I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3848 
To reform our government, reduce the grip of special interest, and return 
our democracy to the American people by increasing transparency and 
oversight of our elections and government, reforming public financing 
for Presidential and Congressional elections, and requiring States to 
conduct Congressional redistricting through independent commissions, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 
Mr. PRICE of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on the Judiciary, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Oversight 
and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To reform our government, reduce the grip of special inter-
est, and return our democracy to the American people 
by increasing transparency and oversight of our elections 
and government, reforming public financing for Presi-
dential and Congressional elections, and requiring States 
to conduct Congressional redistricting through inde-
pendent commissions, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; ETC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘We 
the People Democracy Reform Act of 2017’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; etc. 
TITLE I—INCREASING TRANSPARENCY, REMOVING CONFLICTS 
OF INTEREST, AND RESTORING ENFORCEMENT 
Subtitle A—Campaign Disclosure and Transparency Reform 
PART I—DISCLOSURE 
SUBPART A—REGULATION OF CERTAIN POLITICAL SPENDING 
Sec. 1001. Short title. 
Sec. 1002. Application of ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign na-
tionals to domestic corporations that are foreign-controlled, for-
eign-influenced, and foreign-owned. 
Sec. 1003. Clarification of application of foreign money ban to certain disburse-
ments and activities. 
SUBPART B—CAMPAIGN DISBURSEMENT REPORTING 
Sec. 1011. Campaign disbursement reporting. 
Sec. 1012. Shareholders’ and members’ right to know. 
Sec. 1013. Lobbyists’ campaign funding disclosure. 
Sec. 1014. Effective date. 
PART II—CANDIDATE-SUPER PAC COORDINATION 
Sec. 1021. Short title. 
Sec. 1022. Clarification of treatment of coordinated expenditures as contribu-
tions to candidates. 
Sec. 1023. Clarification of ban on fundraising for Super PACs by Federal can-
didates and officeholders. 
PART III—REAL-TIME TRANSPARENCY 
Sec. 1031. Short title. 
Sec. 1032. 48-hour notification required for all political committees receiving 
cumulative contributions of $1,000 or more during a year from 
any contributor. 
Sec. 1033. Filing by Senate candidates with Federal Election Commission. 
PART IV—STAND BY YOUR AD 
Sec. 1041. Stand By Your Ad. 
PART V—OTHER CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORMS 
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Sec. 1051. Regulations with respect to best efforts for identifying persons mak-
ing contributions. 
Sec. 1052. Rules relating to joint fundraising committees. 
Sec. 1053. Disclosure of bundled contributions to Presidential campaigns; in-
crease in threshold for bundled contributions by lobbyists. 
Sec. 1054. Judicial review of actions related to campaign finance laws. 
Sec. 1055. Treatment of internet communications made by political committees 
as public communications. 
Sec. 1056. Clarification of applicability of contribution limits to certain political 
committees. 
Subtitle B—Establishment of Federal Election Administration 
Sec. 1101. Short title. 
PART I—FEDERAL ELECTION ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 1111. Establishment of the Federal Election Administration. 
‘‘Subtitle B—Administrative Provisions 
‘‘CHAPTER 1—ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION 
ADMINISTRATION 
‘‘Sec. 351. Establishment of the Federal Election Administration. 
‘‘Sec. 352. Composition of the Federal Election Administration. 
‘‘Sec. 353. Staff director. 
‘‘Sec. 354. General counsel. 
‘‘Sec. 355. Inspector general. 
‘‘CHAPTER 2—OPERATION OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION ADMINISTRATION 
‘‘Sec. 361. Powers of the Chair and Administration. 
‘‘Sec. 362. Independent budget requests and legislative proposals. 
‘‘Sec. 363. Advisory opinions. 
‘‘Sec. 364. Issuance and enforcement of subpoenas. 
‘‘Sec. 365. Rulemaking authority. 
‘‘Sec. 366. Litigation authority. 
‘‘Sec. 367. Availability of reports. 
‘‘Sec. 368. Audits and field examinations. 
‘‘Sec. 369. Congressional oversight. 
‘‘CHAPTER 3—ENFORCEMENT 
‘‘Sec. 371. Initiation of enforcement actions by Administration. 
‘‘Sec. 372. Complaint to initiate enforcement action. 
‘‘Sec. 373. Civil enforcement actions. 
‘‘Sec. 374. Notification of nonfilers. 
‘‘Sec. 375. Civil monetary penalties. 
‘‘Sec. 376. Cease-and-desist orders. 
‘‘Sec. 377. Collection. 
‘‘Sec. 378. Confidentiality. 
‘‘Sec. 379. Criminal penalties. 
‘‘Sec. 380. Period of limitations. 
‘‘Sec. 381. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 1112. Executive Schedule positions. 
Sec. 1113. GAO examination of enforcement of campaign finance laws by the 
Department of Justice. 
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Sec. 1114. GAO study and report on appropriate funding levels. 
Sec. 1115. Conforming amendments. 
‘‘Subtitle A—General Provisions 
PART II—TRANSITION PROVISIONS 
Sec. 1151. Transfer of functions of Federal Election Commission. 
Sec. 1152. Transfer of property, records, and personnel. 
Sec. 1153. Repeals. 
Sec. 1154. Conforming amendments. 
Sec. 1155. Treatment of certain regulations. 
Sec. 1156. Effective date. 
Subtitle C—Lobbying Reform 
Sec. 1201. Lobbyist registration reforms. 
Subtitle D—Revolving Door Reform 
Sec. 1301. Short title. 
Sec. 1302. Restrictions on private sector payment for Government service. 
Sec. 1303. Requirements relating to slowing the revolving door among financial 
services regulators. 
‘‘TITLE VI—SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES 
REGULATORS 
‘‘Sec. 601. Definitions. 
‘‘Sec. 602. Conflict of interest and eligibility standards for financial serv-
ices regulators. 
‘‘Sec. 603. Negotiating future private sector employment. 
‘‘Sec. 604. Recordkeeping. 
‘‘Sec. 605. Penalties and injunctions. 
Sec. 1304. Prohibition of procurement officers accepting employment from Gov-
ernment contractors. 
Sec. 1305. Revolving door restrictions on financial services regulators moving 
into the private sector. 
Sec. 1306. Restrictions on Federal examiners and supervisors of financial insti-
tutions. 
Subtitle E—Addressing Conflicts of Interest 
Sec. 1401. Short title. 
Sec. 1402. Divestiture of personal financial interests of the President and Vice 
President that pose a potential conflict of interest. 
Sec. 1403. Recusal of appointees. 
Sec. 1404. Contracts by the President or Vice President. 
Sec. 1405. Presidential Tax Transparency. 
Sec. 1406. Sense of Congress regarding violations. 
Sec. 1407. Rule of construction. 
Subtitle F—Public Access to Visitor Logs 
Sec. 1501. Short title. 
Sec. 1502. Findings. 
Sec. 1503. Improving access to influential visitor access records. 
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‘‘Sec. 531. Administration by Commission. 
‘‘Sec. 532. Violations and penalties. 
‘‘Sec. 533. Election cycle defined. 
Sec. 2102. Permitting unlimited coordinated expenditures by political party 
committees on behalf of participating candidates if expendi-
tures are derived from small dollar contributions. 
Sec. 2103. Prohibiting use of contributions by participating candidates for pur-
poses other than campaign for election. 
Subtitle C—Use of Presidential Election Campaign Fund for Public 
Financing of Federal Elections 
Sec. 2201. Use of Presidential Election Campaign Fund for Congressional can-
didates. 
Sec. 2202. Revisions to designation of income tax payments by individual tax-
payers. 
Sec. 2203. Donation to Presidential Election Campaign Fund. 
Subtitle D—Effective Date 
Sec. 2301. Effective date. 
TITLE III—REDISTRICTING 
Sec. 3001. Short title. 
Sec. 3002. Finding of Constitutional authority. 
Subtitle A—Requirements for Congressional Redistricting 
Sec. 3101. Limit on Congressional redistricting after an apportionment. 
Sec. 3102. Requiring Congressional redistricting to be conducted through plan 
of independent State commission. 
Subtitle B—Independent Redistricting Commissions 
Sec. 3201. Independent redistricting commission. 
Sec. 3202. Establishment of selection pool of individuals eligible to serve as 
members of commission. 
Sec. 3203. Criteria for redistricting plan by independent commission; public no-
tice and input. 
Sec. 3204. Establishment of related entities. 
Subtitle C—Role of Courts in Development of Redistricting Plans 
Sec. 3301. Enactment of plan developed by 3-judge court. 
Sec. 3302. Special rule for redistricting conducted under order of Federal 
court. 
Subtitle D—Administrative and Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 3401. Payments to States for carrying out redistricting. 
Sec. 3402. Civil enforcement. 
Sec. 3403. State apportionment notice defined. 
Sec. 3404. No effect on elections for State and local office. 
Sec. 3405. Effective date. 
TITLE IV—VOTER REGISTRATION 
Subtitle A—Automatic Voter Registration 
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Sec. 4001. Short title; findings and purpose. 
Sec. 4002. Automatic registration of eligible individuals. 
Sec. 4003. Contributing agency assistance in registration. 
Sec. 4004. One-time contributing agency assistance in registration of eligible 
voters in existing records. 
Sec. 4005. Voter protection and security in automatic registration. 
Sec. 4006. Registration portability and correction. 
Sec. 4007. Online registration. 
Sec. 4008. Payments and grants. 
