3.0.0 2788 2023-01-11T13:22:32Z 2023-01-11T13:22:32Z House H HR 2011-08-01 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. WOODALL:H.R. 2788.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article. I, Section. 4.``The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections forSenators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in eachState by the Legislature thereof but the Congress may at anytime by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to thePlaces of chusing Senators.''[Page H5888]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing hsha08 Elections Subcommittee Referred to 2011-08-11T20:01:36Z Referred to 2011-08-01T14:02:45Z 2011-08-11 hsha08 Elections Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections. Committee 2011-08-01 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2011-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-08-01 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress W000810 Rep. Woodall, Rob [R-GA-7] Rob Woodall R GA 7 N B000208 Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6] ROSCOE BARTLETT R MD G. 6 2011-08-01 True Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Government Operations and Politics 00 2011-08-01 Introduced in House 2011-10-26T21:44:31Z Competitive Elections Act of 2011 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit an authorized committee of a candidate for election to the U.S. Senate or the House of Representatives from making any expenditure of funds in support of the candidate's election campaign that were not deposited in the committee's account during the election cycle for the office involved.

Makes an exception to this prohibition for candidates facing certain opponents who make expenditures from personal funds exceeding specified dollar amounts.

]]> Competitive Elections Act of 2011 Display Title Competitive Elections Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate for election to the office of Senator or Member of the House of Representatives from making campaign expenditures for the election from amounts that were not raised during the election cycle for that office, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Competitive Elections Act of 2011 Introduced in House 2011-08-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr2788ih/xml/BILLS-112hr2788ih.xml 2011-08-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections. 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.