[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2469 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2469

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and related laws to 
   strengthen public confidence in the integrity of the legislative 
process, to reform campaign practices for congressional elections, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 1993

   Mr. Synar (for himself, Mr. Beilenson, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Deal, Mr. 
  Glickman, Mr. Grandy, Mr. Gunderson, Mr. Horn, Mr. Livingston, Mr. 
 Torricelli, Mr. Meehan, and Mr. Upton) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred jointly to the Committees on House Administration 
                        and Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and related laws to 
   strengthen public confidence in the integrity of the legislative 
process, to reform campaign practices for congressional elections, 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 ``Congressional Campaign and Election 
Reform Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN LIMITATION AMOUNT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES 
              FOR FEDERAL OFFICE BY MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL 
              COMMITTEES.

    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 ``$1,000''.

SEC. 3. REDUCTION IN LIMITATION AMOUNT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES 
              FOR FEDERAL OFFICE BY PERSONS OTHER THAN MULTICANDIDATE 
              POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

    Section 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking out ``$1,000'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``$500''.

SEC. 4. CONTRIBUTIONS THROUGH INTERMEDIARIES AND CONDUITS.

    Section 315(a)(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441a(a)(8)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(8) For the purposes of this subsection:
            ``(A) Contributions made by a person, either directly or 
        indirectly, to or on behalf of a particular candidate, 
        including contributions that are in any way earmarked or 
        otherwise directed through an intermediary or conduit to a 
        candidate, shall be treated as contributions from the person to 
        the candidate.
            ``(B) Contributions made directly or indirectly by a person 
        to or on behalf of a particular candidate through an 
        intermediary or conduit, including contributions made or 
        arranged to be made by an intermediary or conduit, shall be 
        treated as contributions from the intermediary or conduit to 
        the candidate if--
                    ``(i) the contributions made through the 
                intermediary or conduit are in the form of a check or 
                other negotiable instrument made payable to the 
                intermediary or conduit rather than the intended 
                recipient; or
                    ``(ii) the intermediary or conduit is--
                            ``(I) a political committee;
                            ``(II) an officer, employee, or agent of 
                        such a political committee;
                            ``(III) a political party;
                            ``(IV) a partnership or sole 
                        proprietorship;
                            ``(V) a person who is required to register 
                        or to report its lobbying activities, or a 
                        lobbyist whose activities are required to be 
                        reported, under section 308 of the Federal 
                        Regulation of Lobbying Act (2 U.S.C. 267), the 
                        Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 
                        U.S.C. 611 et seq.), or any successor Federal 
                        law requiring a person who is a lobbyist or 
                        foreign agent to register or a person to report 
                        its lobbying activities; or
                            ``(VI) an organization prohibited from 
                        making contributions under section 316, or an 
                        officer, employee, or agent of such an 
                        organization acting on the organization's 
                        behalf.
            ``(C)(i) The term `intermediary or conduit' does not 
        include--
                    ``(I) a candidate or representative of a candidate 
                receiving contributions to the candidate's principal 
                campaign committee or authorized committee;
                    ``(II) a professional fundraiser compensated for 
                fundraising services at the usual and customary rate, 
                but only if the individual is not described in 
                subparagraph (B)(ii);
                    ``(III) a volunteer hosting a fundraising event at 
                the volunteer's home, in accordance with section 
                301(8)(B), but only if the individual is not described 
                in subparagraph (B)(ii); or
                    ``(IV) an individual who transmits a contribution 
                from the individual's spouse.
            ``(ii) The term `representative' means an individual who is 
        expressly authorized by the candidate to engage in fundraising, 
        and who occupies a significant position within the candidate's 
        campaign organization, provided that the individual is not 
        described in subparagraph (B)(ii).
            ``(iii) The term `contributions made or arranged to be 
        made' includes--
                    ``(I) contributions delivered to a particular 
                candidate or the candidate's authorized committee or 
                agent; and
                    ``(II) contributions directly or indirectly 
                arranged to be made to a particular candidate or the 
                candidate's authorized committee or agent, in a manner 
                that identifies directly or indirectly to the candidate 
                or authorized committee or agent the person who 
                arranged the making of the contributions or the person 
                on whose behalf such person was acting.
        Such term does not include contributions made, or arranged to 
        be made, by reason of an oral or written communication by a 
        Federal candidate or officeholder expressly advocating the 
        nomination for election, or election, of any other Federal 
        candidate and encouraging the making of a contribution to such 
        other candidate. 
            ``(iv) The term `acting on the organization's behalf' 
        includes the following activities by an officer, employee or 
        agent of a person described in subparagraph (B)(ii)(VI):
                    ``(I) Soliciting or directly or indirectly 
                arranging the making of a contribution to a particular 
                candidate in the name of, or by using the name of, such 
                a person.
                    ``(II) Soliciting or directly or indirectly 
                arranging the making of a contribution to a particular 
                candidate using other than incidental resources of such 
                a person.
                    ``(III) Soliciting contributions for a particular 
                candidate by substantially directing the solicitations 
                to other officers, employees, or agents of such a 
                person.
            ``(D) Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit--
                    ``(i) bona fide joint fundraising efforts conducted 
                solely for the purpose of sponsorship of a fundraising 
                reception, dinner, or other similar event, in 
                accordance with rules prescribed by the Commission, 
                by--
                            ``(I) 2 or more candidates;
                            ``(II) 2 or more national, State, or local 
                        committees of a political party within the 
                        meaning of section 301(4) acting on their own 
                        behalf; or
                            ``(III) a special committee formed by 2 or 
                        more candidates, or a candidate and a national, 
                        State, or local committee of a political party 
                        acting on their own behalf; or
                    ``(ii) fundraising efforts for the benefit of a 
                candidate that are conducted by another candidate.
When a contribution is made to a candidate through an intermediary or 
conduit, the intermediary or conduit shall report the original source 
and the intended recipient of the contribution to the Commission and to 
the intended recipient.''.

