An Act to regulate certain political campaign finance practices in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
PL 93-376 (H.R.15074), enacted 08/14/1974

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Public Law 93-375 
August 14, 1974 
AN ACT 
[s. 3477] 
rjy^ amend the Act of August 9, 1955, relating to school fare subsidy for trans-
portation of schoolchildren within the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
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United States of America in Congress assembled^ That section 2 of 
sub^sidy. ^^^ 
the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the regulation of fares for 
the transportation of schoolchildren in the District of Columbia", 
approved August 9, 1955 (D.C. Code, sec. 44-214a), as amended by 
an Act approved October 18,1968, and by an Act approved August 11, 
1971, is further amended by deleting "1974" and substituting "1977". 
SEC. 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any rule of 
law, nothing in this Act (including the amendment made by this Act) 
shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Council of the 
District of Columbia to enact any act or resolution, after January 2, 
1975, pursuant to the District of Columbia Self-Government and 
Governmental Reorganization Act with respect to any matter covered 
by this Act. 
Approved August 14, 1974. 
Public Law 93-376 
August 14, 1974 
AN ACT 
[H.R. 15074] 
!JIQ regulate certain political campaign finance practices in the District of 
Columbia, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representathes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ 
District of 
Columbia Cam-
paign Finance 
Reform and Con- 
T I T L E I — S H O R T T I T L E , 
D E F I N I T I O N S 
flict of Interest 
Act. 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Definitions. 
TITLE II—FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES 
Sec. 201. Organization of political committees. 
Sec. 202. Principal campaign committee. 
Sec. 203. Designation of campaign depository. 
Sec. 204. Registration of political committees ; statements. 
Sec. 205. Registration of candidates. 
Sec. 206. Reports by political committees and candidates. 
Sec. 207. Reports by others than political committees. 
Sec. 208. Formal requirements respecting reports and statements. 
Sec. 209. Exemption for candidates who anticipate spending less than $250. 
Sec. 210. Identification of campaign literature. 
Sec. 211. Effect on liability. 
TITLE III—DIRECTOR OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE 
Sec. 301. Establishment of the Office of Director. 
Sec. 302. Powers of the Director. 
Sec. 303. Duties of the Director. 
Sec. 304. General Accounting Office to assist Board and Director. 
Sec. 305. Nominating committee. 
Sec. 306. District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics. 
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TITLE IV—FINANCE LIMITATIONS 
Sec. 401. General limitations. 
Sec. 402. Limitation on expenditures. 
TITLE V—LOBBYING 
Sec. 501. Definitions. 
Sec- 502. Detailed accounts of contributions; retention of receipted bills of 
expenditures. 
Sec. 503. Receipts for contributions. 
Sec. 504. Statements of accounts filed with Director. 
Sec. 505. Preservation of statements. 
Sec. 506. Persons to whom title is applicable. 
Sec. 507. Registrationof lobbyists with Director; compilation of information. 
Sec. 508. Reports and statements under oath. 
Sec. 509. Penalties and prohibitions. 
Sec. 510. Exemptions. 
TITLE VI—CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND DISCLOSURE 
Sec. 601. Conflict of interest. 
Sec. 602. Disclosure of financial interest. 
TITLE VII—PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT TAX CREDITS, USE OF 
SURPLUS CAMPAIGN FUNDS, VOTERS' INFORMATION PAMPHLETS, 
STUDY OF 1974 AND REPORT BY COUNCIL, EFFECTIVE 
DATES, 
AMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTION ACT, AND 
AUTHORIZATION 
Sec. 701. Penalties and enforcement. 
Sec. 702. Tax credit for campaign contributions. 
Sec. 703. Use of surplus campaign funds. 
Sec. 704. A study of 1974 election and report by Council. 
Sec. 705. Effective dates. 
Sec. 706. Amendments to District of Columbia Election Act. 
Sec. 707. Authority of Council. 
Sec. 708. Authorization of appropriation. 
TITLE I—SHORT TITLE, DEFINITIONS 
SHORT TITLE 
SEC. 101. This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Cam- 
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])aijrn P^inaiice Reform and Conflict of Interest Act." 
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DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 102. When used in this Act, unless otherwise provided— 
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(a) The term "election" means a primary, runoff, general, or special 1121. 
election held in the District of Columbia for the purpose of nominating 
an individual to be a candidate for election to office or for the purpose 
of electing a candidate to office, and includes a convention or caucus of 
a political party held for the purpose of nominating such a candidate. 
(b) The term ''candidate" means an individual who seeks nomina-
tion for election, or election, to office, whether or not such individual 
is nominated or elected, and, for purposes of this paragraph, an indi-
vidual shall be deemed to seek nomination for election, or election, if 
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he, has (1) obtained or authorized any other person to obtain nominat-
ing petitions to qualify himself for nomination for election, or elec-
tion, to office. (2) received contributions or made expenditures, or has 
given his consent for any other person to receive contributions or 
make expenditures, with a view to bringing about his nomination for 
election, or election, to office, or (3) reason to know, or knows, that any 
other person has received contributions or made expenditures for that 
purpose, and has not notified that person in writing to cease receiving 
contributions or making expenditures for that purpose. A person who 
is deemed to be a candidate for the purposes of this Act shall not 
be deemed, solely by reason of that status, to be a candidate for the 
purposes of any other Federal law. 
(c) The term ''office" means the office of Mayor of the District of 
Columbia. Chairman or member of the Council of the District of 
Columbia, member of the Board of Education of the District of 
Columbia, or an official of a political party. 
(d) The term "official of a political party" means— 
(1) national committeemen and national committeewomen; 
(2) delegates to conventions of political parties nominating can-
didates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency of the United 
States: 
(8) alternates to the officials referred to in clauses (1) and (2) 
above, where permitted by political party rules; and 
(4) such members and officials of local committees of political 
parties as may be designated by the duly authorized local com-
mittees of such parties for election, by public ballot, at large or by 
ward in the Disti-ict of Columbia. 
(e) The term "political committee" means any committee (includ-
ing a principal campaign committee), club, association, organization, 
or othei- group of individuals organized for the purpose of. or engaged 
in. promoting or opposing a political party or the nomination or elec-
tion of an individual to office. 
(f) The term "contribution" means— 
(1) a gift, subscription (including any assessment, fee, or mem-
l>ership dues), loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything 
of value, made for the purpose of financing, directly or indirectly, 
the election campaign of a candidate or any operations of a politi-
cal committee; 
(2) a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally 
enforceable, to make a contribution for any such purpose; 
(3) a transfer of funds between political committees; or 
(4) the payment, by any person other than a candidate or politi-
cal committee, of compensation for the personal services of 
another person which are rendered to s^^ch candidate or committee 
without charge, or for less than reasonable value, for any such 
purpose or the furnishing of goods, advertising, or services to a 
candidate's campaign without charge, or at a rate which is less 
than the rate normally charged for such services. 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such term shall not be construed to 
include (A) services provided without compensation, by individuals 
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volunteering a portion or all of their time on behalf of a candidate or 
political committee, (B) personal services provided without compen-
sation by individuals volunteering a portion or all of their time to 
a candidate ol- political committee, (C) communications by an orga-
nization, other than a political party, solely to its members and their 
families on any subject, (D) communications (including advertise-
ments) to any person on any subject by any organization which is 
organized solely as an issue-oriented organization, which communica-
tions neither endorse nor oppose any candidate for office, or (E) nor-
mal billing credit for a period not exceeding thirty days. 
(g) The term "expenditure" means— 
(1) a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, 
or gift of money or anything of value, made for the purpose of 
financing, directly or indirectly, the election campaign of a can-
didate or any operations of a political committee; 
(2) a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally 
enforceable, to make an expenditure; 
(3) a transfer of funds between political committees; and 
(4) notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this para-
graph, such term shall not be construed to include the incidental 
expenses (as defined by the Board) made by or on behalf of 
individuals in the course of volunteei-ing their time on behalf of a 
candidate or political committee. 
(h) The term "person" means an individual, partnership, com-
mittee, association, corporation, labor organization, and any other 
organisation or group of persons. 
(i) The term "Director" means the Director of Campaign Finance 
of the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics created by 
title IIL 
(j) The term "political party" means an association, committee, or 
organization which nominates a candidate for election to any office and 
qualifies under the District of Columbia Election Act (i3.C. Code, 
sec. 1-1101 et seq.), to have the names of its nominees appear on the 
election ballot as the candidate of that association, committee, or 
organization. 
(k) The term "Board" means the District of Columbia Board of 
Elections and Ethics established under the District of Columbia Elec-
tion Act (D.C. Code. sec. 1-1101 et seq.) and r-edesignated bv sec-
tion 306. 
TITLE TT—FTNAXCTAL DISCLOSURES 
ORGAXIZATIOX OF POLITICAL 
COMMITTEES 
SEC. 201. (a) Everv political committee shall have a chairman and . chairman and 
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a treasure!-. Mo contribution and no expenditure shall be accepted or 
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made by or on behalf of a political committee at a time when there is ^^^i. 
a vacancy in the office of treasurer thereof and no other person has been 
designated and has agreed to perform the functions of treasurer. No 
expenditure shall be made for or on behalf of a political committee 
without the authorization of its chairman or treasurer, or their desig-
nated aarents. 
