[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1208 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1208

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for 
  increased fairness and competition in elections for Federal office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 1995

  Mr. Oxley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for 
  increased fairness and competition in elections for Federal office.

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

SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN CERTAIN LIMITATION AMOUNTS APPLICABLE TO 
              CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Section 315(a)(1)(C), section 315(a)(2)(A), and section 
315(a)(2)(C) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a(a)(1)(C), 441a(a)(2)(A), and 441a(a)(2)(C)) are each amended by 
striking out ``$5,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``$1,000''.

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

    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) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not, with 
respect to an election, accept contributions from persons other than 
individual in-State residents totaling more than 50 percent of the 
total of contributions accepted from all sources.
    ``(2) As used in this subsection, the term `individual in-State 
resident' means an individual who resides in the State in which the 
congressional district involved is located.''.
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