subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting
requirements of this Act. This paragraph shall apply
to any entity that is established, financed, main-
tained, or controlled (directly or indirectly) by, or
acting on behalf of, a State, district or local commit-
tee of a political party or any agent or officer of
such party committee in the same manner as it ap-
plies to that committee.
‘‘(c) PROHIBITING SOLICITATION OR DONATION OF
FUNDS
FROM
NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.—No na-
tional, State, district or local committee of a political
party, including any entity described in subsection (a) or
subsection (b)(3) and any agent or officer of such an en-
tity, shall solicit any funds for or make any donations to
any organization that is exempt from Federal taxation
under section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
‘‘(d) ALL CANDIDATES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No candidate for Federal
office, individual holding Federal office, or any agent
of such candidate or officeholder, may solicit or re-
ceive—
‘‘(A) any funds in connection with any
Federal election unless such funds are subject
to the limitations, prohibitions and reporting re-
quirements of this Act;
‘‘(B) any funds that are to be expended in
connection with any election for other than a
Federal election unless such funds are not in
excess of the amounts permitted with respect to
contributions to Federal candidates and politi-
cal committees under section 315(a) (1) and
(2), and are not from sources prohibited from
making contributions by this Act with respect
to election for Federal office; or
‘‘(C) any funds on behalf of any person
which are not subject to the limitations, prohi-
bitions, and reporting requirements of this Act
if such funds are for the purpose of financing
any activity on behalf of a candidate for elec-
tion for Federal office or any communication
which refers to a clearly identified candidate for
election for Federal office.
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.—
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the solicitation or
receipt of funds by an individual who is a candidate
for a non-Federal office if such activity is permitted
under State law for such individual’s non-Federal
campaign committee.’’.
‘‘(e) PROHIBITING FUNDRAISING ACTIVITIES
FOR
CERTAIN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No candidate for Federal
office or individual holding Federal office may raise
funds for any organization described in section
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 if the
activities of the organization include voter registra-
tion or get-out-the-vote campaigns.
‘‘(2) CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TREATED AS HOLD-
ING FEDERAL OFFICE.—For purposes of this para-
graph, the term ‘individual holding Federal office’
includes any individual who holds a position de-
scribed in level I of the Executive Schedule under
5312 of title 5, United States Code.’’.
SEC. 212. INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR INDIVID-
UAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATIONAL POLITI-
CAL 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 striking ‘‘$20,000’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘$20,000 (or, in the case of an individual, $25,000)’’.
SEC. 213. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
(a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304 of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434),
as amended by section 105, is further amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(g)(1) A political committee other than a national
committee of a political party, any congressional campaign
committee of a political party, and any subordinate com-
mittee of either, to which section 324(b)(1) applies shall
report all receipts and disbursements.
‘‘(2) Any political committee other than the commit-
tees of a political party shall report any receipts or dis-
bursements that are used in connection with a Federal
election.
‘‘(3) If a political committee has receipts or disburse-
ments to which this subsection applies from any person
aggregating in excess of $200 for any calendar year, the
political committee shall separately itemize its reporting
for such person in the same manner as required in sub-
section (b)(3)(A), (5), or (6).
‘‘(4) Reports required to be filed under this sub-
section shall be filed for the same time periods required
for political committees under subsection (a).’’.
(b) REPORTS BY STATE COMMITTEES.—Section 304
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
434), as amended by section 105 and subsection (a), is
further amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(h) In lieu of any report required to be filed by this
Act, the Commission may allow a State committee of a
political party to file with the Commission a report re-
quired to be filed under State law if the Commission deter-
mines such reports contain substantially the same infor-
mation.’’.
(c) OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) 
AUTHORIZED
COMMITTEES.—Section
304(b)(4) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(4)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (H);
(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (I); and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(J) in the case of an authorized commit-
tee, disbursements for the primary election, the
general election, and any other election in which
the candidate participates;’’.
