TITLE IV—PUBLIC FINANCING OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
CAMPAIGNS
Sec. 401. Eligibility threshold for primary matching funds.
Sec. 402. Elimination of State-specific expenditure limits for primary can-
didates.
Sec. 403. Elimination of separate limit on expenditures for fundraising for pri-
mary candidates.
Sec. 404. Eligibility requirements for public financing.
Sec. 405. Deposit of repayments into presidential election campaign fund.
Sec. 406. Banning contributions to presidential candidates certified to receive
public financing.
TITLE V—OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. Authorization of appropriations for Federal Election Commission.
Sec. 502. Requiring FEC to update national voting systems standards.
Sec. 503. Abolition of ex officio membership of Clerk of House of Representa-
tives and Secretary of Senate on Commission.
TITLE VI—EFFECTIVE DATE
Sec. 601. Effective date.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES IN ACT.
Except as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in
this Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amend-
ment to or repeal of a section or other provision, the ref-
erence shall be considered to be made to that section or
other provision of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 .
TITLE 
I—PROMOTING 
DISCLO-
SURE OF CAMPAIGN INFOR-
MATION
SEC. 101. DISCLOSURE OF TRANSFERS OF FUNDS BY NA-
TIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES.
Section 304(b)(4) (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(4)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (H);
(2) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (I); and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(J) in the case of a political committee of
a national political party, all funds transferred
to any political committee of a State or local
political party, without regard to whether or not
the funds are otherwise treated as contributions
or expenditures under this title;’’.
SEC. 102. DISCLOSURE OF NON-FEDERAL RECEIPTS AND
DISBURSEMENTS OF NATIONAL POLITICAL
PARTIES.
Section 304 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d)(1) In addition to the information required to be
included under subsection (b), in the case of a political
committee of a national political party, each report filed
under this section shall include the following information
with respect to the reporting period and the calendar year:
‘‘(A) Each person who donates funds in an ag-
gregate amount or value in excess of $200 during
the calendar year to any of the committee’s non-
Federal accounts or to the committee’s building
fund, together with the date of receipt by the com-
mittee and the name, mailing address, and occupa-
tion or type of business of the donor.
‘‘(B) Each person to whom the committee
makes a disbursement of funds in an aggregate
amount or value in excess of $200 during the cal-
endar year from any of the committee’s non-Federal
accounts or from the committee’s building fund, to-
gether with the date of disbursement by the com-
mittee and the name, mailing address, and occupa-
tion or type of business of the recipient.
‘‘(2) The Commission shall ensure that any electronic
database maintained by the Commission which contains
information on the receipts and disbursements of a polit-
ical committee of a national political party permits the
users of such database to find information on receipts and
disbursements of both the Federal and non-Federal ac-
counts of such committee.’’.
SEC. 103. GRANTING COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO WAIVE
REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS 
OR 
MODIFY
DEADLINES.
Section 304 (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by section
102, is further amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(e) The Commission may relieve any person or cat-
egory of persons of the obligation to file any of the reports
required by this section, or may change the due dates of
any of the reports required by this section, if it determines
that such action is consistent with the purposes of this
title. During each calendar quarter, the Commission shall
publish a list of each waiver granted under this subsection
during the previous quarter.’’.
SEC. 104. PROHIBITING FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTA-
TION IN SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS.
Section 322 (2 U.S.C. 441h) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘No person’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)
No person’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(b) No person may—
‘‘(1) fraudulently misrepresent himself or her-
self or any entity under the person’s control as solic-
iting contributions for or on behalf of any candidate
or political party; or
‘‘(2) knowingly and willfully participate in or
conspire to participate in any plan, scheme, or de-
sign to violate paragraph (1).’’.
SEC. 105. REGULATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDI-
TURES OF DRAFT COMMITTEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) TREATMENT AS CONTRIBUTIONS.—Section
301(8)(A) (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(A)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause
(i);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(iii) any gift, subscription, loan, advance, or
deposit of money or anything of value made by any
person for the purpose of influencing any clearly
identified individual to seek nomination or election
to Federal office.’’.