Sec. 4009. Miscellaneous provisions. 
Sec. 4010. Definitions. 
Sec. 4011. Effective date. 
Subtitle B—Same Day Registration 
Sec. 4101. Short title. 
Sec. 4102. Same day registration. 
TITLE V—SEVERABILITY 
Sec. 5001. Severability. 
TITLE 
I—INCREASING 
TRANS-
PARENCY, 
REMOVING 
CON-
FLICTS OF INTEREST, AND 
RESTORING ENFORCEMENT 
Subtitle A—Campaign Disclosure 
and Transparency Reform 
PART I—DISCLOSURE 
Subpart A—Regulation of Certain Political Spending 
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Democracy Is 
Strengthened by Casting Light On Spending in Elections 
Act of 2017’’ or the ‘‘DISCLOSE Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 1002. APPLICATION OF BAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS AND 
EXPENDITURES BY FOREIGN NATIONALS TO 
DOMESTIC CORPORATIONS THAT ARE FOR-
EIGN-CONTROLLED, 
FOREIGN-INFLUENCED, 
AND FOREIGN-OWNED. 
(a) APPLICATION OF BAN.—Section 319(b) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30121(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(1); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) any corporation which is not a foreign na-
tional described in paragraph (1) and— 
‘‘(A) in which a foreign national described 
in paragraph (1) or (2) directly or indirectly 
owns or controls— 
‘‘(i) 5 percent or more of the voting 
shares, if the foreign national is a foreign 
country, a foreign government official, or a 
corporation principally owned or controlled 
by a foreign country or foreign government 
official; or 
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‘‘(ii) 20 percent or more of the voting 
shares, if the foreign national is not de-
scribed in clause (i); 
‘‘(B) in which two or more foreign nation-
als described in paragraph (1) or (2), each of 
whom owns or controls at least 5 percent of the 
voting shares, directly or indirectly own or con-
trol 50 percent or more of the voting shares; 
‘‘(C) over which one or more foreign na-
tionals described in paragraph (1) or (2) has 
the power to direct, dictate, or control the deci-
sionmaking process of the corporation with re-
spect to its interests in the United States; or 
‘‘(D) over which one or more foreign na-
tionals described in paragraph (1) or (2) has 
the power to direct, dictate, or control the deci-
sionmaking process of the corporation with re-
spect to activities in connection with a Federal, 
State, or local election, including— 
‘‘(i) the making of a contribution, do-
nation, expenditure, independent expendi-
ture, or disbursement for an electioneering 
communication (within the meaning of sec-
tion 304(f)(3)); or 
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‘‘(ii) the administration of a political 
committee established or maintained by the 
corporation.’’. 
(b) CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.—Section 319 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30121) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION
OF COMPLIANCE REQUIRED 
PRIOR TO CARRYING OUT ACTIVITY.—Prior to the mak-
ing in connection with an election for Federal office of any 
contribution, donation, expenditure, independent expendi-
ture, or disbursement for an electioneering communication 
by a corporation during a year, the chief executive officer 
of the corporation (or, if the corporation does not have 
a chief executive officer, the highest ranking official of the 
corporation), shall file a certification with the Commission, 
under penalty of perjury, that the corporation is not pro-
hibited from carrying out such activity under subsection 
(b)(3), unless the chief executive officer has previously 
filed such a certification during that calendar year.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect upon the expiration of the 
180-day period which begins on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, and shall take effect without regard to whether 
or not the Federal Election Commission has promulgated 
regulations to carry out such amendments. 
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SEC. 1003. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICATION OF FOREIGN 
MONEY BAN TO CERTAIN DISBURSEMENTS 
AND ACTIVITIES. 
(a) APPLICATION
TO DISBURSEMENTS
TO SUPER 
PACS.—Section 319(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30121(a)(1)(A)) is 
amended by striking the semicolon and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, including any disbursement to a political com-
mittee which accepts donations or contributions that do 
not comply with the limitations, prohibitions, and report-
ing requirements of this Act (or any disbursement to or 
on behalf of any account of a political committee which 
is established for the purpose of accepting such donations 
or contributions);’’. 
(b) CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH CORPORATE PACS 
MAY MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES.—Sec-
tion 316(b) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30118(b)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) A separate segregated fund established by a cor-
poration may not make a contribution or expenditure dur-
ing a year unless the fund has certified to the Commission 
the following during the year: 
‘‘(A) Each individual who manages the fund, 
and who is responsible for exercising decisionmaking 
authority for the fund, is a citizen of the United 
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States or is lawfully admitted for permanent resi-
dence in the United States. 
‘‘(B) No foreign national under section 319 
participates in any way in the decisionmaking proc-
esses of the fund with regard to contributions or ex-
penditures under this Act. 
‘‘(C) The fund does not solicit or accept rec-
ommendations from any foreign national under sec-
tion 319 with respect to the contributions or expend-
itures made by the fund. 
‘‘(D) Any member of the board of directors of 
the corporation who is a foreign national under sec-
tion 319 abstains from voting on matters concerning 
the fund or its activities.’’. 
Subpart B—Campaign Disbursement Reporting 
SEC. 1011. CAMPAIGN DISBURSEMENT REPORTING. 
(a) INFORMATION REQUIRED TO BE REPORTED.— 
(1) TREATMENT OF FUNCTIONAL EQUIVALENT 
OF EXPRESS ADVOCACY AS INDEPENDENT EXPENDI-
TURE.—Subparagraph (A) of section 301(17) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30101(17)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) that, when taken as a whole, ex-
pressly advocates the election or defeat of a 
clearly identified candidate, or is the functional 
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equivalent of express advocacy because it can be 
interpreted by a reasonable person only as ad-
vocating the election or defeat of a candidate, 
taking into account whether the communication 
involved mentions a candidacy, a political party, 
or a challenger to a candidate, or takes a posi-
tion on a candidate’s character, qualifications, 
or fitness for office; and’’. 
(2) EXPANSION
OF
PERIOD
DURING
WHICH 
COMMUNICATIONS
ARE
TREATED
AS
ELECTION-
EERING COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 304(f)(3)(A)(i) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(3)(A)(i)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by redesignating subclause (III) as 
subclause (IV); and 
(B) by striking subclause (II) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(II) in the case of a communica-
tion which refers to a candidate for an 
office other than the President or Vice 
President, is made during the period 
beginning on January 1 of the cal-
endar year in which a general or run-
off election is held and ending on the 
date of the general or runoff election 
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(or in the case of a special election, 
during the period beginning on the 
date on which the announcement with 
respect to such election is made and 
ending on the date of the special elec-
tion); 
‘‘(III) in the case of a commu-
nication which refers to a candidate 
for the office of President or Vice 
President, is made in any State dur-
ing the period beginning 120 days be-
fore the first primary or preference 
election or a convention or caucus of 
a political party which has the author-
ity to nominate a candidate for the of-
fice of President or Vice President is 
held in any State and ending on the 
date of the general election; and’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION FOR ELEC-
TIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS MADE PRIOR TO EN-
ACTMENT.—The amendment made by paragraph (2) 
shall apply with respect to communications made on 
or after July 1, 2015, except that no communication 
which is made prior to such date shall be treated as 
an electioneering communication under section 
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304(f)(3)(A)(i)(II) or (III) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (as amended by paragraph 
(2)) unless the communication would be treated as 
an electioneering communication under such section 
if the amendment made by paragraph (2) did not 
apply. 
(b) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
FOR CORPORA-
TIONS, LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, AND CERTAIN OTHER 
ENTITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 324 of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30126) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 324. DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN-RELATED DISBURSE-
MENTS BY COVERED ORGANIZATIONS. 
‘‘(a) DISCLOSURE STATEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any covered organization 
that makes campaign-related disbursements aggre-
gating more than $10,000 in a calendar year shall, 
not later than 24 hours after each disclosure date, 
file a statement with the Commission made under 
penalty of perjury that contains the information de-
scribed in paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(A) in the case of the first statement filed 
under this subsection, for the period beginning 
on the first day of the preceding calendar year 
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and ending on the first such disclosure date; 
and 
‘‘(B) in the case of any subsequent state-
ment filed under this subsection, for the period 
beginning on the previous disclosure date and 
ending on such disclosure date. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION DESCRIBED.—The informa-
tion described in this paragraph is as follows: 
‘‘(A) The name of the covered organization 
and the principal place of business of such or-
ganization. 
‘‘(B) The amount of each campaign-related 
disbursement made by such organization during 
the period covered by the statement of more 
than $1,000. 
‘‘(C) In the case of a campaign-related dis-
bursement that is not a covered transfer, the 
election to which the campaign-related disburse-
ment pertains and if the disbursement is made 
for a public communication, the name of any 
candidate identified in such communication and 
whether such communication is in support of or 
in opposition to a candidate. 
‘‘(D) A certification by the chief executive 
officer or person who is the head of the covered 
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organization that the campaign-related dis-
bursement is not made in cooperation, consulta-
tion, or concert with or at the request or sug-
gestion of a candidate, authorized committee, or 
agent of a candidate, political party, or agent of 
a political party. 
