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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2122
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require candidates
for election to the House of Representatives or Senate to raise not
less than 50 percent of the contributions made with respect to the
election from individuals who reside in the State the candidate seeks
to represent.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 12, 2001
Mr. CALVERT (for himself, Mr. SHAW, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. BARTLETT of
Maryland, Mr. PETRI, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HOEKSTRA, Mr. SHADEGG,
Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr. SOUDER, Mr.
WELDON of Florida, and Mr. HANSEN) 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 to the House of Rep-
resentatives or Senate to raise not less than 50 percent
of the contributions made with respect to the election
from individuals who reside in the State the candidate
seeks to represent.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REQUIRING MAJORITY OF AMOUNT OF CON-
TRIBUTIONS ACCEPTED BY CONGRESSIONAL
CANDIDATES TO COME FROM IN-STATE RESI-
DENTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(i)(1) The total amount of contributions accepted
with respect to an election by a candidate for the office
of Senator or the office of Representative in, or Delegate
or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress from in-State
individual residents shall be at least 50 percent of the total
amount of contributions accepted from all sources.
‘‘(2) If a candidate in an election makes expenditures
of personal funds (including contributions by the can-
didate or the candidate’s spouse to the candidate’s author-
ized campaign committee) in an amount in excess of
$250,000, paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to
any opponent of the candidate in the election.
‘‘(3) In determining the amount of contributions ac-
cepted by a candidate for purposes of paragraph (1), the
amounts of any contributions made by a political com-
mittee of a political party shall be allocated as follows:
‘‘(A) 50 percent of such amounts shall be
deemed to be contributions from in-State individual
residents.
‘‘(B) 50 percent of such amounts shall be
deemed to be contributions from persons other than
in-State individual residents.
‘‘(4) As used in this subsection, the term ‘in-State
individual resident’ means an individual who resides in the
State in which the election involved is held.’’.
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by section 502(a)
of the Department of Transportation and Related Agen-
cies Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by reference under
section 101(a) of Public Law 106–346), is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e)(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
in-State individual residents (as defined in section
315(i)(4)), 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. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to elections occurring after January 2003.
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