program, a get-out-the-vote drive, or general political ad-
vertising, that is both (1) for the purpose of influencing
an election for Federal office, and (2) for any purpose un-
related to influencing an election for Federal office.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF BUILDING FUND EXCEPTION TO THE
DEFINITION OF THE TERM ‘‘CONTRIBUTION’’.—Section
301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended—
(1) by striking out clause (viii); and
(2) by redesignating clauses (ix) through (xiv)
as clauses (viii) through (xiii), respectively.
SEC. 8. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITA-
TION ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PERSONS
OTHER THAN IN-STATE INDIVIDUAL RESI-
DENTS.
Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), is amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(i)(1) At least 80 percent of the contributions ac-
cepted by a candidate for the office of Representative in,
or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress
with respect to a reporting period for an election shall be
from in-State individual residents.
‘‘(2) As used in this subsection, the term ‘in-State
individual resident’ means an individual who resides in the
State in which the congressional district involved is lo-
cated.
‘‘(3)(A) Any candidate who accepts contributions that
exceed the limitation under this subsection with respect
to the pre-election report period or the post-election report
period shall pay to the Commission, for deposit in the
Treasury, an amount equal to 5 times the amount of the
excess contributions plus a civil penalty in an amount de-
termined by the Commission.
‘‘(B) Any candidate who accepts contributions that
exceed the limitation under this subsection with respect
to a period other than a period referred to in subpara-
graph (A) shall pay to the Commission, for deposit in the
Treasury, an amount equal to 3 times the amount of the
excess contributions.
‘‘(C) Each report under section 304(a)(6) shall in-
clude a certification by the treasurer of the committee that
the contributions reported do not exceed the limitation
under this subsection.’’.
SEC. 9. INCREASED LIMITATION AMOUNT FOR CERTAIN
CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL COMMITTEES
OF STATE POLITICAL PARTIES.
Section 315(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(B)) is amended
by inserting after ‘‘national’’ the following: ‘‘or State’’.
SEC. 10. DISCLOSURE OF ELECTION-RELATED ACTIVITY BY
CORPORATIONS, 
LABOR 
ORGANIZATIONS
AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) Any corporation, labor organization, or non-
profit organization that makes a payment for a commu-
nication or other activity that—
‘‘(1) relates to any election for Federal office;
and
‘‘(2) in the case of a corporation or labor orga-
nization, by reason of subparagraph (A) or (B) of
paragraph (2) of section 316(b), is not a contribu-
tion or expenditure;
shall report such payment to the Commission in the same
manner as a contribution or expenditure, as the case may
be, is reported by a principal campaign committee of a
candidate for the House of Representatives or the Senate
under this section.’’.
SEC. 11. PROHIBITION OF BUNDLING OF CONTRIBUTIONS
TO CANDIDATES BY POLITICAL ACTION COM-
MITTEES AND LOBBYISTS.
Section 316 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) No nonparty multicandidate political committee
or person required to register under the Federal Regula-
tion of Lobbying Act (2 U.S.C. 261 et seq.) may act as
an intermediary or conduit with respect to a contribution
to a candidate for Federal office.’’.
SEC. 12. PROHIBITION OF LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES; RE-
STRICTION ON CONTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN
PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES.
(a) LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE PROHIBITION.—Sec-
tion 302 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
(2 U.S.C. 432) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection:
‘‘(j) A candidate for Federal office may not establish,
maintain, finance, or control a political committee, other
than the principal campaign committee of the candidate.’’.
(b) PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE RESTRIC-
TION.—Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 8, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(j) A principal campaign committee of a candidate
for Federal office may not make any contribution to any
other principal campaign committee (other than the prin-
cipal campaign committee of the same individual as a can-
didate for another Federal office).’’.
SEC. 13. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Act or any amendment made
by this Act, or the application of any such provision to
any person or circumstance is held invalid, the validity of
any other such provision, and the application of such pro-
vision to other persons and circumstances shall not be af-
fected thereby.
SEC. 14. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act and the amendments made by this Act, ex-
cept for such sections specifically designated otherwise,
shall become effective on November 6, 1996, and shall
apply to all contributions and expenditures made after
such date.
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