‘‘(E) If the covered organization makes 
campaign-related disbursements using exclu-
sively funds in a segregated bank account con-
sisting of funds that were contributed, donated, 
transferred, or paid directly to such account by 
persons other than the covered organization 
that controls the account, for each contribution, 
donation, transfer, payment of dues, or other 
payment to the account— 
‘‘(i) the name and address of each 
person who made such contribution, dona-
tion, transfer, payment of dues, or other 
payment during the period covered by the 
statement; 
‘‘(ii) the date and amount of such 
contribution, donation, transfer, payment 
of dues, or other payment; and 
‘‘(iii) the aggregate amount of all such 
contributions, donations, transfers, pay-
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ments of dues, and other payments made 
by the person during the period beginning 
on the first day of the preceding calendar 
year and ending on the disclosure date, 
but only if such contribution, donation, trans-
fer, payment of dues, or other payment was 
made by a person who made contributions, do-
nations, transfers, payments of dues, or pay-
ments to the account in an aggregate amount 
of $10,000 or more during the period beginning 
on the first day of the preceding calendar year 
and ending on the disclosure date. 
‘‘(F) Subject to paragraph (4), if the cov-
ered organization makes campaign-related dis-
bursements using funds other than funds in a 
segregated bank account described in subpara-
graph (E), for each contribution, donation, 
transfer, or payment of dues to the covered or-
ganization— 
‘‘(i) the name and address of each 
person who made such contribution, dona-
tion, transfer, or payment of dues during 
the period covered by the statement; 
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ganization or in the form of investments in the 
covered organization. 
‘‘(B) DONOR
RESTRICTION
ON
USE
OF 
FUNDS.—The requirement to include in a state-
ment submitted under paragraph (1) the infor-
mation described in subparagraph (F) of para-
graph (2) shall not apply if— 
‘‘(i) the person described in such sub-
paragraph prohibited, in writing, the use of 
the contribution, donation, transfer, pay-
ment of dues, or other payment made by 
such person for campaign-related disburse-
ments; and 
‘‘(ii) the covered organization agreed 
to follow the prohibition and deposited the 
contribution, donation, transfer, payment 
of dues, or other payment in an account 
which is segregated from any account used 
to make campaign-related disbursements. 
‘‘(4) DISCLOSURE DATE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the term ‘disclosure date’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) the first date during any calendar 
year by which a person has made cam-
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paign-related disbursements aggregating 
more than $10,000; and 
‘‘(ii) each date following the date de-
scribed in clause (i) during such calendar 
year by which a person has made cam-
paign-related disbursements aggregating 
more than $10,000. 
‘‘(B) DISCLOSURE
DATE
FOR
CERTAIN 
TRANSFERS.—In the case of a statement filed 
with respect to a campaign-related disburse-
ment which is a covered transfer described in 
subsection (f)(1)(E), the term ‘disclosure date’ 
means the date on which the covered organiza-
tion making such transfer knew or should have 
known that the recipient of such transfer made 
campaign-related disbursements in an aggre-
gate amount of $50,000 or more during the 2- 
year period beginning on the date of the trans-
fer. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(1) OTHER REPORTS FILED WITH THE COM-
MISSION.—Information included in a statement filed 
under this section may be excluded from statements 
and reports filed under section 304. 
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‘‘(2) TREATMENT AS SEPARATE SEGREGATED 
FUND.—A segregated bank account referred to in 
subsection (a)(2)(E) may be treated as a separate 
segregated fund for purposes of section 527(f)(3) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(c) FILING.—Statements required to be filed under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to the requirements of sec-
tion 304(d) to the same extent and in the same manner 
as if such reports had been required under subsection (c) 
or (g) of section 304. 
‘‘(d) 
CAMPAIGN-RELATED
DISBURSEMENT
DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘campaign-related dis-
bursement’ means a disbursement by a covered organiza-
tion for any of the following: 
‘‘(1) An independent expenditure consisting of a 
public communication, as defined in section 301(22). 
‘‘(2) An electioneering communication, as de-
fined in section 304(f)(3). 
‘‘(3) A covered transfer. 
‘‘(e) COVERED ORGANIZATION DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘covered organization’ means any of the 
following: 
‘‘(1) A corporation (other than an organization 
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986). 
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‘‘(2) An organization described in section 
501(c) of such Code and exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of such Code (other than an 
organization described in section 501(c)(3) of such 
Code). 
‘‘(3) A labor organization (as defined in section 
316(b)). 
‘‘(4) Any political organization under section 
527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, other 
than a political committee under this Act (except as 
provided in paragraph (5)). 
‘‘(5) A political committee with an account es-
tablished for the purpose of accepting donations or 
contributions that do not comply with the contribu-
tion limits or source prohibitions under this Act, but 
only with respect to the accounts established for 
such purpose. 
‘‘(f) COVERED TRANSFER DEFINED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the term 
‘covered transfer’ means any transfer or payment of 
funds by a covered organization to another person if 
the covered organization— 
‘‘(A) designates, requests, or suggests that 
the amounts be used for— 
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‘‘(i) campaign-related disbursements 
(other than covered transfers); or 
‘‘(ii) making a transfer to another 
person for the purpose of making or pay-
ing for such campaign-related disburse-
ments; 
‘‘(B) made such transfer or payment in re-
sponse to a solicitation or other request for a 
donation or payment for— 
‘‘(i) the making of or paying for cam-
paign-related disbursements (other than 
covered transfers); or 
‘‘(ii) making a transfer to another 
person for the purpose of making or pay-
ing for such campaign-related disburse-
ments; 
‘‘(C) engaged in discussions with the re-
cipient of the transfer or payment regarding— 
‘‘(i) the making of or paying for cam-
paign-related disbursements (other than 
covered transfers); or 
‘‘(ii) donating or transferring any 
amount of such transfer or payment to an-
other person for the purpose of making or 
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paying for such campaign-related disburse-
ments; 
‘‘(D) made campaign-related disburse-
ments (other than a covered transfer) in an ag-
gregate amount of $50,000 or more during the 
2-year period ending on the date of the transfer 
or payment, or knew or had reason to know 
that the person receiving the transfer or pay-
ment made such disbursements in such an ag-
gregate amount during that 2-year period; or 
‘‘(E) knew or had reason to know that the 
person receiving the transfer or payment would 
make campaign-related disbursements in an ag-
gregate amount of $50,000 or more during the 
2-year period beginning on the date of the 
transfer or payment. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘covered transfer’ 
does not include any of the following: 
‘‘(A) A disbursement made by a covered 
organization in the ordinary course of any trade 
or business conducted by the covered organiza-
tion or in the form of investments made by the 
covered organization. 
‘‘(B) A disbursement made by a covered 
organization if— 
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contingent upon the approval of the other 
organization; or 
‘‘(iii) the organization is chartered by 
the other organization. 
‘‘(D) COVERAGE
OF
TRANSFERS
TO
AF-
FILIATED
SECTION
501(c)(3) 
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—This paragraph shall apply with re-
spect to an amount transferred by a covered or-
ganization to an organization described in para-
graph (3) of section 501(c) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under 
section 501(a) of such Code in the same man-
ner as this paragraph applies to an amount 
transferred by a covered organization to an-
other covered organization.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
304(f)(6) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104) is amended 
by striking ‘‘Any requirement’’ and inserting ‘‘Ex-
cept as provided in section 324(b), any require-
ment’’. 
SEC. 1012. SHAREHOLDERS’ AND MEMBERS’ RIGHT TO 
KNOW. 
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), as amended by section 
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1011(b), is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 325. DISCLOSURES BY COVERED ORGANIZATIONS TO 
SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, AND DONORS OF 
INFORMATION ON CAMPAIGN-RELATED DIS-
BURSEMENTS. 
‘‘(a) INFORMATION
ON CAMPAIGN-RELATED DIS-
BURSEMENTS
TO
BE
INCLUDED
IN
PERIODIC
RE-
PORTS.—A covered organization which submits regular, 
periodic reports to its shareholders, members, or donors 
on its finances or activities shall include in each such re-
port, in a clear and conspicuous manner, the information 
included in the statements filed by the organization under 
section 324 with respect to the campaign-related disburse-
ments made by the organization during the period covered 
by the report. 
‘‘(b) HYPERLINK
TO INFORMATION INCLUDED
IN 
REPORTS FILED WITH COMMISSION.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIRED POSTING OF HYPERLINK.—If a 
covered organization maintains an Internet site, the 
organization shall post on such Internet site a 
hyperlink from its homepage to the location on the 
Internet site of the Commission which contains the 
information included in the statements filed by the 
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organization under section 324 with respect to cam-
paign-related disbursements. 
‘‘(2) DEADLINE; DURATION OF POSTING.—The 
covered organization shall post the hyperlink de-
scribed in paragraph (1) not later than 24 hours 
after the Commission posts the information de-
scribed in such paragraph on the Internet site of the 
Commission, and shall ensure that the hyperlink re-
mains on the Internet site of the covered organiza-
tion until the expiration of the 1-year period which 
begins on the date of the election with respect to 
which the campaign-related disbursements are made. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘campaign-related 
disbursement’ and ‘covered organization’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in section 324.’’. 
SEC. 1013. LOBBYISTS’ CAMPAIGN FUNDING DISCLOSURE. 
(a) DISCLOSURE OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES 
AND
ELECTIONEERING
COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 
5(d)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1604(d)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (F); 
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as sub-
paragraph (I); and 
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(3) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-
lowing new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(G) the amount of any independent ex-
penditure (as defined in section 301(17) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 
U.S.C. 30101(17))) equal to or greater than 
$1,000 made by such person or organization, 
and for each such expenditure the name of each 
candidate being supported or opposed and the 
amount spent supporting or opposing each such 
candidate; 
‘‘(H) the amount of any electioneering 
communication (as defined in section 304(f)(3) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(f)(3))) equal to 
or greater than $1,000 made by such person or 
organization, and for each such communication 
the name of the candidate referred to in the 
communication and whether the communication 
involved was in support of or in opposition to 
the candidate; and’’. 
