(3) For the purpose of subsection (a), to the extent 
that the non-Federal entity is a State or territory, an In-
dian tribe, a foreign government or an intergovernmental 
international organization, the provision or language shall 
not be considered an earmark unless the provision or lan-
guage also specifies the specific purpose for which the des-
ignated budget authority is to be expended. 
SEC. 502. MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING FOR HOUSE EM-
PLOYEES. 
(a) MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING FOR HOUSE EM-
PLOYEES.—
(1) CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.—Clause 
4 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Representa-
tives is amended by inserting the following new 
paragraph at the end: 
‘‘(d) The Chief Administrative Officer may not pay 
any compensation to any employee of the House with re-
spect to any pay period during which the employee, as de-
termined by the Committee on Standards of Official Con-
duct, is not in compliance with the applicable requirements 
of regulations promulgated pursuant to clause 3(r) of Rule 
XI.’’. 
(2) MANDATORY ETHICS TRAINING PROGRAM.—
Clause 3 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of
Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(r) The committee shall establish a program of reg-
ular ethics training for employees of the House and pro-
mulgate regulations providing for the following: 
‘‘(1)(A) Except as otherwise provided, all em-
ployees of the House are required to complete ethics 
training offered by the committee at least once dur-
ing each congress. Any employee who is hired after 
the date of adoption of such rules is required to 
complete such training within 30 days of being 
hired. 
‘‘(B) Any employee of the House who works in 
a Member’s district office shall not be required to 
complete such ethics training until 30 days after the 
district office has received a notice from the Com-
mittee on Standards of Official Conduct that the re-
quired ethics training program is available on the 
Internet. 
‘‘(2) After any employee of the House com-
pletes such ethics training, that employee shall file 
a written certification with the committee that he is 
familiar with the contents of any pertinent publica-
tions that are so designated by the committee and 
has completed the required ethics training.
‘‘(3) As used in this paragraph, the term ‘em-
ployee of the House’ refers to any individual whose 
compensation is disbursed by the Chief Administra-
tive Officer, including any staff assigned to a Mem-
ber’s personal office, any staff of a committee or 
leadership office, or any employee of the Office of 
the Clerk, of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer, or of the Sergeant-at-Arms, but does not in-
clude a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commis-
sioner.’’. 
(b) ETHICS TRAINING FOR MEMBERS, DELEGATES, 
AND THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER.—Clause 3 of rule XI 
of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended 
by inserting at the end: 
‘‘(s)(1) The committee shall establish a program of 
regular ethics training for Members, Delegates, and the 
Resident Commissioner similar to the program established 
in paragraph (r). 
‘‘(2) The committee shall publish a list of Members 
who have and have not completed such ethics training 
within the first one hundred calendar days after being 
sworn-in during each Congress. The committee shall up-
date this list with the names of Members who complete 
the training after the deadline with the date on which the 
training was completed.
‘‘(3) Publication of the list of Members who have and 
have not completed the ethics training shall be made avail-
able on the official website of the committee and published 
in the Congressional Record.’’. 
SEC. 503. BIENNIAL PUBLICATION OF ETHICS MANUAL. 
Within 120 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act and during each Congress thereafter, the Committee 
on Standards of Official Conduct shall publish an up-to-
date ethics manual for Members, officers, and employees 
of the House of Representatives and make such manual 
available to all such individuals. The committee has a duty 
to keep all Members, Delegates, the Resident Commis-
sioner, officers, and employees of the House of Represent-
atives apprised of current rulings or advisory opinions 
when potentially constituting changes to or interpretations 
of existing policies. 
TITLE VI—FORFEITURE OF 
RETIREMENT BENEFITS 
SEC. 601. LOSS OF PENSIONS ACCRUED DURING SERVICE 
AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FOR ABUSING 
THE PUBLIC TRUST. 
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section 
8332 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
‘‘(o)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
subchapter, the service of an individual finally convicted 
of an offense described in paragraph (2) shall not be taken 
into account for purposes of this subchapter, except that 
this sentence applies only to service rendered as a Member 
(irrespective of when rendered). Any such individual (or 
other person determined under section 8342(c), if applica-
ble) shall be entitled to be paid so much of such individ-
ual’s lump-sum credit as is attributable to service to which 
the preceding sentence applies. 
