payment by the candidate or the can-
didate’s agent who provides the informa-
tion with a view toward having the pay-
ment made; 
‘‘(iv) a payment made by a person if, 
in the same election cycle in which the pay-
ment is made, the person making the pay-
ment is serving or has served as a member, 
employee, fundraiser, or agent of the can-
didate’s authorized committee in an execu-
tive or policymaking position; 
‘‘(v) a payment made by a person if 
the person making the payment has served 
in any formal policy or advisory position 
with the candidate’s campaign or has par-
ticipated in strategic or policymaking dis-
cussions with the candidate’s campaign re-
lating to the candidate’s pursuit of nomi-
nation for election, or election, to Federal 
office, in the same election cycle as the 
election cycle in which the payment is 
made; and 
‘‘(vi) a payment made by a person if 
the person making the payment retains the 
professional services of an individual or
person who has provided or is providing 
campaign-related services in the same elec-
tion cycle to a candidate in connection with 
the candidate’s pursuit of nomination for 
election, or election, to Federal office, in-
cluding services relating to the candidate’s 
decision to seek Federal office, and the 
payment is for services of which the pur-
pose is to influence that candidate’s elec-
tion. 
‘‘(D) 
For 
purposes 
of 
subparagraph 
(C)(vi), the term ‘professional services’ includes 
services in support of a candidate’s pursuit of 
nomination for election, or election, to Federal 
office such as polling, media advice, direct mail, 
fundraising, or campaign research.’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION FOR CLEAN MONEY CANDIDATES.—
Section 315(a)(7) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(7)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (B) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), a pay-
ment made in coordination with a candidate (as de-
scribed in section 301(8)(A)(iii)) shall be considered 
to be a contribution to the candidate, and, for the 
purposes of any provision of this Act that imposes
a limitation on the making of expenditures by a can-
didate, shall be treated as an expenditure by the 
candidate for purposes of this paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) In the case of a clean money candidate (as 
defined in section 501), a payment made in coordi-
nation with a candidate by a committee of a political 
party shall not be treated as a contribution to the 
candidate for purposes of section 503(b)(1) or an ex-
penditure made by the candidate for purposes of sec-
tion 503(b)(2).’’. 
TITLE III—VOTER INFORMATION 
SEC. 301. FREE BROADCAST TIME. 
Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 315), as amended by section 504 of the Bipartisan 
Campaign Reform Act of 2002, is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), in the third sentence, by 
striking ‘‘within the meaning of this subsection’’ and 
inserting ‘‘within the meaning of this subsection or 
subsection (c)’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 
subsections (g) and (h), respectively; 
(3) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) FREE BROADCAST TIME.—
‘‘(1) AMOUNT OF TIME.—A clean money can-
didate shall be entitled to receive—
‘‘(A) 30 minutes of free broadcast time 
during each of the primary election period and 
the primary runoff election period; and 
‘‘(B) 75 minutes of free broadcast time 
during the general election period and general 
runoff election period. 
‘‘(2) TIME DURING WHICH THE BROADCAST IS 
SHOWN.—The broadcast time under paragraph (1) 
shall be—
‘‘(A) with respect to a television broadcast, 
the time between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on 
any day that falls on Monday through Friday; 
‘‘(B) with respect to a radio broadcast, the 
time between 7:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. or be-
tween 4:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. on any day that 
falls on Monday through Friday; or 
‘‘(C) with respect to any broadcast, such 
other time to which the candidate and broad-
caster may agree. 
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM REQUIRED OF ANY STATION.—
The amount of free broadcast time that any 1 sta-
tion is required to make available to any 1 clean 
money candidate during each of the primary election
period, primary runoff election period, and general 
election period shall not exceed 15 minutes.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (c)—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (1); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (2) and inserting a semicolon, and 
by redesignating that paragraph as paragraph 
(4); 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) the term ‘clean money candidate’ has the 
meaning given in section 501 of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971; 
‘‘(3) the terms ‘general election period’ and 
‘general runoff election period’ have the meaning 
given in section 501 of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971;’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) the term ‘primary election period’ has the 
meaning given in section 501 of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971; 
‘‘(6) the term ‘private money candidate’ has the 
meaning given in section 501 of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971; and
‘‘(7) the term ‘primary runoff election period’ 
has the meaning given in section 501 of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971.’’. 
SEC. 302. BROADCAST RATES AND PREEMPTION. 