(b) DISCLOSURE OF AMOUNTS PROVIDED TO CER-
TAIN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—Section 5(d)(1)(D) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 1605(d)(1)(D)) is amended by striking 
‘‘or political party committee,’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘political party committee, or political committee which is 
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treated 
as 
a 
covered 
organization 
under 
section 
324(f)(1)(D) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971,’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to reports for semi-
annual periods described in section 5(d)(1) of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 that begin after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1014. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as provided in section 1011(a)(3) and section 
1013, the amendments made by this subpart shall apply 
with respects to disbursements made on or after January 
1, 2018, and shall take effect without regard to whether 
or not the Federal Election Commission has promulgated 
regulations to carry out such amendments. 
PART II—CANDIDATE-SUPER PAC 
COORDINATION 
SEC. 1021. SHORT TITLE. 
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Super PAC–Can-
didate Coordination Act’’. 
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SEC. 1022. CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF COORDI-
NATED EXPENDITURES AS CONTRIBUTIONS 
TO CANDIDATES. 
(a) TREATMENT
AS
CONTRIBUTION
TO
CAN-
DIDATE.—Section 301(8)(A) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101(8)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause 
(ii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iii) any payment made by any person 
(other than a candidate, an authorized com-
mittee of a candidate, or a political committee 
of a political party) for a coordinated expendi-
ture (as such term is defined in section 325) 
which is not otherwise treated as a contribution 
under clause (i) or clause (ii).’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Title III of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30101 et seq.), as amended by this Act, is amended to 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 325. PAYMENTS FOR COORDINATED EXPENDITURES. 
‘‘(a) COORDINATED EXPENDITURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of section 
301(8)(A)(iii), the term ‘coordinated expenditure’ 
means— 
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‘‘(A) any expenditure, or any payment for 
a covered communication described in sub-
section (d), which is made in cooperation, con-
sultation, or concert with, or at the request or 
suggestion of, a candidate, an authorized com-
mittee of a candidate, a political committee of 
a political party, or agents of the candidate or 
committee, as defined in subsection (b); or 
‘‘(B) any payment for any communication 
which republishes, disseminates, or distributes, 
in whole or in part, any video or broadcast or 
any written, graphic, or other form of campaign 
material prepared by the candidate or com-
mittee or by agents of the candidate or com-
mittee (including any excerpt or use of any 
video from any such broadcast or written, 
graphic, or other form of campaign material). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR PAYMENTS FOR CERTAIN 
COMMUNICATIONS.—A payment for a communication 
(including a covered communication described in 
subsection (d)) shall not be treated as a coordinated 
expenditure under this subsection if— 
‘‘(A) the communication appears in a news 
story, commentary, or editorial distributed 
through the facilities of any broadcasting sta-
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tion, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical 
publication, unless such facilities are owned or 
controlled by any political party, political com-
mittee, or candidate; or 
‘‘(B) the communication constitutes a can-
didate debate or forum conducted pursuant to 
regulations adopted by the Commission pursu-
ant to section 304(f)(3)(B)(iii), or which solely 
promotes such a debate or forum and is made 
by or on behalf of the person sponsoring the de-
bate or forum. 
‘‘(b) COORDINATION DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, a payment is made ‘in cooperation, consulta-
tion, or concert with, or at the request or suggestion 
of,’ a candidate, an authorized committee of a can-
didate, a political committee of a political party, or 
agents of the candidate or committee, if the pay-
ment, or any communication for which the payment 
is made, is not made entirely independently of the 
candidate, committee, or agents. For purposes of the 
previous sentence, a payment or communication not 
made entirely independently of the candidate or 
committee includes any payment or communication 
made pursuant to any general or particular under-
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standing with, or pursuant to any communication 
with, the candidate, committee, or agents about the 
payment or communication. 
‘‘(2) NO
FINDING
OF
COORDINATION
BASED 
SOLELY ON SHARING OF INFORMATION REGARDING 
LEGISLATIVE OR POLICY POSITION.—For purposes 
of this section, a payment shall not be considered to 
be made by a person in cooperation, consultation, or 
concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, a 
candidate or committee, solely on the grounds that 
the person or the person’s agent engaged in discus-
sions with the candidate or committee, or with any 
agent of the candidate or committee, regarding that 
person’s position on a legislative or policy matter 
(including urging the candidate or committee to 
adopt that person’s position), so long as there is no 
communication between the person and the can-
didate or committee, or any agent of the candidate 
or committee, regarding the candidate’s or commit-
tee’s campaign advertising, message, strategy, pol-
icy, polling, allocation of resources, fundraising, or 
other campaign activities. 
‘‘(3) NO
EFFECT
ON
PARTY
COORDINATION 
STANDARD.—Nothing in this section shall be con-
strued to affect the determination of coordination 
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between a candidate and a political committee of a 
political party for purposes of section 315(d). 
‘‘(4) NO
SAFE
HARBOR
FOR
USE
OF
FIRE-
WALL.—A person shall be determined to have made 
a payment in cooperation, consultation, or concert 
with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate 
or committee, in accordance with this section with-
out regard to whether or not the person established 
and used a firewall or similar procedures to restrict 
the sharing of information between individuals who 
are employed by or who are serving as agents for the 
person making the payment. 
‘‘(c) PAYMENTS BY COORDINATED SPENDERS FOR 
COVERED COMMUNICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENTS MADE IN COOPERATION, CON-
SULTATION, OR CONCERT WITH CANDIDATES.—For 
purposes of subsection (a)(1)(A), if the person who 
makes a payment for a covered communication, as 
defined in subsection (d), is a coordinated spender 
under paragraph (2) with respect to the candidate 
as described in subsection (d)(1), the payment for 
the covered communication is made in cooperation, 
consultation, or concert with the candidate. 
‘‘(2) COORDINATED SPENDER DEFINED.—For 
purposes of this subsection, the term ‘coordinated 
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spender’ means, with respect to a candidate or an 
authorized committee of a candidate, a person (other 
than a political committee of a political party) for 
which any of the following applies: 
‘‘(A) During the 4-year period ending on 
the date on which the person makes the pay-
ment, the person was directly or indirectly 
formed or established by or at the request or 
suggestion of, or with the encouragement of, 
the candidate (including an individual who later 
becomes a candidate) or committee or agents of 
the candidate or committee, including with the 
approval of the candidate or committee or 
agents of the candidate or committee. 
‘‘(B) The candidate or committee or any 
agent of the candidate or committee solicits 
funds, appears at a fundraising event, or en-
gages in other fundraising activity on the per-
son’s behalf during the election cycle involved, 
including by providing the person with names of 
potential donors or other lists to be used by the 
person in engaging in fundraising activity, re-
gardless of whether the person pays fair market 
value for the names or lists provided. For pur-
poses of this subparagraph, the term ‘election 
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cycle’ means, with respect to an election for 
Federal office, the period beginning on the day 
after the date of the most recent general elec-
tion for that office (or, if the general election 
resulted in a runoff election, the date of the 
runoff election) and ending on the date of the 
next general election for that office (or, if the 
general election resulted in a runoff election, 
the date of the runoff election). 
‘‘(C) The person is established, directed, or 
managed by the candidate or committee or by 
any person who, during the 4-year period end-
ing on the date on which the person makes the 
payment, has been employed or retained as a 
political, campaign media, or fundraising ad-
viser or consultant for the candidate or com-
mittee or for any other entity directly or indi-
rectly controlled by the candidate or committee, 
or has held a formal position with the candidate 
or committee. 
‘‘(D) The person has retained the profes-
sional services of any person who, during the 2- 
year period ending on the date on which the 
person makes the payment, has provided or is 
providing professional services relating to the 
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campaign to the candidate or committee. For 
purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘pro-
fessional services’ includes any services in sup-
port of the candidate’s or committee’s campaign 
activities, including advertising, message, strat-
egy, policy, polling, allocation of resources, 
fundraising, and campaign operations, but does 
not include accounting or legal services. 
‘‘(E) The person is established, directed, or 
managed by a member of the immediate family 
of the candidate, or the person or any officer or 
agent of the person has had more than inci-
dental discussions about the candidate’s cam-
paign with a member of the immediate family 
of the candidate. For purposes of this subpara-
graph, the term ‘immediate family’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 9004(e) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(d) COVERED COMMUNICATION DEFINED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘covered communication’ means, with 
respect to a candidate or an authorized committee of 
a candidate, a public communication (as defined in 
section 301(22)) which— 
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‘‘(A) expressly advocates the election of the 
candidate or the defeat of an opponent of the 
candidate (or contains the functional equivalent 
of express advocacy); 
‘‘(B) promotes or supports the candidate, 
or attacks or opposes an opponent of the can-
didate (regardless of whether the communica-
tion expressly advocates the election or defeat 
of a candidate or contains the functional equiv-
alent of express advocacy); or 
‘‘(C) refers to the candidate or an oppo-
nent of the candidate but is not described in 
subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B), but 
only if the communication is disseminated dur-
ing the applicable election period. 
