I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2630 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit authorized 
committees and leadership PACs of a candidate or an individual holding 
Federal office from making payments to the candidate’s or individual’s 
spouse, to require such committees and PACs to report on disbursements 
made to the immediate family members of the candidate or individual, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 7, 2007 
Mr. SCHIFF (for himself, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. HOYER, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. CLY-
BURN, Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, 
and Ms. SLAUGHTER) 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 
prohibit authorized committees and leadership PACs of 
a candidate or an individual holding Federal office from 
making payments to the candidate’s or individual’s 
spouse, to require such committees and PACs to report 
on disbursements made to the immediate family members 
of the candidate or individual, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Campaign Expenditure 
Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING PAYMENT OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO 
SPOUSES OF CANDIDATES; DISCLOSURE OF 
PAYMENTS TO FAMILY MEMBERS. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 313 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 439a) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) RESTRICTIONS ON PAYMENTS TO SPOUSES; DIS-
CLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO FAMILY MEMBERS.— 
‘‘(1) PROHIBITION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, an authorized com-
mittee of a candidate and a leadership PAC of 
a candidate or individual holding Federal office 
may not make any payment to the spouse of the 
candidate or individual (as the case may be) for 
services provided to the committee or leadership 
PAC. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION
FOR
REIMBURSEMENTS 
FOR
TRAVEL.—Subparagraph (A) does not 
apply to amounts paid to reimburse a spouse 
for any travel expenses which the committee or 
leadership PAC involved is permitted to reim-
burse under this Act. 
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‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE OF PAYMENTS TO IMMEDIATE 
FAMILY MEMBERS.—In addition to any other infor-
mation included in a report submitted by an author-
ized committee or a leadership PAC of a candidate 
or individual holding Federal office under section 
304, the committee or PAC shall include in the re-
port a separate statement of any disbursements 
made to any immediate family member of the can-
didate or individual (as the case may be) during the 
period covered by the report, as well as any dis-
bursements made to the spouse of the candidate or 
individual which the committee or leadership PAC is 
permitted to make under the exception described in 
paragraph (1)(B). 
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS TO CERTAIN 
ENTITIES.—For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), 
a payment to an entity shall be considered to be a 
payment to the spouse or an immediate family mem-
ber of the candidate or individual (as the case may 
be) if the spouse or immediate family member is an 
officer or director of the entity. 
‘‘(4) EXCEPTION
FOR
NOMINAL
REIMBURSE-
MENTS.—Paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to 
nominal amounts paid to reimburse a spouse or im-
mediate family member for supplies and equipment 
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used by the committee or leadership PAC involved, 
so long as the total amount paid by the committee 
or leadership PAC for all such reimbursements dur-
ing a calendar year does not exceed $500. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘immediate family member’ 
means the son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter- 
in-law, mother, father, brother, sister, brother- 
in-law, sister-in-law, or grandchild of the can-
didate or individual involved; and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘leadership PAC’ means a 
political committee which is directly or indi-
rectly established, maintained, or controlled by 
a candidate for election for Federal office or an 
individual holding Federal office but is not an 
authorized committee of the candidate or indi-
vidual, except that such term does not include 
any political committee of a political party.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 313(a)(1) 
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 439a(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘for otherwise’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to subsection (c), 
for otherwise’’. 
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SEC. 3. IMPOSITION OF PENALTY AGAINST CANDIDATE OR 
OFFICEHOLDER. 
Section 309 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) In the case of a violation of section 313(c) com-
mitted by an authorized committee or leadership PAC of 
a candidate or individual holding Federal office, if the can-
didate or individual knew of the violation, any penalty im-
posed under this section shall be imposed on the candidate 
or individual and not on the committee or leadership 
PAC.’’. 
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to elections occurring after December 2007. 
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