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Contributions. 
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funds, prohibi-
tion. 
Contributions 
and expenditures, 
accounts. 
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(b) Every person who receives a contribution of $10 or more for or 
on behalf of a political committee shall, on demand of the treasurer, 
and in any event within five days after receipt of such contribution, 
submit to the treasurer of such committee a detailed account thereof, 
including the amount, the name and address (including the occupation 
and the principal place of business, if any) of the person making such 
contribution, and the date on which such contribution was received. 
All funds of a political committee shall be segregated from, and may 
not be commingled wkh. any personal funds of officers, members, or 
associates of such committee. 
(c) Except for accounts of expenditures made out of the petty cash 
fund provided for under section 201(b), the treasurer of a political 
committee, and each candidate, shall keep a detailed and exact account 
of— 
(1) all contributions made to or for such political committee or 
candidate: 
(2) the full name and mailing address (including the occupa-
tion and the principal place of business, if any) of every person 
making a contribution of $10 or more, and the date and amount 
thereof; 
(3) all expenditures made by or on behalf of such committee or 
candidate; and 
(4) the full name and mailing address (including the occupa-
tion and the principal place of business, if any) of every person to 
whom any expenditure is made, the date and amount thereof and 
the name and address of, and office sought by, each candidate on 
whose behalf such expenditure was made. 
(d) The treasurer or candidate shall obtain and preserve such 
receipted bills and records as may be required by the Board. 
(e) Each political committee and candidate shall include on the 
face or front page of all literature and advertisements soliciting funds 
the following notice: "A copy of our report is filed with the Director 
of Campaign Finance of the District of Columbia Board of Elections 
and Ethics.". 
PIUXClPAr. CAMPAIGN 
C O M M r r r E E 
SEC. 202. (a) Each candidate for office shall designate in writing 
one political committee as his principal campaign committee. The prin-
cipal campaign committee shall receive all reports made by any other 
political committee accepting contributions or making expenditures 
for the purpose of influencing the nomination for election, or election, 
of the candidate who desionated it as his principal campaign commit-
tee. The principal committee may require additional reports to be 
made to it by any such political committee and may designate the 
time and number of all reports. Xo political committee may be 
designated as the principal campaign committee of more than one 
candidate, excejjt a principal campaign committee supporting the 
nomination or election of a candidate as an official of a political party 
may support the nomination or election of more than one such candi-
date, but may not support the nomination or election of a candidate 
for any public office. 
(b) Each statement 
(including the statement of organization 
required under section 204) or report that a political committee is 
required to file with or furnish to the Director under the provisions of 
this Act shall also be furnished, if that political committee is not a 
principal campaign committee, to the campaign committee for the 
candidate on whose behalf that political committee is accepting or 
making, or intends to accept or make, contributions or expenditures, 
(c) The treasurer of each political committee which is a principal 
campaign committee, and each candidate, shall receive all reports and 
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statements filed with or furnished to it or him by other political 
committees, consolidate, and furnish the reports and statements to 
the Director, together with the reports and statements of the principal 
campaign committee of which he is treasurer or which was designated 
by him, in accordance with the provisions of this title and regulations 
prescribed by the Board. 
DESIGNATION OF CAMPAIGN DEPOSITORY 
SEC. '20S. (a) Each political committee, and each candidate accept- 
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ing contributions or making expenditures, shall designate, in the 
registration statement required under section 204 or 205, one national 
bank located in the District of Columbia as the campaign depository 
of that political committee or candidate. Each such committee or can-
didate shall maintain a checking account at such depository and shall 
deposit any contributions received by the committee or candidate into 
that account. No expenditures may be made by such committee or 
candidate except by check drawn payable to the person to whom the 
expenditure is being made on that account, other than petty cash 
expenditures as provided in subsection (b). 
(b) A political committee or candidate may maintain a petty cash 
Petty cash 
fund out of which may be made expenditures not in excess of $50 to 
any person in connection with a single purchase or transaction. A rec- 
Recordkeeping. 
ord of petty cash receipts and disbursements shall be kept in accordance 
with requirements established by the Board and such statements and 
reports thereof shall be furnished to the Director as it may require. 
Payments may be made into the petty cash fund only by check drawn 
on the checking account maintained at the campaign depository of 
such political committee or candidate. 
REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES ; STATEMENTS 
SEC. 204. (a) Each political committee shall file with the Director ^^statement o
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a statement of organization within ten days after its organization. Each "'^o^c.^code'i-
such committee in existence at the date of enactment of this Act shall ^^^•^-
file a statement of organization with the Director at such time as the 
Director may prescribe— 
(b) The statement of organization shall include— 
contents. 
(1) the name and address of the political committee; 
(2) the names, addresses, and relationships of affiliated or con-
nected organizations; 
(3) the area, scope, or jurisdiction of the political committee; 
(4) the name, address, and position of the custodian of books 
and accounts; 
(5) the name, address, and position of other principal officers, 
including officers and members of the finance committee, if any; 
(6) the name, address, office sought, and party affiliation of 
(A) each candidate whom the committee is supporting, and (B) 
any other individual, if any, whom the committee is supporting 
for nomination for election or election, to any public office what-
ever; or, if the committee is supporting the entire ticket of any 
party, the name of the party; 
(7) a statement whether the political committee is a continuing 
one; 
(8) the disposition of residual funds which will be made in the 
event of dissolution; 
(9) the name and address of the bank designated by the com-
mittee as the campaign depository, together with the title and 
number of each account and safety deposit box used by that com-
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mittee at the depository, and the identification of each individual 
authorized to make withdrawals or payments out of each such 
account or box; and 
(10) such other information as shall be required by the Director. 
(c) Any change in information previously submitted in a statement 
of organization shall be reported to the Director within the ten-day 
period following the change. 
(d) Any political committee which, after having filed one or more 
statements of organization, disbands or determines it will no longer 
receive contributions or make expenditures during the calendar year 
shall so notify the Director. 
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a candidate, or within five days of the day on which he, or any person 
authorized by him (pursuant to section 401 (d)) to do so, has received 
a contribution or made an expenditure in connection with his campaign 
or for the purposes of preparing to undertake his campaign, file with 
the Director a registration statement in such form as the Director may 
prescribe. 
(b) In addition, candidates shall provide the Director the name and 
address of the campaign depository designated by that candidate, 
together with the title and number of each account and safety deposit 
box used by that candidate at the depository, and the identification of 
each individual authorized to make withdraw^als or payments out of 
such account or box, and such other information as shall be required 
bv the Director. 
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REPORTS BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND CANDIDATES 
SEC. 206. (a) The treasurer of each political committee supporting 
a candidate, and each candidate, required to register under this Act, 
shall file with the Director, and with the applicable principal cam-
paign committee, reports of receipts and expenditures on forms to be 
Filing dates. 
prescribcd or approved by the Director. Except for the first such 
report which shall be filed on the twenty-first day after the date 
of enactment of this Act, such reports shall be filed on the 10th 
day of March, June, August, October, and December in each year dur-
ing which there is held an election for the office such candidate is seek-
ing, and on the fifteenth and fifth days next preceding the date on 
which such election is held, and also by the 31st day of January of each 
year. In addition such reports shall be filed on the 31st day of July of 
each year in which there is no such election. Such reports shall be com-
plete as of such date as the Director may prescribe, which shall not be 
more than five days before the date of filing, except that any contribu-
tion of $200 or more received after the closing date prescribed by the 
Director for the last report required to be filed prior to the election 
shall be reported within twenty-four hours after its receipt. 
Contents. 
(^]j^ Each report under this section shall disclose— 
(1) the amount of cash on hand at the beginning of the report-
ing period; 
(2) the full name and mailing address (including the occupa-
tion and the principal place of business, if any) of each person 
who has made one or more contributions to or for such committee 
or candidate (including the purchase of tickets for events such as 
dinners, luncheons, rallies, and similar fundraising events) within 
the calendar year in an aggregate amount or value in excess 
of $50 or more, together with the amount and date of such 
contributions: 
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(3) the total sum of individual contributions made to or for such 
committee or candidate during the reporting period and not 
reported under paragraph (2); 
(4) the name and address of each political committee or candi-
date from which the reporting committee or the candidate 
received, or to which that committee or candidate made, any trans-
fer of funds, together with the amounts and dates of all ti-ansfers; 
(5) each loan to or from any person within the calendar year 
in an aggregate amount or values of $50 or more, together with 
the full names and mailing addresses (including the occupation 
and the principal place of business, if any) of the lender and 
endorsers, if any, and the date and amount of such loans; 
(6) the net amount of proceeds from (A) the sale of tickets 
to each dinner, luncheon, rally, and other fundraising events 
organized by such committee; (B) mass collections made at such 
events; and (C) sales by such committee of items such as political 
campaign pins, buttons, badges, flags, emblems, hats, banners, 
literature, and similar materials; 
(7) each contribution, rebate, refund, or other receipt of $50 
or more not otherwise listed under paragraphs (2) through (6) ; 
(8) the total sum of all receipts by or for such committee or 
candidate during the reporting period; 
(9) the full name and mailing address (including the occupa-
tion and the principal place of business, if any) of each person 
to whom expenditures have been made by such committee or on 
behalf of such committee or candidate within the calendar year 
in an aggregate amount or value of $10 or more, the amount, 
date, and purpose of each such expenditure and the name and 
address of, and office sought by, each candidate on whose behalf 
such expenditure was made; 
(10) the total sum of expenditures made by such committee 
or candidate during the calendar year; 
(11) the amount and nature of debts and obligations owed by 
or to the committee, in such form as the Director may prescribe 
and a continuous reporting of its debts and obligations after the 
election at such periods as the Director may require until such 
debts and obligations are extinguished; and 
(12) such other information as may be required by the 
Director. 