‘‘(2) APPLICABLE ELECTION PERIOD.—In para-
graph (1)(C), the ‘applicable election period’ means, 
with respect to any candidate, the period beginning 
120 days prior to the candidate’s primary or pref-
erence election, nominating convention, or caucus, 
and ending on the day after the general election. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULES FOR COMMUNICATIONS IN-
VOLVING
CONGRESSIONAL
CANDIDATES.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, a public communication 
shall not be considered to be a covered communica-
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tion with respect to a candidate for election for an 
office other than the office of President or Vice 
President unless it is publicly disseminated or dis-
tributed in the jurisdiction of the office the can-
didate is seeking. 
‘‘(e) PENALTY.— 
‘‘(1) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—Any per-
son who knowingly and willfully commits a violation 
of this Act by making a contribution which consists 
of a payment for a coordinated expenditure shall be 
fined an amount equal to the greater of— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a person who makes a 
contribution which consists of a payment for a 
coordinated expenditure in an amount exceeding 
the applicable contribution limit under this Act, 
300 percent of the amount by which the 
amount of the payment made by the person ex-
ceeds such applicable contribution limit; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of a person who is prohib-
ited under this Act from making a contribution 
in any amount, 300 percent of the amount of 
the payment made by the person for the coordi-
nated expenditure. 
‘‘(2) JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY.—Any di-
rector, manager or officer of a person who is subject 
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to a penalty under paragraph (1) shall be jointly and 
severally liable for any amount of such penalty that 
is not paid by the person prior to the expiration of 
the 1-year period which begins on the date the Com-
mission imposes the penalty or the 1-year period 
which begins on the date of the final judgment fol-
lowing any judicial review of the Commission’s ac-
tion, whichever is later.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) REPEAL OF EXISTING REGULATIONS ON CO-
ORDINATION.—Effective upon the expiration of the 
90-day period which begins on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act— 
(A) the regulations on coordinated commu-
nications adopted by the Federal Election Com-
mission which are in effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act (as set forth in 11 C.F.R. 
Part 109, Subpart C, under the heading ‘‘Co-
ordination’’) are repealed; and 
(B) the Federal Election Commission shall 
promulgate new regulations on coordinated 
communications which reflect the amendments 
made by this part. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to payments 
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made on or after the expiration of the 120-day pe-
riod which begins on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, without regard to whether or not the Fed-
eral Election Commission has promulgated regula-
tions in accordance with paragraph (1)(B) as of the 
expiration of such period. 
SEC. 1023. CLARIFICATION OF BAN ON FUNDRAISING FOR 
SUPER PACS BY FEDERAL CANDIDATES AND 
OFFICEHOLDERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 323(e)(1) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30125(e)(1)) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(A); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) solicit, receive, direct, or transfer 
funds to or on behalf of any political committee 
which accepts donations or contributions that 
do not comply with the limitations, prohibitions, 
and reporting requirements of this Act (or to or 
on behalf of any account of a political com-
mittee which is established for the purpose of 
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accepting such donations or contributions), or 
to or on behalf of any political organization 
under section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 which accepts such donations or con-
tributions (other than a committee of a State or 
local political party or a candidate for election 
for State or local office).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections occur-
ring after January 1, 2018. 
PART III—REAL-TIME TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 1031. SHORT TITLE. 
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Real Time Trans-
parency Act’’. 
SEC. 1032. 48-HOUR NOTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR ALL PO-
LITICAL 
COMMITTEES 
RECEIVING 
CUMU-
LATIVE CONTRIBUTIONS OF $1,000 OR MORE 
DURING A YEAR FROM ANY CONTRIBUTOR. 
(a) NOTIFICATION.—Section 304(a)(6)(A) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434(a)(6)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A)(i) If a political committee receives an aggregate 
amount of contributions equal to or greater than $1,000 
from any contributor during a calendar year, the com-
mittee shall submit a notification to the Commission con-
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taining the name of the committee (and, in the case of 
an authorized committee of a candidate, the name of the 
candidate and the office sought by the candidate), the 
identification of the contributor, and the date of receipt 
and amount of the contributions involved. 
‘‘(ii) If, at any time after a political committee is re-
quired to submit a notification under this subparagraph 
with respect to a contributor during a calendar year, the 
political committee receives additional contributions from 
that contributor during that year, the committee shall sub-
mit an additional notification under clause (i) with respect 
to such contributor each time the aggregate amount of the 
additional contributions received from the contributor dur-
ing the year equals or exceeds $1,000 (excluding the 
amount of any contribution for which information is re-
quired to be included in a previous notification under this 
subparagraph). 
‘‘(iii) The political committee shall submit the notifi-
cation required under this subparagraph with respect to 
a contributor— 
‘‘(I) in the case of a notification described in 
clause (i), not later than 48 hours after the date on 
which the aggregate amount of contributions re-
ceived from the contributor during the calendar year 
first equals or exceeds $1,000; or 
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‘‘(II) in the case of an additional notification 
described in clause (ii), not later than 48 hours after 
the date on which the aggregate amount of contribu-
tions received from the contributor during the cal-
endar year for which information was not already in-
cluded in a notification under this subparagraph 
first equals or exceeds $1,000. 
‘‘(iv) For purposes of this subparagraph, any amount 
transferred by a joint fundraising committee which is es-
tablished by an authorized committee of a candidate to 
any other authorized committee of that candidate shall be 
treated as a contribution by the joint fundraising com-
mittee to such authorized committee.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions re-
ceived by a political committee under the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 during 2017 or any succeeding 
year, except that nothing in such amendment may be con-
strued to require a political committee which does not re-
ceive contributions during the portion of 2017 which oc-
curs after the date of the enactment of this Act to meet 
the requirements of section 304(a)(6)(A) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by subsection 
(a). 
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SEC. 1033. FILING BY SENATE CANDIDATES WITH FEDERAL 
ELECTION COMMISSION. 
(a) MANDATORY
FILING
WITH
FEC.—Section 
302(g) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 432(g)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) FILING WITH THE COMMISSION.—All designa-
tions, statements, and reports required to be filed under 
this Act shall be filed with the Commission.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to materials filed 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
PART IV—STAND BY YOUR AD 
SEC. 1041. STAND BY YOUR AD. 
(a) DISCLAIMER REQUIREMENTS FOR CAMPAIGN-RE-
LATED DISBURSEMENTS.—Section 318(a) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30120(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘for the purpose of financing commu-
nications expressly advocating the election or defeat of a 
clearly identified candidate’’ and inserting ‘‘for a cam-
paign-related disbursement, as defined in section 324, con-
sisting of a public communication’’. 
(b) STAND BY YOUR AD REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) MAINTENANCE OF REQUIREMENTS FOR PO-
LITICAL PARTIES AND CERTAIN POLITICAL COMMIT-
TEES.—Section 318(d)(2) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30120(d)(2)) is amended— 
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(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘OTHERS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘CERTAIN
POLITICAL
COMMIT-
TEES’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Any communication’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(A) Any communication’’; 
(C) by inserting ‘‘which (except to the ex-
tent provided in the last sentence of this para-
graph) is paid for by a political committee (in-
cluding a political committee of a political 
party) and’’ after ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 
(D) by striking ‘‘or other person’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) This paragraph does not apply to a com-
munication paid for in whole or in part with a pay-
ment which is treated as a campaign-related dis-
bursement under section 324 and with respect to 
which a covered organization files a statement under 
such section.’’. 
(2) SPECIAL DISCLAIMER REQUIREMENTS FOR 
CERTAIN
COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 318 of such 
Act (52 U.S.C. 30120) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) COMMUNICATIONS BY OTHERS.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any communication de-
scribed in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) which is 
transmitted through radio or television (other than 
a communication to which subsection (d)(2) applies) 
shall include, in addition to the requirements of such 
paragraph, the following: 
‘‘(A) The individual disclosure statement 
described in paragraph (2)(A) (if the person 
paying for the communication is an individual) 
or the organizational disclosure statement de-
scribed in paragraph (2)(B) (if the person pay-
ing for the communication is not an individual). 
‘‘(B) If the communication is transmitted 
through television and is paid for in whole or in 
part with a payment which is treated as a cam-
paign-related disbursement under section 324, 
the Top Five Funders list (if applicable), un-
less, on the basis of criteria established in regu-
lations issued by the Commission, the commu-
nication is of such short duration that including 
the Top Five Funders list in the communication 
would constitute a hardship to the person pay-
ing for the communication by requiring a dis-
proportionate amount of the content of the 
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communication to consist of the Top Five 
Funders list. 
‘‘(C) If the communication is transmitted 
through radio and is paid for in whole or in 
part with a payment which is treated as a cam-
paign-related disbursement under section 324, 
the Top Two Funders list (if applicable), un-
less, on the basis of criteria established in regu-
lations issued by the Commission, the commu-
nication is of such short duration that including 
the Top Two Funders list in the communication 
would constitute a hardship to the person pay-
ing for the communication by requiring a dis-
proportionate amount of the content of the 
communication to consist of the Top Two 
Funders list. 
‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(A) INDIVIDUAL
DISCLOSURE
STATE-
MENTS.—The individual disclosure statement 
described in this subparagraph is the following: 
‘I am llllllll, and I approve this 
message.’, with the blank filled in with the 
name of the applicable individual. 
‘‘(B) 
ORGANIZATIONAL
DISCLOSURE 
STATEMENTS.—The organizational disclosure 
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statement described in this subparagraph is the 
following: 
‘I 
am 
llllllll, 
the 
llllllll of llllllll, and 
llllllll approves this message.’, 
with— 
‘‘(i) the first blank to be filled in with 
the name of the applicable individual; 
‘‘(ii) the second blank to be filled in 
with the title of the applicable individual; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the third and fourth blank each 
to be filled in with the name of the organi-
zation or other person paying for the com-
munication. 
