[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 548 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 548

  To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to restrict the 
    amount of money spent on Congressional campaigns, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 21, 1993

  Mr. Upton 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 restrict the 
    amount of money spent on Congressional campaigns, 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 Fairness Act 
of 1993''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

    (a) In General.--It is the sense of the Congress that the amount of 
money that is spent by candidates for election to the Congress has 
become far too excessive, that the influence of political action 
committees has become too great, and that such candidates should strive 
to maximize the amount of contributions they receive from within their 
State. Because constitutional provisions restrict the ability of the 
Congress to impose mandatory limits on total campaign expenditures, any 
such limits should be voluntary in nature.
    (b) Voluntary Campaign Expenditure Requirements.--Candidates 
seeking election as a Senator or Representative in, or a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress should--
            (1) limit the contributions they accept from political 
        action committees to no more than 40 percent of all 
        contributions made to their election campaign; and
            (2) require that at least 75 percent of the contributions 
        made by individuals to the election campaigns of such 
        candidates be from residents of the State where that candidate 
        resides.

SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES.

    (a) Limitation on Contributions to Incumbents.--Section 315(a)(2) 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B) by striking out ``or'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C) by striking out the period and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding after subparagraph (C) the following:
            ``(D) during the period beginning on the November 15 
        following the date of a regularly scheduled general election 
        and ending on the following November 14, to any individual 
        elected to the office of Senator or Representative in, or 
        Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress at that 
        election or the authorized political committees of that 
        individual.''.
    (b) Limitation on Contribution Amounts.--Subparagraphs (A) and (C) 
of section 315(a)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441a(a)(2) (A) and (C)) are each amended by striking out 
``$5000'' in each subparagraph and inserting in lieu thereof ``$2500''.

SEC. 4. POLITICAL PARTY CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Section 315(d) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441a(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) by striking out ``and (3)'' and 
        inserting in lieu thereof ``, (3), and (4)'';
            (2) in paragraph (3) by striking out ``The'' and inserting 
        in lieu thereof ``Except as provided in paragraph (4), the''; 
        and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4)(A) The national committee of a political party, or a State 
committee of a political party, including any subordinate committee of 
a State committee, may contribute to a candidate for the office of 
Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress, or the authorized committee of that candidate, an amount 
equal to the amount described in subparagraph (B), if the candidate 
complies with section 2(b) of the Congressional Campaign Fairness Act 
of 1993.
    ``(B) The amount referred to in subparagraph (A) is the total 
amount of contributions of less than $200 each that is received by a 
candidate described in that subparagraph, or the authorized committee 
of that candidate.''.

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