(c) The reports to be filed under subsection (a) shall be cumulative 
during the calendar year to which they relate, but where there has been 
no change in an item reported in a previous report during such year, 
only the unchanged amount need be carried forward. If no con-
tributions or expenditures have been accepted or expended during a 
calendar year, the treasurer of the political committee or candidate 
shall file a statement to that effect. 
(d) Each treasurer of a political committee, each candidate for 
cash contnbu 
election to office, and each treasurer appointed by a candidate, shall file *'°"^' '•^P°'"'^-
with the Director weekly reports of cash contributions on forms to be 
prescribed or approved by the Director. 
REPORTS BY OTHERS THx\N POLITICAL 
COMMITTEES 
SEC. 207. Every person (other than a political committee or candi- 
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date) who makes contributions or expenditures, other than by con- us?.* 
tribution to a political committee or candidate, in an aggregate amount 
of $50 or more within a calendar year shall file with the Director a 
statement containing the information required by section 206. State-
ments required by this section shall be filed on the dates on which 
reports by political committees are filed, but need not be cumulative. 
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FORMAL REQUIREMENTS RESPECTING REPORTS AND STATEMENTS 
SEC. 208. (a) A report or statement required by this title to be filed 
by a treasurer of a political committee, a candidate, or by any other 
person, shall be verified by the oath or affirmation of the person filing 
such report or statement, taken before any officer authorized to admin-
ister oaths. 
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^|3) ^ copy of a report or statement shall be preserved by the person 
filing it for a period to be designated by the Board in a published 
regulation. 
Regulations. 
^^^ rpj^^ Board, shall, by published regulations of general applicabil-
ity, prescribe the manner in which contributions and expenditures in 
the nature of debts and other contracts, agreements, and promises to 
make contributions or expenditures shall be reported. Such regulations 
shall provide that they be reported in separate schedules. In determin-
ing aggregate amounts of contributions and expenditures, amounts 
reported as provided in such regulations shall not be considered until 
actual payment is made. 
E X E M P T I O N FOR CANDIDATES WHO ANTICIPATE SPENDING LESS THAN $250 
SEC, 209. Except for the provisions of subsections (c] and (d) of 
section 201, and subsection (a) of section 205, the provisions of this 
title shall not apply to any candidate who anticipates spending or 
spends less than $250 in any one election and who has not designated a 
principal campaign committee. On the fifteenth day prior to the date 
of the election in which such candidate is entered, and on the thirtieth 
day after the date of such election, such candidate shall certify to the 
Director that he has not spent more than $250 in such election. 
IDENTIFICATION OF CAMPAIGN LITERATUltE 
SEC. 210. All newspaper or magazine advertising, posters, circulars, 
billboards, handbills, bumper stickers, sample ballots, and other 
printed matter with reference to or intended for the support or defeat 
of a candidate or group of candidates for nomination or election to any 
public office shall be identified by the words "paid for by" followed 
by the name and address of the payer or the committee or other person 
and its treasurer on whose behalf the material appears. 
EFFECT ON LIABILITY 
SEC. 211, Nothing in this title shall be construed as creating or 
limiting in any way the liability of any person under existing law for 
any 
financial 
obligation incurred by a political committee or 
candidate. 
TITLE III—DIRECTOE OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE 
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR 
SEC. 301. (a) There is established within the District of Columbia 
Board of Elections and Ethics the office of Director of Campaign 
Finance (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ''Director"). The 
Commissioner of the District of Columbia shall appoint, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, the Director, except that on and 
after January 2, 1975, any vacancy in the office of Director shall be 
Appointment. 
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by appoiutmcut by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of 
the Council. Such appointments shall be made without regard to the 
provisions of title 5 of the United States Code, governing appoint-
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merits in the competitive service. The Director shall be entitled to 
compensation. 
receive compensation at the maximum rate as may be established from 
time to time for grade 16 of the General Schedule in section 5332 of 
title 5 of the United States Code, and shall be responsible for the 
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administrative operations of the Board pertaining to this Act and shall "°^^' 
perform such other duties as may be delegated or assigned to him from 
time to time by regulations or orders of the Board. However, the 
Board shall not delegate to the Director the making of regulations 
regarding elections. 
(b) The Board may appoint a General Counsel without regard to ^^cenerai^oun-
the provisions of title 5 of the United States Code, governing appoint- 
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ments in the competitive service, to serve at the pleasure of the Board. ^' ®
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The General Counsel shall be entitled to receive compensation at the 
same rate as the Director of the Board and shall be responsible solely 
to the Board. The General Counsel shall perform such duties as may 
be delegated or assigned to him from time to time by regulation or 
order of the Board. 
(c) In any appropriate case where the Board upon its own motion 
violations, 
or upon recommendation of the Director makes a finding of an appar-
ent violation of this Act, it shall refer such case to the United States 
Attorney for the District of Columbia for prosecution, and shall make ^ ^^ 
public the fact of such referral and the basis for such finding. In "civii actions. 
addition, the Board, through its General Counsel, shall initiate, main-
tain, defend, or appeal any civil action (in the name of the Board) 
relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this Act. The Board lie",^""''''"^ ''^' 
may, through its General Counsel, petition the courts of the District of 
Columbia for declaratory or injunctive relief concerning any action 
covered by the provisions of this Act. 
prosecution. 
Public notifica-
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POWERS OF T H E DIRECTOR 
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SEC. 302. (a) The Director, under regulations of general applica-
bility approved by the Board, shall have the power— 
(1) to require any person to submit in writing such reports and 
answers to questions as the Director may prescribe relating to 
the administration and enforcement of this Act; and such sub-
mission shall be made within such reasonable period and under 
oath or otherwise as the Director may determine; 
(2) to administer oaths; 
(3) to require by subpena the attendance and testimony of 
witnesses and the production of all documentary evidence relating 
to the execution of its duties; 
(4) in any proceeding or investigation to order testimony to 
be taken by deposition before any person who is designated by 
the Director and has the power to administer oaths and, in such 
instances, to compel testimony and the production of evidence in 
the same manner as authorized under paragraph (3) of this 
subsection; 
(5) to pay witnesses the same fees and mileage as are paid in 
like circumstances in the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia; and 
(6) to accept gifts and voluntary and uncompensated services. 
Subpenas issued under this section shall be issued by the Director upon 
subpenas. 
the approval of the Board. 
(b) The Superior Court of the District of Columbia may, upon peti- ^^^"J"^''^"''^ 
tion by the Board, in case of refusal to obey a subpena or order of the 
Board issued under subsection (a) of this section, issue an order 
requiring compliance therewith; and any failure to obey the order of 
the court may be punished by the court as a contempt thereof. 
order. 
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D.C. Code 1-
1153. 
Reports and 
statements, 
availability. 
Recordkeeping. 
Audits and 
investigations. 
D.C. 
1154. 
District of 
Columbia Board 
of Elections and 
Ethics Nominat-
ing Committee. 
Establishment. 
D.C. Code 1-
1155. 
Membership. 
DUTIES OF THE DIRECTOR 
SEC. 303. The Director shall— 
(1) develop and furnish (upon request) prescribed forms for 
the making of the reports and statements required to be filed with 
him under this Act; 
(2) develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system con-
sonant with the purposes of this Act; 
(3) make the reports and statements filed with him available 
for public inspection and copying, commencing as soon as prac-
ticable but not later than the end of the second day following the 
day during which it was received, and to permit and facilitate 
copying of any such report or statement by hand and by duplicat-
ing machine, as requested by any person, at reasonable cost to 
such person, except any information copied from such reports and 
statements shall not be sold or utilized by any person for the pur-
pose of soliciting contributions or for any commercial purpose; 
(4) preserve such reports and statements for a period of ten 
years from date of receipt; 
(5) compile and maintain a current list of all statements or 
parts of statements on file pertaining to each candidate; 
(6) prepare and publish such other reports as he may deem 
appropriate; 
(7) assure dissemination of statistics, summaries, and reports 
prepared under this title; 
(8) make from time to time audits and field investigations with 
respect to reports and statements filed under the provisions of 
this title, and with respect to alleged failures to file any report or 
statement required under the provisions of this title; and 
(9) perform such other duties as the Board may require. 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE TO ASSIST BOARD AND DIRECTOR 
SEC 304. The Board and Director may, in the performance of its 
functions under this Act, request the assistance of the Comptroller 
General of the United States, including such investigations and audits 
as the Board and Director may determine necessary, and the Comp-
troller General shall provide such assistance with or without reim-
bursement, as the Board and Director and the Comptroller General 
shall agree. 
