mated expenses) complies with all applicable rules of the 
House, based on the information submitted under sub-
paragraph (1).’’. 
SEC. 3. DOLLAR AMOUNTS REQUIRED FOR ANNUAL FINAN-
CIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS. 
(a) FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES.—Section 102(d) of the 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is amended by adding 
at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
in the case of reports of Members of Congress and officers 
and employees of Congress filed pursuant to sections 
101(d) and (e), references to the categories for reporting 
the amount or value of the items covered in paragraphs 
(3), (4), (5), and (8) of subsection (a) shall be deemed 
to be exact dollar amounts.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY
OF REPORTS
ON
THE INTER-
NET.—Section 103 of the Ethics in Government Act of 
1978 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(l) A copy of each report filed under this title with 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary 
of the Senate shall be made available as soon as prac-
ticable to the general public on the Internet in a format 
that is searchable and sortable.’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply to reports filed for calendar 
years beginning after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 4. PUBLIC DISPLAY OF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF DE-
BATES. 
Clause 2 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(l) During general debate on any measure, the Clerk 
shall project on a wall of the Hall of the House the subject 
matter of that debate so that it is visible to Members and 
to visitors in the gallery.’’. 
SEC. 5. AVAILABILITY OF BILLS, CONFERENCE REPORTS, 
AND AMENDMENTS ON THE INTERNET BE-
FORE VOTING. 
Rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘7. It shall not be in order to consider any bill or 
joint resolution, or conference report thereon, or amend-
ment thereto, unless— 
‘‘(1) in the case of a bill, joint resolution, or 
conference report, such measure is made available to 
Members and the general public on the Internet for 
at least 48 hours before its consideration; or 
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‘‘(2)(A) in the case of an amendment made in 
order by a rule, it is made available to Members and 
the general public on the Internet within one hour 
after the rule is filed; or 
‘‘(B) in the case of an amendment under an 
open rule, it is made available to Members and the 
general public on the Internet immediately after 
being offered; 
in a format that is searchable and sortable.’’. 
SEC. 6. PROMOTING EXPEDITED AVAILABILITY OF FEC RE-
PORTS. 
(a) MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING FOR ALL RE-
PORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(a)(11) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434(a)(11)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a 
person required to file—’’ and all that follows 
and inserting the following: ‘‘each person re-
quired to file a report under this Act shall be 
required to maintain and file such report in 
electronic form accessible by computers.’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘des-
ignations, statements, and reports’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘documents’’; and 
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(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘means, with respect to’’ and all that follows 
and inserting the following: ‘‘means any report, 
designation, statement, or notification required 
by this Act to be filed with the Commission or 
the Secretary of the Senate.’’. 
(2) PLACEMENT OF ALL REPORTS ON INTER-
NET.—Section 304(a)(11)(B) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
434(a)(11)(B)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘a designation, statement, 
report, or notification’’ and inserting ‘‘each re-
port’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the designation, state-
ment, report, or notification’’ and inserting 
‘‘the report’’. 
(3) SEARCHABLE AND SORTABLE MANNER OF 
INFORMATION.—Section 304(a)(11)(B) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 434(a)(11)(B)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘in a format that is searchable and sortable’’ after 
‘‘Internet’’. 
(4) SOFTWARE FOR FILING OF ALL REPORTS.— 
Section 
304(a)(12) 
of 
such 
Act 
(2 
U.S.C 
434a(a)(12)) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘each person required to file a designation, 
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statement, or report in electronic form’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each person required to file a report 
(as defined in paragraph (11)(D))’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘any 
designation, statement, or report’’ and inserting 
‘‘any 
report 
(as 
defined 
in 
paragraph 
(11)(D))’’. 
(b) REQUIRING REPORTS FOR ALL CONTRIBUTIONS 
MADE TO ANY POLITICAL COMMITTEE WITHIN 30 DAYS 
OF ELECTION; REQUIRING REPORTS TO BE MADE WITH-
IN 24 HOURS.—Section 304(a)(6)(A) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 434(a)(6)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) Each political committee shall notify the Sec-
retary or the Commission, and the Secretary of State, as 
appropriate, in writing, of any contribution received by the 
committee during the period which begins on the 30th day 
before an election and ends at the time the polls close for 
such election. This notification shall be made within 24 
hours (or, if earlier, by midnight of the day on which the 
contribution is deposited) after the receipt of such con-
tribution and shall include the name of the candidate in-
volved (as appropriate) and the office sought by the can-
didate, the identification of the contributor, and the date 
of receipt and amount of the contribution.’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to reports for periods 
beginning on or after January 1, 2008. 
Æ 
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