3.0.0 936 2023-01-11T19:45:39Z 2023-01-11T19:45:39Z Senate S S 2007-03-20 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-03-20T19:54:28Z Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2007 110 1614 HR 2007-03-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Related bill CRS Fair Elections Now Act 110 7022 HR 2008-09-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet. Related bill CRS Fair Elections Now Act 110 1285 S 2007-06-20 Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held. Related bill CRS 2007-03-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3372-3381) IntroReferral 2007-03-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2007-03-20 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-03-29 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-03-29 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Auctions Auditing Campaign funds Congress Congressional elections Congressional mail Congressional reporting requirements Economics and Public Finance Election administration Election candidates Electronic data interchange Executive reorganization Expedited congressional procedure Federal Election Commission Finance and Financial Sector Fines (Penalties) Franking privilege Government paperwork Government trust funds Governmental investigations House rules and procedure Income tax Judicial review Law Legislation Licenses Negative campaigning Political action committees Political advertising Political parties Primaries Radio spectrum allocation Radio stations Science, Technology, Communications Senate Senate rules and procedure Supreme Court Tax credits Taxation Telecommunication rates Television stations User charges Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-03-20 Introduced in Senate 2008-12-15T22:40:18Z Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to: (1) eligibility and qualifying contribution requirements, seed money limits, and benefits of fair elections financing of Senate election campaigns; (2) establishment of a Senate Fair Elections Fund; (3) eligibility for Fund allocations as well as such allocations; (4) a seed money contribution requirement; (5) contribution and expenditure requirements; (6) certification of whether or not a federal election candidate is a participating candidate; (7) benefits for participating candidates; (8) payment of fair fight funds; (9) administration of the Senate Fair Elections System; (10) reporting requirements for nonparticipating candidates; (11) modification of electioneering communication reporting requirements; and (12) the limitation on coordinated expenditures by political party committees with participating candidates.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 with respect to the deposit of proceeds from recovered spectrum auctions.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a tax credit for voluntary donations to the Senate Fair Elections Fund.

Establishes the Fair Elections Review Commission.

Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to: (1) entitle participating candidates to receive specified reduced broadcast rates in certain circumstances; and (2) provide for political advertisement vouchers for them.

Directs the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to charge non-public broadcast stations a spectrum use fee, which shall be deposited into the Senate Fair Elections Fund.

Amends federal postal law to prohibit franked mass mailings by Members of Congress (except notices of public meetings) during the 90 days before primary and general election periods, unless they are not candidates for re-election.

Amends FECA to: (1) empower the FEC to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a proceeding on certiorari; (2) revise requirements for filing with the FEC by Senate candidates; and (3) reduce from 48 to 24 hours the deadline for electronic filing with the FEC of reports by each political committee of contributions received within 90 days before an election.

]]> Fair Elections Now Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Fair Elections Now Act Short Titles as Introduced Fair Elections Now Act Introduced in Senate 2007-03-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s936is/xml/BILLS-110s936is.xml 2007-03-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3372-3381) 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.