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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1694
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for a
voluntary limitation on contributions from other than individual district
residents in House of Representatives elections.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 24, 1995
Mr. CLINGER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Oversight
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
provide for a voluntary limitation on contributions from
other than individual district residents in House of Rep-
resentatives elections.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. VOLUNTARY PROVISION FOR LIMITATION OF
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OUTSIDE THE DIS-
TRICT AND FROM OTHER THAN INDIVIDUALS
IN THE DISTRICT TO 45 PERCENT OF TOTAL
CONTRIBUTIONS TO A CANDIDATE IN A
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CAMPAIGN.
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 subsections:
‘‘(i)(1) Not later than 30 days after an individual be-
comes a candidate for the office of Representative in, or
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, that
individual shall file with the Commission a declaration of
whether or not the individual will comply with paragraph
(2) and paragraph (3). If a candidate in an election for
such office chooses not to comply with both such para-
graphs, only paragraph (2) shall apply to such candidate
and neither paragraph (2) nor paragraph (3) shall apply
to the other candidates in the election.
‘‘(2) A candidate for the office of Representative in,
or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress
who agrees to be subject to this section may not accept
a contribution with respect to an election if—
‘‘(A) the contribution is from a person other
than an individual resident of the district; and
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‘‘(B) the sum of the contribution and the total
of contributions previously accepted from such per-
sons exceeds the amount equal to 45 percent of the
total of contributions accepted from all sources.
‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraph (1), in determining
the total amount of contributions from individuals resident
in a district, not more than $1,000 in contributions from
the personal funds of the candidate may be taken into ac-
count.
‘‘(4) In each report of contributions under this Act,
a candidate referred to in paragraph (1) shall certify com-
pliance with this subsection.
‘‘(j)(1) If a candidate accepts contributions with re-
spect to a reporting period that exceed a limitation under
subsection (i), the candidate, at the time of filing the re-
port involved, shall pay to the Commission, for deposit in
the general fund of the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts,
a civil fine.
‘‘(2) In the case of reporting periods under section
304(a)(2)(A), the civil fines shall be as follows: (A) 1st
quarter report, 2 times the excess amount; (B) 2d quarter
report, 3 times the excess amount; (C) pre-primary report,
3 times the excess amount; (D) 3d quarter report, 3 times
the excess amount; (E) pregeneral election report, 5 times
the excess amount; (F) postgeneral election report, 5 times
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the excess amount; and (G) 4th quarter report, 5 times
the excess amount.
‘‘(3) In the case of reporting periods under section
304(a)(2)(B), the civil fine shall be an amount equal to
the excess amount.’’.
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