fully admitted for permanent residence (as defined 
in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20))). For purposes 
of the preceding sentence, the term ‘provided di-
rectly by individuals’ does not include funds the 
source of which is an entity described in subsection 
(a) of this section. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL OPERATING RULES.— 
‘‘(A) 
DEFINITION
UNDER
PARAGRAPH 
(1).—An electioneering communication shall be 
treated as made by an entity described in sub-
section (a) if an entity described in subsection 
(a) directly or indirectly disburses any amount 
for any of the costs of the communication. 
‘‘(B) 
EXCEPTION
UNDER
PARAGRAPH 
(2).—A section 501(c)(4) organization that de-
rives amounts from business activities or re-
ceives funds from any entity described in sub-
section (a) shall be considered to have paid for 
any communication out of such amounts unless 
such organization paid for the communication 
out of a segregated account to which only indi-
viduals can contribute, as described in section 
304(f)(2)(E). 
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‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS AND RULES.—For purposes 
of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘section 501(c)(4) organiza-
tion’ means— 
‘‘(i) an organization described in sec-
tion 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of such Code; or 
‘‘(ii) an organization which has sub-
mitted an application to the Internal Rev-
enue Service for determination of its status 
as an organization described in clause (i); 
and 
‘‘(B) a person shall be treated as having 
made a disbursement if the person has executed 
a contract to make the disbursement. 
‘‘(5) COORDINATION WITH INTERNAL REVENUE 
CODE.—Nothing in this subsection shall be con-
strued to authorize an organization exempt from 
taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 to carry out any activity which 
is prohibited under such Code. 
‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULES FOR TARGETED COMMU-
NICATIONS.— 
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‘‘(A) EXCEPTION
DOES
NOT
APPLY.— 
Paragraph (2) shall not apply in the case of a 
targeted communication that is made by an or-
ganization described in such paragraph. 
‘‘(B) TARGETED
COMMUNICATION.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A), the term ‘tar-
geted communication’ means an electioneering 
communication (as defined in section 304(f)(3)) 
that is distributed from a television or radio 
broadcast station or provider of cable or sat-
ellite television service and, in the case of a 
communication which refers to a candidate for 
an office other than President or Vice Presi-
dent, is targeted to the relevant electorate. 
‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, a communication is ‘targeted to the 
relevant electorate’ if it meets the requirements 
described in section 304(f)(C).’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall take effect immediately after 
the enactment of subsection (b). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Sections 203 and 
204 of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 
(Public Law 107–155) are repealed, and each provision 
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of law amended by such sections is restored as if such 
sections had not been enacted into law. 
SEC. 4. PROHIBITION OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES BY 
CORPORATIONS 
AND 
LABOR 
ORGANIZA-
TIONS. 
Section 316(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘includes a contribution or expenditure,’’ and inserting 
‘‘includes a contribution or expenditure (including an inde-
pendent expenditure),’’. 
SEC. 5. APPLICATION OF CONTRIBUTION LIMITS AND 
SOURCE PROHIBITIONS TO CONTRIBUTIONS 
MADE TO SUPER PACS. 
(a) APPLICATION OF LIMITS.—Section 315(a) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) For purposes of the limitations imposed by para-
graphs (1)(C), (2)(C), and (3)(B) on the amount of con-
tributions which may be made by any person to a political 
committee, a contribution made to a political committee 
which accepts donations or contributions that do not com-
ply with the contribution or source prohibitions under this 
Act (or made to any account of a political committee which 
is established for the purpose of accepting such donations 
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or contributions) shall be treated in the same manner as 
a contribution made to any other political committee to 
which such paragraphs apply.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to contributions 
made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 6. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this Act or amendment made by 
this Act, or the application of a provision or amendment 
to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitu-
tional, the remainder of this Act and amendments made 
by this Act, and the application of the provisions and 
amendment to any person or circumstance, shall not be 
affected by the holding. 
Æ 
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