(2) TREATMENT
AS
EXPENDITURES.—Section
301(9)(A) (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(A)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause
(i);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(iii) any purchase, payment, distribution, loan,
advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of
value made by any person for the purpose of influ-
encing any clearly identified individual to seek nomi-
nation or election to Federal office.’’.
(b) APPLICATION TO CORPORATIONS AND LABOR OR-
GANIZATIONS.—Section 316(b)(2) (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2))
is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by
inserting after ‘‘in this section,’’ the following: ‘‘and shall
include 
any 
contribution 
described 
in 
section
301(8)(A)(iii) and any expenditure described in section
301(9)(A)(iii),’’.
SEC. 106. PERMITTING PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES
TO FILE REPORTS ON MONTHLY BASIS.
Section 304(a) (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘If’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (12), if’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(12)(A) A political committee which is the principal
campaign committee of a candidate for the House of Rep-
resentatives or for the Senate may file monthly reports
in accordance with this paragraph in lieu of the reports
required to be filed under paragraph (2), except that—
‘‘(i) in addition to such monthly reports, the
committee shall file a pre-election report in accord-
ance with paragraph (2)(A)(i) with respect to any
(1) in paragraphs (2)(B)(i) and (4)(B)(iv), by
striking ‘‘July 31’’ and inserting ‘‘July 15’’; and
(2) in paragraphs (2)(B)(ii) and (4)(B)(iv), by
striking ‘‘January 31’’ and inserting ‘‘January 15’’.
(b) YEAR-END REPORTS.—
(1) FINAL QUARTER REPORT FOR COMMITTEES
REPORTING QUARTERLY.—Section 304(a) (2 U.S.C.
434(a)) is amended in paragraphs (2)(A)(iii) and
(4)(A)(i), by striking ‘‘: except that’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘year’’.
(2) REPORTS OF OTHER COMMITTEES.—Section
304(a) (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended in paragraphs
(3)(A)(i), (4)(B), and (12)(B) by striking ‘‘January
31’’ and inserting ‘‘January 15’’.
(c) MONTHLY REPORTS.—Section 304(a) (2 U.S.C.
434(a)) is amended in paragraphs (3)(A)(i), (3)(B)(i),
(4)(B), and (12)(B) by striking ‘‘20th day’’ and inserting
‘‘15th day’’.
SEC. 108. CLARIFICATION OF PERMISSIBLE USE OF FAC-
SIMILE MACHINES AND ELECTRONIC MAIL
TO FILE REPORTS.
Section 
304(a)(11)(A)(i) 
(2 
U.S.C.
434(a)(11)(A)(i)), as amended by section 639(a) of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act,
2000 (Public Law 106–58), is amended by inserting after
‘‘computers’’ the following: ‘‘(including by facsimile device
or electronic mail in the case of any report required to
be filed within 24 hours after the transaction reported has
occurred)’’.
SEC. 109. REQUIRING ACTUAL RECEIPT OF CERTAIN INDE-
PENDENT EXPENDITURE REPORTS WITHIN 24
HOURS.
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 304(c)(2) (2 U.S.C.
434(c)(2)) is amended in the matter following subpara-
graph (C)—
(1) by striking ‘‘shall be reported’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘shall be filed’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection (a)(5), the time
at which the statement under this subsection is re-
ceived by the Secretary, the Commission, or any
other recipient to whom the notification is required
to be sent shall be considered the time of filing of
the statement with the recipient.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 304(a)(5)
(2 U.S.C. 434(a)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘or
(4)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (4)(A)(ii), or the second sen-
tence of subsection (c)(2)’’.
SEC. 110. REQUIRING MONTHLY FILING FOR CERTAIN
MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL ACTION COM-
MITTEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(a)(3) (2 U.S.C.