NOMINATING 
COMMITTEE 
SEC 305. (a) Effective January 2, 1975, there is established within 
the Government of the District of Columbia a committee to be known 
as the "District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics Nominat-
ing Committee" (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "Com-
mittee"). The Committee shall have the function of nominating 
individuals for appointment as members of the District of Columbia 
Board of Elections and Ethics for any and all vacancies occurring 
on such Board on or after the date on which a majority of the mem-
bers first appointed pursuant to this section hold their first meeting 
as members of the Committee. Such nominations shall be made by the 
Committee in accordance with the provisions of this section. The Com-
mittee shall consist of five members. Within ten days following the 
date on which a majority of the members are first appointed pursuant 
to this section, such members so appointed shall hold their first meet-
ing as members of the Committee. 
(b) (1) Two members of the Committee shall be appointed by the 
Mayor, at least one of whom shall be a lawyer. 
Vacancies. 
Salaries. 
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457 
(2) Three nienibers of the Committee shall be appointed by the 
Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia, with the 
approval of the Council. 
(c) Members of the Committee shall serve for terms of five years, 
Terms. 
except that of the members first appointed pursuant to subsection (b) 
(1), one shall serve for one year and one for five years, as designated 
at the time of appointment, and members appointed pursuant to sub-
section (b) (2), one shall serve for two years, one for three years, and 
one for four years, as designated at the time of appointment. 
(d) (1) No individual may be appointed as a member of the Commit- 
Qualifications. 
tee unless he or she— 
(A) is a citizen of the LTnited States, and 
(B) is a resident of the District of Columbia and has maintained 
his or her domicile within the District for at least one year imme-
diately preceding the date of his or her appointment, and 
(C) is not a member of the Council of the District of Columbia 
or an officer or employee of the Government of the District of 
Columbia (including the judicial branch). 
(2) Any vacancy in the membership of the Committee shall be filled 
in the same manner in which the original appointment Avas made. Any 
individual appointed to fill a vacancy, occur-ring other than upon the 
expiration of a term, shall serve only for the remainder of the term 
of such individiial's predecessor. 
(e) Members of the Committee shall be paid for each day spent 
performing their duties as members of the Committee at a rate which 
is equal to the daily equivalent of the rate provided by step 1 of grade 
17 of the General Schedule under section 5832 of title 5, United States 
C o d e . 
5 u s e 5332 
(f) (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (a) of this sec- "°Meetings, nott-
tion, the Committee shall act only at meetings called by the Chairman fication. 
or a majority of the members thereof and only after notice has been 
given of such meeting to all members of the Committee, 
(2) The Committee shall choose annually from among its members 
chairman. 
a Chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary. The Commit-
tee may adopt such rules of procedure as may be necessary to govern 
the business of the Committee. 
(3) p]ach agency of the government of the District of Columbia shall . i"f°'-mati°n. 
furnish to the Committee, upon request, such records, information, cooperation. 
services, and such other assistance and facilities as may be necessary to 
enable the Committee to perform its function properly. Any informa-
tion furnished to the Committee designated "confidential" by the per-
son furnishing it to the Committee shall be treated by the Committee 
as privileged and confidential. 
(g) (1) In the event of any such vacancy in the District of Columbia ^Z,n'\^!'^tlt' 
Board of Elections and Ethics, the Committee shall, within thirty 
days after such vacancy occurs, submit a list of three persons as nomi-
nees for appointment by the Mayor to fill the vacancy. If more than one 
such vacancy exists at the same time, the Committee shall submit a 
separate list of nominees for appointment to fill each such vacancy, 
and no individual's name shall appear on more than one such list. 
In filling such vacancy, the Mayor may appoint more than one indi-
vidual from any list cui'rently before the Mayor. In any case in which, 
after the expiration of the thirty-day period following the date on 
which a majority of the members of the Committee first meet as pro-
vided in subsection (a), a vacancy is scheduled to occur, by reason 
of the expiration of a term of office, the Committee's list of nominees 
for appointment to fill that vacancy shall be submitted to the Mayor 
not less than thirty days prior to the expiration of that term. 
appointment. 
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[88 STAT. 
(2) If the Mayor fails to submit for Council approval the name 
of one of the individuals on a list submitted to the Mayor under this 
section within thirty days after receiving such list, the Committee shall 
appoint, with the approval of the Council, an individual named on the 
list to fill the vacancy for which such list of nominees was prepared. 
(3) Any individual whose name is submitted by the Committee as 
a nominee for appointment to the District of Columbia Board of 
Elections and Ethics may request that the nomination of such indi-
vidual be withdrawn. If any such individual requests that his or her 
nomination be withdrawn, dies, or becomes disqualified to serve as a 
member of the Board, the Committee shall promptly nominate an 
individual to replace the individual originally nominated on the list 
submitted to the Mayor. 
(h) Members of the Committee shall be appointed as soon as prac-
ticable, but in no event later than June 30, 1975. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS 
tionro?the^^"" 
SEC 306. (a) On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
District o
f coium- the Board of Elections of the District of Columbia established 
^'D.c^TodeT-^^' ^^^^^ ^^® District of Columbia Election Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-1101 
1156. " 
et seq.), shall be known as the "District of Columbia Board of Elec-
tions and Ethics" and shall have the powers, duties, and functions as 
provided in such Act, in any other law in effect on the date immediately 
preceding the date of the enactment of this Act, and in this Act. 
Any reference in any law or regulation to the Board of Elections for 
the District of Columbia or the District of Columbia Board of Elec-
tions shall, on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, be held 
and considered to refer to the District of Columbia Board of Elec-
tions and Ethics. 
Violations. 
^j^^ ^]^^ ^j^y persou who violates-any provision of this Act or of 
the District of Columbia Election Act may be assessed a civil penalty 
by the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics under 
Penalty. 
paragraph (2) of this subsection of not more than $50 for each such 
violation. Each occurrence of a violation of this Act and each day of 
noncompliance with a disclosure requirement of this Act or an order 
of the Board shall constitute a separate offense. 
Hearxng. 
^2) A civil penalty shall be assessed by the Board by order only 
after the person charged with a violation has been given an oppor-
tunity for a hearing, and the Board has determined, by decision 
incorporating its findings of facts therein, that a violation did occur, 
and the amount of the penalty. Any hearing under this section shall 
be of record and shall be held in accordance with chapter 5 of title 5, 
5 use 500. 
United States Code. 
Enforcement, 
(3) jf I^IQ persou agalnst whom a civil penalty is assessed fails 
petition. 
^^ p^^ ^j^^ penalty, the Board shall file a petition for enforcement of 
its order assessing the penalty in the Superior Court of the District 
of Columbia. The petition shall designate the person against whom 
the order is sought to be enforced as the respondent. A copy of the 
petition shall be forthwith sent by registered or certified mail to the 
respondent and his attorney of record, and if the respondent is a 
political committee, to the Chairman thereof, and thereupon the Board 
shall certify and file in such court the record upon which such order 
Judicial review, sought to bc eufoTced was issued. The court shall have jurisdiction to 
enter a judgment enforcing, modifying, and enforcing as so modified, 
or setting aside in whole or in part the order and the decision of the 
Board or it may remand the proceedings to the Board for such further 
action as it may direct. The court may determine de novo all issues 
of law but the Board's findings of fact, if supported by substantial 
evidence, shall be conclusive. 
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459 
opinion. 
(c) Upon application inade by any individual holding public office, ^Jl^^^^°''^ 
any candidate, or any political committee, the Board, through its 
General Counsel, shall provide within a reasonable period of time an 
advisory opinion, with respect to any specific transaction or activity 
inquired of, as to whether such transaction or activity would con-
stitute a violation of any provision of this Act or of any provision of 
the District of Columbia Election Act over which the Board has pri-
mary jurisdiction. 
TITLE IV—FINANCE LIMITATIONS 
GENERAL 
LIMITATIONS 
SEC. 401. (a) No individual shall make any contribution which, and 
no person shall receive any contribution from any individual which 
when aggregated with all other contributions received from that 
individual, relating to a campaign for nomination as a candidate for 
election to public office, including both the primary and general or 
special elections, exceeds—• 
(1) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for 
Mayor, $1,000; 
(2) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for 
Chairman of the Council, $750 ; 
(3) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for 
member of the Council elected at large, $500; 
(4) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for 
member of the Board of Education elected at large or for mem-
ber of the Council elected from a ward, $200, and in the case of 
a runoff election, an additional $200; 
(5) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for 
memlDer of the Board of Education elected from a ward or for 
official of a political party, $100, and in case of a runoff election, 
an additional $100; and 
(6) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for 
a member of an Advisory Neighborhood Council, $25. 
(b) No person (other than an individual with respect to whom sub-
section (a) applies) shall make any contribution which, and no person 
shall receive any contribution from any person (other than such an 
individual) which when aggregated with all other contributions 
received from that person, relating to a campaign for nomination as a 
candidate or election to public office, including both the primary and 
general or special elections, exceeds— 
(1) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for 
Mayor, $2,000; 
(2) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for 
Chairman of the Council, $1,500; 
(3) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for 
member of the Council elected at large, $1,000; 
(4) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for 
member of the Board of Education elected at large or for mem-
ber of the Council elected from a ward $400, and in the case of a 
runoff election, an additional $400; 
(5) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for 
member of the Board of Education elected from a ward or for 
official of a political party, $200, and in the case of a runoff elec-
tion, an additional $200; and 
(6) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for 
a member of an Advisory Neighborhood Council, $25. 
