not described in paragraph
(1)) to which section 323 applies shall report all receipts
and disbursements including separate schedules for receipts
and disbursements for State Grassroots Funds described in
section 301(30).
‘‘(3) Any political committee to which section 323 ap-
plies shall include in its report under paragraph (1) or (2)
the amount of any transfer described in section 323(d)(2)
and shall itemize such amounts to the extent required by
section 304(b)(3)(A).
‘‘(4) Any political committee to which paragraph (1)
or (2) does not apply shall report any receipts or disburse-
ments which are used in connection with a Federal election.
‘‘(5) If a political committee has receipts or disburse-
ments to which this subsection applies from any person ag-
gregating in excess of $200 for any calendar year, the politi-
cal committee shall separately itemize its reporting for such
person in the same manner as subsection (b) (3)(A), (5),
or (6).
‘‘(6) Reports required to be filed by this subsection
shall be filed for the same time periods required for political
committees under subsection (a).’’.
(b) REPORT OF EXEMPT CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section
301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 431(8)) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(C) The exclusion provided in clause (viii) of sub-
paragraph (B) shall not apply for purposes of any require-
ment to report contributions under this Act, and all such
contributions aggregating in excess of $200 shall be re-
ported.’’.
(c) REPORTS BY STATE COMMITTEES.—Section 304 of
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as
amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) FILING OF STATE REPORTS.—In lieu of any re-
port required to be filed by this Act, the Commission may
allow a State committee of a political party to file with
the Commission a report required to be filed under State
law if the Commission determines such reports contain sub-
stantially the same information.’’.
(d) OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) AUTHORIZED COMMITTEES.—Paragraph (4)
of section 304(b) of Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(4)) is amended by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (H), by inserting
‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (I), and by adding
at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(J) in the case of an authorized committee,
disbursements for the primary election, the gen-
eral election, and any other election in which the
candidate participates;’’.
(2) NAMES AND ADDRESSES.—Subparagraph (A)
of section 304(b)(5) of Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(5)(A)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘within the calendar year’’,
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and the election to
which the operating expenditure relates’’ after
‘‘operating expenditure’’.
SEC. 405. RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDRAISING BY CANDIDATES
AND OFFICEHOLDERS.
Section 315 of Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 201, is further
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(o) LIMITATIONS ON FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES OF
FEDERAL CANDIDATES AND OFFICEHOLDERS AND CERTAIN
POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—(1) For purposes of this Act, a
candidate for Federal office, an individual holding Federal
office, or any agent of the candidate or individual may not
solicit funds to, or receive funds on behalf of, any Federal
candidate or political committee, or any party or other
multicandidate committee organized under State law to
support more than one candidate for non-Federal office—
‘‘(A) which are to be expended in connection
with any election for Federal office unless such funds
are subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and re-
quirements of this Act; or
‘‘(B) which are to be expended in connection
with any election for other than Federal office unless
such funds are not in excess of amounts permitted
with respect to Federal candidates and political com-
mittees under subsections (a) (1) and (2), and are not
from sources prohibited by such subsections with re-
spect to elections to Federal office.
The limitations of this subsection do not apply to the solici-
tation or receipt of funds by a Federal candidate on behalf
of any committee or organization organized primarily for
purposes other than the election of particular candidates for
public office.
‘‘(2)(A) The aggregate amount which a person de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) may solicit from a
multicandidate political committee for State committees de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1)(C) (including subordinate com-
mittees) for any calendar year shall not exceed the dollar
amount in effect under subsection (a)(2)(B) for the calendar
year.
‘‘(B) A person is described in this subparagraph if
such person is a candidate for Federal office, an individual
holding Federal office, an agent of such a candidate or indi-
vidual, or any national, State, district, or local committee
of a political party (including a subordinate committee)
and any agent of such a committee.
‘‘(3) The personal appearance or participation by a
candidate for Federal office or individual holding Federal
office in any fundraising event conducted by a committee
of a political party or a candidate for other than Federal
office shall not be treated as a solicitation for purposes of
paragraph (1) if such candidate or individual does not re-
ceive, or make disbursements from, any funds resulting
from such activity.
‘‘(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the solicitation
or receipt of funds, or disbursements, by an individual who
is a candidate for other than Federal office if such activity
is permitted under State law.
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, an individual
shall be treated as holding Federal office if such individ-
ual—
‘‘(A) holds a Federal office; or
‘‘(B) holds a position described in level I of the
Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5,
United States Code.’’.
SEC. 406. INCREASE IN AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMIT-
TEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CONGRESSIONAL
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES.
Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 201 and 405
is further amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(p) AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBU-
TIONS TO CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE.—For
purposes of the limitations imposed by this section and not-
withstanding any other provision of this section, the author-
ized political committees of a House of Representatives or
United States Senate candidate shall not make contribu-
tions aggregating more than $10,000 in any calendar year
to the congressional campaign committees of a political
party.’’.
SEC. 
407. 
INCREASE 
IN 
THE 
AMOUNT 
THAT
MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEES
MAY CONTRIBUTE TO NATIONAL POLITICAL
PARTY COMMITTEES.
Section 315(a)(2)(B) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(B)) is amended by
striking out ‘‘$15,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘$25,000’’.
SEC. 408. MERCHANDISING AND 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 any political committee (other than a
separate 
segregated 
fund 
established 
under 
section
316(b)(2)(C)) shall be deemed to meet the limitations and
prohibitions of this Act if such amount represents a com-
mission or royalty on the sale of goods or services, or on
the issuance of credit cards, by such corporation and if—
‘‘(1) such goods, services, or credit cards are pro-
moted by or in the name of the political committee
as a means of contributing to or supporting the polit-
ical committee and are offered to consumers using the
name of the political committee or using a message,
design, or device created and owned by the political
committee, or both;
‘‘(2) the corporation is in the business of mer-
chandising such goods or services, or of issuing such
credit cards;
‘‘(3) the royalty or commission has been offered
by the corporation to the political committee in the
ordinary course of the corporation’s business and on
the same terms and conditions as those on which such
corporation offers royalties or commissions to non-
political entities;
‘‘(4) all revenue on which the commission or roy-
alty is based represents, or results from, sales to or
fees paid by individual consumers in the ordinary
course of retail transactions;
‘‘(5) the costs of any unsold inventory of goods
are ultimately borne by the political committee in ac-
cordance with rules to be prescribed by the Commis-
sion; and
‘‘(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 cor-
poration to the political committee, provided that
such corporation may advance or finance costs or ex-
tend credit in connection with the manufacture and
distribution of goods, provision of services, or issuance
of credit cards pursuant to this subsection if and to
the extent such advance, 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 enti-
ties in like circumstances.’’.
SEC. 409. INCREASED LIMITATION AMOUNT FOR CERTAIN
CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL COMMITTEES
OF STATE POLITICAL PARTIES.
Section 315(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(B)) is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘(B)’’ the following: ‘‘not-
withstanding any other provision of law,’’; and
(2) by inserting after ‘‘national’’ the following:
‘‘or State’’.
TITLE V—CONTRIBUTIONS
SEC. 501. RESTRICTIONS ON BUNDLING.
Section 315(a)(8) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(8)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(8)(A) No person, either directly or indirectly, may
act as a conduit or intermediary for any contribution to
a candidate.
‘‘(B)(i) Nothing in this section shall prohibit—
‘‘(I) joint fundraising conducted in accordance
with rules prescribed by the Commission by 2 or more
candidates; or
‘‘(II) fundraising for the benefit of a candidate
that is conducted by another candidate.
‘‘(ii) No other person may conduct or otherwise par-
ticipate in joint fundraising activities with or on behalf of
any candidate.
‘‘(C) The term ‘conduit or intermediary’ means a per-
son who transmits a contribution to a candidate or can-
didate’s committee or representative from another person,
except that—
‘‘(i) a House of Representatives candidate or
representative of a House of Representatives can-
didate is not a conduit or intermediary for the pur-
pose of transmitting contributions to the candidate’s
principal campaign committee or authorized commit-
tee;
‘‘(ii) a professional fundraiser is not a conduit
or intermediary, if the fundraiser is compensated for
fundraising services at the usual and customary rate;
‘‘(iii) a volunteer hosting a fundraising event at
the volunteer’s home, in accordance with section
301(8)(b), is not a conduit or intermediary for the
purposes of that event; and
‘‘(iv) an individual is not a conduit or
intermediary for the purpose of transmitting a con-
tribution from the individual’s spouse.
For purposes of this section a conduit or intermediary
transmits a contribution when receiving or otherwise taking
possession of the contribution and forwarding it directly to
the candidate or the candidate’s committee or representa-
tive.
‘‘(D) For purposes of this section, the term ‘representa-
tive’—
‘‘(i) shall mean a person who is expressly au-
thorized by the candidate to engage in fundraising,
and who, in the case of an individual, is not acting
as an officer, employee, or agent of any other person;
‘‘(ii) shall not include—
‘‘(I) a political committee with a connected
organization;
‘‘(II) a political party;
‘‘(III) a partnership or sole proprietorship;
‘‘(IV) an organization prohibited from mak-
ing contributions under section 316; or
‘‘(V) a person required to register under sec-
tion 308 of the Federal Regulation of Lobbying
Act (2 U.S.C. 267) or the Foreign Agents Reg-
istration Act (22 U.S.C. 611) or any successor
Federal law requiring a person who is a lobbyist
or a foreign agent to register.
