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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1080
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit national
political parties from using soft money, to restrict the use of soft money
by corporations and labor organizations, to impose additional reporting
requirements under such Act on corporations, labor organizations, and
nonprofit organizations, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 15, 2001
Mr. LINDER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on House Administration
A BILL
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to
prohibit national political parties from using soft money,
to restrict the use of soft money by corporations and
labor organizations, to impose additional reporting re-
quirements under such Act on corporations, labor organi-
zations, and nonprofit organizations, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Election Re-
form Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF SOFT MONEY BY NATIONAL
POLITICAL PARTIES.
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 new section:
‘‘PROHIBITING USE OF NONFEDERAL FUNDS BY
NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES
‘‘SEC. 323. No political committee established and
maintained by a national political party (including a na-
tional congressional campaign committee of a national po-
litical party) may solicit, receive, spend, or direct to an-
other person any funds which are not subject to the limita-
tions, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this
Act.’’.
SEC. 3. RESTRICTIONS AND ADDITIONAL REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR CORPORATIONS, LABOR
ORGANIZATIONS, AND NONPROFIT ORGANI-
ZATIONS.
(a) PROHIBITING USE OF SOFT MONEY BY COR-
PORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS FOR CERTAIN
ACTIVITIES.—Section 316(b)(2) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is amended
by striking ‘‘(A) communications’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘and (C)’’.
(b) DISCLOSURE
OF ELECTION-RELATED ACTIV-
ITY.—Section 304 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended
by section 502(a) of the Department of Transportation
and Related Agencies Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by
reference under section 101(a) of Public Law 106–346),
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section:
‘‘(e)(1) Each corporation, labor organization, and
nonprofit organization which makes a disbursement or
transfer of funds for any activity in connection with an
election for Federal office shall file reports in accordance
with subsection (a)(4) containing the same information
with respect to such disbursement or transfer which would
be required if the disbursement or transfer were treated
as a contribution or expenditure under this Act.
‘‘(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), any disburse-
ment or transfer of funds for a public communication
which mentions (by name, image, or likeness) a candidate
for election for Federal office and which is made within
the 90-day period ending on the date of such election shall
be treated as a disbursement or transfer of funds for an
activity in connection with an election for Federal office.
‘‘(3) This subsection shall not apply with respect to
a disbursement or transfer of funds which is otherwise
treated as a contribution or expenditure under this Act.’’.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect
upon the expiration of the 90-day period which begins on
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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