to the Attorney General in the case of an apparent 
knowing and willful violation of this title. 
‘‘SEC. 535. ELECTION CYCLE DEFINED. 
‘‘In this title, the term ‘election cycle’ means, with 
respect to an election for the office of Representative in, 
or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, 
the period beginning on the day after the date of the most 
recent general election for that office (or, if the general 
election resulted in a runoff election, the date of the runoff 
election) and ending on the date of the next general elec-
tion for that office (or, if the general election resulted in 
a runoff election, the date of the runoff election).’’. 
SEC. 102. TRANSFER OF PORTION OF CIVIL MONEY PEN-
ALTIES INTO FAIR ELECTIONS FUND. 
Section 309(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(13) Upon receipt in the General Fund of the Treas-
ury of any payment attributable to a civil money penalty 
imposed under this subsection, there shall be transferred 
to the Fair Elections Fund established under section 531 
an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount of such pay-
ment.’’. 
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SEC. 103. PROHIBITING USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY PAR-
TICIPATING 
CANDIDATES 
FOR 
PURPOSES 
OTHER THAN CAMPAIGN FOR ELECTION. 
Section 313 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 439a) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) RESTRICTIONS ON PERMITTED USES OF FUNDS 
BY CANDIDATES RECEIVING FAIR ELECTIONS FINANC-
ING.—Notwithstanding paragraphs (2), (3), or (4) of sub-
section (a), if a candidate for election for the office of Rep-
resentative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress is certified as a participating candidate 
under title V with respect to the election, any contribution 
which the candidate is permitted to accept under such title 
may be used only for authorized expenditures in connec-
tion with the candidate’s campaign for such office.’’. 
SEC. 104. PROHIBITION ON JOINT FUNDRAISING COMMIT-
TEES. 
Section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) No authorized committee of a candidate 
may establish a joint fundraising committee with a 
political committee other than an authorized com-
mittee of a candidate.’’. 
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SEC. 105. TREATMENT OF COORDINATED EXPENDITURES 
BY POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEES ON BE-
HALF OF PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES. 
(a) REVISION OF LIMITATIONS.—Section 315(d)(3) 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a(d)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as re-
designated by paragraph (1), the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(A) in the case of a candidate for election 
to the office of Representative in, or Delegate 
or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress who 
is certified as a participating candidate under 
title V, the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) 10 percent of the allocation that 
the participating candidate is eligible to re-
ceive for the general election under section 
502(a); or 
‘‘(ii) the amount which would (but for 
this subparagraph) apply with respect to 
such candidate under subparagraph (B);’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 315(d)(3) 
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)(3)) is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by 
subsection (a)), by inserting ‘‘who is not certified as 
a participating candidate under title V’’ after ‘‘only 
one Representative’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by 
subsection (a)), by inserting ‘‘who is not certified as 
a participating candidate under title V’’ after ‘‘any 
other State’’. 
TITLE II—RESPONSIBILITIES OF 
THE 
FEDERAL 
ELECTION 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 201. PETITION FOR CERTIORARI. 
Section 307(a)(6) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437d(a)(6)) is amended by insert-
ing ‘‘(including a proceeding before the Supreme Court on 
certiorari)’’ after ‘‘appeal’’. 
SEC. 202. FILING BY ALL CANDIDATES WITH COMMISSION. 
Section 302(g) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(g)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) FILING WITH THE COMMISSION.—All des-
ignations, statements, and reports required to be 
filed under this Act shall be filed with the Commis-
sion.’’. 
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SEC. 203. ELECTRONIC FILING OF FEC REPORTS. 
Section 304(a)(11) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(11)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘under 
this Act—’’ and all that follows and inserting 
‘‘under this Act shall be required to maintain and 
file such designation, statement, or report in elec-
tronic form accessible by computers.’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘48 
hours’’ and all that follows through ‘‘filed electroni-
cally)’’ and inserting ‘‘24 hours’’; and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (D). 
TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. 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. 
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SEC. 302. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Except as otherwise provided for in this Act, this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on January 1, 2012. 
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