D.C. Code 
1161. 
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[88 STAT. 
"Person." 
JTQJ. J^^Q puFposes of thls subsectioH, the term "'person" shall include 
a candidate making contributions relating to his candidacy for nomi-
nation for election, or election, to office. Notwithstanding the preceding 
provisions of this subsection, a candidate for member of the Council 
elected from a ward may contribute $1,000 to his own campaign. The 
provisions of this subsection to the extent that such provision^ are 
applicable to corporations and unions shall, to that extent, expire as 
of July 1, 1975, unless the Council of the District of Columbia on or 
before such date enacts legislation repealing or modifying such pro-
visions or extending such provisions as to corporations and unions on 
r^s^T^a^c^m-' 
'^^^ after that date. In the event that the Council fails to so repeal, 
mutees. 
modify, or extend such provisions as to corporations and labor unions, 
the C^ouncil shall report its reasons therefor to the Committees on the 
District of Columbia of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
prior to August 1,1975. 
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(c) No individual shall make any contribution in any one election 
which when aggregated with all other contributions made by that 
individual in that election exceeds $2,000. 
(d) (1) Any expenditure made by any person advocating the elec-
tion or defeat of any candidate for office which is not made at the 
request or suggestion of the candidate, any agent of the candidate, 
or any political committee authorized by the candidate to make expen-
ditures or to receive contributions for the candidate is not considered 
a contribution to or an expenditure by or on behalf of the candidate 
for the purposes of the limitations specified in this Act-
Unauthorized: 
/2) No persou may make any unauthorized expenditure advocating 
e x p e n d i t u r e ^ 
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prohibition. 
the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate during a calen-
dar year which, when added to all other unauthorized expenditures 
made by that person dui'ing the year- advocating the election or 
defeat of that candidate, exceeds $1,000. 
Definitions. 
(3) For purposcsof paragraph (2) — 
(A) "clearly identified" means— 
(i) the candidate's name appears, 
(ii) a photograph or drawing of the candidate appears, or 
(iii) the identity of the candidate is apparent by unam-
biguous reference, 
(B) "person" does not include the central committee of a politi-
cal party, and 
(C) "expenditure" does not include any payment made or 
incurred by a corporation or labor organization which, under the 
provisions of section 610 of title 18 of the United States Code 
would not constitute an expenditure by that corporation or labor* 
organization. 
statement, 
^^^ Evcry Candidate shall file a statement with the Board, in such 
manner and form and at such times as the Board may prescribe, 
authorizing any person or any political committee organized pri-
marily to support the candidacy of such candidate to either directly or 
indirectly, receive contributions, or make expenditures in behalf of, 
such candidate. No person and no committee organized primarily to 
support a single candidate may, either directly or indirectly, receive 
contributions or make expenditures in behalf of, such candidate with-
out the written authorization of such candidate as required by this 
paragraph. 
(e) In no case shall any person receive or make any contribution 
in legal tender in an amount of $50 or more. 
(f) No person shall make a contribution in the name of another 
person, and no person shall knowingly accept a contribution made by 
one person in the name of another person. 
filing. 
Cash contribu 
tion, limitation. 
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461 
(g) For purposes of the limitations contained in this section all 
contributions made by any person directly or indirectly to or for the 
benefit of a particular candidate, including contributions which are 
in any way earmarked, encumbered, or otherwise directed through an 
intermediary or conduit to that candidate, shall be treated as con-
tributions from that person to that candidate. 
(h) (1) No candidate or member of the immediate family of a can-
didate may make a loan or advance from his personal funds for use in 
connection with a campaign of that candidate for nomination for elec-
tion, or for election, to public office unless that loan or advance is 
evidenced by a written instrument fully disclosing the terms, condi-
tions, and parts to the loan or advance. The amount of any such loan 
or advance shall be included in computing and applying the limita-
tions contained in this section only to extent of the balance of the loan 
or advance which is unpaid at the time of determination. 
(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term "immediate family" 
means the candidate's spouse and any parent, brother, or sister, or 
child of tlie candidate, and the spouse of any such parent, brother, 
sister, or child. 
'Immediate 
family. 
LIMITATION OF EXPENDITURES 
D.C. 
1162. 
SEC. 402. (a)(1) No principal campaign committee shall expand 
any funds which when aggregated with funds expended by it, all other 
committees required to report to it, and by a candidate supported by 
such committee shall exceed (1) in the case of a candidate for Mayor, 
$200,000 in the aggregate for any primary and general election in 
connection therewith, but in no event in excess of $120,000 for one of 
such elections and $80,000 for the other of such elections; (2) in the 
case of a candidate for Chairman of the Council, $150,000 in the aggre-
gate for any primary and general election in connection therewith, 
but in no event in excess of $90,000 for one of such elections and $60,000 
for the other of such elections; (3) in the case of a candidate for mem-
ber of the Council elected at large, $100,000 in the aggregate for any 
primary and general election in connection thei-ewith, but in no event 
in excess of $60,000 for one of such elections and $40,000 for the other 
of such elections; (4) in the case of a candidate for member of the 
Board of Education elected at large or member of the Council elected 
from a ward, $20,000 in the aggregate for any primary and general 
election in connection therewith, but in no event in excess of $12,000 
for one of such elections and $8,000 for the other of such elections; 
(5) in the case of a candidate for member of the Board of Education 
elected from a ward, or in support of any candidate for office of a 
political party, $10,000 in the aggregate for any primary and general 
election in connection therewith, but in no event in excess of $6,000 for 
one of such elections and $4,000 for the other of such elections; and 
(6) in the case of a candidate for member of an Advisory Neighbor-
hood Council, $500. 
(2) At the beginning of each calendar year (commencing in 1976), 
as there become available necessary data from the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics of the Department of Labor, the Secretary of Labor shall 
certify to the Board and the Board shall publish in the District of 
Publication in 
Columbia Register the per centum difference between the price index co^ium*birRegis-
for the twelve months preceding the beginning of such calendar year ter. 
and the price index for 1974. Each amount determined under para-
graph (1) shall be changed by such per centum difference. Each 
amount so changed shall be the amount in effect for such calendar year. 
(b) No political committee or candidate shall knowingly expend any 
funds at a time when the principal campaign committee to which it 
shall report, or which has been designated by him, is precluded by sub-
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[88 STAT, 
section (a) from expending funds or which would cause such principal 
committee to be precluded from further expenditures. Any principal 
campaign committee of a candidate having reasonable knowledge to 
believe that further expenditures by a political committee registered 
in support of such candidate, or by the candidate it supports, will 
exceed the expenditure limitations specified in subsection (a) shall 
immediately notify, in writing, such political committee or candidate 
of that fact. 
(c) Any expenditure made in connection with a campaign in a 
calendar year other than the calendar year in which the election is held 
to which that campaign relates is, for the purposes of this section, con-
sidered to be made during the calendar year in which that election is 
held. 
TITLE V—LOBBYING 
D.C. Code 1-
1171. 
D.C. Code 1-
1172. 
D.C. Code 1-
1173. 
DEFINITIONS 
SEC. 501. When used in this title— 
(a) The term "contribution" includes a gift, subscription, loan, 
advance, or deposit of money or anything of value and includes a 
contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to 
make a contribution. 
(b) The term "expenditure" includes a payment, distribution, loan, 
advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, and includes 
a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, 
to make an expenditure. 
(c) The term "legislation" means bills, resolutions, amendments, 
nominations, rules, and other matters pending or proposed in the 
Council of the District of Columbia, and includes any other matter 
which may be the subject of action by the Council of the District of 
Columbia. 
DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF CONTRIBUTIONS; RETENTION OF RECEIPTED BILLS 
OF EXPENDITURES 
SEC 502. (a) It shall be the duty of every person who shall in any 
manner solicit or receive a contribution to any organization or fund 
for the purposes hereinafter designated to keep a detailed and exact 
account of— 
(1) all contributions of any amount or of any value whatsoever; 
(2) the name and address of every person making any such 
contribution of $200 or more and the date thereof; 
(3) all expenditures made by or on behalf of such organization 
or fund:and 
(4) tne name and address of every person to whom any such 
expenditure is made and the date thereof. 
(b) It shall be the duty of such person to obtain and keep a receipted 
bill, stating the particulars, for every expenditure of such funds 
exceeding $10 in amount, and to preserve all receipted bills and 
accounts required to be kept by this section for a period of at least 
two years from the date of the filing of the statement containing such 
items. 
R E C E I P T S FOR CONTRIBUTORS 
SEC. 503. Every individual who receives a contribution of $200 or 
more for any of the purposes hereinafter designated shall within five 
days after receipt thereof render to the person or organization for 
wliich such contribution was received a detailed account thereof, 
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463 
including the name and address of the person making such contribution 
and the date on which received. 
STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS FILED W I T H DIRECTOR 
SEC. 504. (a) Every person receiving any contributions or expend-
ing any money for tlie purposes designated in subparagraph (a) or 
(b) of section 506 of this title shall file with the Director between the 
first and tenth day of each calendar quarter, a statement containing 
complete as of the day next preceding the date of filing— 
(1) the name and address of each person who has made a con-
tribution of $200 or more not mentioned in the preceding report; 
except that the first report filed pursuant to this title shall contain 
the name and address of each person who has made any contribu-
tion of $200 or more to such person since January 2,1975; 
(2) the total sum of the contributions made to or for such per-
son during the calendar year and not stated under paragraph (1) 
of this subsection ; 
(3) the total sum of all contributions made to or for such per-
son during the calendar year; 
(4) the name and address of each person to whom an expendi-
ture in one or more items of the aggregate amount or value, within 
the calendar year, of $10 or more has been made by or on behalf 
of such person, and the amount, date, and purpose of such 
expenditure; 
(5) the total sum of all expenditures made by or on behalf of 
such person during the calendar year and not stated under para-
graph (4) of this subsection; 
(6) the total sum of expenditures made by or on behalf of such 
person during the calendar year. 
(b) Tlie statements required to be filed by subsection (a) of this 
section shall be cumulative during the calendar year to which they 
relate, but where there has been no change in an item reported in a pre-
vious statement only the amount need be carried forward. 
PRESERVATION 
OF 
STATEMENTS 
D.C. Code 1. 
1174. 
Cumulative 
statements. 
D.C. Code 1-
1175. 
SEC. 505. A statement required by this title to be filed with the 
Director— 
(a) shall be deemed properly filed when deposited in an estab- 
^^^'"6-
lished post office within the prescribed time, duly stamped, reg-
istered, and directed to the Director, Washington, District of 
Columlaia, but in the event it is not received, a duplicate of such 
statement shall be promptly filed upon notice by the Director of 
its nonreceipt; 
(b) shall be preserved by the Director for a period of two years . Public inspec-
from the date of filing, shall constitute part of the public records 
of his office, and shall be open to public inspection. 
PERSONS TO W H O M TITLE IS 
APPLICABLE 
SEC. 506. The provisions of this title shall apply to any person n^g^*'^°'^^ ^" 
(except a political committee) who, by himself, or through any agent 
or employee or other persons in any manner whatsoever, directly or 
indirectly, solicits, collects, or receives money or any other thing of 
value to be used principally to aid, or the principal purpose of which 
person is to aid, in the accomplishment of any of the following pur-
poses : 
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[88 STAT. 
(a) The passage or defeat of any legislation by the Council of 
the District of Columbia. 
(b) To influence, directly or indirectly, the passage or defeat 
of any legislation by the Council of the District of Columbia. 
REGISTRATION OF LOBBYISTS W I T H DIRECTOR; COMPILATION OF 
INFORMATION 
D.C. Code 1-
1177. 
Financial 
report. 
Publication in 
District of Colunr 
SEC. 507. (a) Any person who shall engage himself for pay or for 
any consideration for the purpose of attempting to influence the pas-
sage or defeat of any legislation by the Council of the District of 
Columbia shall, before doing anything in furtherance of such object, 
register with the Director and shall give to him in writing and under 
oath, his name and business address, the name and address of the 
person by whom he is employed, and in whose interest he appears or 
works, the duration of such employment, how much he is paid and is 
to receive, by whom he is paid or is to be paid, how much he is to be 
paid for expenses, and what expenses are to be included. Each such 
person so registering shall, between the first and tenth day of each 
calendar quarter, so long as his activity continues, file with the Direc-
tor a detailed report under oath of all money received and expended by 
him during the preceding calendar quarter in carrying on his work; to 
whom paid; for what purposes; and the names of any papers, periodi-
cals, magazines, or other publications in which he has caused to be 
published any articles or editorials; and the proposed legislation he 
is employed to support or oppose. The provisions of this section shall 
not apply to any person who merely appears before the Council of the 
District of Columbia, or a committee thereof, in support of or opposi-
tion to legislation; nor to any public official acting in his official capac-
ity; nor in the case of any newspaper or other regularly published 
periodical (including any individual who owns, publishes, or is 
employed by any such newspaper or periodical) which in the ordinary 
course of business publishes news items, editorials, or other comments, 
or paid advertisements, which directly or indirectly urge the passage 
or defeat of legislation, if such newspaper, periodical, or individual, 
engages in no further or other activities in connection with the passage 
or defeat of such legislation, other than to appear before a committee 
of the Council of the District of Columbia in support of or in opposi-
tion to such legislation. 
(b) All information required to be filed under the provisions of 
this section with the Director shall be compiled by the Director as soon 
as practicable after the close of the calendar quarter with respect to 
which such information is filed and shall be printed in the District 
bia Re,gister. 
of Columbia Rcgistcr. 
REPORTS AND STATEMENTS TINDER 
OATH 
D.C. Code 1-
1178. 
D.C. 
1179. 
SEC. 508. All reports and statements required under this title shall 
be made under oath, before an officer authorized by law to administer 
oaths. 
PENALTIES AND PROHIBITIONS 
SEC. 509. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this 
title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished by a fine 
of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than twelve 
months, or both. 
(b) In addition to the penalties provided for in subsection (a) of 
this section, any person convicted of the misdemeanor specified 
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465 
therein is prohibited, for a period of three years from the date of such 
conviction, from attempting to influence, directly or indirectly, the 
passage or defeat of any proposed legislation or from appearing before 
a committee jof the Council of the District of Columbia in support of 
or opposition to proposed legislation; and any person who violates any 
provision of this subsection shall be guilty of a felony, and shall be 
punished by a fine of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment for not 
more than five years, or both. 
EXEMPTION 
SEC. 510. The provisions of this title shall not apply to— 
(1) any Member of the United States House of Kepresentatives 
or any Senator; 
(2) any member of a staff of any person specified in para-
graph (1) while operating within the scope of his employment; 
(3) any member of an Advisor\^ Neighborhood Council; 
(4) any person who receives less than $500 during the calendar 
year as compensation for performing services relating to the 
mfluencing of legislation; or 
(5) any entity specified in section 1(d) of title I I of the Dis-
trict of Columbia Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947 (D.C. 
Code, sec. 47-1554(d)), no substantial part of the activities of 
which is carrying on propaganda, or otherwise attempting to 
influence legislation. 
TITLE VI—CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND DISCLOSURE 
CONFLICT o r 
I N T E R E S T 
D.C. 
Code 
1
-
1180, 
D.C. 
Code 
1-
1181. 
SEC. 601. (a) The Congress declares that elective and public office 
is a public trust, and any effort to realize personal gain through official 
conduct is a violation of that trust. 
(b) No public official shall use his official position or office to obtain 
financial gain for himself, any member of his household, or any busi-
ness with which he or a member of his household is associated, other 
than that compensation provided by law for said public official. 
(c) No person shall offer or give to a public official or a member of a 
public official's household, and no public official shall solicit or receive 
anything of value, including a gift, favor, service, loan gratuity, dis-
count, hospitality, political contribution, or promise of future employ-
ment, based on any understanding that such public official's official 
actions or judgment or vote would be influenced thereby, or where it 
could reasonably be inferred that the thing of value would influence 
the public official in the discharge of his duties, or as a reward, or which 
would cause the total value of such things received from the same per-
son not a member of such public official's household to exceed $100 
during any single calendar year. 
(d) No person shall offer or pay to a public official, and no public 
official shall solicit or receive any money, in addition to that lawfully 
received by the public official in his official capacity, for advice or 
assistance given in the course of the public official's employment or 
relating to his employment. 
(e) No public official shall use or disclose confidential information 
.,„„,,^.. 
given in the course of or by reason of his official position or activities or disclosure" 
in any way that could result in financial gain for himself or for any pi-ohibition. 
other person. 
Confidential 
information, use 
466 
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[88 STAT. 
(f) No member or employee of the Council of the District of Colum-
bia or Board of Education of the District of Columbia shall accept 
assignment to serve on a committee the jurisdiction of which consists 
of matters (other than of a de minimis nature) in which he or a mem-
ber of his family or a business with which he is associated, has financial 
interest. 
Conflict o
f 
/ \ j^j^„ public official who, in the discharge of his official duties, 
interest, written 
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statement. 
wouM bc required to take an action or make a decision that would anect 
directly or indirectly his financial interests or those of a member of 
his household, or a business with which he is associated, or must take 
an official action on a matter as to which he has a conflict situation 
created by a personal, family, or client interest, shall— 
(1) prepare a written statement describing the matter requir-
ing action or decision, and the nature of his potential conflict of 
interest with respect to such action or decision; 
(2) cause copies of such statement to be delivered to the District 
of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics (referred to in this 
title as the "Board"), and to his immediate superior, if any; 
(3) if he is a member of the Council of the District of Columbia 
or member of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia, 
or employee of either, deliver a copy of such statement to the 
Chairman thereof, who shall cause such statement to be printed in 
the record of proceedings, and, upon request of said member or 
employee, shall excuse the member from votes, deliberations, and 
other action on the matter on which a potential conflict exists; 
(4) if he is not a member of the Council of the District of 
Columbia, his superior, if any, shall assign the matter to another 
employee who does not have a potential conflict of interest, or, if 
he has no immediate superior, he shall take such steps as the 
Board prescribes through rules and regulations to remove him-
self from influence over actions and decisions on the matter on 
which potential conflict exists; and 
(5) during a period when a charge of conflict of interest is 
under investigation by the Board, if he is not a member of the 
Council of the District of Columbia or a member of the Board of 
Education, his superior, if any, shall have the arbitrary pov/er to 
assign the matter to another employee who does not have a poten-
tial conflict of interest, or if he has no immediate superior, he 
shall take such steps as the Board shall prescribe through rules 
and regulations to remove himself from influence over actions and 
decisions on the matter on which there is a conflict of interest. 
