[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1059 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1059

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for 
  increased fairness and competition in elections for Federal office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 23, 1993

  Mr. Oxley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for 
  increased fairness and competition in elections for Federal office.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN CERTAIN LIMITATION AMOUNTS APPLICABLE TO 
              CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Section 315(a)(1)(C), section 315(a)(2)(A), and section 
315(a)(2)(C) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a(a)(1)(C), 441a(a)(2)(A), and 441a(a)(2)(C)) are each amended by 
striking out ``$5,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``$1,000''.

SEC. 2. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS 
              FROM PERSONS OTHER THAN INDIVIDUAL IN-STATE RESIDENTS.

    Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i)(1) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not, with 
respect to an election, accept contributions from persons other than 
individual in-State residents totaling more than 50 percent of the 
total of contributions accepted from all sources.
    ``(2) As used in this subsection, the term `individual in-State 
resident' means an individual who resides in the State in which the 
congressional district involved is located.''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR AMOUNTS PAID FOR 
              MIXED POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.

    Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a), as amended by section 2, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(j)(1) Any payment by a national committee of a political party 
or a State committee of a political party for a mixed political 
activity--
            ``(A) shall be subject to limitation and reporting under 
        this Act as if such payment were an expenditure; and
            ``(B) may be paid only from an account that is subject to 
        this Act.
    ``(2) As used in this subsection, the term `mixed political 
activity' means, with respect to a payment by a national committee of a 
political party or a State committee of a political party, an activity, 
such as a voter registration program, a get-out-the-vote drive, or 
general political advertising, that is both--
            ``(A) for the purpose of influencing an election for 
        Federal office; and
            ``(B) for any purpose unrelated to influencing an election 
        for Federal office.''.

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