‘‘(E) For purposes of this section, the term ‘acting as
an officer, employee, or agent of any other person’ includes
the following activities by a salaried officer, employee, or
paid agent of a person described in subparagraph
(D)(ii)(IV):
‘‘(i) Soliciting contributions to a particular can-
didate in the name of, or by using the name of, such
a person.
‘‘(ii) Soliciting contributions to a particular
candidate using other than the incidental resources of
such a person.
‘‘(iii) Soliciting contributions to a particular
candidate under the direction or control of other sala-
ried officers, employees, or paid agents of such a per-
son.
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘agent’ shall
include any person (other than individual members of an
organization described in subparagraph (b)(4)(C) of section
316) acting on authority or under the direction of such or-
ganization.’’.
SEC. 502. CONTRIBUTIONS BY DEPENDENTS NOT OF VOT-
ING AGE.
Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 201, 405,
and 406, is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(q) For purposes of this section, any contribution by
an individual who—
‘‘(1) is a dependent of another individual; and
‘‘(2) has not, as of the time of such contribution,
attained the legal age for voting for elections to Fed-
eral office in the State in which such individual re-
sides,
shall be treated as having been made by such other individ-
ual. If such individual is the dependent of another individ-
ual and such other individual’s spouse, the contribution
shall be allocated among such individuals in the manner
determined by them.’’.
SEC. 503. PROHIBITION OF ACCEPTANCE BY A CANDIDATE
OF CASH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ANY ONE
PERSON AGGREGATING MORE THAN $100.
Section 321 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441g) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and no
candidate or authorized committee of a candidate shall ac-
cept from any one person,’’ after ‘‘make’’.
SEC. 504. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FROM STATE
AND LOCAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PAR-
TIES TO BE AGGREGATED.
Section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)) is amended by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(9) Notwithstanding paragraph (5)(B), a candidate
for Federal office may not accept, with respect to an elec-
tion, any contribution from a State or local committee of
a political party (including any subordinate committee of
such committee), if such contribution, when added to the
total of contributions previously accepted from all such
committees of that political party, exceeds the limitation
on contributions to a candidate under paragraph (2)(A).’’.
SEC. 505. PROHIBITION OF FALSE REPRESENTATION TO SO-
LICIT CONTRIBUTIONS.
Section 322 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441h) is amended—
(1) by inserting after ‘‘SEC. 322.’’ the following:
‘‘(a)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(b) No person shall solicit contributions by falsely
representing himself as a candidate or as a representative
of a candidate, a political committee, or a political party.’’.
SEC. 506. LIMITED EXCLUSION OF ADVANCES BY CAMPAIGN
WORKERS FROM THE DEFINITION OF THE
TERM ‘‘CONTRIBUTION’’.
Section 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)), as amended by section
403, is further amended—
(1) in clause (xix), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the
semicolon at the end;
(2) in clause (xx), by striking the period at the
end and inserting: ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(xxi) any advance voluntarily made on behalf
of an authorized committee of a candidate by an in-
dividual in the normal course of such individual’s re-
sponsibilities as a volunteer for, or employee of, the
committee, if the advance is reimbursed by the com-
mittee within 10 days after the date on which the ad-
vance is made, and the value of advances on behalf
of a committee does not exceed $500 with respect to
an election.’’.
SEC. 507. AMENDMENT TO SECTION 316 OF THE FEDERAL
ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971.
Section 316(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(2) For’’ and inserting ‘‘(2)(A)
Except as provided in subparagraph (B), for’’;
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B),
and (C) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;
and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(B) Expenditures by a corporation or labor organiza-
tion for candidate appearances, candidate debates, voter
guides, or voting records directed to the general public shall
be considered contributions unless—
‘‘(i) in the case of a candidate appearance, the
appearance takes place on corporate or labor organi-
zation premises or at a meeting or convention of the
corporation or labor organization, and all candidates
for election to that office are notified that they may
make an appearance under the same or similar con-
ditions;
‘‘(ii) in the case of a candidate debate, the orga-
nization staging the debate is either an organization
described in section 301 whose broadcasts or publica-
tions are supported by commercial advertising, sub-
scriptions or sales to the public, including a non-
commercial educational broadcaster, or a nonprofit
organization exempt from Federal taxation under sec-
tion 501(c)(3) or 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 that does not endorse, support, oppose
candidates or political parties and any such debate
features at least 2 candidates competing for election
to that office;
‘‘(iii) in the case of a voter guide, the guide is pre-
pared and distributed by a corporation or labor orga-
nization and consists of questions posed to at least
two candidates for election to that office; and
‘‘(iv) in the case of a voting record, the record
is prepared and distributed by a corporation or labor
organization and such preparation and distribution
occurs either without consultation with any candidate
whose record is included or in consultation with all
such candidates;
provided that no communication made by a corporation or
labor organization in connection with the candidate ap-
pearance, candidate debate, voter guide, or voting record
contains express advocacy, or that no structure or format
of the candidate appearance, candidate debate, voter guide,
or voting record, nor any preparation or distribution of any
such guide or record, reflects a purpose of influencing the
election of a particular candidate.’’.
