3.0.0 463 2023-01-11T20:04:23Z 2023-01-11T20:04:23Z Senate S S 2007-01-31 110 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-31T22:55:40Z 527 Reform Act of 2007 110 420 HR 2007-01-11 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Identical bill CRS 2007-01-31 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2007-01-31 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1440-1441) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-31 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. 2007-01-31 True Government Operations and Politics Accounting Campaign funds Civil actions and liability Congress Congressional elections Constitutional law Election candidates Finance and Financial Sector Fund raising Government paperwork Injunctions Judicial review Law Members of Congress Parties to actions Political action committees Political advertising Political parties Presidential elections Voter registration Voting Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-01-31 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-23T20:26:53Z 527 Reform Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to subject to its requirements as a political committee any applicable 527 organization.

Excludes from the meaning of 527 organization for these purposes any committee, club, association, or other group of persons organized to influence: (1) the selection, nomination, election, appointment, or confirmation of one or more candidates to non-federal or non-elected office; or (2) any state or local ballot measure.

Denies exception from treatment as an applicable 527 organization to any such a committee, club, association, or other groups of persons which makes disbursements aggregating more than $1,000 for: (1) a public communication that promotes, supports, attacks, or opposes a clearly identified candidate for federal office during the one year period ending on the date of the general election for the office sought by the clearly identified candidate; or (2) certain voter drive activity.

Sets forth rules for allocation and funding by a political committee for certain expenses relating to federal and nonfederal activities.

]]> 527 Reform Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title 527 Reform Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced 527 Reform Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-31T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s463is/xml/BILLS-110s463is.xml 2007-01-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. 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.