[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2048 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2048

     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce 
   multicandidate political committee contributions to congressional 
                  candidates, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 10, 1993

 Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut 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 reduce 
   multicandidate political committee contributions to congressional 
                  candidates, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Citizens Election Campaign Reform 
Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN THE CEILING ON MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE 
              CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES.

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

SEC. 3. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS 
              FROM PERSONS OTHER THAN INDIVIDUAL 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) 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--
            ``(1) persons other than individual residents of the State 
        in which the election is held; and
            ``(2) outside the congressional district involved that are 
        in excess of the contributions accepted from inside that 
        district.''.

SEC. 4. POSTAGE FOR TWO MASS MAILINGS BY NONINCUMBENT HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES TO BE PAID FROM THE OFFICIAL 
              MAIL ALLOWANCE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

    (a) In General.--In a general, special, or runoff election for the 
office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress, in which an incumbent is a candidate, each candidate 
(other than the incumbent) shall be entitled to free bulk rate postage 
for 2 mass mailings to residents of the congressional district 
involved. Such mass mailings shall--
            (1) consist only of biographical and platform statements of 
        the candidate;
            (2) be sent with postage paid from the Official Mail 
        Allowance of the House of Representatives; and
            (3) be mailed and delivered in the same calendar year as 
        the general election, but in no event later than 60 days prior 
        to the date of such general, special, or runoff election.
    (b) Definitions.--As used in this section the term ``candidate'' 
has the meaning given in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971.

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