SEC. 5. CONTRIBUTIONS BY DEPENDENTS NOT OF VOTING AGE.

    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) For purposes of this section, any contribution by an 
individual who--
            ``(1) is a dependent of another individual; and
            ``(2) has not, as of the time of such contribution, 
        attained the legal age for voting for elections to Federal 
        office in the State in which such individual resides,
shall be treated as having been made by such other individual. If such 
individual is the dependent of another individual and such other 
individual's spouse, the contribution shall be allocated among such 
individuals in the manner determined by them.''.

SEC. 6. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES FROM STATE AND LOCAL COMMITTEES OF 
              POLITICAL PARTIES TO BE AGGREGATED.

    Section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441a(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(9) Notwithstanding paragraph (5)(B), a candidate for Federal 
office may not accept, with respect to an election, any contribution 
from a State or local committee of a political party (including any 
subordinate committee of such committee), if such contribution, when 
added to the total of contributions previously accepted from all such 
committees of that political party, exceeds a limitation on 
contributions to a candidate under this section.''.

SEC. 7. CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES USING MONEY SECURED BY PHYSICAL 
              FORCE OR OTHER INTIMIDATION.

    Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section:

``contributions and expenditures using money secured by physical force 
                         or other intimidation

    ``Sec. 323. It shall be unlawful for any person to--
            ``(1) cause another person to make a contribution or 
        expenditure by using physical force, job discrimination, 
        financial reprisals, or the threat of physical force, job 
        discrimination, or financial reprisal; or
            ``(2) make a contribution or expenditure utilizing money or 
        anything of value secured in the manner described in paragraph 
        (1).''.

SEC. 8. PROHIBITION OF ACCEPTANCE BY A CANDIDATE OF CASH CONTRIBUTIONS 
              FROM ANY ONE PERSON AGGREGATING MORE THAN $100.

    Section 321 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441g) is amended by inserting ``, and no candidate or authorized 
committee of a candidate shall accept from any one person,'' after 
``make''.

SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) Contribution and Expenditure Exceptions.--(1) Clause (xii) of 
section 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 431(8)(B)(xii)) is amended--
            (A) by inserting ``in connection with volunteer 
        activities'' after ``such committee''; and
            (B) by striking ``and'' at the end of subclause (2), by 
        inserting ``and'' at the end of subclause (3), and by adding at 
        the end the following new subclause:
                    ``(4) such activities are conducted solely by, or 
                any materials are distributed solely by, volunteers;''.
    (2) Clause (ix) of section 301(9)(B) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)(ix)) is amended--
            (A) by inserting ``in connection with volunteer 
        activities'' after ``such committee'', and
            (B) by striking ``and'' at the end of subclause (2), by 
        inserting ``and'' at the end of subclause (3), and by adding at 
        the end the following new subclause:
                    ``(4) any materials in connection with such 
                activities are prepared for distribution (and are 
                distributed) solely by volunteers;''.
    (b) Generic Activities; State Party Grassroots Fund.--Section 301 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(20) The term `generic campaign activity' means a 
        campaign activity that promotes a political party rather than 
        any particular Federal or non-Federal candidate.
            ``(21) The term `State Party Grassroots Fund' means a 
        separate segregated fund established and maintained by a State 
        committee of a political party solely for purposes of making 
        expenditures and other disbursements described in section 
        324(d).''.