(a) BROADCAST RATES.—Section 315(b) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 315(b)), as amended 
by section 305(a) of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act 
of 2002, is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘paragraph 
(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) CLEAN MONEY CANDIDATES.—In the case 
of a clean money candidate, the charges for the use 
of a television broadcasting station shall not exceed 
50 percent of the lowest charge described in para-
graph (1)(A) during—
‘‘(A) the 30 days preceding the date of a 
primary or primary runoff election in which the 
candidate is opposed; and 
‘‘(B) the 60 days preceding the date of a 
general or special election in which the can-
didate is opposed. 
‘‘(4) OTHER HOUSE CANDIDATES.—In the case 
of a candidate for election for Member of, or Dele-
gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress who
is not a clean money candidate, paragraph (1)(A) 
shall not apply. 
‘‘(5) RATE CARDS.—A licensee shall provide to 
a candidate for Member of or Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress a rate card that dis-
closes—
‘‘(A) the rate charged under this sub-
section; and 
‘‘(B) the method that the licensee uses to 
determine the rate charged under this sub-
section.’’. 
(b) PREEMPTION.—Section 315 of such Act (47 
U.S.C. 315), as amended by section 301, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) PREEMPTION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), a licensee shall not preempt the use of a 
broadcasting station by a legally qualified candidate 
for Member of or Delegate or Resident Commis-
sioner to the Congress who has purchased and paid 
for such use. 
‘‘(2) CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND CONTROL OF LI-
CENSEE.—If a program to be broadcast by a broad-
casting station is preempted because of cir-
cumstances beyond the control of the broadcasting
station, any candidate advertising spot scheduled to 
be broadcast during that program may also be pre-
empted.’’. 
(c) REVOCATION OF LICENSE FOR FAILURE TO PER-
MIT ACCESS.—Section 312(a)(7) of such Act (47 U.S.C. 
312(a)(7)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or repeated’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or cable system’’ after ‘‘broad-
casting station’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘his candidacy’’ and inserting 
‘‘the candidacy of the candidate, under the same 
terms, conditions, and business practices as apply to 
the most favored advertiser of the licensee’’. 
SEC. 303. LIMIT ON CONGRESSIONAL USE OF THE FRANK-
ING PRIVILEGE. 
Section 3210(a)(6) of title 39, United States Code, 
is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), a Member 
of Congress shall not mail any mass mailing as franked 
mail during the period which begins on the first day of 
the primary election period (as described in section 
501(12) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971) 
and ends on the date of the general election for that office 
(other than any portion of such period between the date
of the primary election and the first day of the general 
election period), unless the Member has made a public an-
nouncement that the Member will not be a candidate for 
reelection in that year or for election to any other Federal 
office. 
‘‘(ii) A Member of Congress may mail a mass mailing 
as franked mail if—
‘‘(I) the purpose of the mailing is to commu-
nicate information about a public meeting; and 
‘‘(II) the content of the mailed matter includes 
only the Representative’s name, and the date, time, 
and place of the public meeting.’’. 
TITLE IV—RESTRUCTURING AND 
STRENGTHENING 
OF 
THE 
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMIS-
SION 
SEC. 401. APPOINTMENT AND TERMS OF COMMISSIONERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 306(a) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437c(a)) is 
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) There is established’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(1)(A) There is established’’; 
(B) by striking the second sentence and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(B) COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.—The Commis-
sion is composed of 6 members appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the United 
States Senate, and 1 member appointed by the President 
from among persons recommended by the Commission as 
provided in subparagraph (D).’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘No more than’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(C) PARTY AFFILIATION.—Not more than’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) NOMINATION BY COMMISSION OF ADDITIONAL 
MEMBER.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The members of the Com-
mission shall recommend to the President, by a vote 
of 4 members, 3 persons for the appointment to the 
Commission. 
‘‘(ii) VACANCY.—On vacancy of the position of 
the member appointed under this subparagraph, a 
member shall be appointed to fill the vacancy in the 
same manner as provided in clause (i).’’; and 
(2) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking 
‘‘(other than the Secretary of the Senate and the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives)’’. 
(b) TRANSITION RULE.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Election
Commission shall recommend persons for appointment 
under section 306(a)(1)(D) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971, as added by subsection (a)(1)(D). 
SEC. 402. AUDITS. 
Section 311(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 438(b)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘The Commis-
sion’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) RANDOM AUDITS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), after every primary, general, and 
runoff election, the Commission may conduct 
random audits and investigations to ensure vol-
untary compliance with this Act. 
‘‘(B) SELECTION OF SUBJECTS.—The sub-
jects of audits and investigations under this 
paragraph shall be selected on the basis of im-
partial criteria established by a vote of at least 
4 members of the Commission. 
‘‘(C) EXCLUSION.—This paragraph does 
not apply to an authorized committee of a can-
didate for President or Vice President subject 
to audit under chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986.’’.