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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1427
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to control House
of Representatives campaign spending, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 6, 1995
Mr. COSTELLO 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
control House of Representatives campaign spending,
and for other purposes.
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 ‘‘Campaign Finance
System Reform Act’’.
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TITLE I—CONTROL OF HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES CAM-
PAIGN SPENDING
SEC. 101. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES PRO-
HIBITED FROM ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES AND
OTHER SOURCES EXCEPT INDIVIDUALS.
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 subsection:
‘‘(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
a candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate
or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not ac-
cept any contribution from a multicandidate political com-
mittee or any other person other than an individual.’’.
SEC. 102. CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTA-
TIVES CANDIDATES REQUIRED TO BE FROM
INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS OF THE CONGRES-
SIONAL DISTRICT.
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:
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‘‘CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CAN-
DIDATES REQUIRED TO BE FROM INDIVIDUAL RESI-
DENTS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
‘‘SEC. 323. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, a candidate for the office of Representative in,
or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress
may not accept contributions from any person other than
an individual resident of the congressional district in-
volved.’’.
SEC. 103. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO ELIGIBLE HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES.
The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 is
amended by adding at the end the following new title:
‘‘TITLE V—EXPENDITURE LIMI-
TATIONS AND CONTRIBUTION
LIMITATIONS FOR ELIGIBLE
HOUSE 
OF 
REPRESENTA-
TIVES CANDIDATES
‘‘SEC. 501. EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible House of Representa-
tives candidate may not, in an election cycle, make expend-
itures aggregating more than $600,000, of which not more
than $500,000 may be expended in the general election
period.
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‘‘(b) RUNOFF ELECTION AND SPECIAL ELECTION
AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) RUNOFF ELECTION AMOUNT.—In addition
to the expenditures under subsection (a), an eligible
House of Representatives candidate who is a can-
didate in a runoff election may make expenditures
aggregating not more than 20 percent of the general
election period limit under subsection (a).
‘‘(2) SPECIAL ELECTION AMOUNT.—An eligible
House of Representatives candidate who is a can-
didate in a special election may make expenditures
aggregating not more than $500,000 with respect to
the special election.
‘‘(c) CLOSELY CONTESTED PRIMARY.—If, as deter-
mined by the Commission, an eligible House of Represent-
atives candidate in a contested primary election wins that
primary election by a margin of 10 percentage points or
less, subject to the general election period limitation in
subsection (a), the candidate may make additional expend-
itures of not more than $150,000 in the general election
period.
‘‘(d) NONPARTICIPATING OPPONENT PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(1) LIMITATION EXCEPTION.—The limitations
imposed by subsections (a) and (b) do not apply in
the case of an eligible House of Representatives can-