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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1880
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require candidates
for election for the House of Representatives or the Senate to raise
at least 50 percent of their contributions from individuals residing in
the district or State involved, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 20, 1999
Mr. CALVERT 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 candidates for election for the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate to raise at least 50 percent
of their contributions from individuals residing in the
district or State involved, 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 ‘‘Citizen Campaign Con-
trol Act of 1999’’.
‘‘(A) 50 percent of such amounts shall be
deemed to be a contributions from local individual
residents.
‘‘(B) 50 percent of such amounts shall be
deemed to be contributions from persons other than
local individual residents.
‘‘(4) As used in this subsection, the term ‘local indi-
vidual resident’ means—
‘‘(A) with respect to an election for the office
of Senator, an individual who resides in the State in-
volved; and
‘‘(B) with respect to an election for the office
of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to, the Congress, an individual who resides
in the congressional district involved.’’.
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(d)(1) Each principal campaign committee of a can-
didate for the Senate or the House of Representatives
shall include the following information in the first report
filed under subsection (a)(2) which covers the period
which begins 19 days before an election and ends 20 days
after the election:
‘‘(A) The total contributions received by the
committee with respect to the election involved from
local individual residents (as defined in section
315(i)(3)), as of the last day of the period covered
by the report.
‘‘(B) The total contributions received by the
committee with respect to the election involved from
all persons, as of the last day of the period covered
by the report.
‘‘(2)(A) Each principal campaign committee of a can-
didate for the Senate or the House of Representatives
shall submit a notification to the Commission of the first
expenditure of personal funds (including contributions by
the candidate or the candidate’s spouse to the committee)
by which the aggregate amount of personal funds ex-
pended (or contributed) with respect to the election ex-
ceeds $250,000.
‘‘(B) Each notification under subparagraph (A)—
‘‘(I) shall be submitted not later than 24 hours
after the expenditure or contribution which is the
subject of the notification is made; and
‘‘(II) shall include the name of the candidate,
the office sought by the candidate, and the date of
the expenditure or contribution and amount of the
expenditure or contribution involved.’’.
(c) PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF LIMITS.—Section
309(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4)(A) Any candidate who knowingly and willfully
accepts contributions in excess of any limitation provided
under section 315(i) shall be fined an amount equal to
the greater of 200 percent of the amount accepted in ex-
cess of the applicable limitation or (if applicable) the
amount provided in paragraph (1)(A).
‘‘(B) Interest shall be assessed against any portion
of a fine imposed under subparagraph (A) which remains
unpaid after the expiration of the 30-day period which be-
gins on the date the fine is imposed.’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to elections occurring after January 2001.
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