in any calendar year which, in the aggregate, exceed
$10,000; or’’.
(c) INCREASE IN OVERALL LIMIT.—Paragraph (3) of
section 315(a) of FECA (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) is amended
by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence:
‘‘The limitation under this paragraph shall be increased
(but not by more than $5,000) by the amount of contribu-
tions made by an individual during a calendar year to po-
litical committees which are taken into account for pur-
poses of paragraph (1)(C).’’.
SEC. 312. PROVISIONS RELATING TO NATIONAL, STATE,
AND LOCAL PARTY COMMITTEES.
(a) EXPENDITURES BY STATE COMMITTEES IN CON-
NECTION
WITH
PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGNS.—Section
315(d) of FECA (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)) is amended by insert-
ing at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) A State committee of a political party, including
subordinate committees of that State committee, shall not
make expenditures in connection with the general election
campaign of a candidate for President of the United
States who is affiliated with such party which, in the ag-
gregate, exceed an amount equal to 4 cents multiplied by
the voting age population of the State, as certified under
subsection (e). This paragraph shall not authorize a com-
mittee to make expenditures for audio broadcasts (includ-
ing television broadcasts) in excess of the amount which
could have been made without regard to this paragraph.’’.
(b) CONTRIBUTION
AND
EXPENDITURE
EXCEP-
TIONS.—(1) Section 301(8)(B) of FECA (2 U.S.C.
431(8)(B)) is amended—
(A) in clause (xi), by striking ‘‘direct mail’’ and
inserting ‘‘mail’’; and
(B) by repealing clauses (x) and (xii).
(2) 
Section 
301(9)(B) 
of 
FECA 
(2 
U.S.C.
431(9)(B)) is amended by repealing clauses (viii) and (ix).
(c) SOFT MONEY OF COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL
PARTIES.—(1) Title III of FECA is amended by inserting
after section 323 the following new section:
‘‘POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEES
‘‘SEC. 324. (a) Any amount solicited, received, or ex-
pended directly or indirectly by a national, State, district,
or local committee of a political party (including any sub-
ordinate committee) with respect to an activity which, in
whole or in part, is in connection with an election to Fed-
eral office shall be subject in its entirety to the limitations,
prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.
‘‘(b) For purposes of subsection (a)—
‘‘(1) Any activity which is solely for the purpose
of influencing an election for Federal office is in
connection with an election for Federal office.
‘‘(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), any
of the following activities during a Federal election
period shall be treated as in connection with an elec-
tion for Federal office:
‘‘(A) Voter registration and get-out-the-
vote activities.
‘‘(B) Campaign activities, including broad-
casting, newspaper, magazine, billboard, mass
mail, and newsletter communications, and simi-
lar kinds of communications or public advertis-
ing that—
‘‘(i) are generic campaign activities; or
‘‘(ii) identify a Federal candidate re-
gardless of whether a State or local can-
didate is also identified.
‘‘(C) The preparation and dissemination of
campaign materials that are part of a generic
campaign activity or that identify a Federal
candidate, regardless of whether a State or
local candidate is also identified.
‘‘(D) Development and maintenance of
voter files.
‘‘(E) Any other activity affecting (in whole
or in part) an election for Federal office.
‘‘(3) The following shall not be treated as in
connection with a Federal election:
‘‘(A) Any amount described in section
301(8)(B)(viii).
‘‘(B) Any amount contributed to a can-
didate for other than Federal office.
‘‘(C) Any amount received or expended in
connection with a State or local political con-
vention.
‘‘(D) Campaign activities, including broad-
casting, newspaper, magazine, billboard, mass
mail, and newsletter communications, and simi-
lar kinds of communications or public advertis-
ing that are exclusively on behalf of State or
local candidates and are not activities described
in paragraph (2)(A).
‘‘(E) Administrative expenses of a State or
local committee of a political party, including
expenses for—
‘‘(i) overhead;
‘‘(ii) staff (other than individuals de-
voting a substantial portion of their activi-
ties to elections for Federal office);
‘‘(iii) meetings; and
‘‘(iv) conducting party elections or
caucuses.
‘‘(F) Research pertaining solely to State
and local candidates and issues.
‘‘(G) Development and maintenance of
voter files other than during a Federal election
period.
‘‘(H) Activities described in paragraph
(2)(A) which are conducted other than during
a Federal election period.
‘‘(I) Any other activity which is solely for
the purpose of influencing, and which solely af-
fects, an election for non-Federal office.
‘‘(4) For purposes of this subsection, the term
‘Federal election period’ means the period—
‘‘(A) beginning on June 1, of any even-
numbered calendar year (April 1 if an election
to the office of President occurs in such year),
and
‘‘(B) ending on the date during such year
on which regularly scheduled general elections
for Federal office occur.
In the case of a special election, the Federal election
period shall include at least the 60-day period end-
ing on the date of the election.
‘‘(c) SOLICITATION OF COMMITTEES.—(1) A national
committee of a political party may not solicit or accept
contributions not subject to the limitations, prohibitions,
and reporting requirements of this Act.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to contributions
that—
‘‘(A) are to be transferred to a State committee
of a political party for use directly for activities de-
scribed in subsection (b)(3); or
‘‘(B) are to be used by the committee primarily
to support such activities.
‘‘(d) AMOUNTS RECEIVED FROM STATE AND LOCAL
CANDIDATE COMMITTEES.—(1) For purposes of sub-
section (a), any amount received by a national, State, dis-
trict, or local committee of a political party (including any
subordinate committee) from a State or local candidate
committee shall be treated as meeting the requirements
of subsection (a) and section 304(d) if—
‘‘(A) such amount is derived from funds which
meet the requirements of this Act with respect to
any limitation or prohibition as to source or dollar
amount, and
‘‘(B) the State or local candidate committee—
‘‘(i) maintains, in the account from which
payment is made, records of the sources and
equal to 30 cents multiplied by the voting age popu-
lation of the State (as certified under subsection
(e)).
