such section to the amount applicable under 
subparagraph (A), the ‘base period’ shall be 
2017. 
‘‘(C) AGGREGATION
OF
CONTRIBUTIONS 
FROM COSPONSORS OF FUNDRAISING EVENT.— 
For purposes of determining the amount of 
bundled contributions provided by a person to a 
committee which were received by the person at 
a fundraising event sponsored by the person, or 
in response to an invitation to attend a fund-
raising event sponsored by the person, each per-
son who is a sponsor of the event shall be con-
sidered to have provided to the committee the 
aggregate amount of all bundled contributions 
which were provided to the committee by all 
sponsors of the event.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 304(i) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 30104(i)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘described in 
paragraph (7)’’ each place it appears in subpara-
graphs (C) and (D); 
(2) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘(other than 
a candidate for the office of President or for nomi-
nation to such office)’’ after ‘‘candidate’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (8)(A)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘, with respect to a com-
mittee described in paragraph (6) and a person 
described in paragraph (7),’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
with respect to a committee described in para-
graph (6) or an authorized committee of a can-
didate for the office of President or for nomina-
tion to such office,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘by the person’’ in clause 
(i) thereof and inserting ‘‘by any person’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘the person’’ each place it 
appears in clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘such per-
son’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to reports filed under 
section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
after January 1, 2018. 
SEC. 5004. REPEAL OF SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATIONAL PARTIES FOR 
CERTAIN PURPOSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 315(a) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)), as 
amended by section 2101(b) of Division N of the Consoli-
dated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 
(Public Law 113–235; 128 Stat. 2773), is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘, or, in 
the case of contributions made to any of the ac-
counts described in paragraph (9), exceed 300 per-
cent of the amount otherwise applicable under this 
subparagraph with respect to such calendar year’’, 
(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘, or, in 
the case of contributions made to any of the ac-
counts described in paragraph (9), exceed 300 per-
cent of the amount otherwise applicable under this 
subparagraph with respect to such calendar year’’, 
and 
(3) by striking paragraph (9). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 315(d) of 
such Act (52 U.S.C. 30116(d)), as amended by section 
3002, is amended by striking paragraph (5). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to contributions made after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) 
RETURN
OF
PREVIOUSLY
CONTRIBUTED 
AMOUNTS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, each political committee established 
and maintained by a political party shall distribute all 
amounts in accounts described in section 315(a)(9) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 
30116(a)(9)) to individuals who made contributions to 
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such accounts. The amount distributed to any contributor 
form any account shall bear the same ratio to the amount 
of contributions made by such contributor to such account 
as the balance of such account on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act bears to the total amount of contributions 
made to such account. 
SEC. 5005. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ACTIONS RELATED TO 
CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30141 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 406 the following new 
section: 
‘‘SEC. 407. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 373(f), 
if any action is brought for declaratory or injunctive relief 
to challenge the constitutionality of any provision of this 
Act or of chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, or is brought to with respect to any action of 
the Commission under chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, the following rules shall apply: 
‘‘(1) The action shall be filed in the United 
States District Court for the District of Columbia 
and an appeal from the decision of the district court 
may be taken to the Court of Appeals for the Dis-
trict of Columbia Circuit. 
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‘‘(2) In the case of an action relating to declar-
atory or injunctive relief to challenge the constitu-
tionality of a provision— 
‘‘(A) a copy of the complaint shall be deliv-
ered promptly to the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives and the Secretary of the Sen-
ate; and 
‘‘(B) it shall be the duty of the United 
States District Court for the District of Colum-
bia, the Court of Appeals for the District of Co-
lumbia, and the Supreme Court of the United 
States to advance on the docket and to expedite 
to the greatest possible extent the disposition of 
the action and appeal. 
‘‘(b) INTERVENTION BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.— 
In any action in which the constitutionality of any provi-
sion of this Act or chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 is raised, any member of the House 
of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to the Congress) or Senate shall have the right 
to intervene either in support of or opposition to the posi-
tion of a party to the case regarding the constitutionality 
of the provision. To avoid duplication of efforts and reduce 
the burdens placed on the parties to the action, the court 
in any such action may make such orders as it considers 
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