SEC. 10. CONTRIBUTIONS TO POLITICAL PARTY COMMITTEES.

    (a) Individual Contributions to State Party.--Paragraph (1) of 
section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph 
(B), by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D), and by 
inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraph:
            ``(C) to--
                    ``(i) a State Party Grassroots Fund established and 
                maintained by a State committee of a political party in 
                any calendar year which, in the aggregate, exceed 
                $20,000; or
                    ``(ii) any other political committee established 
                and maintained by a State committee of a political 
                party in any calendar year which, in the aggregate, 
                exceed $5,000,
        except that the aggregate contributions described in this 
        subparagraph which may be made by a person to the State Party 
        Grassroots Fund and all committees of a State Committee of a 
        political party in any State in any calendar year shall not 
        exceed $20,000; or''.
    (b) Multicandidate Committee Contributions to State Party.--
Paragraph (2) of section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``or'' at the end of 
subparagraph (B), by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 
(D), and by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new 
subparagraph:
            ``(C) to--
                    ``(i) a State Party Grassroots Fund established and 
                maintained by a State committee of a political party in 
                any calendar year which, in the aggregate, exceed 
                $15,000; or
                    ``(ii) to any other political committee established 
                and maintained by a State committee of a political 
                party which, in the aggregate, exceed $5,000,
        except that the aggregate contributions described in this 
        subparagraph which may be made by a multicandidate political 
        committee to the State Party Grassroots Fund and all committees 
        of a State Committee of a political party in any State in any 
        calendar year shall not exceed $15,000; or''.
    (c) Overall Limit.--Paragraph (3) of section 315(a) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) is amended to read 
as follows:
    ``(3)(A) No individual shall make contributions during any election 
cycle (as defined in section 301(29)(B)) which, in the aggregate, 
exceed $60,000.
    ``(B) No individual shall make contributions during any calendar 
year--
            ``(i) to all candidates and their authorized political 
        committees which, in the aggregate, exceed $25,000; or
            ``(ii) to all political committees established and 
        maintained by State committees of a political party which, in 
        the aggregate, exceed $20,000.
    ``(C) For purposes of subparagraph (B)(i), any contribution made to 
a candidate or the candidate's authorized political committees in a 
year other than the calendar year in which the election is held with 
respect to which such contribution is made shall be treated as made 
during the calendar year in which the election is held.''.
    (d) Presidential Candidate Committee Transfers.--(1) Subparagraph 
(B) of section 315(b)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(2 U.S.C. 441a(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) in the case of a campaign for election to 
                such office, an amount equal to the sum of--
                            ``(i) $20,000,000, plus
                            ``(ii) the lesser of--
                                    ``(I) 2 cents multiplied by the 
                                voting age population of the United 
                                States (as certified under subsection 
                                (e) of this section), or
                                    ``(II) the amounts transferred by 
                                the candidate and the authorized 
                                committees of the candidate to the 
                                national committee of the candidate's 
                                political party for distribution to 
                                State Party Grassroots Funds.''.
    (2) Subparagraph (A) of section 9002(11) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (defining qualified campaign expense) is amended by 
striking ``or'' at the end of clause (ii), by inserting ``or'' at the 
end of clause (iii), and by inserting at the end the following new 
clause ``(iv) any transfers to the national committee of the 
candidate's political party for distribution to State Party Grassroots 
Funds (as defined in section 301(31) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971) to the extent such transfers do not exceed the amount 
determined under section 315(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act,''.

SEC. 11. PROVISIONS RELATING TO NATIONAL, STATE, AND LOCAL PARTY 
              COMMITTEES.