‘‘(2)(A) An offense described in this paragraph is any 
offense described in subparagraph (B) for which the fol-
lowing apply: 
‘‘(i) Every act or omission of the individual (re-
ferred to in paragraph (1)) that is needed to satisfy 
the elements of the offense occurs while the indi-
vidual is a Member. 
‘‘(ii) Every act or omission of the individual 
that is needed to satisfy the elements of the offense 
directly relates to the performance of the individual’s 
official duties as a Member. 
‘‘(iii) The offense is committed after the date of 
enactment of this subsection.
‘‘(B) An offense described in this subparagraph is 
only the following, and only to the extent that the offense 
is a felony under title 18: 
‘‘(i) An offense under section 201 of title 18 
(bribery of public officials and witnesses). 
‘‘(ii) An offense under section 219 of title 18 
(officers and employees acting as agents of foreign 
principals). 
‘‘(iii) An offense under section 371 of title 18 
(conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United 
States) to the extent of any conspiracy to commit an 
act which constitutes an offense under clause (i) or 
(ii). 
‘‘(3) An individual convicted of an offense described 
in paragraph (2) shall not, after the date of the final con-
viction, be eligible to participate in the retirement system 
under this subchapter or chapter 84 while serving as a 
Member. 
‘‘(4) The Office of Personnel Management shall pre-
scribe any regulations necessary to carry out this sub-
section. Such regulations shall include—
‘‘(A) provisions under which interest on any 
lump-sum payment under the second sentence of 
paragraph (1) shall be limited in a manner similar
to that specified in the last sentence of section 
8316(b); and 
‘‘(B) provisions under which the Office may 
provide for—
‘‘(i) the payment, to the spouse or children 
of any individual referred to in the first sen-
tence of paragraph (1), of any amounts which 
(but for this clause) would otherwise have been 
nonpayable by reason of such first sentence, but 
only to the extent that the application of this 
clause is considered necessary given the totality 
of the circumstances; and 
‘‘(ii) an appropriate adjustment in the 
amount of any lump-sum payment under the 
second sentence of paragraph (1) to reflect the 
application of clause (i). 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘Member’ has the meaning given 
such term by section 2106, notwithstanding section 
8331(2); and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘child’ has the meaning given 
such term by section 8341.’’. 
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
Section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(l)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
chapter, the service of an individual finally convicted of 
an offense described in paragraph (2) shall not be taken 
into account for purposes of this chapter, except that this 
sentence applies only to service rendered as a Member (ir-
respective of when rendered). Any such individual (or 
other person determined under section 8424(d), if applica-
ble) shall be entitled to be paid so much of such individ-
ual’s lump-sum credit as is attributable to service to which 
the preceding sentence applies. 
‘‘(2) An offense described in this paragraph is any 
offense described in section 8332(o)(2)(B) for which the 
following apply: 
‘‘(A) Every act or omission of the individual 
(referred to in paragraph (1)) that is needed to sat-
isfy the elements of the offense occurs while the in-
dividual is a Member. 
‘‘(B) Every act or omission of the individual 
that is needed to satisfy the elements of the offense 
directly relates to the performance of the individual’s 
official duties as a Member. 
‘‘(C) The offense is committed after the date of 
enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(3) An individual finally convicted of an offense de-
scribed in paragraph (2) shall not, after the date of the
conviction, be eligible to participate in the retirement sys-
tem under this chapter while serving as a Member. 
‘‘(4) The Office of Personnel Management shall pre-
scribe any regulations necessary to carry out this sub-
section. Such regulations shall include—
‘‘(A) provisions under which interest on any 
lump-sum payment under the second sentence of 
paragraph (1) shall be limited in a manner similar 
to that specified in the last sentence of section 
8316(b); and 
‘‘(B) provisions under which the Office may 
provide for—
‘‘(i) the payment, to the spouse or children 
of any individual referred to in the first sen-
tence of paragraph (1), of any amounts which 
(but for this clause) would otherwise have been 
nonpayable by reason of such first sentence, but 
only to the extent that the application of this 
clause is considered necessary given the totality 
of the circumstances; and 
‘‘(ii) an appropriate adjustment in the 
amount of any lump-sum payment under the 
second sentence of paragraph (1) to reflect the 
application of clause (i). 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection—
‘‘(A) the term ‘Member’ has the meaning given 
such term by section 2106, notwithstanding section 
8401(20); and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘child’ has the meaning given 
such term by section 8341.’’. 
