‘‘(F) At least 50 percent, or a greater per-
centage if the Commission so determines by regu-
lation, of the direct costs of a fundraising pro-
gram or event, including disbursements for solic-
itation of funds and for planning and adminis-
tration of actual fundraising events, where Fed-
eral and non-Federal funds are collected through 
such program or event shall be paid with funds 
from a Federal account, except that for a sepa-
rate segregated fund such costs may be paid in-
stead by its connected organization. This para-
graph shall not apply to any fundraising solici-
tations 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 reference to 
the candidate in the communication or activity is— 
‘‘(A) a reference in connection with an elec-
tion for a non-Federal office in which such Fed-
eral candidate is also a candidate for such non- 
Federal office; or 
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‘‘(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)), in-
cluding a reference that constitutes the endorse-
ment 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 commu-
nication 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 to 
a Federal candidate or candidates and does re-
flect support for or opposition to a State or local 
candidate or candidates or an applicable State 
or local issue. 
‘‘(c) QUALIFIED NON-FEDERAL ACCOUNT.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘qualified non-Federal account’ means an ac-
count which consists solely of amounts— 
‘‘(A) that, subject to the limitations of para-
graphs (2) and (3), are raised by the separate 
segregated fund or nonconnected committee only 
from individuals, and 
‘‘(B) with respect to which all requirements 
of Federal, State, or local law (including any 
law relating to contribution limits) are met. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A separate segregated 
fund or nonconnected committee may not accept 
more than $25,000 in funds for its qualified 
non-Federal account from any one individual in 
any calendar year. 
‘‘(B) AFFILIATION.—For purposes of this 
paragraph, all qualified non-Federal accounts of 
separate segregated funds or nonconnected com-
mittees which are directly or indirectly estab-
lished, financed, maintained, or controlled by the 
same person or persons shall be treated as one 
account. 
‘‘(3) FUNDRAISING LIMITATION.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No donation to a quali-
fied non-Federal account may be solicited, re-
ceived, directed, transferred, or spent by or in the 
name of any person described in subsection (a) 
or (e) of section 323. 
‘‘(B) FUNDS NOT TREATED AS SUBJECT TO 
ACT.—Except as provided in subsection (a)(2) 
and this subsection, any funds raised for a 
qualified non-Federal account in accordance 
with the requirements of this section shall not be 
considered funds subject to the limitations, pro-
hibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act 
for any purpose (including for purposes of sub-
section (a) or (e) of section 323 or subsection 
(d)(1) of this section). 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL ACCOUNT.—The term ‘Federal ac-
count’ means an account which consists solely of con-
tributions subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and 
reporting requirements of this Act. Nothing in this 
section or in section 323(b)(2)(B)(iii) shall be con-
strued to infer that a limit other than the limit under 
section 315(a)(1)(C) applies to contributions to the 
account. 
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‘‘(2) NONCONNECTED
COMMITTEE.—The term 
‘nonconnected committee’ shall not include a political 
committee of a political party. 
‘‘(3) VOTER DRIVE ACTIVITY.—The term ‘voter 
drive activity’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 301(28).’’. 
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 304(e) of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434(e)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) RECEIPTS
AND
DISBURSEMENTS
FROM 
QUALIFIED NON-FEDERAL ACCOUNTS.—In addition to 
any other reporting requirement applicable under this 
Act, a political committee to which section 325(a) ap-
plies shall report all receipts and disbursements from 
a qualified non-Federal account (as defined in section 
325(c)).’’. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Federal Election Commission 
shall promulgate regulations to implement the amendments 
made by this section not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the date which is 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 604. REPEAL OF LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF PARTY EXPEND-
ITURES ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES IN GEN-
ERAL ELECTIONS. 
(a) REPEAL OF LIMIT.—Section 315(d) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(1) Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law with respect to limitations 
on expenditures or limitations on contributions, 
the national committee’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwith-
standing any other provision of law with respect 
to limitations on amounts of expenditures or 
contributions, a national committee’’, 
(B) by striking ‘‘the general’’ and inserting 
‘‘any’’, and 
(C) by striking ‘‘Federal office, subject to 
the limitations contained in paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (4) of this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed-
eral office in any amount’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4). 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) INDEXING.—Section 315(c) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 441a(c)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘(d),’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking 
‘‘subsections (b) and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’. 
