SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Conduit Contribution
Prevention Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLA-
TIONS OF CONDUIT CONTRIBUTION BAN.
(a) INCREASE IN CIVIL MONEY PENALTY FOR KNOW-
ING AND WILLFUL VIOLATIONS.—Section 309(a) of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
437g(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting before the
period at the end the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of
a violation of section 320, which is not less than 300
percent of the amount involved in the violation and
is not more than the greater of $50,000 or 1000
percent of the amount involved in the violation)’’;
and
(2) in paragraph (6)(C), by inserting before the
period at the end the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of
a violation of section 320, which is not less than 300
percent of the amount involved in the violation and
is not more than the greater of $50,000 or 1000
percent of the amount involved in the violation)’’.
(b) INCREASE IN CRIMINAL PENALTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 309(d)(1) of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)(1)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) Any person who knowingly and willfully com-
mits a violation of section 320 involving an amount aggre-
gating $1,000 or more during a calendar year shall be
fined, or imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.
The amount of the fine shall not be less than 300 percent
of the amount involved in the violation and shall not be
more than the greater of $50,000 or 1000 percent of the
amount involved in the violation.’’.
(2) GUIDELINES
BY
UNITED
STATES
SEN-
TENCING COMMISSION.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The United States Sen-
tencing Commission shall
(i) promulgate a guideline, or amend
an existing guideline under section 994 of
title 28, United States Code, in accordance
with subparagraph (B), for penalties for
violations of section 320 of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971; and
(ii) submit to Congress an explanation
of any guidelines promulgated or amended
under clause (i).
(B) CONSIDERATION
OF
AMOUNT
IN-
VOLVED.—In promulgating the guideline for
penalties for violations of section 320 of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A), the United States
Sentencing Commission shall account for vari-
ations in the amount of the contribution made
in violation of such section.
(C) EFFECTIVE
DATE; EMERGENCY
AU-
THORITY
TO
PROMULGATE
GUIDELINE.—The
United States Sentencing Commission shall
promulgate the guideline required under this
paragraph not later than 90 days after the date
of enactment of this Act. The Commission shall
promulgate such guideline in accordance with
the procedures set forth in section 21(a) of the
Sentencing Reform Act of 1987, as though the
authority under such Act had not expired.
(3) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
309(d)(1)(A) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)(1)(A))
is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than section 320)’’
after ‘‘this Act’’.
(c) MANDATORY REFERRAL
TO ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL.—Section 309(a)(5)(C) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
437(a)(5)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(or, in the case
of a violation of section 320, shall refer such apparent vio-
lation to the Attorney General of the United States)’’ after
‘‘United States’’.
(d) STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.—Section 406(a) of
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
455(a)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘3 years’’ the fol-
lowing: ‘‘(or 5 years, in the case of a violation of section
320)’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to violations occurring
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF BAN ON FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
TO 
ALL 
CAMPAIGN-RELATED 
DISBURSE-
MENTS.
(a) PROHIBITION ON DISBURSEMENTS BY FOREIGN
NATIONALS.—Section 319 of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CONTRIBU-
TIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘DISBURSEMENTS’’;
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘contribution’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘disbursement’’;
and
(3) in subsection (a), by striking the semicolon
and inserting the following: ‘‘, including any dis-
bursement to a political committee of a political
party and any disbursement for an independent ex-
penditure;’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to disbursements
made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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