114 S18 IS: To prohibit authorized committees and leadership PACs from employing the spouse or immediate family members of any candidate or Federal office holder connected to the committee.
U.S. Senate
2015-01-06
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1.Prohibition on employment of family members
of a candidate or Federal office holder by certain political
committees(a)Title III of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) is amended by inserting after
section
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the following new section:325.Prohibition on employment of family members
of a candidate or Federal office holder by certain political
committees(a)It shall be unlawful for any authorized
committee of a candidate or any other political committee
established,
maintained, or controlled by a candidate or a person who holds a
Federal office
to employ—(1)the spouse of such candidate or Federal
office holder; or(2)any immediate family member of such
candidate or Federal office holder.(b)For purposes of subsection (a), the term
immediate family member means a son, daughter, stepson,
stepdaughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother, father,
stepmother,
stepfather, mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother, sister,
stepbrother, or
stepsister of the
Member..(b)The amendment made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.2.Section 207(e) of title
18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:(10)Any
person who is the spouse of a Member of Congress and who was not
serving as a
registered lobbyist at least 1 year prior to the election of that
Member of
Congress to office and who, after the election of such Member,
knowingly
lobbies on behalf of a client for compensation any Member of
Congress or is
associated with any such lobbying activity by an employer of that
spouse shall
be punished as provided in section 216 of this
title..