‘‘(3) METHOD
OF
CONVEYANCE
OF
STATE-
MENT.— 
‘‘(A) 
COMMUNICATIONS
TRANSMITTED 
THROUGH RADIO.—In the case of a communica-
tion to which this subsection applies which is 
transmitted through radio, the disclosure state-
ments required under paragraph (1) shall be 
made by audio by the applicable individual in a 
clearly spoken manner. 
‘‘(B) 
COMMUNICATIONS
TRANSMITTED 
THROUGH TELEVISION.—In the case of a com-
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munication to which this subsection applies 
which is transmitted through television, the in-
formation required under paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(i) shall appear in writing at the end 
of the communication or in a crawl along 
the bottom of the communication 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 6 seconds; and 
‘‘(ii) shall also be conveyed by an 
unobscured, full-screen view of the applica-
ble individual or by the applicable indi-
vidual making the statement in voice-over 
accompanied by a clearly identifiable pho-
tograph or similar image of the individual, 
except in the case of a Top Five Funders 
list. 
‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) APPLICABLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term 
‘applicable individual’ means, with respect to a 
communication to which this subsection ap-
plies— 
‘‘(i) if the communication is paid for 
by an individual, the individual involved; 
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‘‘(ii) if the communication is paid for 
by a corporation, the chief executive officer 
of the corporation (or, if the corporation 
does not have a chief executive officer, the 
highest ranking official of the corporation); 
‘‘(iii) if the communication is paid for 
by a labor organization, the highest rank-
ing officer of the labor organization; and 
‘‘(iv) if the communication is paid for 
by any other person, the highest ranking 
official of such person. 
‘‘(B) COVERED ORGANIZATION AND CAM-
PAIGN-RELATED
DISBURSEMENT.—The terms 
‘campaign-related disbursement’ and ‘covered 
organization’ have the meaning given such 
terms in section 324. 
‘‘(C) TOP FIVE FUNDERS LIST.—The term 
‘Top Five Funders list’ means, with respect to 
a communication paid for in whole or in part 
with a payment which is treated as a campaign- 
related disbursement under section 324, a list 
of the five persons who provided the largest 
payments of any type in an aggregate amount 
equal to or exceeding $10,000 which are re-
quired under section 324(a) to be included in 
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the reports filed by a covered organization with 
respect to such communication during the 12- 
month period ending on the date of the dis-
bursement and the amount of the payments 
each such person provided. If two or more peo-
ple provided the fifth largest of such payments, 
the covered organization involved shall select 
one of those persons to be included on the Top 
Five Funders list. 
‘‘(D) TOP TWO FUNDERS LIST.—The term 
‘Top Two Funders list’ means, with respect to 
a communication paid for in whole or in part 
with a payment which is treated as a campaign- 
related disbursement under section 324, a list 
of the persons who provided the largest and the 
second largest payments of any type in an ag-
gregate amount equal to or exceeding $10,000 
which are required under section 324(a) to be 
included in the reports filed by a covered orga-
nization with respect to such communication 
during the 12-month period ending on the date 
of the disbursement and the amount of the pay-
ments each such person provided. If two or 
more persons provided the second largest of 
such payments, the covered organization in-
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volved shall select one of those persons to be in-
cluded on the Top Two Funders list.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION OF DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS 
FOR AUDIO AND VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS TO AUDIO AND 
VIDEO PORTIONS
OF COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTED 
THROUGH INTERNET OR ELECTRONIC MAIL.— 
(1) COMMUNICATIONS BY CANDIDATES OR AU-
THORIZED PERSONS.—Section 318(d)(1) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30120(d)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) AUDIO
AND
VIDEO
PORTIONS
OF 
COMMUNICATIONS
TRANSMITTED
THROUGH 
INTERNET OR ELECTRONIC MAIL.—In the case 
of a communication described in paragraph (1) 
or (2) of subsection (a) which is transmitted 
through the Internet or through any form of 
electronic mail— 
‘‘(i) any audio portion of the commu-
nication shall meet the requirements appli-
cable under subparagraph (A) to commu-
nications transmitted through radio; and 
‘‘(ii) any video portion of the commu-
nication shall meet the requirements appli-
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cable under subparagraph (B) to commu-
nications transmitted through television.’’. 
(2) COMMUNICATIONS BY OTHERS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 318(d)(2) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 30120(d)(2)), as amended 
by subsection (b)(1), is further amended— 
(i) by redesignating subparagraph (B) 
as subparagraph (C); and 
(ii) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) In the case of a communication described 
in paragraph (3) of subsection (a) which is trans-
mitted through the Internet or through any form of 
electronic mail, any audio portion of the communica-
tion shall meet the requirements applicable under 
this paragraph to communications transmitted 
through radio and any video portion of the commu-
nication shall meet the requirements applicable 
under this paragraph to communications transmitted 
through television.’’. 
(B) APPLICATION OF SPECIAL PERSONAL 
DISCLOSURE RULES FOR CERTAIN COMMUNICA-
TIONS.—Section 318(e) of such Act, as added 
by subsection (b)(2), is amended— 
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(i) in paragraph (1) in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘radio or television’’ and inserting ‘‘radio 
or television, through the Internet, or 
through any form of electronic mail’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by adding at the 
end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) 
COMMUNICATIONS
TRANSMITTED 
THROUGH INTERNET OR ELECTRONIC MAIL.— 
In the case of a communication to which this 
paragraph applies which is transmitted through 
the Internet or through any form of electronic 
mail, any audio portion of the communication 
shall meet the requirements applicable under 
this paragraph to communications transmitted 
through radio and any video portion of the com-
munication shall meet the requirements applica-
ble under this paragraph to communications 
transmitted through television.’’. 
(d) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
FOR CAMPAIGN 
COMMUNICATIONS
MADE
THROUGH
PRERECORDED 
TELEPHONE CALLS.— 
(1) APPLICATION OF REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
318(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30120(a)) is amended by inserting 
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after ‘‘mailing,’’ each place it appears the following: 
‘‘telephone call which consists in substantial part of 
a prerecorded audio message,’’. 
(2) TREATMENT AS AUDIO COMMUNICATION.— 
(A) COMMUNICATIONS BY CANDIDATES OR 
AUTHORIZED
PERSONS.—Section 318(d)(1) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 30120(d)(1)), as amended 
by subsection (c)(1), is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) 
PRERECORDED
TELEPHONE 
CALLS.—Any communication described in para-
graph (1) or (2) of subsection (a) which is a 
telephone call which consists in substantial part 
of a prerecorded audio message shall meet the 
requirements applicable under subparagraph 
(A) to communications transmitted through 
radio, except that the statement required under 
such subparagraph shall be made at the begin-
ning of the telephone call.’’. 
(B) COMMUNICATIONS BY OTHERS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Section 318(d)(2) 
of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30120(d)(2)), as 
amended by subsection (b)(1) and sub-
section (c)(2)(A), is further amended— 
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(I) by redesignating subpara-
graph (C) as subparagraph (D); and 
(II) by inserting after subpara-
graph (B) the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(C) Any communication described in para-
graph (3) of subsection (a) which is a telephone call 
which consists in substantial part of a prerecorded 
audio message shall meet the requirements applica-
ble under this paragraph to communications trans-
mitted through radio, except that the statement re-
quired shall be made at the beginning of the tele-
phone call.’’. 
(ii) APPLICATION
OF
SPECIAL
PER-
SONAL DISCLOSURE RULES FOR CERTAIN 
COMMUNICATIONS.—Section 318(e) of such 
Act, as added by subsection (b)(2) and as 
amended by subsection (c)(2)(b), is further 
amended— 
(I) in paragraph (1) in the mat-
ter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘electronic mail’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘electronic mail, or which is a 
telephone call which consists in sub-
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stantial part of a prerecorded audio 
message,’’; and 
(II) in paragraph (3), by adding 
at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(D) COMMUNICATIONS
MADE
THROUGH 
PRERECORDED TELEPHONE CALLS.—Any com-
munication to which this paragraph applies 
which is a telephone call which consists in sub-
stantial part of a prerecorded audio message 
shall meet the requirements applicable under 
this paragraph to communications transmitted 
through radio.’’. 
(e) NO EXPANSION OF PERSONS SUBJECT TO DIS-
CLAIMER REQUIREMENTS
ON INTERNET COMMUNICA-
TIONS.—Nothing in this section or the amendments made 
by this section may be construed to require any person 
who is not required under section 318 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (as provided under section 
110.11 of title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations) to 
include a disclaimer on communications made by the per-
son through the Internet to include any disclaimer on any 
such communications. 
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PART V—OTHER CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORMS 
SEC. 1051. REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO BEST EFFORTS 
FOR IDENTIFYING PERSONS MAKING CON-
TRIBUTIONS. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Federal Election Commission shall pro-
mulgate regulations with respect to what constitutes best 
efforts under section 302(i) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102(i)) for determining 
the identification of persons making contributions to polit-
ical committees, including the identifications of persons 
making contributions over the Internet or by credit card. 
Such regulations shall include a requirement that in the 
case of contributions made by a credit card, the political 
committee shall ensure that the name on the credit card 
used to make the contribution matches the name of the 
person making the contribution. 
SEC. 1052. RULES RELATING TO JOINT FUNDRAISING COM-
MITTEES. 