SEC. 508. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ELECTION-RELATED
ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN NATIONALS.
Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsections:
‘‘(c) A foreign national shall not directly or indirectly
direct, control, influence or participate in any person’s elec-
tion-related activities, such as the making of contributions
or expenditures in connection with elections for any local,
State, or Federal office or the administration of a political
committee.
‘‘(d) A separate segregated fund established in accord-
ance with section 316(b)(2)(C) involved in the making of
contributions or expenditures in connection with elections
for any Federal, State, or local office shall include the fol-
lowing statement on all printed materials produced for the
purpose of soliciting contributions:
‘‘ ‘It is unlawful for a foreign national to make
any contribution of money or other thing of value to
a political committee.’.’’.
TITLE VI—REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 601. CHANGE IN CERTAIN REPORTING FROM A CAL-
ENDAR YEAR BASIS TO AN ELECTION CYCLE
BASIS.
Paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), and (7) of section 304(b)
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
434(b)(2), (3), (4), (6), and (7)), are amended by inserting
after ‘‘calendar year’’ each place it appears the following:
‘‘(election cycle, in the case of an authorized committee of
a candidate for Federal office)’’.
SEC. 602. PERSONAL AND CONSULTING SERVICES.
(a) REPORTING BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—Section
304(b)(5)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(2 U.S.C. 434(b)(5)(A)), as amended by section 405, is fur-
ther amended by inserting before the semicolon at the end
the following: ‘‘, except that if a person to whom an expendi-
ture is made is merely providing personal or consulting
services and is in turn making expenditures to other per-
sons (not including employees) who provide goods or serv-
ices to the candidate or his or her authorized committees,
the name and address of such other person, together with
the date, amount and purpose of such expenditure shall also
be disclosed’’.
(b) RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING BY PERSONS TO
WHOM EXPENDITURES ARE PASSED THROUGH.—Section
302 of Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
432) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(j) The person described in section 304(b)(5)(A) who
is providing personal or consulting services and who is in
turn making expenditures to other persons (not including
employees) for goods or services provided to a candidate
shall maintain records of and shall provide to a political
committee the information necessary to enable the political
committee to report the information described in section
304(b)(5)(A).’’.
SEC. 603. REDUCTION IN THRESHOLD FOR REPORTING OF
CERTAIN INFORMATION BY PERSONS OTHER
THAN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
Section 304(b)(3)(A) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(3)(A)) is amended by
striking ‘‘$200’’ and inserting ‘‘$100’’.
SEC. 604. COMPUTERIZED INDICES OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
Section 311(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 438(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(9);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(11) maintain computerized indices of contribu-
tions of $200 or more.’’.
SEC. 605. IDENTIFICATION.
Section 301(13)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(13)(A)) is amended by striking
‘‘mailing address’’ and inserting ‘‘permanent residence ad-
dress’’.
SEC. 606. POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
Section 303(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 433(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, and if the
organization or committee is incorporated, the State
of incorporation’’ after ‘‘committee’’; and
(2) by striking the ‘‘name and address of the
treasurer’’ in paragraph (4) and inserting ‘‘the names
and addresses of the officers, including the treasurer’’.
SEC. 607. USE OF CANDIDATES’ NAMES.
Section 302(e)(4) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)(4)) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(4)(A) The name of each authorized committee shall
include the name of the candidate who authorized the com-
mittee under paragraph (1).
‘‘(B) A political committee that is not an authorized
committee shall not—
‘‘(i) include the name of any candidate in its
name, or
‘‘(ii) except in the case of a national, State, or
local party committee, use the name of any candidate
in any activity on behalf of such committee in such
a context as to suggest that the committee is an au-
thorized committee of the candidate or that the use of
the candidate’s name has been authorized by the can-
didate.’’.