‘‘(B) Expenditures authorized under this para-
graph shall be in addition to other expenditures al-
lowed under this subsection, except that this para-
graph shall not authorize a committee to make ex-
penditures to which paragraph (3) or (4) applies in
excess of the limit applicable to such expenditures
under paragraph (3) or (4).
‘‘(C) No adjustment to the limitation under this
paragraph shall be made under subsection (c) before
1992 and the base period for purposes of any such
adjustment shall be 1990.
‘‘(D) For purposes of this paragraph—
‘‘(i) a local committee of a political party
shall only include a committee that is a political
committee (as defined in section 301(4)); and
‘‘(ii) a State committee shall not be re-
quired to record or report under this Act the
expenditures of any other committee which are
made independently from the State commit-
tee.’’.
(3) Section 301(4) of FECA (2 U.S.C. 431(4))
is amended by adding at the end the following new
sentence:
‘‘For purposes of subparagraph (C), any pay-
ments for get-out-the-vote activities on behalf of
candidates for office other than Federal office
shall be treated as payments exempted from the
definition of expenditure under paragraph (9)
of this section.’’.
(d) GENERIC ACTIVITIES.—Section 301 of FECA (2
U.S.C. 431), as amended by section 125, is amended by
adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph:
‘‘(30) The term ‘generic campaign activity’
means a campaign activity the preponderant purpose
or effect of which is to promote a political party
rather than any particular Federal or non-Federal
candidate.’’.
SEC. 313. RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDRAISING BY CANDIDATES
AND OFFICEHOLDERS.
(a) STATE FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES.—Section 315
of FECA (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 301,
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
subsection:
‘‘(l) LIMITATIONS ON FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES OF
FEDERAL CANDIDATES AND OFFICEHOLDERS AND CER-
TAIN POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—(1) For purposes of this
Act, a candidate for Federal office (or an individual hold-
ing Federal office) may not solicit funds to, or receive
funds on behalf of, any Federal or non-Federal candidate
or political committee—
‘‘(A) which are to be expended in connection
with any election for Federal office unless such
funds are subject to the limitations, prohibitions,
and requirements of this Act; or
‘‘(B) which are to be expended in connection
with any election for other than Federal office unless
such funds are not in excess of amounts permitted
with respect to Federal candidates and political com-
mittees under this Act, and are not from sources
prohibited by this Act with respect to elections to
Federal office.
‘‘(2)(A) The aggregate amount which a person de-
scribed in subparagraph (B) may solicit from a
multicandidate political committee for State committees
described in subsection (a)(1)(C) (including subordinate
committees) for any calendar year shall not exceed the dol-
lar amount in effect under subsection (a)(2)(B) for the
calendar year.
‘‘(B) A person is described in this subparagraph if
such person is a candidate for Federal office, an individual
holding Federal office, or any national, State, district, or
local committee of a political party (including subordinate
committees).
‘‘(3) The appearance or participation by a candidate
or individual in any activity (including fundraising) con-
ducted by a committee of a political party or a candidate
for other than Federal office shall not be treated as a so-
licitation for purposes of paragraph (1) if—
‘‘(A) such appearance or participation is other-
wise permitted by law; and
‘‘(B) such candidate or individual does not so-
licit or receive, or make expenditures from, any
funds resulting from such activity.
‘‘(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the solicitation
or receipt of funds, or disbursements, by an individual who
is a candidate for other than Federal office if such activity
is permitted under State law.
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection, an individual
shall be treated as holding Federal office if such individual
is described in section 101(f) of the Ethics in Government
Act of 1978.’’.
(b) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.—Section 315 of
FECA (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by subsection (a),
is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new
subsection:
‘‘(m) TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.—(1) If during
any period an individual is a candidate for, or holds, Fed-
eral office, such individual may not during such period so-
licit contributions to, or on behalf of, any organization
which is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986 if a significant portion of the activities
of such organization include voter registration or get-out-
the-vote campaigns.
‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, an individual
shall be treated as holding Federal office if such individual
is described in section 101(f) of the Ethics in Government
Act of 1978.’’.
SEC. 314. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of
FECA (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end
thereof the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) POLITICAL COMMITTEES.—(1) The national
committee of a political party and any congressional cam-
paign committee, and any subordinate committee of ei-
ther, shall report all receipts and disbursements during
the reporting period, whether or not in connection with
an election for Federal office.
‘‘(2) A political committee (not described in para-
graph (1)) to which section 324 applies shall report all
receipts and disbursements in connection with a Federal
election (as determined under section 324).
‘‘(3) Any political committee to which section 324 ap-
plies shall include in its report under paragraph (1) or
(2) the amount of any transfer described in section 324(c)
and the reason for the transfer.
‘‘(4) Any political committee to which paragraph (1)
or (2) does not apply shall report any receipts or disburse-
ments which are used in connection with a Federal elec-
tion.
‘‘(5) If any receipt or disbursement to which this sub-
section applies exceeds $200, the political committee shall
include identification of the person from whom, or to
whom, such receipt or disbursement was made.
‘‘(6) Reports required to be filed by this subsection
shall be filed for the same time periods required for politi-
cal committees under subsection (a).’’.
(b) REPORT OF EXEMPT CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section
301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2
U.S.C. 431(8)) is amended by inserting at the end thereof
the following:
‘‘(C) The exclusions provided in clauses (v)
and (viii) of subparagraph (B) shall not apply
for purposes of any requirement to report con-