[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2556 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2556

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for 
  partial removal of limitations on contributions to candidates whose 
   opponents exceed personal contribution limitations in an election.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 1993

 Mr. Rohrabacher (for himself, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. King, Mr. 
Schiff, and Mr. Fish) 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 
  partial removal of limitations on contributions to candidates whose 
   opponents exceed personal contribution limitations in an election.

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

SECTION 1. PARTIAL REMOVAL OF LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
              CANDIDATES WHOSE OPPONENTS USE LARGE AMOUNTS OF PERSONAL 
              FUNDS.

    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) If a candidate for Federal office makes contributions or 
expenditures from the personal funds of the candidate totaling more 
than $1,000 with respect to an election, the candidate shall so notify 
the Commission and each other candidate in the election. The 
notification shall be made in writing within 48 hours after the 
contribution or expenditure involved is made.
    ``(2) In any case described in paragraph (1), any person who is 
otherwise permitted under this Act to make contributions to such other 
candidate may make contributions in excess of any otherwise applicable 
limitation on such contributions, to the extent that the total of such 
excess contributions accepted by such other candidate does not exceed 
the total of contributions or expenditures from personal funds referred 
to in paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES MADE 
              IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AN ELECTION.

    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) Any person who makes an independent expenditure within 72 
hours before an election, shall so notify each candidate in the 
election. The notification shall be made in writing at least 48 hours 
before the expenditure is made.''.

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