SEC. 608. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by section 404, is further
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) WAIVER.—The Commission may relieve any cat-
egory of political committees of the obligation to file 1 or
more reports required by this section, or may change the
due dates of such reports, if it determines that such action
is consistent with the purposes of this Act. The Commission
may waive requirements to file reports in accordance with
this subsection through a rule of general applicability or,
in a specific case, may waive or change the due date of
a report by notifying all political committees affected.’’.
SEC. 609. SIMULTANEOUS REGISTRATION OF CANDIDATE
AND 
CANDIDATE’S 
PRINCIPAL 
CAMPAIGN
COMMITTEE.
Section 303(a) of Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 433(a)) is amended in the first sentence by
striking ‘‘no later than 10 days after designation’’ and in-
serting ‘‘on the date of its designation’’.
SEC. 610. DISCLOSURES BY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ENGAGE
IN LOBBYING.
(a) DISCLOSURES REQUIRED.—Title III of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), as
amended by section 403, is further amended by adding after
section 323 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 324. DISCLOSURES BY ORGANIZATIONS THAT EN-
GAGE IN LOBBYING.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any organization that—
‘‘(1) is described in paragraph (4) or (6) of sec-
tion 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and
is exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code,
and
‘‘(2) conducts lobbying activities or pays another
person compensation to conduct lobbying activities on
its behalf,
shall provide the same information with respect to contribu-
tions made to such organization, in the same manner and
to the same extent as is required for political committees
under this Act.
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.— As used in this section—
‘‘(1) the term ‘lobbying activities’ means lobby-
ing contacts and efforts in support of such contacts,
including—
‘‘(A) preparation and planning activities;
‘‘(B) research and other background work
that is intended for use in lobbying contacts;
‘‘(C) coordination with the lobbying activi-
ties of others; and
‘‘(D) grass roots lobbying communications
(as defined in regulations implementing section
4911(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)
to the extent that such communications are made
in direct support of lobbying contacts;
‘‘(2) the term ‘lobbying contact’—
‘‘(A) means any oral or written commu-
nication with a Member of Congress, an officer
or employee of the House of Representatives or
the Senate, or an officer or employee of the exec-
utive branch that is made with regard to—
‘‘(i) the formulation, modification, or
adoption of Federal legislation (including
legislative proposals); or
‘‘(ii) the formulation, modification, or
adoption of a Federal rule, regulation, Ex-
ecutive order, or any other program, policy,
or position of the United States Govern-
ment; and
‘‘(B) does not include any communication
that—
‘‘(i) is made by public officials acting
in their official capacity;
‘‘(ii) is made by representatives of a
media organization if the purpose of the
communication is gathering and dissemi-
nating news and information to the public;
or
‘‘(iii) consists of testimony given before
a committee or subcommittee of the Con-
gress, or submitted for inclusion in the pub-
lic record of a hearing conducted by any
such committee or subcommittee or by a
Federal agency; and
‘‘(3) the term ‘Member of Congress’ means a Sen-
ator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident
Commissioner to, the Congress.’’.
(b) DEFINITION.—Section 301(8)(A) of Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(A)), as
amended by section 301, is further amended—
(1) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘or’’ after the semi-
colon;
(2) in clause (iii) by striking the period and in-
serting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(iv) any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or de-
posit of money or anything of value made by any per-
son to an organization to which section 323 applies.’’.
TITLE VII—FEDERAL ELECTION
COMMISSION
SEC. 701. APPEARANCE AS AMICI CURIAE.
Section 306(f) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437c(f)) is amended by striking out para-
graph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(4)(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph
(2), or of any other provision of law, the Commission is
authorized to appear on its own behalf in any action related
to the exercise of its statutory duties or powers in any court
as either a party or as amicus curiae, either—
‘‘(i) by attorneys employed in its office, or
‘‘(ii) by counsel whom it may appoint, on a tem-
porary basis as may be necessary for such purpose,
without regard to the provisions of title 5, United
States Code, governing appointments in the competi-
tive service, and whose compensation it may fix with-
out regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and sub-
chapter III of chapter 53 of such title. The compensa-
tion of counsel so appointed on a temporary basis
shall be paid out of any funds otherwise available to
pay the compensation of employees of the Commis-
sion.
‘‘(B) The authority granted under subparagraph (A)
includes the power to appeal from, and petition the Su-
preme Court for certiorari to review, judgments or decrees
entered with respect to actions in which the Commission
appears pursuant to the authority provided in this sec-
tion.’’.