TITLE VII—LEADERSHIP PACS 
SEC. 701. RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSITION OF FUNDS BY 
LEADERSHIP PACS. 
(a) RESTRICTIONS.—Section 313 of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 439a) is amend-
ed—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS BY LEADERSHIP PACS.—
‘‘(1) USES PERMITTED.—The funds of a leader-
ship PAC may be used by the leadership PAC—
‘‘(A) for otherwise authorized expenditures 
in connection with campaigns for election for 
Federal office; 
‘‘(B) for charitable contributions described 
in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986; or
‘‘(C) for transfers to a national, State, or 
local committee of a political party (subject to 
the applicable limitations of this Act). 
‘‘(2) LEADERSHIP PAC DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, the term ‘leadership PAC’ means a political 
committee which is directly or indirectly 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 can-
didate or individual, except that such term does not 
include any political committee of a political party.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARDING CONVER-
SION OF FUNDS TO PERSONAL USE.—Section 313(c) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 439a(c)), as redesignated by sub-
section (a), is amended by inserting after ‘‘subsection (a)’’ 
the following: ‘‘or funds of a leadership PAC described in 
subsection (b)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to elections occurring 
after December 2006. 
TITLE VIII—ETHICS TRAINING 
FOR LOBBYISTS 
SEC. 801. ETHICS TRAINING FOR LOBBYISTS. 
(a) TRAINING COURSE.—During each Congress, the 
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House
of Representatives shall provide an 8-hour ethics training 
course to persons registered as lobbyists under the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995. 
(b) CONTENTS OF COURSE.—Training under sub-
section (a) shall cover information on the code of conduct 
and disclosure requirements applicable to Members, offi-
cers, and employees of the House of Representatives, in-
cluding rules relating to acceptance of gifts (including 
travel and meals), and financial disclosure requirements 
under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978. 
(c) PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLETE TRAIN-
ING.—Any person who is registered or required to register 
as a lobbyist under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
and who fails to complete the training course under sub-
section (a) at least once during each Congress shall be 
subject to the penalties under section 7 of that Act to the 
same extent as a failure to comply with any provision of 
that Act. 
TITLE IX—MISCELLANEOUS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 901. BRIBERY. 
Section 201(a)(3) of title 18, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting ‘‘including an earmark as defined 
in section 501(d) of the Lobbying Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2006,’’ after ‘‘controversy,’’.
TITLE X—527 REFORM ACT OF 
2006
SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘527 Reform Act of 
2006’’. 
SEC. 1002. TREATMENT OF SECTION 527 ORGANIZATIONS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEE.—Sec-
tion 301(4) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(2 U.S.C. 431(4)) is amended—
(1) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) any applicable 527 organization.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF APPLICABLE 527 ORGANIZA-
TION.—Section 301 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(27) APPLICABLE 527 ORGANIZATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of paragraph 
(4)(D), the term ‘applicable 527 organization’ means 
a committee, club, association, or group of persons 
that—
‘‘(i) has given notice to the Secretary of 
the Treasury under section 527(i) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 that it is to be treat-
ed as an organization described in section 527 
of such Code; and 
‘‘(ii) is not described in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTED
ORGANIZATIONS.—A com-
mittee, club, association, or other group of persons 
described in this subparagraph is—
‘‘(i) an organization described in section 
527(i)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; 
‘‘(ii) an organization which is a committee, 
club, association or other group of persons that 
is organized, operated, and makes disburse-
ments exclusively for paying expenses described 
in the last sentence of section 527(e)(2) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or expenses of 
a newsletter fund described in section 527(g) of 
such Code; 
‘‘(iii) an organization which is a com-
mittee, club, association, or other group that 
consists solely of candidates for State or local 
office, individuals holding State or local office, 
or any combination of either, but only if the or-
ganization refers only to one or more non-Fed-
eral candidates or applicable State or local 
issues in all of its voter drive activities and does
not refer to a Federal candidate or a political 
party in any of its voter drive activities; or 
‘‘(iv) an organization described in subpara-
graph (C). 