434(a)(3)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking ‘‘President—’’ and inserting ‘‘President
or is a multicandidate political committee described
in section 315(a)(4)—’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A);
(3) in subparagraph (B) in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘calendar year,’’ and
inserting ‘‘calendar year in the case of a committee
which is the principal campaign committee of a can-
didate for the office of President,’’;
(4) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
(5) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(C) in any other calendar year in the case of
a multicandidate political committee described in
section 315(a)(4), the treasurer shall file reports in
accordance with paragraph (4).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 304(a)(4)
(2 U.S.C. 434(a)(4)) is amended in the matter preceding
subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘All political committees’’
and inserting ‘‘Except as otherwise provided in this sub-
section, all political committees’’.
SEC. 111. 24-HOUR REPORTING OF ALL CONTRIBUTIONS
MADE WITHIN 20 DAYS OF ELECTION.
Section 304(a)(6)(A) (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(6)(A)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘after the 20th day, but more
than 48 hours before any election’’ and inserting
‘‘during the period which begins on the 20th day be-
fore an election and ends at the time the polls close
for such election’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘48 hours’’ the second place it
appears and inserting the following: ‘‘24 hours (or,
if earlier, by midnight of the day on which the con-
tribution is deposited)’’.
SEC. 112. INCLUDING REPORT ON CUMULATIVE CONTRIBU-
TIONS AND EXPENDITURES IN POST ELEC-
TION REPORTS.
Section 304(a)(7) (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(7)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(7)’’ and inserting ‘‘(7)(A)’’;
and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
‘‘(B) In the case of any report required to be filed
by this subsection which is the first report required to be
filed after the date of an election, the report shall include
a statement of the total contributions received and expend-
itures made as of the date of the election.’’.
SEC. 113. CLARIFICATION OF ELECTION CYCLE REPORTING
OF CERTAIN EXPENDITURES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(b) (2 U.S.C. 434(b)),
as amended by section 641(a) of the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106–
58), is amended—
(1) in paragraph (5)(A), by inserting after ‘‘cal-
endar year’’ the following: ‘‘(or election cycle, in the
case of an authorized committee of a candidate for
Federal office)’’;
(2) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘calendar
year (or election cycle, in the case of an authorized
committee of a candidate for Federal office)’’ and
inserting ‘‘election cycle’’; and
(3) in paragraphs (6)(B)(iii) and (6)(B)(v), by
striking ‘‘(or election cycle, in the case of an author-
ized committee of a candidate for Federal office)’’
each place it appears.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to reporting periods
beginning after December 31, 2000.
TITLE II—CONTRIBUTIONS AND
EXPENDITURES
SEC. 201. APPLICATION OF AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTION
LIMIT ON CALENDAR YEAR BASIS DURING
NON-ELECTION YEARS.
Section 315(a)(3) (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) is amended
by striking the second sentence.
SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF BAN ON FOREIGN CONTRIBU-
TIONS 
TO 
ALL 
CAMPAIGN-RELATED 
DIS-
BURSEMENTS; PROTECTING EQUAL PARTICI-
PATION OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS.
(a) PROHIBITION ON DISBURSEMENTS BY FOREIGN
NATIONALS.—Section 319 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘contributions’’
and inserting ‘‘donations and other disbursements’’;
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘contribution’’
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘donation or
other disbursement’’; and
(3) in subsection (a), by striking the semicolon
and inserting the following: ‘‘, including any dona-
tion or other disbursement to a political committee
of a political party and any donation or other dis-
bursement for an independent expenditure;’’.
(b) CODIFICATION OF REGULATIONS PROHIBITING
USE OF FOREIGN FUNDS BY MULTICANDIDATE POLIT-
ICAL COMMITTEES; PROTECTING EQUAL PARTICIPATION
OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN CAMPAIGNS AND ELECTIONS.—
Section 319 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (d); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsections:
‘‘(b) It shall be unlawful for any person organized
under or created by the laws of the United States or of
any State or other place subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States to make any donation or other disbursement
to any candidate for political office in connection with an
election for any political office, or to make any donation
or other disbursement to any political committee or to any
organization or account created or controlled by any
United States political party, unless such donation or dis-
bursement is derived solely from funds generated from
such person’s own business activities in the United States.
