[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2945 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2945

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit nonparty 
   multicandidate political committee contributions in elections for 
                Federal office, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 6, 1993

 Mr. Hoke (for himself, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Horn, Mr. Inglis 
 of South Carolina, Mr. Regula, and Mr. Smith of Michigan) 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 prohibit nonparty 
   multicandidate political committee contributions in elections for 
                Federal office, 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. PROHIBITION OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY NONPARTY MULTICANDIDATE 
              POLITICAL COMMITTEES IN ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.

    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) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no 
nonparty multicandidate political committee may make any contribution 
to a candidate for Federal office.
    ``(2) As used in this subsection, the term `multicandidate 
political committee' has the meaning given that term in subsection 
(a)(4).''.

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

    Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a), as amended by section 1, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(j)(1) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not, with 
respect to a reporting period for an election, accept contributions 
from persons other than in-district individual residents totaling in 
excess of 49 percent of all contributions accepted by the candidate 
with respect to the reporting period.
    ``(2) As used in this subsection, the term `in-district individual 
resident' means an individual who resides in the congressional district 
involved.''.

SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
              CHALLENGERS FROM POLITICAL PARTIES TO MATCH INCUMBENT 
              CAMPAIGN FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD FROM EARLIER ELECTIONS.

    Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a), as amended by sections 1 and 2, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, if at the 
end of the first reporting period after a general election, an 
individual who is elected to the office of Representative in, or 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress in that election has 
a balance of campaign funds remaining, a political committee of a 
political party may make contributions to an opponent of such 
individual in the next general election (including any primary election 
relating to such next general election) as provided in paragraph (2).
    ``(2) A contribution by a political committee of a political party 
to a challenger under paragraph (1)--
            ``(A) shall be in addition to any other contribution 
        permitted by law;
            ``(B) when added to other such contributions by political 
        committees of political parties, may not exceed the amount of 
        the balance referred to in paragraph (1); and
            ``(C) shall not be counted with respect to any otherwise 
        applicable limitation on contributions by political committees 
        of political parties.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

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