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Union Calendar No. 87 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1316 
[Report No. 109–146] 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal the limit 
on the aggregate amount of campaign contributions that may be made 
by individuals during an election cycle, to repeal the limit on the amount 
of expenditures political parties may make on behalf of their candidates 
in general elections for Federal office, to allow State and local parties 
to make certain expenditures using nonfederal funds, to restore certain 
rights to exempt organizations under the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 15, 2005 
Mr. PENCE (for himself and Mr. WYNN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on House Administration 
JUNE 22, 2005 
Additional sponsors: Mr. PAUL, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. COLE of 
Oklahoma, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. TANCREDO, Mr. 
GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. HERGER, Mr. 
MANZULLO, Mr. AKIN, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. CANNON, Mr. KING of Iowa, 
Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. FEENEY, Mr. 
HENSARLING, Mr. POMBO, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, 
Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. KLINE, Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of Cali-
fornia, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Ms. ROS- 
LEHTINEN, Mr. POE, Mr. WICKER, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. CARTER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, and 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina 
JUNE 22, 2005 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 15, 2005] 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
repeal the limit on the aggregate amount of campaign 
contributions that may be made by individuals during 
an election cycle, to repeal the limit on the amount 
of expenditures political parties may make on behalf 
of their candidates in general elections for Federal office, 
to allow State and local parties to make certain expendi-
tures using nonfederal funds, to restore certain rights 
to exempt organizations under the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘527 Fairness Act of 
2005’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF AGGREGATE LIMIT ON CONTRIBUTIONS 
BY INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMIT.—Section 315(a) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (3). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) INDEXING.—Section 315(c) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 441a(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘(a)(3),’’ each
place it appears in paragraphs (1)(B)(i), (1)(C), and 
(2)(B)(ii). 
(2) INCREASE
IN
LIMITS
FOR
SENATE
CAN-
DIDATES
FACING
WEALTHY
OPPONENTS.—Section 
315(i)(1)(C) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(i)(1)(C)) is 
amended— 
(A) by amending clause (i) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(i) 2 times the threshold amount, but 
not over 4 times that amount, the increased 
limit shall be 3 times the applicable limit;’’; 
(B) by amending clause (ii) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(ii) 4 times the threshold amount, but 
not over 10 times that amount, the in-
creased limit shall be 6 times the applicable 
limit; and’’; and 
(C) in clause (iii)— 
(i) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I), 
(ii) by striking subclause (II), and 
(iii) by redesignating subclause (III) 
as subclause (II). 
(3) INCREASE
IN
LIMITS
FOR
HOUSE
CAN-
DIDATES
FACING
WEALTHY
OPPONENTS.—Section
315A(a)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a–1(a)(1)) is 
amended— 
(A) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (B). 
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF PARTY EXPENDI-
TURES ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES IN GEN-
ERAL ELECTIONS. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMIT.—Section 315(d) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) Notwithstanding’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding’’, 
(B) by striking ‘‘expenditures or limitations 
on’’ and inserting ‘‘amounts of expenditures or’’, 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Federal office, subject to 
the limitations contained in paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (4) of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed-
eral office in any amount’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—