the funds are otherwise treated as contributions
or expenditures under this title;’’.
(b) DISCLOSURE BY STATE POLITICAL PARTIES OF
INFORMATION REPORTED UNDER STATE LAW.—Section
304 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by sections
2(a) and 3(b), is further amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(g) If a political committee of a State political party
is required under a State or local law, rule, or regulation
to submit a report on its disbursements to an entity of
the State or local government, the committee shall file a
copy of the report with the Commission at the time it sub-
mits the report to such an entity.’’.
SEC. 9. PROHIBITING INVOLUNTARY ASSESSMENT OF EM-
PLOYEE FUNDS FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 316 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b) is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c)(1) Except with the separate, prior, written, vol-
untary authorization of each individual, it shall be
unlawful—
‘‘(A) for any national bank or corporation de-
scribed in this section to collect from or assess its
stockholders or employees any dues, initiation fee, or
other payment as a condition of employment if any
part of such dues, fee, or payment will be used for
political activity in which the national bank or cor-
poration is engaged; and
‘‘(B) for any labor organization described in
this section to collect from or assess its members or
nonmembers any dues, initiation fee, or other pay-
ment if any part of such dues, fee, or payment will
be used for political activity in which the labor orga-
nization is engaged.
‘‘(2) An authorization described in paragraph (1)
shall remain in effect until revoked and may be revoked
at any time. Each entity collecting from or assessing
amounts from an individual with an authorization in effect
under such paragraph shall provide the individual with a
statement that the individual may at any time revoke the
authorization.
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘polit-
ical activity’ means any activity carried out for the pur-
pose of influencing (in whole or in part) any election for
Federal office, influencing the consideration or outcome
of any Federal legislation or the issuance or outcome of
any Federal regulations, or educating individuals about
candidates for election for Federal office or any Federal
legislation, law, or regulations.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to amounts collected or assessed
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 10. PROHIBITING AUTHORIZED COMMITTEES OF CAN-
DIDATES FROM ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM AUTHORIZED COMMITTEES OF OTHER
CANDIDATES.
Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 3(a), is
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(j)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the au-
thorized committee of a candidate for election for Federal
office may not accept any contribution from an authorized
committee of another candidate for election for Federal
office.
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to the transfer of
funds between an authorized committee of a candidate for
election for Federal office and an authorized committee
of the same candidate for election for another Federal of-
fice.’’.
SEC. 11. REQUIRING FEC TO MAKE SOFTWARE AVAILABLE
FOR ELECTRONIC FILING.
Section 311(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 438(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(9);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(11) through competitive bidding, obtain and
provide for computer software required to carry out
the electronic filing of designations, statements, and
reports under this Act.’’.
SEC. 12. REQUIRING BROADCASTERS TO PROVIDE FREE
RESPONSE TIME TO CANDIDATES SUBJECT
TO SOFT MONEY ADVERTISEMENTS.
Section 317 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 317) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘radio station’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘broadcast station’’; and
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (a) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(3)(A) A broadcast station may not accept for
broadcast any soft money advertisement which contains
the image, name, or likeness of a candidate for election
for Federal office unless the station agrees to broadcast
without charge—
‘‘(i) if the soft money advertisement referred to
or presented the candidate in a critical or negative
manner, an advertisement provided by an authorized
committee of such candidate, under conditions (such
as the time of broadcast) similar to those under
which the soft money advertisement was broadcast;
or
‘‘(ii) if the soft money advertisement referred to
or presented the candidate in a positive manner, an
advertisement provided by an authorized committee
of the candidate’s opponent in the election, under
conditions (such as the time of broadcast) similar to
those under which the soft money advertisement was
broadcast.
‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘soft money adver-
tisement’ means an advertisement whose costs are fi-
nanced (in whole or in part) with funds which are not sub-
ject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting require-
ments of title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971, but does not include any advertisement whose
costs are entirely financed by an authorized committee of
a candidate for election for Federal office.
‘‘(C) In this paragraph, the terms ‘authorized com-
mittee’, ‘candidate’, ‘election’, and ‘Federal office’ have
the meaning given such terms in section 301 of the Fed-
eral Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431).’’.
SEC. 13. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made
by this Act shall apply with respect to elections and trans-
actions occurring after December 31, 2002.
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