(2) INCREASE
IN
LIMITS
FOR
SENATE
CAN-
DIDATES
FACING
WEALTHY
OPPONENTS.—Section 
315(i) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(i)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(C)(iii)— 
(i) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I), 
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a period, and 
(iii) by striking subclause (III); 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A) in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and a party 
committee shall not make any expenditure,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and party expenditures previously made’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘and 
a party shall not make any expenditure’’. 
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(3) INCREASE
IN
LIMITS
FOR
HOUSE
CAN-
DIDATES
FACING
WEALTHY
OPPONENTS.—Section 
315A(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a—1(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A), 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period, and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C); 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A) in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and a party 
committee shall not make any expenditure,’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and party expenditures previously made’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘and 
a party shall not make any expenditure’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect January 1, 2006. 
SEC. 605. CONSTRUCTION. 
No provision of this title, or amendment made by this 
title, shall be construed— 
(1) as approving, ratifying, or endorsing a regu-
lation promulgated by the Federal Election Commis-
sion; 
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(2) as establishing, modifying, or otherwise af-
fecting the definition of political organization for 
purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or 
(3) as affecting the determination of whether a 
group organized under section 501(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is a political committee under 
section 301(4) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971. 
SEC. 606. JUDICIAL REVIEW. 
(a) SPECIAL RULES FOR ACTIONS BROUGHT ON CON-
STITUTIONAL GROUNDS.—If any action is brought for de-
claratory or injunctive relief to challenge the constitu-
tionality of any provision of this title or any amendment 
made by this title, the following rules shall apply: 
(1) The action shall be filed in the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia and shall 
be heard by a 3-judge court convened pursuant to sec-
tion 2284 of title 28, United States Code. 
(2) A copy of the complaint shall be delivered 
promptly to the Clerk of the House of Representatives 
and the Secretary of the Senate. 
(3) A final decision in the action shall be review-
able only by appeal directly to the Supreme Court of 
the United States. Such appeal shall be taken by the 
filing of a notice of appeal within 10 days, and the 
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filing of a jurisdictional statement within 30 days, of 
the entry of the final decision. 
(4) It shall be the duty of the United States Dis-
trict Court for the District of Columbia and the Su-
preme Court of the United States to advance on the 
docket and to expedite to the greatest possible extent 
the disposition of the action and appeal. 
(b) INTERVENTION BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—In 
any action in which the constitutionality of any provision 
of this title or any amendment made by this title is raised 
(including but not limited to an action described in sub-
section (a)), any Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Con-
gress) or Senate shall have the right to intervene either in 
support of or opposition to the position of a party to the 
case regarding the constitutionality of the provision or 
amendment. To avoid duplication of efforts and reduce the 
burdens placed on the parties to the action, the court in 
any such action may make such orders as it considers nec-
essary, including orders to require intervenors taking simi-
lar positions to file joint papers or to be represented by a 
single attorney at oral argument. 
(c) CHALLENGE BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.—Any 
Member of Congress may bring an action, subject to the spe-
cial rules described in subsection (a), for declaratory or in-
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junctive relief to challenge the constitutionality of any pro-
vision of this title or any amendment made by this title. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) INITIAL CLAIMS.—With respect to any action 
initially filed on or before December 31, 2008, the 
provisions of subsection (a) shall apply with respect 
to each action described in such subsection. 
(2) SUBSEQUENT ACTIONS.—With respect to any 
action initially filed after December 31, 2008, the 
provisions of subsection (a) shall not apply to any ac-
tion described in such subsection unless the person fil-
ing such action elects such provisions to apply to the 
action. 
SEC. 607. SEVERABILITY. 
If any provision of this title or any amendment made 
by this title, or the application of a provision or amend-
ment to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconsti-
tutional, the remainder of this title and the amendments 
made by this title, and the application of the provisions 
and amendments to any person or circumstance, shall not 
be affected by the holding. 
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TITLE VII—FORFEITURE OF 
RETIREMENT BENEFITS 
SEC. 701. LOSS OF PENSIONS ACCRUED DURING SERVICE 
AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FOR ABUSING 
THE PUBLIC TRUST. 
(a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—Section 
8332 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(o)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
subchapter, the service of an individual finally convicted 
of an offense described in paragraph (2) shall not be taken 
into account for purposes of this subchapter, except that this 
sentence applies only to service rendered as a Member (irre-
spective of when rendered). Any such individual (or other 
person determined under section 8342(c), if applicable) 
shall be entitled to be paid so much of such individual’s 
lump-sum credit as is attributable to service to which the 
preceding sentence applies. 
