Clean Money, Clean Elections Act

Bill: 109-hr-3099
Sponsor: Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6]
Introduced: 2005-06-28 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Administrative remedies
Auditing
Campaign funds
Civil actions and liability
Congress
Congressional elections
Economics and Public Finance
Election candidates
Electronic government information
Evidence (Law)
Executive reorganization
Federal Election Commission
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Franking privilege
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Governmental investigations
House of Representatives
Independent regulatory commissions
Injunctions
Internet
Judicial review
Law
Licenses
Members of Congress
Political advertising
Political parties
Presidential appointments
Primaries
Radio broadcasting
Radio stations
Runoff elections
Science, Technology, Communications
Soft money
Subpoena
Supreme Court
Telecommunication rates
Television broadcasting
Television stations

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: 
Clean Money, Clean Elections Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to: (1) prescribe eligibility and qualifying contribution requirements, seed money limits, and benefits of clean money financing of House election campaigns; (2) set forth requirements applicable to clean money candidates; (3) direct the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to certify whether or not a candidate is a clean money candidate; (4) establish in the Treasury a House of Representatives Election Fund for clean money financing; (5) set forth requirements concerning reporting of certain expenditures of private money candidates and reporting of certain independent expenditures; (6) limit expenditures that may be made by political party committees in connection with the general election campaign of a House election in which one or more of the candidates is a clean money candidate; and (7) provide for the treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions. 
 
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to entitle clean money candidates to receive specified free broadcast time and reduced broadcast rates under certain circumstances.
 
Amends federal postal law to prohibit franked mass mailings by Members of Congress (except notices of public meetings) during primary and general election periods, unless they are not candidates for re-election or election to any other federal office.
 
Amends FECA to revise requirements for the composition and terms of FEC Commissioners and mandate electronic filing of FEC reports, among other changes, including those made with respect to audits, authority to seek injunction, and standard for investigation.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-06-28
text: Introduced in House