(2) 
NAMES
AND
ADDRESSES.—Section
304(b)(5)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(5)(A)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘within the calendar year’’;
and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and the election to
which the operating expenditure relates’’ after
‘‘operating expenditure’’.
SEC. 214. 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.
Subtitle C—Soft Money of Persons
Other Than Political Parties
SEC. 221. SOFT MONEY OF PERSONS OTHER THAN POLITI-
CAL PARTIES.
Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by sections 105,
213(a), and 213(c), is further amended by adding at the
end the following new subsection:
‘‘(i)(1)(A)(i) If any person to which section 324 does
not apply makes (or obligates to make) disbursements for
activities described in section 324(b)(1) in excess of
$2,000, such person shall file a statement—
‘‘(I) within 48 hours after the disbursements
(or obligations) are made; or
‘‘(II) in the case of disbursements (or obliga-
tions) that are required to be made within 20 days
of the election, within 24 hours after such disburse-
ment (or obligations) are made.
‘‘(ii) An additional statement shall be filed each time
additional disbursements aggregating $2,000 are made (or
obligated to be made) by a person described in clause (i).
‘‘(B) This paragraph shall not apply to—
‘‘(i) a candidate or a candidate’s authorized
committees; or
‘‘(ii) an independent expenditure (as defined in
section 301(17)).
‘‘(2) Any statement under this section shall be filed
with the Commission and shall contain such information
as the Commission shall prescribe, including whether the
disbursement is in support of, or in opposition to, 1 or
more candidates or any political party.’’.
Subtitle D—Contributions
SEC. 231. CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH INTERMEDIARIES
AND CONDUITS.
Section 315(a)(8) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(8)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(8) For the purposes of this subsection:
‘‘(A) Contributions made by a person, ei-
ther directly or indirectly, to or on behalf of a
particular candidate, including contributions
that are in any way earmarked or otherwise di-
rected through an intermediary or conduit to a
candidate, shall be treated as contributions
from the person to the candidate. If a contribu-
tion is made to a candidate through an
intermediary or conduit, the intermediary or
conduit shall report the original source and the
intended recipient of the contribution to the
Commission and the intended recipient.
‘‘(B) Contributions made directly or indi-
rectly by a person to or on behalf of a particu-
lar candidate through an intermediary or con-
duit, including contributions arranged to be
made by an intermediary or conduit, shall be
treated as contributions from the intermediary
or conduit to the candidate if—
‘‘(i) the contributions made through
the intermediary or conduit are in the form
of a check or other negotiable instrument
made payable to the intermediary or con-
duit rather than the intended recipient;
‘‘(ii) the intermediary or conduit is—
‘‘(I) a political committee, a po-
litical party, or an officer, employee,
or agent of either;
‘‘(II) a person whose activities
are required to be reported under the
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, the
Foreign Agents Registration Act of
1938 (22 U.S.C. 611 et seq.), or a
person whose activities are required to
be reported pursuant to any successor
Federal law which requires reporting
on the activities of person who is a
lobbyist or foreign agent;
‘‘(III) a person who is prohibited
from making contributions under sec-
tion 316 or a partnership; or
‘‘(IV) an officer, employee, or
agent of a person described in sub-
clause (II) or (III) acting on behalf of
such person.
‘‘(C) The term ‘contributions arranged to
be made’ includes—
‘‘(i)(I) contributions delivered directly
or indirectly to a particular candidate or
the candidate’s authorized committee or
agent by the person who facilitated the
contribution; and
‘‘(II) contributions made directly or
indirectly to a particular candidate or the
candidate’s authorized committee or agent
that are provided at an event sponsored by
an intermediary or conduit described in
subparagraph (B).
