I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 338 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclo-
sure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during 
campaigns for election for Federal office, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 25, 2005 
Mrs. MALONEY (for herself and Mr. PETRI) 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 the disclosure of certain information by persons 
conducting phone banks during campaigns for election 
for Federal office, 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 ‘‘Voters’ Right to Know 
Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION BY PERSONS CON-
DUCTING PHONE BANKS DURING FEDERAL 
ELECTION CAMPAIGNS. 
(a) APPLICATION
OF
ADVERTISING
DISCLAIMER 
RULES.—Section 318(a) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441d(a)) is amended in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1) by inserting after ‘‘section 
304(f)(3))’’ the following: ‘‘or any communication through 
a Federal election phone bank described in subsection 
(e),’’. 
(b) 
FEDERAL
ELECTION
PHONE
BANK
DE-
SCRIBED.—Section 318 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441d) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(e) FEDERAL ELECTION PHONE BANKS.— 
‘‘(1) 
ADDITIONAL
DISCLOSURE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—In addition to any information required to 
be disclosed under this section or otherwise reported 
under this Act, each person who conducts a Federal 
election phone bank shall report to the Commission 
the following information: 
‘‘(A) The total cost of conducting the 
phone bank. 
‘‘(B) All sources of funds used to conduct 
the phone bank (other than any contribution for
which information is otherwise required to be 
reported under this Act). 
‘‘(C) The total number of households con-
tacted. 
‘‘(D) A copy of the questions asked or in-
formation provided to respondents. 
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), in this section, a ‘Federal election phone 
bank’ means a project under which an aggregate 
number of not fewer than 1,500 households are con-
tacted by telephone during the 25-day period which 
ends on the date of an election for Federal office 
and— 
‘‘(A) are asked to state a preference in the 
election or to state the likelihood of their sup-
port of any candidate; 
‘‘(B) are asked to make a contribution or 
expenditure with respect to the election; 
‘‘(C) are provided with information ex-
pressly advocating the election or defeat of a 
clearly identified candidate for such office; or 
‘‘(D) are provided with any information re-
garding a clearly identified candidate for such 
office.
‘‘(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
PROJECTS
CONDUCTED 
BY
GENERAL
MEDIA.—A Federal election phone 
bank does not include any project conducted through 
the facilities of any broadcasting station, newspaper, 
magazine, or other periodical publication, unless 
such facilities are owned or controlled by any polit-
ical party, political committee, or candidate.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with 
respect to elections occurring after January 2006. 
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