[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 168 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 168

 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit election 
      expenditures by candidates for the House of Representatives.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 1993

 Mrs. Byrne submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                         the Committee on Rules

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit election 
      expenditures by candidates for the House of Representatives.

    Resolved, That the Rules of the House of Representatives are 
amended by adding at the end the following:

                                Rule LII

                  limitation on election expenditures

    1. Effective beginning with the 104th Congress, no individual who 
is a candidate for the House of Representatives may make expenditures 
of more than $600,000 with respect to any primary election for such 
office or $600,000 with respect to any general election for such 
office. Not more than 40 percent of each such amount may be derived 
from contributions by multicandidate political committees and separate 
segregated funds.
    2. Any Member who shall be elected and duly sworn who is found in 
violation of clause 1 by the House of Representatives shall be guilty 
of disorderly behavior pursuant to article I, section 5 of the 
Constitution and be subject to such disciplinary action as may be 
determined appropriate, including, but not limited to, censure, denial 
of committee assignment, denial of use of the frank and stationery 
allowance, denial of office space, or other discipline.
    3. As used in this rule--
            (a) the term ``candidate'' means a person who--
                    (1) has filed with a State or the Clerk of the 
                United States House of Representatives or both;
                    (2) has formed an exploratory committee or 
                announced an exploratory effort precedent to candidacy; 
                or
                    (3) is generally acknowledged in the media and from 
                other publicly available sources to be a candidate;
            (b) the term ``multicandidate political committee'' has the 
        meaning given that term by section 315(a)(4) of the Federal 
        Election Campaign Act of 1971; and
            (c) the term ``separate segregated fund'' means a separate 
        segregated fund referred to in section 316(b)(2)(C) of such 
        Act.

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