SEC. 702. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION PUBLIC SERV-
ICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Title III of Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), as amended by sections 403 and 610,
is further amended by inserting after section 324 the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘SEC. 325. PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on January 15, and
continuing through April 15 of each year, the Federal Elec-
tion Commission shall carry out a program, utilizing
broadcast announcements and other appropriate means, to
inform the public of the existence and purpose of the Make
Democracy Work Election Fund and the role that individ-
ual citizens can play in the election process by voluntarily
contributing to the Fund. The Commission shall seek to
broadcast such announcements during prime time viewing
hours in 30-second advertising segments equivalent to 200
gross rating points per network per week. The Commission
shall attempt to ensure that the maximum number of tax-
payers shall be exposed to these announcements. The Federal
Election Commission shall attempt to utilize a variety of
communications media, including television, cable, and
radio networks, and individual television, cable, and radio
stations, to provide similar announcements.
‘‘(b) GROSS RATING POINT.—The term ‘gross rating
point’ is a measure of the total gross weight delivered. It
is the sum of the ratings for individual programs. Since
a household rating period is 1 percent of the coverage base,
200 gross rating points means 2 messages a week per aver-
age household.’’.
SEC. 703. AUTHORITY TO SEEK INJUNCTION.
Section 309(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)) is amended—
(1) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(13)(A) If, at any time in a proceeding described in
paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4), the Commission believes
that—
‘‘(i) there is a substantial likelihood that a viola-
tion of this Act or of chapter 95 or chapter 96 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is occurring or is
about to occur;
‘‘(ii) the failure to act expeditiously will result
in irreparable harm to a party affected by the poten-
tial violation;
‘‘(iii) expeditious action will not cause undue
harm or prejudice to the interests of others; and
‘‘(iv) the public interest would be best served by
the issuance of an injunction,
the Commission may initiate a civil action for a temporary
restraining order or a temporary injunction pending the
outcome of the proceedings described in paragraphs (1), (2),
(3), and (4).
‘‘(B) An action under subparagraph (A) shall be
brought in the United States district court for the district
in which the defendant resides, transacts business, or may
be found or in which the violation is occurring, has oc-
curred, or is about to occur.’’;
(2) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘(5) or (6)’’
and inserting ‘‘(5), (6), or (13)’’; and
(3) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘(6)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(6) or (13)’’.
SEC. 704. EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.
Section 309(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)), as amended by section 703, is
further amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(14)(A) If the complaint in a proceeding was filed
within 60 days immediately preceding a general election,
the Commission may take action described in this subpara-
graph.
‘‘(B) If the Commission determines, on the basis of
facts alleged in the complaint and other facts available to
it, that there is clear and convincing evidence that a viola-
tion of this Act or of chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 has occurred, is occurring, or is about
to occur and it appears that the requirements for relief stat-
ed in paragraph (13)(A)(ii), (iii), and (iv) are met, the
Commission may—
‘‘(i) order expedited proceedings, shortening the
time periods for proceedings under paragraphs (1),
(2), (3), and (4) as necessary to allow the matter to
be resolved in sufficient time before the election to
avoid harm or prejudice to the interests of the parties;
or
‘‘(ii) if the Commission determines that there is
insufficient time to conduct proceedings before the
election, immediately seek relief under paragraph
(13)(A).
‘‘(C) If the Commission determines, on the basis of
facts alleged in the complaint and other facts available to
it, that the complaint is clearly without merit, the Commis-
sion may—
‘‘(i) order expedited proceedings, shortening the
time periods for proceedings under paragraphs (1),
(2), (3), and (4) as necessary to allow the matter to
be resolved in sufficient time before the election to
avoid harm or prejudice to the interests of the parties;
or
‘‘(ii) if the Commission determines that there is
insufficient time to conduct proceedings before the
election, summarily dismiss the complaint.’’.
SEC. 705. INSOLVENT POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(d) of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 433(d)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(3) Proceedings by the Commission under paragraph
(2) constitute the sole means, to the exclusion of proceedings
under title 11, United States Code, by which a political
committee that is determined by the Commission to be insol-
vent may compromise its debts, liquidate its assets, and ter-
minate its existence.’’.
(b) PROCEDURES.—Section 303(d)(2) of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 433(d)(2)) is
amended by striking out ‘‘Nothing’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘procedures’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘The
Commission shall establish procedures to allow’’.
TITLE VIII—BALLOT INITIATIVE
COMMITTEES
SEC. 801. DEFINITIONS RELATING TO BALLOT INITIATIVES.
Section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431), as amended by sections 123 and 401,
is further amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(31) The term ‘ballot initiative political committee’
means any committee, club, association, or other group of
persons which makes ballot initiative expenditures or re-
ceives ballot initiative contributions in excess of $1,000 dur-
ing a calendar year.
