3.0.0 4294 2023-01-11T13:15:00Z 2023-01-11T13:15:00Z House H HR 2007-12-05 110 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2007-12-05T15:02:20Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2007-12-05T15:02:15Z Presidential Funding Act of 2007 110 776 HR 2007-01-31 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS Presidential Funding Act of 2007 110 436 S 2007-01-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1348-1351) Related bill CRS Presidential Funding Act of 2007 110 2412 S 2007-12-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S14791-14797) Related bill CRS 2007-12-05 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-12-05 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-05 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2007-12-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-12-05 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 N S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2007-12-05 True C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. 0 2007-12-05 True E000287 Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5] Rahm Emanuel D IL 5 2007-12-05 True P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2007-12-05 True V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2007-12-05 True D000399 Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-25] LLOYD DOGGETT D TX 25 2008-02-25 False A000363 Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24] Michael Arcuri D NY A. 24 2008-09-27 False Government Operations and Politics Campaign funds Checkoff Computer software Cost of living adjustments Economics and Public Finance Election candidates Electronic government information Fund raising Government paperwork Government publicity Government trust funds Income tax Indexing (Economic policy) Political conventions Political parties Presidential elections Primaries Science, Technology, Communications Soft money Tax returns Taxation Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-12-05 Introduced in House 2008-01-24T22:18:19Z Presidential Funding Act of 2007 - Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to public financing of presidential election campaigns to: (1) quadruple (1:1 to 4:1) the matching rate for contributions to primary election candidates; (2) lower from $250 to $200 the limit on individual campaign contributions; (3) increase the presidential primary qualifying threshold from $5,000 to $25,000 in 20 states; (4) require presidential candidates to participate in the primary payment system to be eligible for general election payments; (5) move the starting date for payments to primary candidates from January 1 of a presidential election year to six months before the earliest state primary election; (6) allow additional payments and increased expenditure limits for candidates who face opponents who do not participate in public financing and who raise more than 20% of applicable spending limits; (7) designate the last Friday before the first Monday in September as the date for payments to eligible presidential candidates; and (8) increase from $3 to $10 the presidential campaign tax return check-off amount.

Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) increase expenditure limits for presidential primary campaigns and eliminate state primary spending limits; (2) limit political party general election campaign expenditures to $25 million, with an additional $25 million allowance after the party's candidate is nominated; (3) prohibit political parties from spending unregulated funds (soft money) on their national conventions; and (4) require presidential campaign committees to disclose information about bundled campaign contributions (series of contributions exceeding specified threshold amounts).

]]> Presidential Funding Act of 2007 Display Title Presidential Funding Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Presidential Funding Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2007-12-05T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr4294ih/xml/BILLS-110hr4294ih.xml 2007-12-05 Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 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.