(h) Xeither the Mayor nor any member of the Council of the Dis-
trict of Columbia may represent another person before any regulatory 
agency or court of the District of Columbia while serving in such 
office. The preceding sentence does not apply to an appearance by such 
an official before any such agency or court in his official capacity. 
Definitions. 
(j^ As uscd lu this scctiou, the term— 
(1) "public official" means the office of the Mayor of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, Chairman of the Council of the District of 
Columbia, or member of the Council of the District of Columbia, 
or Chairman or member of the Board of Education of the District 
of Columbia, or each officer or employee of the District of Colum-
bia government who performs duties of the type generally per-
formed by an individual occupying grade GS-15 of the General 
Schedule or any higher grade or position (as determined by the 
Board regardless of the rate of compensation of such individual) ; 
(2) "business" means any corporation, partnership, sole pro-
5 u s e 5332 
note. 
D.C. Code 1-
121 note. 
Contents. 
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467 
prietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, 
self-employed individual, holding company, joint stock, trust, and 
any legal entity through which business is conducted for profit; 
(3) "business with which he is associated" means any business 
of which the person or member of his household is a director, 
officer, owner, employee, or holder of stock worth $1,000 or more at 
fair market value, and any business which is a client of that 
person; 
(4) "household" means the public official and his immediate 
family; and 
(5) "immediate family" means the public official's spouse and 
any parent, brother, or sister, or child of the public official, and 
the spouse of any such parent, brother, sister, or child. 
DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INTEREST 
SEC. 602. (a) Any candidate for nomination for election, or election, 
p"c"c^'de^T-* 
to public office who at the time he becomes a candidate, does not occupy n82." 
any such office, shall file within one month after he becomes a candi-
date for such office, and the Mayor, and the Chairman and each mem-
ber of the Council of the District of Columbia holding office under the 
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorgani-
zation Act, and the Chairman and each member of the Board of 
Education, shall file annually, with the Board a report containing a 
full and complete statement of— 
(1) the amount and source of each item of income, each item 
of reimbursement for any expenditure, and each gift or aggregate 
of gifts from one source (other than gifts received by him or by 
him and his spouse jointly during the preceding calendar year) 
which exceeds $100 in amount or value, including any fee or other 
honorarium received by him for or in connection with the 
preparation or delivery of any speech or address, attendance at 
any convention or other assembly of individuals, or the prepara-
tion of any article or other composition for publication, and the 
monetary value of subsistence, entertainment, travel, and other 
facilities received by him in kind; 
(2) the identity of each asset held by him, or by him and 
his spouse jointly which has a value in excess of $1,000, and the 
identity and amount of each liability ow^ned by him, or by him 
and his spouse jointly, which is in excess of $1,000 as of the close 
of the preceding calendar year; 
(3) any transactions in securities of any business entity by 
him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting 
on his behalf or pursuant to his direction during the preceding 
calendar year if the aggregate amount involved in transactions 
in the securities of such business entity exceeds $5,000 during such 
year; 
(4) all transactions in commodities by him, or by him and his 
spouse jointly, or by any person acting on his behalf, or pursuant 
to his direction during the preceding calendar year if the aggre-
gate amount involved in such transactions exceeds $5,000; 
(5) any purchase or sale, other than the purchase or sale of 
his personal residence, of real property or any interest therein 
by him, or by him and his spouse jointly, or by any person acting 
on his behalf or pursuant to his direction, during the preceding 
calendar year if the value of property involved in such purchase 
or sale exceeds $5,000; and 
468 
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[88 STAT. 
Personal finan-
cial interests, 
annual report, 
filing. 
D.C. Code 1-
121 note. 
5 u s e 5332 
note. 
26 u s e 1 et 
seq. 
Reports, audit. 
Hearing oppor-
tunity. 
(6) the amount of each tax paid by the individual, or by the 
individual and the individual's spouse filing jointly, for the pre-
ceding calendar year, except in the case of candidates filing 
reports during calendar year 1974, who shall file reports for the 
preceding three calendar years. 
(b) Any candidate for nomination for, or election to, office who at 
the time he becomes a candidate, does not occupy any such office, shall 
file within one month after he becomes a candidate for such office, and 
the Mayor, and the Chairman and each member of the Council of the 
District of Columbia holding office under the District of Columbia 
Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act, and the 
Chairman and each member of the Board of Education, and each officer 
and employee of the District of Columbia government who performs 
duties of the type generally performed by an individual occupying 
grade GS-15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, 
United States Code, or any higher grade or position (as determined 
by the Board regardless of the I'ate of compensation of such indi-
vidual), shall file with the Board in a sealed envelope marked "Confi-
dential Personal Financial Disclosure of (name)", before the fifteenth 
day of May in each year, the following reports of his personal financial 
interests: 
(1) a copy of the returns of taxes, declarations, statements, or 
other documents which he, or he and his spouse jointly, made for 
the preceding year in compliance with the income tax provisions 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; 
(2) the name and address of each business or professional cor-
poration, firm, or enterprise in which he was an officer, direc-
tor, partner, proprietor, or employee who received compensation 
during the preceding year and the amount of such compensation; 
(3) the identity of each trust or other fiduciary relation in which 
he held a beneficial interest having a value of $10,000 or more, 
and the identity, if known, of each interest of the other fiduciary 
relation in real or personal property in which the candidate, 
officer, or employee held a beneficial interest having a value of 
$10,000 or more, at any time during the preceding year. If he can-
not obtain the identity of the fiduciary interests, the candidate, 
officer, or employee shall request the fiduciary to report that infor-
mation to the Board in the same manner that reports are filed 
under this rule. 
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this section, all papers filed 
under this section shall be kept by the Board in the custody of the 
Director for not less than seven years, and while so kept shall remain 
sealed. Upon receipt of a request by any member of the Board 
adopted by a recorded majority vote of the full Board requesting the 
examination and audit of any of the reports filed by any individual 
under section (b) of this title, the Director shall transmit to the Board 
the envelopes containing such reports. Within a reasonable time after 
such recorded vote has been taken, the individual concerned shall be 
informed of the vote to examine and audit, and shall be advised of the 
riature and scope of such examination. When any sealed envelope con-
taining any such report is received by the Director, such envelope may 
be opened and the contents thereof may be examined only by members 
of the Board in executive session. If, upon such examination, the Board 
determines that further* consideration by the Board is warranted and 
within the jurisdiction of the Board, it may make the contents of any 
such envelope available for any use by any member of the Board, or 
the Director or General Counsel of the Board which is required for 
the discharge of his official duties. The Board may receive the papers 
as evidence, after giving to the individual concerned due notice and 
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4(39 
opportunity for hearing in a closed session. The Board shall publicly 
disclose not later than the first day of June each year the names of 
the candidates, officers, and employees who have filed a report. Any 
paper which has been filed with the Board for longer than seven years, 
in accordance with the provisions of this section, shall be returned to 
the individual concerned or his legal representative. In the event of 
the death or termination of the service of the Mayor or Chairman 
or member of the Council of the District of Columbia or Chairman 
or member of the Board of Education, or officer or employee of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, such papers shall be returned unopened to such 
individual, or to the surviving spouse or legal representative of such 
individual within one year of such date or termination of service. 
(d) Keports required by this section (other than reports so required 
^i^^^e deadline. 
by candidates) shall be filed not later than sixty days following the 
enactment of this Act, and not later than May 15 of each succeeding 
year. In the case of any person who ceases, prior to such date in any 
year, to occupy the office or position the occupancy of which imposes 
upon him the reporting requirements contained in subsection (a) 
shall file such report on the last day he occupies such office or position, 
or on such later date, not more than three months after such last day, 
as the Board may prescribe. 
(e) Reports required bv this section shall be in such form and detail 
'
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as the Board may prescribe. The Board may provide for the grouping 
of items of income, sources of income, asset^, liabilities, dealings in 
securities or commodities, and purchases and sales of real property, 
when separate itemization is not feasible or is not necessary for an 
accurate disclosure of the income, net worth, dealing in securities and 
commodities or purchases, and sales of rental projx'rty of any 
individual. 
(f) All public reports filed under this section shall be maintained avanabUiT^for*' 
by the Board as public records which, under such reasonable regula- inspection. 
tions as it shall prescribe, shall be available for inspection by mem-
bers of the public. 
(g) For the purposes of any report required bv this section, any 
individual shall be considered to have been Mayor, Chairman, or mem-
ber of the Council of the District of Columbia, or Chairman or mem-
ber of the Board of Education, or officer or employee of the District of 
Columbia during any calendar year if such individual served in any 
such position for more than six months during such calendar year. 