(a) PROHIBITION ON JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMIT-
TEES FOR CANDIDATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 302(e) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30102(e)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
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‘‘(6) No authorized committee of a candidate may es-
tablish, participate in, or have any involvement with any 
joint fundraising committee.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
302(e)(3)(A) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30102(e)(3)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘except that’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘the candidate’’ and inserting 
‘‘except that the candidate’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a pe-
riod; and 
(C) by striking clause (ii). 
(b) LIMITATION ON JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMIT-
TEES FOR PARTY COMMITTEES.—Section 302 of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) PARTICIPATION
OF PARTY COMMITTEES
IN 
JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMITTEES.—No committee of a 
political party may establish, participate in, or have any 
involvement with any joint fundraising committee other 
than a joint fundraising committee that consists of the 
national committee of a political party and one other com-
mittee of the political party.’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2018. 
SEC. 1053. DISCLOSURE OF BUNDLED CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
PRESIDENTIAL 
CAMPAIGNS; 
INCREASE 
IN 
THRESHOLD FOR BUNDLED CONTRIBUTIONS 
BY LOBBYISTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraphs (1) through (3) of 
section 304(i) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(i)) are amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) DISCLOSURE
OF
BUNDLED
CON-
TRIBUTIONS BY LOBBYISTS.—Each committee 
described in paragraph (6) shall include in the 
first report required to be filed under this sec-
tion after each covered period (as defined in 
paragraph (2)) a separate schedule setting forth 
the name, address, and employer of each person 
reasonably known by the committee to be a per-
son described in paragraph (7) who provided 
two or more bundled contributions to the com-
mittee in an aggregate amount greater than the 
applicable threshold (as defined in paragraph 
(3)) during the covered period, and the aggre-
gate amount of the bundled contributions pro-
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vided by each such person during the covered 
period. 
‘‘(B) DISCLOSURE
OF
BUNDLED
CON-
TRIBUTIONS
BY
POLITICAL
COMMITTEES.— 
Each committee described in paragraph (6) 
shall include in the first report required to be 
filed under this section after each covered pe-
riod (as defined in paragraph (2)) a separate 
schedule setting forth the name of each political 
committee (other than a committee of a polit-
ical party) which provided two or more bundled 
contributions to the committee in an aggregate 
amount greater than the applicable threshold 
(as defined in paragraph (3)) during the cov-
ered period, and the aggregate amount of the 
bundled contributions provided by each such po-
litical committee during the covered period. 
‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE
OF
BUNDLED
CON-
TRIBUTIONS
TO
PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGNS.— 
Each committee which is an authorized com-
mittee of a candidate for the office of President 
or for nomination to such office shall include in 
the first report required to be filed under this 
section after each covered period (as defined in 
paragraph (2)) a separate schedule setting forth 
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the name, address, and employer of each person 
who provided two or more bundled contribu-
tions to the committee in an aggregate amount 
greater than the applicable threshold (as de-
fined in paragraph (3)) during the election 
cycle, and the aggregate amount of the bundled 
contributions provided by each such person dur-
ing the covered period and such election cycle. 
Such schedule shall include a separate listing of 
the name, address, and employer of each person 
included on such schedule who is reasonably 
known by the committee to be a person de-
scribed in paragraph (7), together with the ag-
gregate amount of bundled contributions pro-
vided by such person during such period and 
such cycle. 
‘‘(2) COVERED PERIOD.—In this subsection, a 
‘covered period’ means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to a committee which is 
an authorized committee of a candidate for the 
office of President or for nomination to such of-
fice— 
‘‘(i) the 4-year election cycle ending 
with the date of the election for the office 
of the President; and 
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‘‘(ii) $25,000 in the case of any other 
committee. 
In determining whether the amount of bundled 
contributions provided to a committee by a per-
son exceeds the applicable threshold, there shall 
be excluded any contribution made to the com-
mittee by the person or the person’s spouse. 
‘‘(B) INDEXING.—In any calendar year 
after 2018, section 315(c)(1)(B) shall apply to 
each amount applicable under subparagraph 
(A) in the same manner as such section applies 
to the limitations established under subsections 
(a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (a)(3), and (h) of such 
section, except that for purposes of applying 
such section to the amount applicable under 
subparagraph (A), the ‘base period’ shall be 
2017. 
‘‘(C) AGGREGATION
OF
CONTRIBUTIONS 
FROM COSPONSORS OF FUNDRAISING EVENT.— 
For purposes of determining the amount of 
bundled contributions provided by a person to a 
committee which were received by the person at 
a fundraising event sponsored by the person, or 
in response to an invitation to attend a fund-
raising event sponsored by the person, each per-
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son who is a sponsor of the event shall be con-
sidered to have provided to the committee the 
aggregate amount of all bundled contributions 
which were provided to the committee by all 
sponsors of the event.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 304(i) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(i)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘described in 
paragraph (7)’’ each place it appears in subpara-
graphs (C) and (D); 
(2) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘(other than 
a candidate for the office of President or for nomi-
nation to such office)’’ after ‘‘candidate’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (8)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, with respect to a com-
mittee described in paragraph (6) and a person 
described in paragraph (7),’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
with respect to a committee described in para-
graph (6) or an authorized committee of a can-
didate for the office of President or for nomina-
tion to such office,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘by the person’’ in clause 
(i) thereof and inserting ‘‘by any person’’; and 
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(C) by striking ‘‘the person’’ each place it 
appears in clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘such per-
son’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to reports filed under 
section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
after January 1, 2018. 
SEC. 1054. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ACTIONS RELATED TO 
CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30141 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 406 the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 407. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 373(f), 
if any action is brought for declaratory or injunctive relief 
to challenge the constitutionality of any provision of this 
Act or of chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, or is brought to with respect to any action of 
the Commission under chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, the following rules shall apply: 
‘‘(1) The action shall be filed in the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia 
and an appeal from the decision of the district court 
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may be taken to the Court of Appeals for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Circuit. 
‘‘(2) In the case of an action relating to declar-
atory or injunctive relief to challenge the constitu-
tionality of a provision— 
‘‘(A) a copy of the complaint shall be deliv-
ered promptly to the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives and the Secretary of the Sen-
ate; and 
‘‘(B) it shall be the duty of the United 
States District Court for the District of Colum-
bia, the Court of Appeals for the District of Co-
lumbia, and the Supreme Court of the United 
States to advance on the docket and to expedite 
to the greatest possible extent the disposition of 
the action and appeal. 
‘‘(b) INTERVENTION BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.— 
In any action in which the constitutionality of any provi-
sion of this Act or chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is raised, any member of the House 
of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to the Congress) or Senate shall have the right 
to intervene either in support of or opposition to the posi-
tion of a party to the case regarding the constitutionality 
of the provision. To avoid duplication of efforts and reduce 
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the burdens placed on the parties to the action, the court 
in any such action may make such orders as it considers 
necessary, including orders to require interveners taking 
similar positions to file joint papers or to be represented 
by a single attorney at oral argument. 
‘‘(c) CHALLENGE BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—Any 
Member of Congress may bring an action, subject to the 
special rules described in subsection (a), for declaratory 
or injunctive relief to challenge the constitutionality of any 
provision of this Act or chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) Section 9011 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 9011. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
‘‘For provisions relating to judicial review of certifi-
cations, determinations, and actions by the Commission 
under this chapter, see section 407 of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971.’’. 
(B) Section 9041 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘SEC. 9041. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
‘‘For provisions relating to judicial review of actions 
by the Commission under this chapter, see section 407 of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.’’. 
(C) Section 403 of the Bipartisan Cam-
paign Finance Reform Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 
30110 note) is repealed. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to actions brought on or after Jan-
uary 1, 2018. 
SEC. 1055. TREATMENT OF INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS 
MADE BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES AS PUB-
LIC COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (22) of section 301 of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30101(22)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ‘‘Such term shall include communications 
to the general public made over the Internet by a political 
committee.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to communications made on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 1056. CLARIFICATION OF APPLICABILITY OF CON-
TRIBUTION LIMITS TO CERTAIN POLITICAL 
COMMITTEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315(a)(1) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(1)) 
is amended by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(C) to any other political committee (other than a 
committee described in subparagraph (D)), including to 
a political committee that makes only independent expend-
itures or electioneering communications (or a combination 
thereof) or to any account of a political committee estab-
lished for the purpose of making only independent expend-
itures or electioneering communications (or a combination 
thereof), in any calendar year which, in the aggregate, ex-
ceed $5,000; or’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to contributions made on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
Subtitle B—Establishment of 
Federal Election Administration 
SEC. 1101. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Election 
Administration Act of 2017’’. 
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PART I—FEDERAL ELECTION ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 1111. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION 
ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle: 
‘‘Subtitle B—Administrative 
Provisions 
‘‘CHAPTER 1—ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 
FEDERAL ELECTION ADMINISTRATION 
‘‘SEC. 351. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION 
ADMINISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established the Federal 
Election Administration (in this Act referred to as the 
‘Administration’). 
‘‘(b) INDEPENDENT ESTABLISHMENT.—The Admin-
istration shall be an independent establishment (as defined 
in section 104 of title 5, United States Code). 
‘‘(c) PURPOSE.—The Administration shall admin-
ister, seek to obtain compliance with, enforce, and formu-
late policy in a manner that is consistent with the lan-
guage and intent of Congress with respect to the following 
statutes: 
‘‘(1) This Act. 