    (a) Soft Money of Committees of Political Parties.--Title III of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 is amended by inserting after 
section 323 the following new section:

                      ``political party committees

    ``Sec. 324. (a) Limitations on National Committee.--(1) A national 
committee of a political party and the congressional campaign 
committees of a political party may not solicit or accept contributions 
or transfers not subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and 
reporting requirements of this Act.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to contributions--
            ``(A) that--
                    ``(i) are to be transferred to a State committee of 
                a political party and are used solely for activities 
                described in clauses (xi) through (xvii) of paragraph 
                (9)(B) of section 301; or
                    ``(ii) are described in section 301(8)(B)(viii); 
                and
            ``(B) with respect to which contributors have been notified 
        that the funds will be used solely for the purposes described 
        in subparagraph (A).
    ``(b) Activities Subject to This Act.--Any amount solicited, 
received, expended, or disbursed directly or indirectly by a national, 
State, district, or local committee of a political party (including any 
subordinate committee) with respect to any of the following activities 
shall be subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting 
requirements of this Act:
            ``(1)(A) Any get-out-the-vote activity conducted during a 
        calendar year in which an election for the office of President 
        is held.
            ``(B) Any other get-out-the-vote activity unless subsection 
        (c)(2) applies to the activity.
            ``(2) Any generic campaign activity.
            ``(3) Any activity that identifies or promotes a Federal 
        candidate, regardless of whether--
                    ``(A) a State or local candidate is also identified 
                or promoted; or
                    ``(B) any portion of the funds disbursed 
                constitutes a contribution or expenditure under this 
                Act.
            ``(4) Voter registration.
            ``(5) Development and maintenance of voter files during an 
        even-numbered calendar year.
            ``(6) Any other activity that--
                    ``(A) significantly affects a Federal election, or
                    ``(B) is not otherwise described in section 
                301(8)(B)(xvii).
Any amount spent to raise funds that are used, in whole or in part, in 
connection with activities described in the preceding paragraphs shall 
be subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements 
of this Act.
    ``(c) Get-Out-The-Vote Activities by State, District, and Local 
Committees of Political Parties.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph 
(2), any get-out-the-vote activity for a State or local candidate, or 
for a ballot measure, which is conducted by a State, district, or local 
committee of a political party (including any subordinate committee) 
shall be subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting 
requirements of this Act.
    ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any activity which the State 
committee of a political party certifies to the Commission is an 
activity which--
            ``(A) is conducted during a calendar year other than a 
        calendar year in which an election for the office of President 
        is held,
            ``(B) is exclusively on behalf of (and specifically 
        identifies only) one or more State or local candidates or 
        ballot measures, and
            ``(C) does not include any effort or means used to identify 
        or turn out those identified to be supporters of any Federal 
        candidate (including any activity that is undertaken in 
        coordination with, or on behalf of, a candidate for Federal 
        office).
    ``(d) State Party Grassroots Funds.--(1) A State committee of a 
political party may make disbursements and expenditures from its State 
Party Grassroots Fund only for--
            ``(A) any generic campaign activity;
            ``(B) payments described in clauses (v), (x), and (xii) of 
        paragraph (8)(B) and clauses (iv), (viii), and (ix) of 
        paragraph (9)(B) of section 301;
            ``(C) subject to the limitations of section 315(d), 
        payments described in clause (xii) of paragraph (8)(B), and 
        clause (ix) of paragraph (9)(B), of section 301 on behalf of 
        candidates other than for President and Vice President;
            ``(D) voter registration; and
            ``(E) development and maintenance of voter files during an 
        even-numbered calendar year.
    ``(2) Notwithstanding section 315(a)(4), no funds may be 
transferred by a State committee of a political party from its State 
Party Grassroots Fund to any other State Party Grassroots Fund or to 
any other political committee, except a transfer may be made to a 
district or local committee of the same political party in the same 
State if such district or local committee--
            ``(A) has established a separate segregated fund for the 
        purposes described in paragraph (1); and
            ``(B) uses the transferred funds solely for those purposes.
    ``(e) Amounts Received by Grassroots Fund From State and Local 
Candidate Committees.--(1) Any amount received by a State Party 
Grassroots Fund from a State or local candidate committee for 
expenditures described in subsection (b) that are for the benefit of 
that candidate shall be treated as meeting the requirements of 
subsection (b) and section 304(e) if--
            ``(A) such amount is derived from funds which meet the 
        requirements of this Act with respect to any limitation or 
        prohibition as to source or dollar amount specified in section 
        315(a) (1)(A) and (2)(A); and
            ``(B) the State or local candidate committee--
                    ``(i) maintains, in the account from which payment 
                is made, records of the sources and amounts of funds 
                for purposes of determining whether such requirements 
                are met; and
                    ``(ii) certifies that such requirements were met.
    ``(2) For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), in determining whether the 
funds transferred meet the requirements of this Act described in such 
paragraph--
            ``(A) a State or local candidate committee's cash on hand 
        shall be treated as consisting of the funds most recently 
        received by the committee, and
            ``(B) the committee must be able to demonstrate that its 
        cash on hand contains sufficient funds meeting such 
        requirements as are necessary to cover the transferred funds.
    ``(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), any State Party Grassroots 
