3.0.0 2828 2023-01-14T22:48:46Z 2023-01-14T22:48:46Z Senate S S 2004-09-22 108 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-09-22T20:21:47Z 527 Reform Act of 2004 108 5127 HR 2004-09-22 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Identical bill CRS 2004-09-22 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9527-9529) IntroReferral 2004-09-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9527) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY N F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2004-09-22 True L000304 Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] JOSEPH LIEBERMAN D CT I. 2004-09-22 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2004-09-22 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2004-10-06 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2004-11-16 False Government Operations and Politics Accounting Campaign funds Congress Congressional elections Election candidates Finance and Financial Sector Fund raising Government paperwork Political action committees Political advertising Political parties Presidential elections Voter registration Voting Government Operations and Politics 00 2004-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2004-10-20T19:25:11Z 527 Reform Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to revise the definition of political committee to include any committee, club, association, or other group of persons that has as its major purpose the nomination or election of one or more candidates ("Section 527 Organizations" or major purpose organizations).

Treats certain expenses by major purpose organizations as expenditures subject to the limitations and reporting requirements of such Act.

Provides that any disbursement by separate segregated fund or nonconnected committee shall be allocated between Federal and non-Federal accounts in accordance with this Act and regulations prescribed by the Federal Election Commission. States that disbursements allocated to non-Federal accounts may be paid only from a qualified non-Federal account.

Prohibits a separate segregated fund or nonconnected committee from accepting more than $25,000 in funds for its qualified non-Federal account from any one individual in any calendar year.

]]> 527 Reform Act of 2004 Display Title 527 Reform Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to define political committee and clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1968 must register as political committees, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced 527 Reform Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-09-22T04:00:00Z 2004-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S9527-9529) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.