Citizen Legislature and Political Freedom Act

Bill: 109-hr-4759
Sponsor: Rep. Doolittle, John T. [R-CA-4]
Introduced: 2006-02-15 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Business and politics
Campaign funds
Checkoff
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Computer software
Computers
Congress
Congressional elections
Corporations
Economics and Public Finance
Election candidates
Electronic data interchange
Electronic government information
Finance and Financial Sector
Freedom of information
Government paperwork
Government publicity
Government trust funds
Income tax
Internet
Labor and Employment
Labor unions
Political action committees
Political parties
Presidential elections
Science, Technology, Communications
State laws
Tax returns
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: 
Citizen Legislature and Political Freedom Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to terminate limitations on federal election campaign contributions after 2006.
 
Repeals the ban on contributions and expenditures by corporations and labor organizations with respect to elections occurring after December 2006. 

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate after December 31, 2005, the designation of income tax payments to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Terminates the Fund itself and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account after December 31, 2006, and transfers any amounts remaining in the Fund to the general fund of the Treasury.
 
Amends FECA to require any political committee of a state or local political party to file with the Federal Election Commission a copy of any report on disbursements it is required under a state or local law, rule, or regulation to submit to the state or local government.
 
Requires electronic filing of all reports, and their placement on the Internet.
 
Requires a campaign committee to report within 24 hours all contributions, regardless of amount, made to any political committee within 90 days before an election.
 
Declares that the &quot;best efforts&quot; exception to noncompliance with FECA shall not apply with respect to information regarding the identification of any contributor of more than $200 in the aggregate during a calendar year (thus requiring strict observance of reporting deadlines for all such contributions).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-02-15
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: 2006-02-15
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: 2006-02-15
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: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-02-15
text: Introduced in House