request or suggestion of, any candidate, or any authorized
committee or agent of such candidate.
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), a person
shall be deemed to be ‘expressly advocating the election
or defeat of a clearly identified candidate’ if the person
makes any expenditure for a communication disseminated
during the 90-day period which ends on the date of an
election which includes the name, image, or likeness of a
candidate for election for Federal office, if the person has
expended an aggregate amount equal to or greater than
$10,000 for such communications during such period, tak-
ing into account any expenditures for such communica-
tions made by any other person who is under the direction
or control of or otherwise affiliated with the person.’’.
SEC. 4. RESTRICTIONS ON SOLICITATION AND TRANSFER
OF FUNDS BY CANDIDATES AND PARTIES TO
CERTAIN NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
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:
‘‘SOLICITATION
AND
TRANSFER
OF
FUNDS
BY
CAN-
DIDATES AND PARTIES TO CERTAIN NONPROFIT OR-
GANIZATIONS
‘‘SEC. 323. (a) RESTRICTIONS ON SOLICITATION OF
CONTRIBUTIONS
BY
CANDIDATES
AND
OFFICE-
HOLDERS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No individual who is a can-
didate for election for Federal office or who holds
Federal office may solicit contributions to, or on be-
half of, any organization that is exempt from Fed-
eral taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 during any period for which
the individual is such a candidate or holds such of-
fice if the organization is established, maintained, or
controlled by such individual.
‘‘(2) CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TREATED AS HOLD-
ING FEDERAL OFFICE.—For purposes of this sub-
section, an individual shall be treated as holding
Federal office if such individual holds a position de-
scribed in level I of the Executive Schedule under
5312 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(b) PROHIBITING SOLICITATIONS FOR OR DONA-
TIONS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS BY PARTIES.—No
national, State, district or local committee of a political
party, including the national congressional campaign com-
mittees of a political party, any entity that is directly or
indirectly established, financed, maintained, or controlled
by a committee of a political party, any entity acting on
behalf of a committee of a political party, and any officer
or agent acting on behalf of any such party committee or
entity, may 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.’’.
SEC. 5. REQUIRING MONTHLY REPORTS FOR CERTAIN CAN-
DIDATE COMMITTEES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 304(a)(2)(A)(iii) of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
434(a)(2)(A)(iii)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(iii)(I) in the case of a committee that
has reported an aggregate amount of contribu-
tions during the year in an amount equal to or
greater than $50,000, additional monthly re-
ports for all months in the year other than No-
vember and December, which shall be filed no
later than the 20th day after the last day of the
month and shall be complete as of the last day
of the month, together with a year end report
which shall be filed no later than January 31
of the following calendar year, or
‘‘(II) in the case of any other committee,
additional quarterly reports, which shall be filed
no later than the 15th day after the last day of
each calendar quarter, and which shall be com-
plete as of the last day of each calendar quar-
ter: except that the report for the quarter end-
ing December 31 shall be filed no later than
January 31 of the following calendar year;
and’’.
(b) REQUIRING COMMITTEES TO MAKE REPORTS
AVAILABLE ON INTERNET.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 304(a)(11)(A) of
such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(11)(A)) is amended by
striking the period at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, except that a principal campaign commit-
tee of a candidate filing monthly reports pursuant to
paragraph (2)(A)(iii)(I) shall file such reports by
such electronic format or method and at the time of
filing shall post such reports on the Internet at an
Internet site established by the committee.’’.
(2) INTERNET DEFINED.—Section 301 of such
Act (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by striking para-
graph (19) and inserting the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(19) The term ‘Internet’ means the international
computer network of both Federal and non-Federal inter-
operable packet-switched data networks.’’.
SEC. 6. NONSEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.
If any provision of this Act or any amendment made
by this Act, or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance, is held invalid, the remaining provisions of
this Act or any amendment made by this Act shall be
treated as invalid.
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall apply with
respect to amounts contributed or expended on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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