‘‘(ii) The term ‘acting on behalf of
such person’ includes the following activi-
ties by an officer, employee, or agent of a
person described in subparagraph (B)(ii)
(II) or (III):
‘‘(I) Soliciting the making of a
contribution to a particular candidate
in the name of such a person;
‘‘(II) Soliciting the making of a
contribution to a particular candidate
using other than incidental resources
of such a person; and
‘‘(III) Soliciting contributions for
a particular candidate by directing a
significant portion of the solicitations
to other officers, employees, or agents
of such a person or the person’s
spouse.
‘‘(D) This subsection shall not prohibit—
‘‘(i) fundraising efforts for the benefit
of a candidate that are conducted by an-
other candidate or Federal officeholder; or
‘‘(ii) the solicitation by an individual
using the individual’s resources and acting
in the individual’s own name of contribu-
tions from other persons in a manner not
described in subparagraphs (B) and (C).’’.
Subtitle E—Additional Prohibitions
on Contributions
SEC. 241. PROHIBITION OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY NONCITI-
ZENS AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS NOT QUALI-
FIED TO VOTE.
(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 319 of the Federal Elec-
tion Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by adding ‘‘AND INDIVID-
UALS NOT QUALIFIED TO REGISTER TO
VOTE’’ at the end; and
(2) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(a)’’ and inserting
‘‘(a)(1)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(2) It shall be unlawful for an individual who
is not qualified to register to vote in a Federal elec-
tion to make a contribution, or to promise expressly
or impliedly to make a contribution, in connection
with a Federal election, or for any person to solicit,
accept, or receive a contribution in connection with
a Federal election from an individual who is not
qualified to register to vote in a Federal election.’’.
(b) INCLUSION
IN
DEFINITION
OF
IDENTIFICA-
TION.—Section 301(13) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431(13))
is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘em-
ployer;’’ and inserting ‘‘employer, together with an
affirmation that the individual is an individual who
is not prohibited by section 319 from making a con-
tribution’’ after ‘‘employer’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (B) by inserting ‘‘and an
affirmation that the person is a person that is not
prohibited by section 319 from making a contribu-
tion’’ after ‘‘such person’’.
Subtitle F—Coordinated and
Independent Expenditures
SEC. 251. CLARIFICATION OF DEFINITIONS RELATING TO
INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.
(a) DEFINITION
OF
‘‘INDEPENDENT
EXPENDI-
TURE’’.—Section 301(17) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(17)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(17)(A) The term ‘independent expenditure’ means
an expenditure that—
‘‘(i) contains express advocacy; and
‘‘(ii) is made without the participation or co-
operation of, or without consultation with, or with-
out coordination with a candidate or a candidate’s
authorized committee or agent (within the meaning
of section 301(8)(A)(iii).
‘‘(B) The term ‘independent expenditure’ does not in-
clude an expenditure or payment made in coordination
with a candidate (within the meaning of section
301(8)(A)(iii)).’’.
(b) DEFINITION OF ‘‘EXPRESS ADVOCACY’’.—Section
301 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(20)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the term ‘ex-
press advocacy’ includes—
‘‘(i) a communication that conveys a message
that advocates the election or defeat of a clearly
identified candidate for Federal office by using an
expression such as ‘vote for,’ ‘elect,’ ‘support,’ ‘vote
against,’ ‘defeat,’ ‘reject,’ ‘(name of candidate) for
Congress’, ‘vote pro-life,’ or ‘vote pro-choice’, accom-
panied by a listing or picture of a clearly identified
candidate described as ‘pro-life’ or ‘pro-choice,’ ‘re-
ject the incumbent’, or a similar expression;
‘‘(ii) a communication that is made through a
broadcast medium, newspaper, magazine, billboard,
direct mail, or similar type of general public commu-
nication or political advertising that refers to a
clearly identified candidate, that a reasonable person
would understand as advocating the election or de-
feat of the candidate, and that is made within 30
days before the date of a primary election (and is
targeted to the State in which the primary is occur-
ring), or 60 days before a general election; or
‘‘(iii) a communication that is made through a
broadcast medium, newspaper, magazine, billboard,
direct mail, or similar type of general public commu-
nication or political advertising that refers to a
clearly identified candidate, that a reasonable person
would understand as advocating the election or de-
feat of a candidate, that is made before the date
that is 30 days before the date of a primary election,
or 60 days before the date of a general election, and
that is made for the purpose of advocating the elec-
tion or defeat of the candidate, as shown by one or
more factors such as a statement or action by the
person making the communication, the targeting or
placement of the communication, or the use by the
person making the communication of polling, demo-
graphic, or other similar data relating to the can-
didate’s campaign or election.