‘‘(C) APPLICABLE
ORGANIZATION.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (B)(iv), an organization de-
scribed in this subparagraph is a committee, club, 
association, or other group of persons whose election 
or nomination activities relate exclusively to—
‘‘(i) elections where no candidate for Fed-
eral office appears on the ballot; or 
‘‘(ii) one or more of the following purposes: 
‘‘(I) Influencing the selection, nomina-
tion, election, or appointment of one or 
more candidates to non-Federal offices. 
‘‘(II) Influencing one or more applica-
ble State or local issues. 
‘‘(III) Influencing the selection, ap-
pointment, nomination, or confirmation of 
one or more individuals to non-elected of-
fices. 
‘‘(D) EXCLUSIVITY TEST.—A committee, club, 
association, or other group of persons shall not be 
treated as meeting the exclusivity requirement of
subparagraph (C) if it makes disbursements aggre-
gating more than $1,000 for any of the following: 
‘‘(i) A public communication that pro-
motes, supports, attacks, or opposes a clearly 
identified candidate for Federal office during 
the 1-year period ending on the date of the gen-
eral election for the office sought by the clearly 
identified candidate (or, if a runoff election is 
held with respect to such general election, on 
the date of the runoff election). 
‘‘(ii) Any voter drive activity during a cal-
endar year, except that no disbursements for 
any voter drive activity shall be taken into ac-
count under this subparagraph if the com-
mittee, club, association, or other group of per-
sons during such calendar year—
‘‘(I) makes disbursements for voter 
drive activities with respect to elections in 
only 1 State and complies with all applica-
ble election laws of that State, including 
laws related to registration and reporting 
requirements and contribution limitations; 
‘‘(II) refers to one or more non-Fed-
eral candidates or applicable State or local 
issues in all of its voter drive activities and
does not refer to any Federal candidate or 
any political party in any of its voter drive 
activities; 
‘‘(III) does not have a candidate for 
Federal office, an individual who holds any 
Federal office, a national political party, or 
an agent of any of the foregoing, control or 
materially participate in the direction of 
the organization, solicit contributions to 
the organization (other than funds which 
are described under clauses (i) and (ii) of 
section 323(e)(1)(B)), or direct disburse-
ments, in whole or in part, by the organi-
zation; and 
‘‘(IV) makes no contributions to Fed-
eral candidates. 
‘‘(E) CERTAIN REFERENCES TO FEDERAL CAN-
DIDATES NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—For purposes 
of subparagraphs (B)(iii) and (D)(ii)(II), a voter 
drive activity shall not be treated as referring to a 
clearly identified Federal candidate if the only ref-
erence to the candidate in the activity is—
‘‘(i) a reference in connection with an elec-
tion for a non-Federal office in which such Fed-
eral candidate is also a candidate for such non-
Federal office; or 
‘‘(ii) a reference to the fact that the can-
didate has endorsed a non-Federal candidate or 
has taken a position on an applicable State or 
local issue, including a reference that con-
stitutes the endorsement or position itself. 
‘‘(F) CERTAIN
REFERENCES
TO
POLITICAL 
PARTIES NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—For purposes 
of subparagraphs (B)(iii) and (D)(ii)(II), a voter 
drive activity shall not be treated as referring to a 
political party if the only reference to the party in 
the activity is—
‘‘(i) a reference for the purpose of identi-
fying a non-Federal candidate; 
‘‘(ii) a reference for the purpose of identi-
fying the entity making the public communica-
tion or carrying out the voter drive activity; or 
‘‘(iii) a reference in a manner or context 
that does not reflect support for or opposition 
to a Federal candidate or candidates and does 
reflect support for or opposition to a State or 
local candidate or candidates or an applicable 
State or local issue.
‘‘(G) APPLICABLE STATE OR LOCAL ISSUE.—
For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘applicable 
State or local issue’ means any State or local ballot 
initiative, State or local referendum, State or local 
constitutional amendment, State or local bond issue, 
or other State or local ballot issue.’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF VOTER DRIVE ACTIVITY.—Sec-
tion 301 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431), as amended by sub-
section (b), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(28) VOTER DRIVE ACTIVITY.—The term ‘voter 
drive activity’ means any of the following activities con-
ducted in connection with an election in which a candidate 
for Federal office appears on the ballot (regardless of 
whether a candidate for State or local office also appears 
on the ballot): 
‘‘(A) Voter registration activity. 
‘‘(B) Voter identification. 
‘‘(C) Get-out-the-vote activity. 
‘‘(D) Generic campaign activity. 