Fund receiving any transfer described in paragraph (1) from a State or 
local candidate committee shall be required to meet the reporting 
requirements of this Act, and shall submit to the Commission all 
certifications received, with respect to receipt of the transfer from 
such candidate committee.
    ``(4) For purposes of this subsection, a State or local candidate 
committee is a committee established, financed, maintained, or 
controlled by a candidate for other than Federal office.''.
    (b) Contributions and Expenditures.--(1) Section 301(8)(B) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended 
by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (xiii), by striking the period 
at the end of clause (xiv) and inserting a semicolon, and by adding at 
the end the following new clauses:
                            ``(xv) any amount contributed to a 
                        candidate for other than Federal office;
                            ``(xvi) any amount received or expended to 
                        pay the costs of a State or local political 
                        convention;
                            ``(xvii) any payment for campaign 
                        activities that are exclusively on behalf of 
                        (and specifically identify only) State or local 
                        candidates and do not identify any Federal 
                        candidate, and that are not activities 
                        described in section 324(b) (without regard to 
                        paragraph (6)(B)) or section 324(c)(1);
                            ``(xviii) any payment for administrative 
                        expenses of a State or local committee of a 
                        political party, including expenses for--
                                    ``(I) overhead, including party 
                                meetings;
                                    ``(II) staff (other than 
                                individuals devoting a significant 
                                amount of their time to elections for 
                                Federal office and individuals engaged 
                                in conducting get-out-the-vote 
                                activities for a Federal election); and
                                    ``(III) conducting party elections 
                                or caucuses;
                            ``(xix) any payment for research pertaining 
                        solely to State and local candidates and 
                        issues;
                            ``(xx) any payment for development and 
                        maintenance of voter files other than during 
                        the 1-year period ending on the date during an 
                        even-numbered calendar year on which regularly 
                        scheduled general elections for Federal office 
                        occur; and
                            ``(xxi) any payment for any other activity 
                        which is solely for the purpose of influencing, 
                        and which solely affects, an election for non-
                        Federal office and which is not an activity 
                        described in section 324(b) (without regard to 
                        paragraph (6)(B)) or section 324(c)(1).''.
    (2) Section 301(9)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of 
clause (ix), by striking the period at the end of clause (x) and 
inserting a semicolon, and by adding at the end the following new 
clauses:
                            ``(xi) any amount contributed to a 
                        candidate for other than Federal office;
                            ``(xii) any amount received or expended to 
                        pay the costs of a State or local political 
                        convention;
                            ``(xiii) any payment for campaign 
                        activities that are exclusively on behalf of 
                        (and specifically identify only) State or local 
                        candidates and do not identify any Federal 
                        candidate, and that are not activities 
                        described in section 324(b) (without regard to 
                        paragraph (6)(B)) or section 324(c)(1);
                            ``(xiv) any payment for administrative 
                        expenses of a State or local committee of a 
                        political party, including expenses for--
                                    ``(I) overhead, including party 
                                meetings;
                                    ``(II) staff (other than 
                                individuals devoting a significant 
                                amount of their time to elections for 
                                Federal office and individuals engaged 
                                in conducting get-out-the-vote 
                                activities for a Federal election); and
                                    ``(III) conducting party elections 
                                or caucuses;
                            ``(xv) any payment for research pertaining 
                        solely to State and local candidates and 
                        issues;
                            ``(xvi) any payment for development and 
                        maintenance of voter files other than during 
                        the 1-year period ending on the date during an 
                        even-numbered calendar year on which regularly 
                        scheduled general elections for Federal office 
                        occur; and
                            ``(xvii) any payment for any other activity 
                        which is solely for the purpose of influencing, 
                        and which solely affects, an election for non-
                        Federal office and which is not an activity 
                        described in section 324(b) (without regard to 
                        paragraph (6)(B)) or section 324(c)(1).''.
    (c) Limitation Applied at National Level.--Paragraph (3) of section 
315(d) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a(d)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
``Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the applicable congressional 
campaign committee of a political party shall make the expenditures 
described in this paragraph which are authorized to be made by a 
national or State committee with respect to a candidate in any State 
unless it allocates all or a portion of such expenditures to either or 
both of such committees.''.
    (d) Limitations Apply for Entire Election Cycle.--Section 315(d)(1) 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)(1)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: ``Each 
limitation under the following paragraphs shall apply to the entire 
election cycle for an office.''.