‘‘(B) The term ‘express advocacy’ does not include
the publication or distribution of a communication that
is limited solely to providing information about the voting
record of elected officials on legislative matters and that
a reasonable person would not understand as advocating
the election or defeat of a particular candidate.’’.
SEC. 252. TREATMENT OF COORDINATED EXPENDITURES
AS CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 301(8) of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)) is
amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause
(i);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) a payment made for a commu-
nication or anything of value that is for
the purpose of influencing an election for
Federal office and that is a payment made
in coordination with a candidate.’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) For the purposes of subparagraph
(A)(iii), the term ‘payment made in coordina-
tion with a candidate’ includes—
‘‘(i) a payment made by a person in
cooperation, consultation, or concert with,
at the request or suggestion of, or pursu-
ant to any general or particular under-
standing with a candidate, the candidate’s
authorized committee, or an agent acting
on behalf of a candidate or authorized
committee;
‘‘(ii) a payment made by a person for
the dissemination, distribution, or republi-
cation, in whole or in part, of any broad-
cast or any written, graphic, or other form
of campaign material prepared by a can-
didate, a candidate’s authorized committee,
or an agent of a candidate or authorized
committee (not including a communication
described in subparagraph (B)(i) or a com-
munication that expressly advocates the
candidate’s defeat);
‘‘(iii) a payment made based on infor-
mation about a candidate’s plans, projects,
or needs provided to the person making the
payment by the candidate or the can-
didate’s agent who provides the informa-
tion with a view toward having the pay-
ment made;
‘‘(iv) a payment made by a person if,
in the same election cycle in which the pay-
ment is made, the person making the pay-
ment is serving or has served as a member,
employee, fundraiser, or agent of the can-
didate’s authorized committee in an execu-
tive or policymaking position;
‘‘(v) a payment made by a person if
the person making the payment has served
in any formal policy or advisory position
with the candidate’s campaign or has par-
ticipated in strategic or policymaking dis-
cussions with the candidate’s campaign re-
lating to the candidate’s pursuit of nomi-
nation for election, or election, to Federal
office, in the same election cycle as the
election cycle in which the payment is
made; and
‘‘(vi) a payment made by a person if,
in the same election cycle, the person mak-
ing the payment retains the professional
services of any individual or person who
has provided or is providing campaign-re-
lated services in the same election cycle to
a candidate in connection with the can-
didate’s pursuit of nomination for election,
or election, to Federal office, including
services relating to the candidate’s decision
to seek Federal office, and the professional
is retained to work on activities relating to
that candidate’s campaign.
‘‘(D) 
For 
purposes 
of 
subparagraph
(C)(vi), the term ‘professional services’ includes
services in support of a candidate’s pursuit of
nomination for election, or election, to Federal
office such as polling, media advice, direct mail,
fundraising, or campaign research.
(b) APPLICATION FOR PURPOSES OF CONTRIBUTION
LIMITS.—Section 315(a)(7)(B) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
441a(a)(7)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) Payments made in coordination with
a 
candidate, 
as 
described 
in 
section
301(8)(A)(iii), shall be considered to be con-
tributions to such candidate, and in the case of
limitations on expenditures, shall be treated as
expenditures for purposes of this paragraph.’’.
