No PAC Act

Bill: 115-hr-1743
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. O'Rourke, Beto [D-TX-16]
Introduced: 2017-03-27
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional elections

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Latest action: action_date: 2017-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-03-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>No PAC Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate for Congress from: (1) accepting a campaign contribution from any political committee other than an authorized committee of the candidate, and (2) establishing a leadership political action committee.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1743 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 27, 2017 Mr. O'Rourke (for himself and Mr. Khanna ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate for election to the office or Representative in Congress or Senator from accepting contributions from any political committee other than an authorized committee of the candidate and from establishing a leadership PAC.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No PAC Act . 2. Prohibition on acceptance of contributions from PACs by candidates for Representative or Senator (a) Prohibition Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30116 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (k) Prohibitions relating to certain political committees (1) Acceptance of contributions from PACs A candidate for election for the office of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, may not accept a contribution with respect to the election from any political committee other than an authorized committee of the candidate. (2) Establishment of leadership PAC A candidate for election for the office of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not establish a leadership PAC (as defined in subparagraph (B) of section 304(i)(8)). . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections occurring after 2018.