‘‘(2)(A) An offense described in this paragraph is any 
offense described in subparagraph (B) for which the fol-
lowing apply: 
‘‘(i) Every act or omission of the individual (re-
ferred to in paragraph (1)) that is needed to satisfy 
the elements of the offense occurs while the individual 
is a Member. 
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‘‘(ii) Every act or omission of the individual 
that is needed to satisfy the elements of the offense di-
rectly relates to the performance of the individual’s of-
ficial duties as a Member. 
‘‘(iii) The offense is committed after the date of 
enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(B) An offense described in this subparagraph is only 
the following, and only to the extent that the offense is a 
felony under title 18: 
‘‘(i) An offense under section 201 of title 18 
(bribery of public officials and witnesses). 
‘‘(ii) An offense under section 219 of title 18 (of-
ficers and employees acting as agents of foreign prin-
cipals). 
‘‘(iii) An offense under section 371 of title 18 
(conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United 
States) to the extent of any conspiracy to commit an 
act which constitutes an offense under clause (i) or 
(ii). 
‘‘(3) An individual convicted of an offense described 
in paragraph (2) shall not, after the date of the final convic-
tion, be eligible to participate in the retirement system 
under this subchapter or chapter 84 while serving as a 
Member. 
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‘‘(4) The Office of Personnel Management shall pre-
scribe any regulations necessary to carry out this sub-
section. Such regulations shall include— 
‘‘(A) provisions under which interest on any 
lump-sum payment under the second sentence of 
paragraph (1) shall be limited in a manner similar 
to that specified in the last sentence of section 
8316(b); and 
‘‘(B) provisions under which the Office may pro-
vide for— 
‘‘(i) the payment, to the spouse or children 
of any individual referred to in the first sentence 
of paragraph (1), of any amounts which (but for 
this clause) would otherwise have been nonpay-
able by reason of such first sentence, but only to 
the extent that the application of this clause is 
considered necessary given the totality of the cir-
cumstances; and 
‘‘(ii) an appropriate adjustment in the 
amount of any lump-sum payment under the 
second sentence of paragraph (1) to reflect the 
application of clause (i). 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection— 
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‘‘(A) the term ‘Member’ has the meaning given 
such term by section 2106, notwithstanding section 
8331(2); and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘child’ has the meaning given such 
term by section 8341.’’. 
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.— 
Section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
chapter, the service of an individual finally convicted of an 
offense described in paragraph (2) shall not be taken into 
account for purposes of this chapter, except that this sen-
tence applies only to service rendered as a Member (irre-
spective of when rendered). Any such individual (or other 
person determined under section 8424(d), if applicable) 
shall be entitled to be paid so much of such individual’s 
lump-sum credit as is attributable to service to which the 
preceding sentence applies. 
‘‘(2) An offense described in this paragraph is any of-
fense described in section 8332(o)(2)(B) for which the fol-
lowing apply: 
‘‘(A) Every act or omission of the individual (re-
ferred to in paragraph (1)) that is needed to satisfy 
the elements of the offense occurs while the individual 
is a Member. 
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‘‘(B) Every act or omission of the individual 
that is needed to satisfy the elements of the offense di-
rectly relates to the performance of the individual’s of-
ficial duties as a Member. 
‘‘(C) The offense is committed after the date of 
enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(3) An individual finally convicted of an offense de-
scribed in paragraph (2) shall not, after the date of the con-
viction, be eligible to participate in the retirement system 
under this chapter while serving as a Member. 
‘‘(4) The Office of Personnel Management shall pre-
scribe any regulations necessary to carry out this sub-
section. Such regulations shall include— 
‘‘(A) provisions under which interest on any 
lump-sum payment under the second sentence of 
paragraph (1) shall be limited in a manner similar 
to that specified in the last sentence of section 
8316(b); and 
‘‘(B) provisions under which the Office may pro-
vide for— 
‘‘(i) the payment, to the spouse or children 
of any individual referred to in the first sentence 
of paragraph (1), of any amounts which (but for 
this clause) would otherwise have been nonpay-
able by reason of such first sentence, but only to 
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the extent that the application of this clause is 
considered necessary given the totality of the cir-
cumstances; and 
‘‘(ii) an appropriate adjustment in the 
amount of any lump-sum payment under the 
second sentence of paragraph (1) to reflect the 
application of clause (i). 
‘‘(5) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘Member’ has the meaning given 
such term by section 2106, notwithstanding section 
8401(20); and 
‘‘(B) the term ‘child’ has the meaning given such 
term by section 8341.’’. 
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