(c) APPLICATION FOR PURPOSES OF CONTRIBUTIONS
OF CORPORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.—Sec-
tion 316(b)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)) is amended
by striking ‘‘shall include’’ and inserting ‘‘includes a con-
tribution or expenditure, as those terms are defined in sec-
tion 301, and also includes’’.
SEC. 253. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PARTY EXPENDITURES
AND 
COMMUNICATIONS 
CONTAINING 
EX-
PRESS ADVOCACY AS EXPENDITURES.
Section 301(9)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(A)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (i);
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause
(ii) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) any payment during an election
year (or within 60 days before a special
election in a nonelection year) for a com-
munication that is made through any
broadcast medium, newspaper, magazine,
billboard, direct mail, or similar type of
general public communication or political
advertising by a national, State, district, or
local committee of a political party, includ-
ing a congressional campaign committee of
a party, that refers to a clearly identified
candidate; and
‘‘(iv) any payment for a communica-
tion that contains express advocacy.’’.
SEC. 254. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN INDE-
PENDENT EXPENDITURES.
Section 304(c) of the Federal Election Campaign Act
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking the undesig-
nated matter after subparagraph (C);
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (7); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2), as amend-
ed by paragraph (1), the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(3)(A) Any person (including a political committee)
making independent expenditures as defined in section
301(17) and (18) with respect to a candidate in an elec-
tion aggregating $1,000 or more made after the 20th day,
but more than 24 hours, before the election shall file a
report within 24 hours after such independent expendi-
tures are made. An additional report shall be filed each
time independent expenditures aggregating $1,000 are
made with respect to the same candidate after the latest
report filed under this subparagraph.
‘‘(B) Any person (including a political committee)
making independent expenditures with respect to a can-
didate in an election aggregating $10,000 or more made
at any time up to and including the 20th day before the
election shall file a report within 48 hours after such inde-
pendent expenditures are made. An additional report shall
be filed each time independent expenditures aggregating
$10,000 are made with respect to the same candidate
after the latest report filed under this paragraph.
‘‘(C) A report under subparagraph (A) or (B) shall
be filed with the Commission and shall identify each can-
didate whom the expenditure is actually intended to sup-
port or to oppose. Not later than 2 business days after
the Commission receives a report, the Commission shall
transmit a copy of the report to each candidate seeking
nomination or election to that office.
‘‘(D) For purposes of this section, an independent ex-
penditure shall be considered to have been made upon the
making of any payment or the taking of any action to
incur an obligation for payment.
‘‘(4) The Commission may, upon a request of a can-
didate or on its own initiative, make its own determination
that a person, including a political committee, has made,
or has incurred obligations to make, independent expendi-
tures with respect to any candidate in any election which
in the aggregate exceed the applicable amounts under
paragraph (3). The Commission shall notify each can-
didate in such election of such determination made within
2 business days after making it. Any determination made
at the request of a candidate shall be made within 48
hours of the request.
‘‘(5) In the event that independent expenditures to-
taling in the aggregate $25,000 have been made in the
same election in favor of another candidate or against an
eligible House of Representatives candidate under title V,
the Commission shall, within 2 business days, notify the
eligible candidate that such candidate is entitled under
section 502(g) to raise additional contributions equaling
the amount of such independent expenditures. At such
time as the aggregate amount the independent expendi-
tures referred to in the preceding sentence, combined with
the expenditures of all other candidates in such election,
equals 100 percent of the applicable expenditure limit with
respect to the election under section 502, the Commission
shall, within 2 business days, notify the eligible candidate
that such candidate is entitled under section 502(g) to
make the expenditures provided for in section 502(g).
‘‘(6)(A) A person who reserves broadcast time the
payment for which would constitute an independent ex-
penditure within the meaning of section 301(17) shall at
the time of the reservation—
‘‘(i) inform the broadcast licensee that payment
for the broadcast time will constitute an independent
expenditure;
‘‘(ii) inform the broadcast licensee of the names
of all candidates for the office to which the proposed