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‘‘(2) The Presidential Election Campaign Fund 
Act under chapter 95 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986. 
‘‘(3) The Presidential Primary Matching Pay-
ment Account Act under chapter 96 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(d) EXCLUSIVE CIVIL JURISDICTION.—The Admin-
istration shall have exclusive jurisdiction with respect to 
the civil enforcement of the statutes identified in sub-
section (c). 
‘‘(e) VOTING REQUIREMENT.—All decisions of the 
Administration with respect to the exercise of its duties 
and powers under this Act, except those expressly reserved 
for decision by the Chair, shall be made by a majority vote 
of its members. 
‘‘(f) MEETINGS AND QUORUM.— 
‘‘(1) MEETINGS.—The Administration shall 
meet— 
‘‘(A) at least once each month; and 
‘‘(B) at the call of the Chair. 
‘‘(2) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the Administration shall constitute a quorum. 
‘‘(g) SEAL.—The Administration shall procure a 
proper seal, with such suitable inscriptions and devices as 
the President shall approve. This seal, to be known as the 
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official seal of the Federal Election Administration, shall 
be kept and used to verify official documents, under such 
rules and regulations as the Administration may prescribe. 
Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal. 
‘‘(h) PRINCIPAL OFFICE.—The principal office of the 
Administration shall be in or near the District of Colum-
bia, but the Administration may meet or exercise any of 
its powers anywhere in the United States. 
‘‘SEC. 352. COMPOSITION OF THE FEDERAL ELECTION AD-
MINISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Administration shall be 
composed of 5 members, 1 of whom shall serve as the 
Chair of the Administration. Not more than 2 members 
of the Administration shall be affiliated with the same po-
litical party while serving as a member of the Administra-
tion. For purposes of the preceding sentence, a member 
shall be treated as affiliated with a political party if such 
member was affiliated with such political party at any time 
during the 5-year period ending on the date on which such 
individual is nominated to be a member of the Administra-
tion. 
‘‘(b) APPOINTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Ad-
ministration shall be appointed by the President, by 
and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
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‘‘(2) CHAIR.—The President shall, at the time 
of nomination of the first 5 members of the Admin-
istration, designate 1 of the 5 to serve as the Chair. 
Any individual appointed to succeed, or to fill the 
unexpired term of, that member (or any member 
succeeding that member) shall serve as the Chair. 
‘‘(3) QUALIFICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President may 
select an individual for service as a Member of 
the Commission if the individual has experience 
in election law and has a demonstrated record 
of integrity, impartiality, and good judgment. 
‘‘(B) ASSISTANCE OF BLUE RIBBON ADVI-
SORY PANEL.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Prior to the regu-
larly scheduled expiration of the term of a 
member of the Commission and upon the 
occurrence of a vacancy in the membership 
of the Commission prior to the expiration 
of a term, the President shall convene a 
Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel, that includes 
individuals representing each major polit-
ical party and individuals who are inde-
pendent of a major political party and that 
consists of an odd number of individuals 
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selected by the President from retired Fed-
eral judges, former law enforcement offi-
cials, or individuals with experience in elec-
tion law, except that the President may not 
select any individual to serve on the panel 
who holds any public office at the time of 
selection. 
‘‘(ii) RECOMMENDATIONS.—With re-
spect to each member of the Commission 
whose term is expiring or each vacancy in 
the membership of the Commission (as the 
case may be), the Blue Ribbon Advisory 
Panel shall recommend to the President at 
least one but not more than 3 individuals 
for nomination for appointment as a mem-
ber of the Commission. 
‘‘(iii) PUBLICATION.—At the time the 
President submits to the Senate the nomi-
nations for individuals to be appointed as 
members of the Commission, the President 
shall publish the Blue Ribbon Advisory 
Panel’s recommendations for such nomina-
tions. 
‘‘(iv) EXEMPTION FROM FEDERAL AD-
VISORY
COMMITTEE
ACT.—The Federal 
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‘‘(B) an individual appointed under para-
graph (4) to fill the remainder of an unexpired 
term that has less than 1⁄2 of the term remain-
ing may be appointed to serve another term. 
‘‘(3) EXPIRED TERMS.—An individual may con-
tinue to serve as a member of the Administration 
after the expiration of such individual’s term until 
the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) the date on which such individual’s 
successor has taken office; or 
‘‘(B) 1 year following the date on which 
the term of such member expired. 
‘‘(4) VACANCIES.—An individual appointed 
upon a vacancy occurring before the expiration of 
the term for which the individual’s predecessor was 
appointed shall be appointed only for the unexpired 
term of the predecessor. Such vacancy shall be filled 
in the same manner as the original appointment. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITING ENGAGEMENT WITH OTHER 
BUSINESS
OR
EMPLOYMENT
DURING
SERVICE.—A 
member of the Commission shall not engage in any 
other business, vocation, or employment. Any indi-
vidual who is engaging in any other business, voca-
tion, or employment at the time of his or her ap-
pointment to the Commission shall terminate or liq-
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uidate such activity not later than 90 days after 
such appointment. 
‘‘(d) REMOVAL.—A member of the Administration 
may be removed by the President only for inefficiency, ne-
glect of duty, or malfeasance in office. 
‘‘SEC. 353. STAFF DIRECTOR. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Adminis-
tration a staff director. 
‘‘(b) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The staff director— 
‘‘(1) shall assist the Administration in its ad-
ministration and operations; 
‘‘(2) shall perform such responsibilities as the 
Administration shall prescribe; and 
‘‘(3) may, with the approval of the Chair— 
‘‘(A) appoint and fix the pay of such addi-
tional personnel as the staff director considers 
appropriate without regard to the provisions of 
title 5, United States Code, governing appoint-
ments in the competitive service; and 
‘‘(B) procure temporary and intermittent 
services to the same extent as is authorized by 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, 
but at rates for individuals not to exceed the 
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay 
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in effect for grade GS–15 of the General Sched-
ule (5 U.S.C. 5332). 
‘‘(c) APPOINTMENT.—The staff director shall be ap-
pointed by the Chair, after consultation with the other 
members of the Administration. 
‘‘(d) OTHER ACTIVITIES.—An individual may not en-
gage in any other business, vocation, or employment while 
serving as the staff director. 
‘‘SEC. 354. GENERAL COUNSEL. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be in the Adminis-
tration a general counsel. 
‘‘(b) 
RESPONSIBILITIES.—The 
general 
counsel 
shall— 
‘‘(1) serve as the chief legal officer of the Ad-
ministration; 
‘‘(2) provide legal assistance to the Administra-
tion concerning its programs and policies; 
‘‘(3) advise and assist the Administration in 
carrying out its responsibilities under section 361; 
and 
‘‘(4) represent the Administration in any pro-
ceeding in court or before an administrative law 
judge. 
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‘‘(c) APPOINTMENT.—The general counsel shall be 
appointed by the Chair, subject to approval by majority 
vote of the members of the Administration. 
‘‘SEC. 355. INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
‘‘There shall be in the Administration an inspector 
general. The inspector general and the office of inspector 
general shall be subject to the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
‘‘CHAPTER 2—OPERATION OF THE 
FEDERAL ELECTION ADMINISTRATION 
‘‘SEC. 361. POWERS OF THE CHAIR AND ADMINISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) CHAIR.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Chair shall be the 
chief administrative officer of the Administration 
with the authority to administer the Administration 
and shall, after consultation with the other members 
of the Administration, have the power to appoint or 
remove the staff director and to establish the budget 
of the Administration. 
‘‘(2) OTHER
POWERS.—The Chair has the 
power— 
‘‘(A) to the fullest extent practicable, to re-
quest the assistance of other agencies and de-
partments of the United States, including the 
personnel and facilities of such agencies and de-
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partments and the heads of such agencies and 
departments may make available to the Chair 
such personnel, facilities, and other assistance, 
with or without reimbursement; 
‘‘(B) to appoint, assign, remove, and com-
pensate administrative law judges in accordance 
with title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(C) to require, by special or general or-
ders, any person to submit, under oath, such 
written reports and answers to questions as the 
Chair may prescribe; 
‘‘(D) to administer oaths or affirmations; 
‘‘(E) to issue and enforce subpoenas in ac-
cordance with section 364; 
‘‘(F) in any proceeding or investigation, to 
order testimony to be taken by deposition be-
fore any person who is designated by the Chair 
and has the power to administer oaths and, in 
such instances, to compel testimony and the 
production of evidence in the same manner as 
authorized under subparagraph (E); 
‘‘(G) to pay witnesses fees and mileage in 
accordance with section 364(d); and 
‘‘(H) to make independent budget requests 
to Congress in accordance with section 362. 
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‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Administration shall 
have the power— 
‘‘(1) to initiate, defend, or appeal, through the 
general counsel, any civil action in the name of the 
Administration to enforce the provisions of this Act 
and chapters 95 and 96 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; 
‘‘(2) to assess civil penalties for violations of 
this Act and chapters 95 and 96 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986; 
‘‘(3) to issue cease-and-desist orders to prevent 
violations of this Act and chapters 95 and 96 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
‘‘(4) to establish procedures and schedules for 
agency adjudication that ensure timely enforcement 
of this Act and chapters 95 and 96 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986; 
‘‘(5) to render advisory opinions under section 
363; 
‘‘(6) to develop prescribed forms, and to make, 
amend, and repeal rules, pursuant to section 365; 
‘‘(7) to establish procedures for alternative dis-
pute resolution of violations of this Act or of chapter 
95 or 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
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