SEC. 12. RESTRICTIONS ON FUNDRAISING BY CANDIDATES AND OFFICEHOLDERS.

    (a) State Fundraising Activities.--Section 315 of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 5, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Limitations on Fundraising Activities of Federal Candidates 
and Officeholders and Certain Political Committees.--(1) For purposes 
of this Act, a candidate for Federal office, an individual holding 
Federal office, or any agent of the candidate or individual may not 
solicit funds to, or receive funds on behalf of, any Federal or non-
Federal candidate or political committee--
            ``(A) which are to be expended in connection with any 
        election for Federal office unless such funds are subject to 
        the limitations, prohibitions, and requirements of this Act; or
            ``(B) which are to be expended in connection with any 
        election for other than Federal office unless such funds are 
        not in excess of amounts permitted with respect to Federal 
        candidates and political committees under subsections (a) (1) 
        and (2), and are not from sources prohibited by such 
        subsections with respect to elections to Federal office.
    ``(2)(A) The aggregate amount which a person described in 
subparagraph (B) may solicit from a multicandidate political committee 
for State committees described in subsection (a)(1)(C) (including 
subordinate committees) for any calendar year shall not exceed the 
dollar amount in effect under subsection (a)(2)(B) for the calendar 
year.
    ``(B) A person is described in this subparagraph if such person is 
a candidate for Federal office, an individual holding Federal office, 
an agent of such a candidate or individual, or any national, State, 
district, or local committee of a political party (including a 
subordinate committee) and any agent of such a committee.
    ``(3) The appearance or participation by a candidate for Federal 
office or individual holding Federal office in any fundraising event 
conducted by a committee of a political party or a candidate for other 
than Federal office shall not be treated as a solicitation for purposes 
of paragraph (1) if such candidate or individual does not solicit or 
receive, or make disbursements from, any funds resulting from such 
activity.
    ``(4) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the solicitation or receipt 
of funds, or disbursements, by an individual who is a candidate for 
other than Federal office if such activity is permitted under State 
law.
    ``(5) For purposes of this subsection, an individual shall be 
treated as holding Federal office if such individual--
            ``(A) holds a Federal office; or
            ``(B) holds a position described in level I of the 
        Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5, United States 
        Code.''.
    (b) Tax-Exempt Organizations.--Section 315 of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 5 and 
subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(k) Tax-Exempt Organizations.--(1) If an individual is a 
candidate for, or holds, Federal office during any period, such 
individual may not during such period solicit contributions to, or on 
behalf of, any organization which is described in section 501(c) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 if a significant portion of the 
activities of such organization include voter registration or get-out-
the-vote campaigns.
    ``(2) For purposes of this subsection, an individual shall be 
treated as holding Federal office if such individual--
            ``(A) holds a Federal office; or
            ``(B) holds a position described in level I of the 
        Executive Schedule under section 5312 of title 5, United States 
        Code.''.

SEC. 13. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Reporting Requirements.--Section 304 of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(d) Political Committees.--(1) The national committee of a 
political party and any congressional campaign committee of a political 
party, and any subordinate committee of either, shall report all 
receipts and disbursements during the reporting period, whether or not 
in connection with an election for Federal office.
    ``(2) A political committee (not described in paragraph (1)) to 
which section 324 applies shall report all receipts and disbursements 
including separate schedules for receipts and disbursements for State 
Grassroots Funds described in section 301(31).
    ``(3) Any political committee to which section 324 applies shall 
include in its report under paragraph (1) or (2) the amount of any 
transfer described in section 324(d)(2) and shall itemize such amounts 
to the extent required by section 304(b)(3)(A).
    ``(4) Any political committee to which paragraph (1) or (2) does 
not apply shall report any receipts or disbursements which are used in 
connection with a Federal election.
    ``(5) If a political committee has receipts or disbursements to 
which this subsection applies from any person aggregating in excess of 
$200 for any calendar year, the political committee shall separately 
itemize its reporting for such person in the same manner as subsection 
(b) (3)(A), (5), or (6).
    ``(6) Reports required to be filed by this subsection shall be 
filed for the same time periods required for political committees under 
subsection (a).''.
    (b) Report of Exempt Contributions.--Section 301(8) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)) is amended by inserting 
at the end thereof the following:
                    ``(C) The exclusion provided in clause (viii) of 
                subparagraph (B) shall not apply for purposes of any 
                requirement to report contributions under this Act, and 
                all such contributions aggregating in excess of $200 
                shall be reported.''.
    (c) Reports by State Committees.--Section 304 of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by subsection 
(a), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subsection:
    ``(e) Filing of State Reports.--In lieu of any report required to 
be filed by this Act, the Commission may allow a State committee of a 
political party to file with the Commission a report required to be 
filed under State law if the Commission determines such reports contain 
substantially the same information.''.
    (d) Other Reporting Requirements.--
            (1) Authorized committees.--Paragraph (4) of section 304(b) 
        of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
        434(b)(4)) is amended by striking ``and'' at the end of 
        subparagraph (H), by inserting ``and'' at the end of 
        subparagraph (I), and by adding at the end the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(J) in the case of an authorized committee, 
                disbursements for the primary election, the general 
                election, and any other election in which the candidate 
                participates;''.
            (2) Names and addresses.--Subparagraph (A) of section 
        304(b)(5) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
        U.S.C. 434(b)(5)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``within the calendar year'', and
                    (B) by inserting ``, and the election to which the 
                operating expenditure relates'' after ``operating 
                expenditure''.

