Presidential Funding Act of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5905
Sponsor: Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]
Introduced: 2006-07-26 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Campaign funds
Checkoff
Computer software
Cost of living adjustments
Economics and Public Finance
Election candidates
Electronic government information
Fund raising
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Income tax
Indexing (Economic policy)
Political conventions
Political parties
Presidential elections
Primaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Soft money
Tax returns
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: 
Presidential Funding Act of 2006 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to public financing of presidential election campaigns to: (1) quadruple (1:1 to 4:1) the matching rate for contributions to primary election candidates; (2) lower from $250 to $200 the limit on individual campaign contributions; (3) increase the presidential primary qualifying threshold from $5,000 to $25,000 in 20 states; (4) require presidential candidates to participate in the primary payment system to be eligible for general election payments; (5) move the starting date for payments to primary candidates from January 1 to July 1 of the year immediately preceding the presidential election year; (6) allow additional payments and increased expenditure limits for candidates who face opponents who do not participate in public financing and who raise more than 20% of applicable spending limits; (7) designate the last Friday before the first Monday in September as the date for payments to eligible presidential candidates; and (8) increase from $3 to $10 the presidential campaign tax return check-off amount.

Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) increase expenditure limits for presidential primary campaigns and eliminate state primary spending limits; (2) limit political party general election campaign expenditures to $25 million, with an additional $25 million allowance after the party's candidate is nominated; (3) prohibit political parties from spending unregulated funds (soft money) on their national conventions; and (4) require presidential campaign committees to disclose information about bundled contributions (series of contributions aggregating more than $10,000).

Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to reduce funding for the market access program by $100 million in FY2007.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-07-26
text: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-07-26
text: Introduced in House