‘‘(32) The term ‘ballot initiative contribution’ means
any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money
or anything of value made by any person for the purpose
of influencing the outcome of any referendum or other ballot
initiative voted on at the State, commonwealth, territory,
or District of Columbia level which involves—
‘‘(A) the election of candidates for Federal office
and the permissible terms of those so elected; or
‘‘(B) the regulation of speech or press, or any
other right guaranteed under the United States Con-
stitution.
‘‘(33) The term ‘ballot initiative expenditure’ means
any purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit
or gift of money or anything of value made by any person
for the purpose of influencing the outcome of any referen-
dum or other ballot initiative voted on at the state, com-
monwealth, territory, or District of Columbia level which
involves—
‘‘(A) the election of candidates for Federal office
and the permissible terms of those so elected; or
‘‘(B) the regulation of speech or press, or any
other right guaranteed under the United States Con-
stitution.’’.
SEC. 802. AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF CONTRIBUTION.
Section 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)), as amended by sections
403 and 506, is further amended—
(1) in clause (xx), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the
semicolon;
(2) in clause (xxi), by striking the period and
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(xxii) a ballot initiative contribution.’’.
SEC. 803. AMENDMENT TO DEFINITION OF EXPENDITURE.
Section 301(9)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)), as amended by sections
401 and 403, is further amended—
(1) in clause (xvii), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the
semicolon;
(2) in clause (xviii), by striking the period and
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(xix) a ballot initiative expenditure.’’.
SEC. 804. ORGANIZATION OF BALLOT INITIATIVE COMMIT-
TEES.
Section 302 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 432), as amended by section 602, is further
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(k) Every ballot initiative committee shall comply
with the organizational and recordkeeping requirements of
this section, with respect to all ballot initiative contribu-
tions and ballot initiative expenditures.’’.
SEC. 805. REGISTRATION OF BALLOT INITIATIVE COMMIT-
TEES.
Section 303 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 433) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(e) Every ballot initiative committee shall comply
with the registration requirements of this section.’’.
SEC. 806. REPORTING BY BALLOT INITIATIVE COMMITTEES.
Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by sections 404 and 608,
is further amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(g) Every ballot initiative committee shall comply
with the reporting requirements of subsections (a)(1),
(a)(4), and (b), with respect to the reporting of all ballot
initiative contributions and ballot initiative expenditures.
The provisions of subsections (a)(5), (7), and (8) shall
apply to reports filed by ballot initiative committees.’’.
SEC. 807. ENFORCEMENT FOR BALLOT INITIATIVE COMMIT-
TEES.
Section 309 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(e) The Commission may proceed in accordance with
the requirements of this section, either on the basis of a com-
plaint filed under subsection (a)(1) or on information
ascertained in the normal course of carrying out its super-
visory responsibilities, to determine whether a ballot initia-
tive committee has complied with the requirements of sec-
tions 302, 303, and 304(a)(1), (a)(4) and (b).’’.
SEC. 808. PROHIBITION ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDI-
TURES BY BALLOT INITIATIVE COMMITTEES.
Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by sections 201, 405,
406, and 502, is further amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
‘‘(r) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection
(a)(1), it shall be unlawful for any ballot initiative commit-
tee to make any contribution or expenditure for the purpose
of influencing any election for Federal office.’’.
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 901. BROADCAST RATES AND PREEMPTION.
Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 315) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘forty-five’’ and inserting
‘‘30’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘sixty’’ and inserting ‘‘45’’;
and
(C) by striking ‘‘lowest unit charge of the
station for the same class and amount of time for
the same period’’ and insert ‘‘lowest charge of the
station for the same amount of time for the same
period’’; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following
new subsection:
‘‘(c)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a licensee
shall not preempt the use, during any period specified in
subsection (b)(1), of a broadcasting station by a legally
qualified candidate for public office who has purchased and
paid for such use pursuant to the provisions of subsection
(b)(1).
‘‘(2) If a program to be broadcast by a broadcasting
station is preempted because of circumstances beyond the
control of the broadcasting station, any candidate advertis-
ing spot scheduled to be broadcast during that program
may also be preempted.’’.
SEC. 902. CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING AMENDMENTS.