‘‘(E) Any public communication related to ac-
tivities described in subparagraphs (A) through (D). 
Such term shall not include any activity described in sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) of section 316(b)(2).’’.
SEC. 1003. RULES FOR ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES BE-
TWEEN FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL ACTIVI-
TIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 325. ALLOCATION AND FUNDING RULES FOR CER-
TAIN EXPENSES RELATING TO FEDERAL AND 
NON-FEDERAL ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any disbursements 
by any political committee that is a separate segregated 
fund or nonconnected committee for which allocation rules 
are provided under subsection (b)—
‘‘(1) the disbursements shall be allocated be-
tween Federal and non-Federal accounts in accord-
ance with this section and regulations prescribed by 
the Commission; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of disbursements allocated to 
non-Federal accounts, may be paid only from a 
qualified non-Federal account. 
‘‘(b) COSTS TO BE ALLOCATED AND ALLOCATION 
RULES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Disbursements by any sep-
arate segregated fund or nonconnected committee, 
other than an organization described in section
323(b)(1), for any of the following categories of ac-
tivity shall be allocated as follows: 
‘‘(A) 100 percent of the expenses for public 
communications or voter drive activities that 
refer to one or more clearly identified Federal 
candidates, but do not refer to any clearly iden-
tified non-Federal candidates, shall be paid with 
funds from a Federal account, without regard 
to whether the communication refers to a polit-
ical party. 
‘‘(B) At least 50 percent, or a greater per-
centage if the Commission so determines by 
regulation, of the expenses for public commu-
nications and voter drive activities that refer to 
one or more clearly identified candidates for 
Federal office and one or more clearly identified 
non-Federal candidates shall be paid with funds 
from a Federal account, without regard to 
whether the communication refers to a political 
party. 
‘‘(C) At least 50 percent, or a greater per-
centage if the Commission so determines by 
regulation, of the expenses for public commu-
nications or voter drive activities that refer to 
a political party, but do not refer to any clearly
identified Federal or non-Federal candidate, 
shall be paid with funds from a Federal ac-
count, except that this paragraph shall not 
apply to communications or activities that re-
late exclusively to elections where no candidate 
for Federal office appears on the ballot. 
‘‘(D) At least 50 percent, or a greater per-
centage if the Commission so determines by 
regulation, of the expenses for public commu-
nications or voter drive activities that refer to 
a political party and refer to one or more clear-
ly identified non-Federal candidates, but do not 
refer to any clearly identified Federal can-
didates, shall be paid with funds from a Federal 
account, except that this paragraph shall not 
apply to communications or activities that re-
late exclusively to elections where no candidate 
for Federal office appears on the ballot. 
‘‘(E) Unless otherwise determined by the 
Commission in its regulations, at least 50 per-
cent of any administrative expenses, including 
rent, utilities, office supplies, and salaries not 
attributable to a clearly identified candidate, 
shall be paid with funds from a Federal ac-
count, except that for a separate segregated
fund such expenses may be paid instead by its 
connected organization. 
‘‘(F) At least 50 percent, or a greater per-
centage if the Commission so determines by 
regulation, of the direct costs of a fundraising 
program or event, including disbursements for 
solicitation of funds and for planning and ad-
ministration of actual fundraising events, where 
Federal and non-Federal funds are collected 
through such program or event shall be paid 
with funds from a Federal account, except that 
for a separate segregated fund such costs may 
be paid instead by its connected organization. 
This paragraph shall not apply to any fund-
raising solicitations or any other activity that 
constitutes a public communication. 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN REFERENCES TO FEDERAL CAN-
DIDATES NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1), a public communication or voter 
drive activity shall not be treated as referring to a 
clearly identified Federal candidate if the only ref-
erence to the candidate in the communication or ac-
tivity is—
‘‘(A) a reference in connection with an 
election for a non-Federal office in which such
Federal candidate is also a candidate for such 
non-Federal office; or 
‘‘(B) a reference to the fact that the can-
didate has endorsed a non-Federal candidate or 
has taken a position on an applicable State or 
local issue (as defined in section 301(27)(G)), 
including a reference that constitutes the en-
dorsement or position itself. 