(h) For purposes of this section, the term— 
" 
Definitions. 
(1) "income" means gross income as defined in section 61 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954; 
26 use ei. 
(2) "security" means security as defined in section 2 of the 
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (15 U.S.C. 77b) ; 
(3) "commodity" means commodity as defined in section 2 of 
the Commodities Exchange Act, as amended (7 U.S.C. 2); 
(4) "transactions in securities or commodities" means any 
acquisition, holding, withholding, use, transfer, or other dis-
position involving any security or commodity; 
(5) "immediate family" means the child, parent, grandparent, 
brother, or sister of an individual, and the spouse of such person; 
and 
(6) "tax" means the taxes imposed under chapter 1 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, under the District of Columbia 
^^ ^^^ ^' 
Revenue Act of 1947, and under the District of Columbia Public 
^•^- ^°^^ '*^-
"Works Act of 1954 and any other provision of law relating to the 
D.c!°co*de 43-
taxation of property within the District of Columbia. 
i^oi note. 
38-194 O - 76 - 33 Pt. 1 
470 
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[88 STAT. 
TITLE 
VII—PENALTIES 
AND 
ENFORCEMENT 
TAX 
CREDITS, USE OF SURPLUS CAMPAIGN FUNDS, VOT-
ERS' 
INFORMATION 
PAMPHLETS, 
STUDY 
OF 
1974 
ELECTION AND REPORT BY COUNCIL, 
EFFECTIVE 
DATES, AMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
ELECTION ACT, AND AUTHORIZATION 
D.C. Code 1 
1191. 
False state 
ments. 
D.C. Code 47-
1567f. 
D.C. Code 1. 
1101. 
D.C. Code 1-
1192. 
PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT 
SEC. 701. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), any person or 
political committee who violates any of the provisions of this Act shall 
be fined not more than $5,000, or shall be imprisoned for not longer 
than six months, or both. 
(b) Any person who knowingly files any false or misleading state-
ment, report, voucher, or other paper, or makes any false or misleading 
statement to the Board, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or shall 
be imprisoned for not longer than five years, or both. 
(c) The penalties provided in this section shall not apply to any 
person or political committee who, before the date of enactment of 
this Act during calendar year 1974, makes political contributions or 
receives political contributions or makes any political campaign 
expenditures, in excess of any limitation placed on such contributions 
or expenditures by this Act, except such person or political committee 
shall not make any further such contributions or expenditures during 
the remainder of calendar year 1974. 
Prosecution. 
^(j^ Prosccutious of vlolatious of this Act shall be brought by the 
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia in the name of 
the United States. 
TAX CREDIT FOR CAMPAIGN 
CONTRIBUTIONS 
SEC. 702. (a) Title VI of article I of the District of Columbia 
Income and Franchise Tax Act of 1947 (D.C. Code, sees. 47-1567— 
47-1567e) is amended by adding at the end of that title the following: 
"SEC. 7. (a) Credit for Campaign Contributions.—For the purpose 
of encouraging residents of the District to participate in the election 
process in the District, there shall be allowed to an individual a credit 
against the tax (if any) imposed by this article in an amount equal 
to 50 per centum of any campaign contribution made to any candidate 
for election to any office referred to in the first section of the District 
of Columbia Election Act, but in no event shall such credit exceed the 
amount of $12.50, or $25 in the case of married persons filing a joint 
return. 
"(b) (1) A husband and wife filing separate returns for a taxable 
year for which a ioint return could have been made by them may claim 
between them only the total credit (or refund) to which they would 
have been enticed under this section had a joint return been filed. 
"(2) No individual for whom a personal exemption was allowed on 
another individual's return shall be entitled to a credit (or refund) 
under this section.". 
(b) The table of contents of such article is amended by adding at 
the end of the part of such table relating to title VI the following: 
"Sec. 7. Credit for campaign contributions.". 
USE OF SURPLUS CAMPAIGN 
FUNDS 
SEC. 703. Within the limitations specified in this Act, any surplus, 
residual, or unexpended campaign funds received by or on behalf of 
an individual who seeks nomination for election, or election to office 
shall be contributed to a political party for political purposes, used to 
88 STAT.] 
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471 
retire the proper debts of his political committee which received such 
funds, or returned to the donors as follows: 
(1) in the case of an individual defeated in an election, within 
six months following such election; 
(2) in the case of an individual elected to office, within six 
months following such election; and 
(3) in the case of an individual ceasing to be a candidate, within 
six months thereafter. 
A STUDY OF 19 74 ELECTION AND REPORT BY 
COUNCIL 
SEC. 704. (a) The Council of the District of Columbia shall, during 
calendar year 1975, conduct public hearings and other appropriate 
investigations on (1) the operation and effect of the District of Colum-
bia Campaign Finance Reform Act and the District of Columbia 
Election Act on the elections held in the District of Columbia during 
1974; and (2) the necessity and desirability of modifying either or 
both of those Acts so as to improve electoral machinery and to insure 
open fair, and effective election campaigns in the District of Columbia. 
(b) Upon the conclusion of its hearings and investigations the 
Council shall issue a public report on its findings and recommenda-
tions. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the legisla-
tive authority over elections in the District of Columbia vested in the 
Council by the District of Columbia Self-Government and Govern-
mental Reorganization Act. 
EFFECTIVE DATES 
SEC. 705. (a) Titles I I and IV of this Act shall take effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act, except the first report or statement 
required to be filed by any individual or political committee under the 
provisions of such titles shall include that information required under 
section 13(e) of the District of Columbia Election Act (D.C. Code, 
sec. 1-1113 (e)) with respect to contributions and expenditures made 
before the date of enactment of this Act, but after January 1, 1974. 
(b) Titles I, III, VI and VII of this Act shall take effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) Title V of this Act shall take effect January 2,1975. 
D.C. Code 1-
1121 note. 
Ante, 
p. 446. 
D.C. Code 1-
1101 note. 
D.C. Code 1-
121 note. 
D.C. Code 1-
1121 note. 
Infra. 
AMENDMENTS TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ELECTION 
ACT 
SEC. 706. (a) Section 13 of the District of Columbia Election Act 
(D.C. Code, sec. 1-1113) is amended to read as follows: 
AUTHORIZATION 
"SEC. 13. There are hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury to the credit of the District of Columbia not 
otherwise appropriated, such sums as are necessary to carry out the 
purposes of this Act.". 
(b) The first sentence of subsection (b) of section 4 of such Act 
(D.C. Code, sec. 1-1104) is amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Each member of the Board shall be paid compensation at the 
rate of $100 for each eight hour period with a limit of $12,500 per 
annum, while performing duties under this Act, except during 1974 
such compensation shall be paid without regard to such annual 
limitation.". 
(c) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall not affect the 
liability of any person arising out of any violation of section 13 of the 
Compensation. 
D 
H I 
.C. Code 1-
3 note. 
472 
Supra. 
PUBLIC LAW 93-377-AUG. 17, 1974 
[88 STAT. 
District of Columbia Election Act committed before the date of enact-
ment of this title, and any action commenced with respect to such a 
violation shall not abate. 
D.C. 
1193. 
Code 1-
D.C. Code 1-
121 note. 
AUTHORITY OF COUNCIL 
SEC. 707. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or any rule 
of law, nothing in this Act shall be construed as limiting the authority 
of the District of Columbia Council to enact any act or resolution, 
after January 2,1975, pursuant to the District of Columbia Self-Gov-
ernment and Governmental Reorganization Act with respect to any 
matter covered by this Act. 
D.C. Code 1-
1121 note. 
D.C. Code 1-
1113 note, 47-
25,01 note. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION 
SEC. 708. Amounts authorized under section 722 of the District of 
Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act 
may be used to carry out the purposes of this Act. 
Approved August 14, 1974. 
August 17, 1974 
[S.3669] 
Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, 
Atomic Weapons 
Rewards Act of 
1 955, amend-
ments. 
50 u s e 47a 
note. 
50 u s e 47a, 
47b, 47d. 
Public Law 93=377 
AN ACT 
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the Atomic Weapons 
Rewards Act of 1955, and for otlier puri)oses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Repremntatices 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Atomic 
Weapons Rewards Act of 1955 is amended as follows: 
(a) The initial section of the Act is amended by striking out the 
words "Atomic Weapons Rewards Act of 1955"' and by substituting in 
lieu thereof "Atomic Weapons and Special Nuclear Materials RcAvards 
Act." 
(b) Sections 2, 3, and 5 of the Act are amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 2. Any person who furnishes original information to the 
United States— 
"(a) leading to the finding or other acquisition by the United 
States of special nuclear material or an atomic weapon which has 
been introduced into the United States or manufactured or 
acquired therein contrary to the laws of the United States, or 
(b) with respect to the introduction or attempted introduction 
into the United States or the manufacture or acquisition or 
attempted manufacture or acquisition of, or a conspiracy to intro-
duce into the United States or to manufacture or acquire, special 
nuclear material or an atomic weapon contrary to the laws of the 
United States, or 
"(c) with respect to the export or attempted export, or a con-
spiracy to export, special nuclear material or an atomic weapon