Section 318 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441d) is amended—
(1) in the matter before paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a), by striking ‘‘Whenever’’ and inserting
‘‘Whenever a political committee makes a disburse-
ment for the purpose of financing any communication
through any broadcasting station, newspaper, maga-
zine, outdoor advertising facility, mailing, or any
other type of general public political advertising, or
whenever’’;
(2) in the matter before paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a), by striking ‘‘an expenditure’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘a disbursement’’;
(3) in the matter before paragraph (1) of sub-
section (a), by striking ‘‘direct’’;
(4) in paragraph (3) of subsection (a), by insert-
ing after ‘‘name’’ the following ‘‘and permanent street
address’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections:
‘‘(c) Any printed communication described in sub-
section (a) shall be—
‘‘(1) of sufficient type size to be clearly readable
by the recipient of the communication;
‘‘(2) contained in a printed box set apart from
the other contents of the communication; and
‘‘(3) consist of a reasonable degree of color con-
trast between the background and the printed state-
ment.
‘‘(d)(1) Any communication described in subsection
(a)(1) or subsection (a)(2) that is provided to and distrib-
uted by any broadcasting station or cable system (as such
terms are defined in sections 315 and 602 (respectively) of
the Communications Act of 1934) shall include, in addition
to the requirements of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2), an
audio statement by the candidate that identifies the can-
didate and states that the candidate has approved the com-
munication.
‘‘(2) If a communication described in paragraph (1)
contains any visual images, the statement required by para-
graph (1) shall—
‘‘(A) appear in a clearly readable manner with
a reasonable degree of color contrast between the back-
ground and the printed statement, for a period of at
least 4 seconds at the end of the communication; and
‘‘(B) be accompanied by a clearly identifiable
photographic or similar image of the candidate.
‘‘(e) Any communication described in subsection (a)(3)
that is provided to and distributed by any broadcasting sta-
tion or cable system (as such terms are defined in sections
315 and 602 (respectively) of the Communications Act of
1934) shall include, in addition to the requirements of those
subsections, in a clearly spoken manner, the following state-
ment—
‘
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.’’.
SEC. 903. 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 Com-
mission shall conduct the study described in para-
graph (1) in consultation with State and local elec-
tion 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 developed
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 financial
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 pri-
vate 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 en-
actment of this Act.
SEC. 904. TRANSFER OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FINANC-
ING PROVISIONS TO FEDERAL ELECTION
CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—The Federal Election Campaign
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 REVE-
NUE 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, re-
spectively.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVE-
NUE CODE.—The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘section 9006(a)’’ in section
6096(a) and inserting ‘‘section 806(a) of the Federal
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 there-
in to another provision transferred and redesignated
by subsection (b) and inserting a reference to the re-
designated provision.
(2) Title VIII of the Federal Election Campaign
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 estab-
lished under section 806(a) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (as amended by this section)
shall be treated for all purposes of law as a continu-
ation 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 accounts 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 ap-
propriate provision of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971.
TITLE 
X—HOUSE 
OF 
REP-
RESENTATIVES 
CAMPAIGN
ELECTION FUNDING AND RE-
LATED MATTERS
SEC. 1001. MAKE DEMOCRACY WORK ELECTION 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—MAKE DEMOCRACY
WORK ELECTION 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 Make Democracy Work Election 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 administra-
tion 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 receipt
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 Commis-
sion to the eligible candidate out of the Fund.
‘‘(c) REDUCTIONS IN PAYMENTS IF FUNDS INSUFFI-
CIENT.—If on June 1, 1996, or on June 1 of a Federal elec-
tion year thereafter, the Secretary determines that the mon-
eys in the account are not, or may not be, sufficient to sat-
isfy the full entitlement of all eligible candidates, the Sec-
retary shall withhold from such payment the amount nec-
essary 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 determines
that there are sufficient moneys in the account to pay such
amounts, or portions thereof, to all eligible candidates from
whom amounts have been withheld, but, if there are not suf-
ficient moneys in the account 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 entitle-
ment 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 commu-
nication vouchers issued and used as provided in this sec-
tion 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.’’.
TITLE XI—EFFECTIVE DATES;
SEVERABILITY
SEC. 1101. 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
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apply with respect to activities in connection with any elec-
tion occurring before January 1, 1995.
SEC. 1102. 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 person
or circumstance, is held invalid, the validity of any other
provision of this Act, or the application of such provision
to other persons and circumstances, shall not be affected
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. 1103. EXPEDITED REVIEW OF CONSTITUTIONAL IS-
SUES.
(a) DIRECT APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT.—An appeal
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
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addressed in the ruling below, accept jurisdiction over, ad-
vance on the docket, and expedite the appeal to the greatest
extent possible.
SEC. 1104. 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.
SEC. 1105. BUDGET NEUTRALITY.
The provisions of this Act (other than this section)
shall not be effective and shall not be considered to be an
estimate required under the procedures specified in section
252(d) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con-
trol Act of 1985 until the enactment of revenue legislation
effectuating section 701 of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971.
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