[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 275 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 275

   To prohibit candidates for Congress from accepting multicandidate 
                   political committee contributions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To prohibit candidates for Congress from accepting multicandidate 
                   political committee contributions.

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

SECTION. 1. ACCEPTANCE OF MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE 
              CONTRIBUTIONS BY CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS AS UNLAWFUL.

    Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

  ``acceptance of multicandidate political committee contributions by 
                  candidates for congress as unlawful

    ``Sec. 323. It shall be unlawful for any candidate for the office 
of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to, the Congress to accept contributions from multicandidate political 
committees.''.
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