ment, State or local bond issue, or other State 
or local ballot issue.’’. 
(c) DEFINITION OF VOTER DRIVE ACTIVITY.—Sec-
tion 301 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431), as amended by sub-
section (b), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(28)
VOTER
DRIVE
ACTIVITY.—The
term 
‘voter drive activity’ means any of the following ac-
tivities conducted in connection with an election in 
which a candidate for Federal office appears on the 
ballot (regardless of whether a candidate for State 
or local office also appears on the ballot): 
‘‘(A) Voter registration activity. 
‘‘(B) Voter identification. 
‘‘(C) Get-out-the-vote activity. 
‘‘(D) Generic campaign activity. 
‘‘(E) Any public communication related to 
activities
described
in
subparagraphs
(A) 
through (D). 
Such term shall not include any activity described in 
subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 316(b)(2).’’. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Federal Election Commis-
sion shall promulgate regulations to implement this sec-
tion not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
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(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date which is 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 603. RULES FOR ALLOCATION OF EXPENSES BETWEEN 
FEDERAL AND NON-FEDERAL ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 325. ALLOCATION AND FUNDING RULES FOR CER-
TAIN EXPENSES RELATING TO FEDERAL AND 
NON-FEDERAL ACTIVITIES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any disbursements 
by any political committee that is a separate segregated 
fund or nonconnected committee for which allocation rules 
are provided under subsection (b)— 
‘‘(1) the disbursements shall be allocated be-
tween Federal and non-Federal accounts in accord-
ance with this section and regulations prescribed by 
the Commission; and 
‘‘(2) in the case of disbursements allocated to 
non-Federal accounts, may be paid only from a 
qualified non-Federal account. 
‘‘(b) COSTS TO BE ALLOCATED AND ALLOCATION 
RULES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Disbursements by any sep-
arate segregated fund or nonconnected committee, 
other than an organization described in section 
323(b)(1), for any of the following categories of ac-
tivity shall be allocated as follows: 
‘‘(A) 100 percent of the expenses for public 
communications or voter drive activities that 
refer to one or more clearly identified Federal 
candidates, but do not refer to any clearly iden-
tified non-Federal candidates, shall be paid with 
funds from a Federal account, without regard 
to whether the communication refers to a polit-
ical party. 
‘‘(B) At least 50 percent, or a greater per-
centage if the Commission so determines by 
regulation, of the expenses for public commu-
nications and voter drive activities that refer to 
one or more clearly identified candidates for 
Federal office and one or more clearly identified 
non-Federal candidates shall be paid with funds 
from a Federal account, without regard to 
whether the communication refers to a political 
party. 
‘‘(C) At least 50 percent, or a greater per-
centage if the Commission so determines by 
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regulation, of the expenses for public commu-
nications or voter drive activities that refer to 
a political party, but do not refer to any clearly 
identified Federal or non-Federal candidate, 
shall be paid with funds from a Federal ac-
count, except that this paragraph shall not 
apply to communications or activities that re-
late exclusively to elections where no candidate 
for Federal office appears on the ballot. 
‘‘(D) At least 50 percent, or a greater per-
centage if the Commission so determines by 
regulation, of the expenses for public commu-
nications or voter drive activities that refer to 
a political party and refer to one or more clear-
ly identified non-Federal candidates, but do not 
refer to any clearly identified Federal can-
didates, shall be paid with funds from a Federal 
account, except that this paragraph shall not 
apply to communications or activities that re-
late exclusively to elections where no candidate 
for Federal office appears on the ballot. 
‘‘(E) Unless otherwise determined by the 
Commission in its regulations, at least 50 per-
cent of any administrative expenses, including 
rent, utilities, office supplies, and salaries not 
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attributable to a clearly identified candidate, 
shall be paid with funds from a Federal ac-
count, except that for a separate segregated 
fund such expenses may be paid instead by its 
connected organization. 
‘‘(F) At least 50 percent, or a greater per-
centage if the Commission so determines by 
regulation, of the direct costs of a fundraising 
program or event, including disbursements for 
solicitation of funds and for planning and ad-
ministration of actual fundraising events, where 
Federal and non-Federal funds are collected 
through such program or event shall be paid 
with funds from a Federal account, except that 
for a separate segregated fund such costs may 
be paid instead by its connected organization. 
This paragraph shall not apply to any fund-
raising solicitations or any other activity that 
constitutes a public communication. 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN REFERENCES TO FEDERAL CAN-
DIDATES NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—For purposes 
of paragraph (1), a public communication or voter 
drive activity shall not be treated as referring to a 
clearly identified Federal candidate if the only ref-
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erence to the candidate in the communication or ac-
tivity is— 
‘‘(A) a reference in connection with an 
election for a non-Federal office in which such 
Federal candidate is also a candidate for such 
non-Federal office; or 
‘‘(B) a reference to the fact that the can-
didate has endorsed a non-Federal candidate or 
has taken a position on an applicable State or 
local issue (as defined in section 301(27)(G)), 
including a reference that constitutes the en-
dorsement or position itself. 
‘‘(3) CERTAIN REFERENCES TO POLITICAL PAR-
TIES NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—For purposes of 
paragraph (1), a public communication or voter 
drive activity shall not be treated as referring to a 
political party if the only reference to the party in 
the communication or activity is— 
‘‘(A) a reference for the purpose of identi-
fying a non-Federal candidate; 
‘‘(B) a reference for the purpose of identi-
fying the entity making the public communica-
tion or carrying out the voter drive activity; or 
‘‘(C) a reference in a manner or context 
that does not reflect support for or opposition 
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