‘‘(B) is accompanied by a clearly identifiable
photographic or similar image of the candidate.
‘‘(e)(1) Any communication described in subsection
(a)(3) that is provided to and distributed by any broad-
casting station or cable system described in subsection
(d)(1) shall include, in addition to the requirements of
that subsection, in a clearly spoken manner, the following
statement—
‘
is responsible for the content of
this advertisement.’
with the blank to be filled in with the name of the political
committee or other person paying for the communication
and the name of any connected organization of the payor.
‘‘(2) If the communication described in paragraph (1)
contains visual images, the communication shall include
a written statement which contains the same information
as the audio statement and which appears in a clearly
readable manner with a reasonable degree of color con-
trast between the background and the printed statement
for a period of at least 4 seconds.’’.
SEC. 603. ELIGIBILITY FOR NONPROFIT THIRD-CLASS BULK
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Paragraph (2) of section 3626(e) of title 39, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘Commit-
tee, and the’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee, the’’, and
by striking ‘‘Committee;’’ and inserting ‘‘Committee,
and a qualified campaign committee;’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B);
(3) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (C) and inserting a semicolon; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) the term ‘qualified campaign committee’
means the campaign committee of an eligible House
of Representatives candidate; and
‘‘(E) the term ‘eligible House of Representa-
tives candidate’ has the meaning given that term in
section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971.’’.
TITLE VII—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 701. PROHIBITION OF LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES.
Section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)) is amended—
(1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(3) No political committee that supports or has sup-
ported more than one candidate may be designated as an
authorized committee, except that—
‘‘(A) a candidate for the office of President
nominated by a political party may designate the na-
tional committee of such political party as the can-
didate’s principal campaign committee, but only if
that national committee maintains separate books of
account with respect to its functions as a principal
campaign committee; and
‘‘(B) a candidate may designate a political com-
mittee established solely for the purpose of joint
fundraising by such candidates as an authorized
committee.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(6)(A) A candidate for Federal office or any individ-
ual holding Federal office may not establish, finance,
maintain, or control any Federal or non-Federal political
committee other than a principal campaign committee of
the candidate, authorized committee, party committee, or
other political committee designated in accordance with
paragraph (3). A candidate for more than one Federal of-
fice may designate a separate principal campaign commit-
tee for each Federal office. This paragraph shall not pre-
clude a Federal officeholder who is a candidate for State
or local office from establishing, financing, maintaining,
or controlling a political committee for election of the indi-
vidual to such State or local office.
‘‘(B) For 2 years after the effective date of this para-
graph, any political committee established before such
date but which is prohibited under subparagraph (A) may
continue to make contributions. At the end of that period
such political committee shall disburse all funds by one
or more of the following means: making contributions to
an entity qualified under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986; making a contribution to the treas-
ury of the United States; contributing to the national,
State or local committees of a political party; or making
contributions not to exceed $1,000 to candidates for elec-
tive office.’’.
SEC. 702. APPEARANCE BY FEDERAL ELECTION COMMIS-
SION AS AMICI CURIAE.
Section 306(f) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437c(f)) is amended by striking out
paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(4)(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph
(2), or of any other provision of law, the Commission is
authorized to appear on its own behalf in any action relat-
ed to the exercise of its statutory duties or powers in any
court as either a party or as amicus curiae, either—
‘‘(i) by attorneys employed in its office, or
‘‘(ii) by counsel whom it may appoint, on a
temporary basis as may be necessary for such pur-
pose, without regard to the provisions of title 5,
United States Code, governing appointments in the
competitive service, and whose compensation it may
fix without regard to the provisions of chapter 51
and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title. The
compensation of counsel so appointed on a tem-
porary basis shall be paid out of any funds otherwise
available to pay the compensation of employees of
the Commission.
‘‘(B) The authority granted under subparagraph (A)
includes the power to appeal from, and petition the Su-
preme Court for certiorari to review, judgments or decrees
entered with respect to actions in which the Commission
appears pursuant to the authority provided in this sec-
tion.’’.
SEC. 703. PROHIBITING SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS
BY MEMBERS IN HALL OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives may not solicit or accept campaign contribu-
tions in the Hall of the House of Representatives, rooms
leading thereto, or the cloakrooms.