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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1019
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to increase the pen-
alties imposed for making or accepting contributions in the name of
another and to prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-
related disbursements.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 14, 2001
Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. HORN,
Mr. MICA, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. LATOURETTE, and Mr. BARR of Georgia)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
increase the penalties imposed for making or accepting
contributions in the name of another and to prohibit
foreign nationals from making any campaign-related dis-
bursements.
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 ‘‘Conduit Contribution
Prevention Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLA-
TIONS OF CONDUIT CONTRIBUTION BAN.
(a) INCREASE IN CIVIL MONEY PENALTY FOR KNOW-
ING AND WILLFUL VIOLATIONS.—Section 309(a) of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
437g(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting before the
period at the end the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of
a violation of section 320, which is not less than 300
percent of the amount involved in the violation and
is not more than the greater of $50,000 or 1000
percent of the amount involved in the violation)’’;
and
(2) in paragraph (6)(C), by inserting before the
period at the end the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of
a violation of section 320, which is not less than 300
percent of the amount involved in the violation and
is not more than the greater of $50,000 or 1000
percent of the amount involved in the violation)’’.
(b) INCREASE IN CRIMINAL PENALTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 309(d)(1) of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)(1)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(D) Any person who knowingly and willfully com-
mits a violation of section 320 involving an amount aggre-
gating $1,000 or more during a calendar year shall be
fined, or imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.
The amount of the fine shall not be less than 300 percent
of the amount involved in the violation and shall not be
more than the greater of $50,000 or 1000 percent of the
amount involved in the violation.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
309(d)(1)(A) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)(1)(A))
is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than section 320)’’
after ‘‘this Act’’.
(c) MANDATORY REFERRAL
TO ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL.—Section 309(a)(5)(C) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
437(a)(5)(C)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(or, in the case
of a violation of section 320, shall refer such apparent vio-
lation to the Attorney General of the United States)’’ after
‘‘United States’’.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to violations occurring
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF BAN ON FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
TO 
ALL 
CAMPAIGN-RELATED 
DISBURSE-
MENTS.
(a) PROHIBITION ON DISBURSEMENTS BY FOREIGN
NATIONALS.—Section 319 of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CONTRIBU-
TIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘DISBURSEMENTS’’;
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘contribution’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘disbursement’’;
and
(3) in subsection (a), by striking the semicolon
and inserting the following: ‘‘, including any dis-
bursement to a political committee of a political
party and any disbursement for an independent ex-
penditure;’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to disbursements
made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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