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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2307
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to further restrict
contributions to candidates by multicandidate political committees, limit
and require full disclosure of attempts to influence Federal elections
through ‘‘soft money’’ and independent expenditures, correct inequities
resulting from personal financing of campaigns, strengthen the role of
political parties, and contain the cost of political campaigns.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 12, 1995
Mr. ROBERTS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Oversight
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
further 
restrict 
contributions 
to 
candidates 
by
multicandidate political committees, limit and require full
disclosure of attempts to influence Federal elections
through ‘‘soft money’’ and independent expenditures, cor-
rect inequities resulting from personal financing of cam-
paigns, strengthen the role of political parties, and con-
tain the cost of political campaigns.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Cam-
paign Reform Act of 1995’’.
RESTRICTIONS ON POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES
SEC. 
2. 
(a) 
Section 
315(a)(1)(C), 
section
315(a)(2)(A), and section 315(a)(2)(C) of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(C),
441a(a)(2)(A), and 441a(a)(2)(C)) are each amended by
striking out ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘$2,000’’.
(b) Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a) is amended by adding at
the end thereof the following:
‘‘(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
each multicandidate political committee and separate reg-
ulated funds established pursuant to the provisions of this
Act shall—
‘‘(1) provide a method so that each person con-
tributing to such committee or fund may specify to
which Federal candidate or candidates or which na-
tional political party organization or organizations
such contribution is being made; and
‘‘(2) provide each contributor with a list of the
names and addresses of the authorized committee of
every candidate for Federal office and for each na-
tional political party organization.’’.
LIMITATIONS ON INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
SEC. 3. Section 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A)) is
amended by striking out ‘‘$1,000’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘$2,000’’.
LIMITATION AND FULL DISCLOSURE OF ELECTION-
RELATED EXPENDITURES
SEC. 4. Section 301(9)(B) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in clause (ii) by inserting before the semi-
colon at the end thereof the following: ‘‘, except that
payments, services, and other benefits that are fur-
nished or otherwise made available by a corporation
or a labor organization and are directly attributable
to a registration or get-out-the-vote campaign shall
be limited to a total of $1,000 with respect to an
election and if they total more than $100 in value
shall be reported to the Commission in accordance
with section 304(a)(4)(A)(i), and in accordance with
section 304(a)(4)(A)(ii) with respect to any general
election’’; and
(2) in clause (iii) by striking out ‘‘(other than
a communication primarily devoted to subjects other
than the express advocacy of the election or defeat
of a clearly identified candidate)’’.
DISCLOSURE OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES
SEC. 5. Section 318(a)(3) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441d(a)(3)) is amended
by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting
in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘, except that whenever any person makes an inde-
pendent expenditure through (A) a broadcast com-
munication on any radio or television station, the
broadcast communication shall include a state-
ment—
‘‘(i) in such television broadcast, that is
clearly readable to the viewer and appears con-
tinuously during the entire length of such com-
munication; or
‘‘(ii) in such radio broadcast, that is clear-
ly audible to the viewer and is aired at the be-
ginning and ending of such broadcast;
setting forth the name of such person and in the
case of a political committee, the name of any con-
nected or affiliated organization, or (B) a news-
paper, magazine, outdoor advertising facility, direct
mailing or other type of general public political ad-
vertising, the communication shall include, in addi-
tion to the other information required by this sub-
section, the following sentence: ‘The cost of present-
ing this communication is not subject to any cam-
paign contribution limits.’, and a statement setting
forth the name of the person who paid for the com-
munication and, in the case of a political committee,
the name of any connected or affiliated organization
and the name of the president or treasurer of such
organization.
‘‘(4) The person making an independent ex-
penditure described in paragraph (3) shall furnish,
by certified mail, return receipt requested, the fol-
lowing information, to each candidate and to the
Commission, not later than the date and time of
the first public transmission (e.g. first aired,
mailed, published, or displayed):
‘‘(A) effective notice that the person plans
to make an independent expenditure for the
purpose of financing a communication which ex-
pressly advocates the election or defeat of a
clearly identified candidate;
‘‘(B) an exact copy of the intended com-
munication, or a complete description of the
contents of the intended communication, includ-
ing the entirety of any texts to be used in con-
junction with such communication, and a com-
plete description of any photographs, films, or
any other visual devices to be used in conjunc-
tion with such communication;
‘‘(C) all approximate dates and times when
such communication will be publicly transmit-
ted; and
‘‘(D) each specific location, media channel,
and publication through which the communica-
tion will be publicly transmitted.’’.
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES
SEC. 6. (a) Section 301(17) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(17)) is amended by
adding the following: ‘‘An expenditure shall constitute an
expenditure in coordination, consultation, or concert with
a candidate and shall not constitute an ‘independent ex-
penditure’ where—
‘‘(A) there is any arrangement, coordination, or
direction with respect to the expenditure between the
candidate or the candidate’s agent and the person
(including any officer, director, employee or agent of
such person) making the expenditure;
‘‘(B) in the same election cycle, the person
making the expenditure (including any officer, direc-
tor, employee or agent of such person) is or has
been—
‘‘(i) authorized to raise or expend funds on
behalf of the candidate or the candidate’s au-
thorized committees;