‘‘(c) Nothing in this Act may be construed to prohibit
any individual eligible to vote in an election for Federal
office from making contributions or expenditures in sup-
port of a candidate for such an election (including vol-
untary contributions or expenditures made through a sep-
arate segregated fund established by the individual’s em-
ployer or labor organization) or otherwise participating in
any campaign for such an election in the same manner
and to the same extent as any other individual eligible to
vote in an election for such office.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to contributions, do-
nations, and other disbursements made on or after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 203. TREATMENT OF LINES OF CREDIT OBTAINED BY
CANDIDATES AS COMMERCIALLY REASON-
ABLE LOANS.
Section 
301(8)(B) 
(2 
U.S.C. 
431(8)(B)) 
is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (xiii);
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause
(xiv) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(xv) any loan of money derived from an ad-
vance on a candidate’s brokerage account, credit
card, home equity line of credit, or other line of
credit available to the candidate, if such loan is
made in accordance with applicable law and under
commercially reasonable terms and if the person
making such loan makes loans in the normal course
of the person’s business.’’.
SEC. 204. BROADER PROHIBITION AGAINST FORCE AND RE-
PRISALS.
Section 
316(b)(3) 
(2 
U.S.C. 
441b(b)(3)) 
is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through
(C) as subparagraphs (B) through (D); and
(2) by inserting before subparagraph (B) (as so
redesignated) the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(A) for such a fund to cause another person
to make a contribution or expenditure by physical
force, job discrimination, financial reprisals, or the
threat of force, job discrimination, or financial re-
prisal;’’.
SEC. 205. REPEAL SECRETARY OF COMMERCE REPORTS ON
DISTRICT-SPECIFIC POPULATION.
(a) REPEAL REPORT BY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE
ON DISTRICT-SPECIFIC VOTING AGE POPULATION.—Sec-
tion 315(e) (2 U.S.C. 441a(e)) is amended by striking
‘‘States, of each State, and of each congressional district’’
and inserting ‘‘States and of each State’’.
(b) DEADLINE FOR REPORTING OF CERTAIN AN-
NUAL ESTIMATES TO COMMISSION.—
(1) PRICE INDEX.—Section 315(c)(1) (2 U.S.C.
441a(c)(1)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘At the beginning’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Not later than February 15’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘as there become available
necessary data from the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics of the Department of Labor,’’.
(2) VOTING AGE POPULATION.—Section 315(e)
(2 U.S.C. 441a(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘During
the first week of January 1975, and every subse-
quent year,’’ and inserting ‘‘Not later than February
15 of 1975 and each subsequent year,’’.
SEC. 206. TECHNICAL CORRECTION REGARDING TREAT-
MENT OF HONORARIA.
Section 301(8)(B) (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)), as amended
by section 203, is further amended—
(1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (xiii);
(2) by striking clause (xiv); and
(3) by redesignating clause (xv) as clause (xiv).
SEC. 207. BANNING ACCEPTANCE OF CASH CONTRIBU-
TIONS GREATER THAN $100.
Section 315 (2 U.S.C. 441a) is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(i) No candidate or political committee may accept
any contributions of currency of the United States or cur-
rency of any foreign country from any person which, in
the aggregate, exceed $100.’’.
TITLE 
III—PROMOTING 
EN-
FORCEMENT 
OF 
CAMPAIGN
FINANCE LAWS
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF FEC TO ISSUE IMMUNITY OR-
DERS.
Section 6001(1) of title 18, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ‘‘the Federal Election Commission,’’
after ‘‘the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,’’.
SEC. 302. MAKING ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES PERMA-
NENT FOR IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES FOR
REPORTING VIOLATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 640(c) of the Treasury
and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000 (Pub-
lic Law 106–58), is amended by striking ‘‘between Janu-
ary 1, 2000 and December 31, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘on
or after January 1, 2000’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Treasury and General Government Appropria-
tions Act, 2000.