SEC. 14. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.

    (a) In General.--Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434), as amended by section 13, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) Time for Reporting Certain Expenditures.--(1) Any person 
making independent expenditures aggregating $1,000 or more after the 
20th day, but more than 24 hours, before any election shall file a 
report of such expenditures within 24 hours after such expenditures are 
made.
    ``(2) Any person making independent expenditures aggregating 
$10,000 or more at any time up to and including the 20th day before any 
election shall file a report within 48 hours after such expenditures 
are made. An additional statement shall be filed each time independent 
expenditures aggregating $10,000 are made with respect to the same 
election as the initial statement filed under this section.
    ``(3) Any statement under this subsection shall be filed with the 
Commission and the Secretary of State of the State involved and shall 
contain the information required by subsection (b)(6)(B)(iii) of this 
section, including whether the independent expenditure is in support 
of, or in opposition to, the candidate involved. Not later than 48 
hours after the Commission receives a report, the Commission shall 
transmit a copy of the report to each candidate seeking nomination or 
election to that office.
    ``(4) For purposes of this subsection, an expenditure shall be 
treated as made when it is made or obligated to be made.
    ``(5)(A) If any person intends to make independent expenditures 
totaling $5,000 or more during the 20 days before an election, such 
person shall file a statement no later than the 20th day before the 
election.
    ``(B) Any statement under subparagraph (A) shall be filed with the 
Commission and the Secretary of State of the State involved and shall 
identify each candidate whom the expenditure will support or oppose. 
Not later than 48 hours after the Commission receives a statement under 
this paragraph, the Commission shall transmit a copy of the statement 
to each candidate identified.
    ``(6) The Commission may make its own determination that a person 
has made, or has incurred obligations to make, independent expenditures 
with respect to any Federal election which in the aggregate exceed the 
applicable amounts under paragraph (1) or (2). The Commission shall 
notify each candidate in such election of such determination within 24 
hours of making it.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 304(c)(2) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(c)(2)) is amended by 
striking the undesignated matter after subparagraph (C).

SEC. 15. EQUAL BROADCAST TIME.

