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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 283
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclo-
sure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during
campaigns for election for Federal office, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 30, 2001
Mrs. MALONEY of New York 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
require the disclosure of certain information by persons
conducting phone banks during campaigns for election
for Federal office, and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Voters’ Right to Know
Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY PERSONS CON-
DUCTING PHONE BANKS DURING FEDERAL
ELECTION CAMPAIGNS.
(a) APPLICATION
OF
ADVERTISING
DISCLAIMER
RULES.—Section 318(a) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441d(a)) is amended by in-
serting after ‘‘political advertising,’’ the following: ‘‘or
makes any communication through a Federal election
phone bank described in subsection (c),’’.
(b) 
FEDERAL
ELECTION
PHONE
BANK
DE-
SCRIBED.—Section 318 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441d) is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(c) FEDERAL ELECTION PHONE BANKS.—
‘‘(1) 
ADDITIONAL
DISCLOSURE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In addition to any information required to
be disclosed under this section or otherwise reported
under this Act, each person who conducts a Federal
election phone bank shall report to the Commission
the following information:
‘‘(A) The total cost of conducting the
phone bank.
‘‘(B) All sources of funds used to conduct
the phone bank (other than any contribution for
which information is otherwise required to be
reported under this Act).
‘‘(C) The total number of households con-
tacted.
‘‘(D) A copy of the questions asked or in-
formation provided to respondents.
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), in this section, a ‘Federal election phone
bank’ means a project under which an aggregate
number of not fewer than 1,500 households are con-
tacted by telephone during the 25-day period which
ends on the date of an election for Federal office
and—
‘‘(A) are asked to state a preference in the
election or to state the likelihood of their sup-
port of any candidate;
‘‘(B) are asked to make a contribution or
expenditure with respect to the election;
‘‘(C) are provided with information ex-
pressly advocating the election or defeat of a
clearly identified candidate for such office; or
‘‘(D) are provided with any information re-
garding a clearly identified candidate for such
office.
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
PROJECTS
CONDUCTED
BY
GENERAL
MEDIA.—A Federal election phone
bank does not include any project conducted through
the facilities of any broadcasting station, newspaper,
magazine, or other periodical publication, unless
such facilities are owned or controlled by any polit-
ical party, political committee, or candidate.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to elections occurring after January 2002.
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