‘‘(3) CERTAIN REFERENCES TO POLITICAL PAR-
TIES NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), a public communication or voter 
drive activity shall not be treated as referring to a 
political party if the only reference to the party in 
the communication or activity is—
‘‘(A) a reference for the purpose of identi-
fying a non-Federal candidate; 
‘‘(B) a reference for the purpose of identi-
fying the entity making the public communica-
tion or carrying out the voter drive activity; or 
‘‘(C) a reference in a manner or context 
that does not reflect support for or opposition 
to a Federal candidate or candidates and does 
reflect support for or opposition to a State or 
local candidate or candidates or an applicable 
State or local issue.
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED NON-FEDERAL ACCOUNT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘qualified non-Federal account’ means 
an account which consists solely of amounts—
‘‘(A) that, subject to the limitations of 
paragraphs (2) and (3), are raised by the sepa-
rate segregated fund or nonconnected com-
mittee only from individuals, and 
‘‘(B) with respect to which all require-
ments of Federal, State, or local law (including 
any law relating to contribution limits) are met. 
‘‘(2) 
LIMITATION
ON
INDIVIDUAL
DONA-
TIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A separate segregated 
fund or nonconnected committee may not ac-
cept more than $25,000 in funds for its quali-
fied non-Federal account from any one indi-
vidual in any calendar year. 
‘‘(B) AFFILIATION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, all qualified non-Federal accounts of 
separate segregated funds or nonconnected 
committees which are directly or indirectly es-
tablished, financed, maintained, or controlled by 
the same person or persons shall be treated as 
one account.
‘‘(3) FUNDRAISING LIMITATION.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—No donation to a 
qualified non-Federal account may be solicited, 
received, directed, transferred, or spent by or in 
the name of any person described in subsection 
(a) or (e) of section 323. 
‘‘(B) FUNDS NOT TREATED AS SUBJECT 
TO
ACT.—Except as provided in subsection 
(a)(2) and this subsection, any funds raised for 
a qualified non-Federal account in accordance 
with the requirements of this section shall not 
be considered funds subject to the limitations, 
prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this 
Act for any purpose (including for purposes of 
subsection (a) or (e) of section 323 or sub-
section (d)(1) of this section). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—
‘‘(1) FEDERAL ACCOUNT.—The term ‘Federal 
account’ means an account which consists solely of 
contributions subject to the limitations, prohibitions, 
and reporting requirements of this Act. Nothing in 
this section or in section 323(b)(2)(B)(iii) shall be 
construed to infer that a limit other than the limit 
under section 315(a)(1)(C) applies to contributions 
to the account.
‘‘(2) NONCONNECTED COMMITTEE.—The term 
‘nonconnected committee’ shall not include a polit-
ical committee of a political party. 
‘‘(3) VOTER DRIVE ACTIVITY.—The term ‘voter 
drive activity’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 301(28).’’. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304(e) of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434(e)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) RECEIPTS
AND
DISBURSEMENTS
FROM 
QUALIFIED NON-FEDERAL ACCOUNTS.—In addition 
to any other reporting requirement applicable under 
this Act, a political committee to which section 
325(a) applies shall report all receipts and disburse-
ments from a qualified non-Federal account (as de-
fined in section 325(c)).’’.
SEC. 1004. REPEAL OF LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF PARTY EX-
PENDITURES ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES IN 
GENERAL ELECTIONS. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMIT.—Section 315(d) of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)) 
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law with respect to limita-
tions on expenditures or limitations on con-
tributions, the national committee’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law with respect to limitations on amounts of 
expenditures or contributions, a national com-
mittee’’, 
(B) by striking ‘‘the general’’ and inserting 
‘‘any’’, and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Federal office, subject to 
the limitations contained in paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (4) of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed-
eral office in any amount’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) INDEXING.—Section 315(c) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 441a(c)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘(d),’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘subsections (b) and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’. 
(2) INCREASE
IN
LIMITS
FOR
SENATE
CAN-
DIDATES
FACING
WEALTHY
OPPONENTS.—Section 
315(i) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(i)(1)) is amend-
ed—
(A) in paragraph (1)(C)(iii)—
(i) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I), 
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a period, and 
(iii) by striking subclause (III); 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A) in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and a party 
committee shall not make any expenditure,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and party expenditures previously made’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘and 
a party shall not make any expenditure’’. 
(3) INCREASE
IN
LIMITS
FOR
HOUSE
CAN-
DIDATES
FACING
WEALTHY
OPPONENTS.—Section