    Section 315(a) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 315(a)) 
is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a)(1) If a licensee permits any person who is a legally 
qualified candidate for public office to use a broadcasting station 
other than any use required to be provided under paragraph (2), the 
licensee shall afford equal opportunities to all other such candidates 
for that office in the use of the broadcasting station.
    ``(2)(A) A person who reserves broadcast time the payment for which 
would constitute an independent expenditure within the meaning of 
section 301(17) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431(17)) shall--
            ``(i) inform the licensee that payment for the broadcast 
        time will constitute an independent expenditure;
            ``(ii) inform the licensee of the names of all candidates 
        for the office to which the proposed broadcast relates; and
            ``(iii) provide the licensee a copy of the statement 
        described in section 304A(b)(3)(B) of the Federal Election 
        Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(d)(3)(B)).
    ``(B) A licensee who is informed as described in subparagraph (A) 
shall, if any of the candidates described in subparagraph (A)(ii) has 
provided the licensee the name and address of a person to whom 
notification under this subparagraph is to be given--
            ``(i) notify such person of the proposed making of the 
        independent expenditure; and
            ``(ii) provide, without charge, any such candidate (other 
        than a candidate for whose benefit the independent expenditure 
        is made) with the same amount of broadcast time immediately 
        after the broadcast time paid for by the independent 
        expenditure.
    ``(3) A licensee shall have no power of censorship over the 
material broadcast under this section.
    ``(4) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no obligation is imposed 
under this subsection upon any licensee to allow the use of its station 
by any candidate.
    ``(5)(A) Appearance by a legally qualified candidate on a--
            ``(i) bona fide newscast;
            ``(ii) bona fide news interview;
            ``(iii) bona fide news documentary (if the appearance of 
        the candidate is incidental to the presentation of the subject 
        or subjects covered by the news documentary); or
            ``(iv) on-the-spot coverage of bona fide news events 
        (including political conventions and activities incidental 
        thereto),
shall not be deemed to be use of a broadcasting station within the 
meaning of this subsection.
    ``(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) shall be construed as relieving 
broadcasters, in connection with the presentation of newscasts, news 
interviews, news documentaries, and on-the-spot coverage of news 
events, from their obligation under this Act to operate in the public 
interest and to afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of 
conflicting views on issues of public importance.
    ``(6)(A) A licensee that endorses a candidate for Federal office in 
an editorial shall, within the time stated in subparagraph (B), provide 
to all other candidates for election to the same office--
            ``(i) notice of the date and time of broadcast of the 
        editorial;
            ``(ii) a taped or printed copy of the editorial; and
            ``(iii) a reasonable opportunity to broadcast a response 
        using the licensee's facilities.
    ``(B) In the case of an editorial described in subparagraph (A) 
that--
            ``(i) is first broadcast 72 hours or more prior to the date 
        of a primary, runoff, or general election, the notice and copy 
        described in subparagraph (A) (i) and (ii) shall be provided 
        not later than 24 hours after the time of the first broadcast 
        of the editorial, and
            ``(ii) is first broadcast less than 72 hours before the 
        date of an election, the notice and copy shall be provided at a 
        time prior to the first broadcast that will be sufficient to 
        enable candidates a reasonable opportunity to prepare and 
        broadcast a response.
    ``(7) A communication under reserved broadcast time described in 
paragraph (2)--
            ``(A) in the case of a television broadcast, shall include 
        during the entire length of the communication a clearly 
        readable video statement covering at least 25 percent of the 
        viewing area of a television screen stating the information 
        required in section 318(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
        of 1971 and, if the independent expenditure is made by a 
        political committee, stating the name of its connected 
        organization (if any) and the city and State in which such 
        organization is located; and
            ``(B) in the case of any audio broadcast (including a 
        television broadcast), shall include an audio statement at the 
        conclusion of the broadcast stating the information described 
        in section 318(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
        and, if the independent expenditure is made by a political 
        committee, stating the name of its connected organization (if 
        any) and the city and State in which such organization is 
        located.''.

SEC. 16. PROHIBITION OF LEADERSHIP COMMITTEES; RESTRICTION ON 
              CONTRIBUTIONS BETWEEN PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES.

    (a) Leadership Committee Prohibition.--Section 302 of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) A candidate for Federal office may not establish, maintain, 
finance, or control a political committee, other than the principal 
campaign committee of the candidate.''.
    (b) Principal Campaign Committee Restriction.--Section 315 of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by 
sections 5 and 12, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(l) A principal campaign committee of a candidate for Federal 
office may not make any contribution to any other principal campaign 
committee (other than the principal campaign committee of the same 
individual as a candidate for another Federal office).''.

SEC. 17. PROHIBITION OF TRANSFERS AMONG NONCANDIDATE, NONPARTY 
              POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

    Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a), as amended by sections 5, 12, and 16, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(m) A noncandidate, nonparty political committee may not make 
contributions, or otherwise transfer funds, to any other noncandidate, 
nonparty political committee. As used in this subsection, the term 
`noncandidate, nonparty political committee' means a political 
committee that is not an authorized committee of a candidate for 
Federal office and is not a political committee of a political 
party.''.

SEC. 18. RESTRICTIONS ON CONNECTED POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE 
              ACTIVITIES.

    Section 316(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``The exclusion under subparagraph (C) does not permit 
receipt of direct or indirect subsidies for administrative expenses 
(including salaries, utility expenses, office equipment expenses, and 
general overhead) from a corporation, labor organization, membership 
organization, cooperative, or corporation without capital stock.''.

SEC. 19. EFFECTIVE DATE AND SUNSET PROVISIONS.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall become effective 
January 1, 1994, and shall apply with respect to elections beginning 
with the general election of 1994 (and any primary election relating to 
such general election).

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