3.0.0 6061 2023-01-11T13:21:47Z 2023-01-11T13:21:47Z House H HR 2010-07-30 111 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-30T13:12:43Z hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2010-07-30T13:12:42Z Presidential Funding Act of 2010 111 3681 S 2010-07-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2010-07-30 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2010-07-30 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 2010-07-30 Referred to House Administration IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2010-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress P000523 Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] DAVID PRICE D NC E. 4 N C000243 Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] MICHAEL CASTLE R DE N. 0 2010-07-30 True V000128 Rep. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD-8] Chris Van Hollen D MD 8 2010-07-30 True P000585 Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19] TODD PLATTS R PA RUSSELL 19 2010-07-30 True Government Operations and Politics Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Federal Election Commission (FEC) Government information and archives Government trust funds Inflation and prices Judicial review and appeals Public participation and lobbying Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Government Operations and Politics 00 2010-07-30 Introduced in House 2010-09-29T22:19:10Z Presidential Funding Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to public financing of presidential election campaigns, to: (1) quadruple (from 1:1 to 4:1) the matching rate for contributions to primary election candidates or their authorized committees for contributions not exceeding $200 (currently, $250); (2) eliminate primary and general election spending limits on participating candidates; (3) increase the eligibility threshold for receiving matching payments from $5,000 to $25,000 in contributions from residents of each of at least 20 states; (4) limit the maximum campaign contribution by individuals to $1,000 for primaries (currently, $2,400); (5) allow an inflation adjustment for periods after 2012 for contribution limitations and matching payment amounts; (6) prohibit contributions raised by lobbyists or political action committees from qualifying for matching fund payments; (7) require candidates who accept public financing in primary elections to accept such financing in general elections; (8) change the starting date for payment of matching funds to primary candidates from January 1 of the election year to 6 months before the first presidential primary or caucus; (9) allow an equal payment to eligible candidates in a presidential election of $50 million with additional matching funds according to a specified formula; and (10) increase from $3 to $10 ($6 to $20 for joint returns) the tax checkoff for the Presidential Election Campaign Fund.

Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) increase to $50 million the limit on coordinated spending by a national party and its presidential candidate; (2) prohibit political parties from spending unregulated funds (soft money) on their national conventions; (3) prohibit an authorized committee of a candidate from establishing a joint fundraising committee with a political committee other than the candidate's authorized committee; and (4) require presidential campaign committees to disclose information about bundled campaign contributions (i.e., a series of contributions exceeding specified threshold amounts)

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