[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3397 Introduced in House (IH)]


104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3397

  To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require that 
 contributions to candidates in odd-numbered years be from individuals 
                                 only.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 7, 1996

 Mr. Barton of Texas 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 require that 
 contributions to candidates in odd-numbered years be from individuals 
                                 only.

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

SECTION 1. CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES IN ODD-NUMBERED YEARS TO BE FROM 
              INDIVIDUALS ONLY.

    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) A candidate for Federal office may not, with respect to a 
regularly scheduled general election and any primary election related 
to such general election, accept any contribution in an odd-numbered 
year from any source other than an individual.''.

SEC. 2. TIME LIMITATION ON ACCEPTANCE OF MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL 
              COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES.

    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) A candidate for Federal office may not, with respect to a 
regularly scheduled general election and any primary election related 
to such general election, accept any contribution from a multicandidate 
political committee before the earlier of (1) the 90th day before the 
primary election, or (2) May 1 of the election year.''.

SEC. 3. PROPORTIONAL LIMITATION ON ACCEPTANCE OF MULTICANDIDATE 
              POLITICAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES.

    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) A candidate for Federal office may not, with respect to a 
reporting period for an election, accept contributions from 
multicandidate political committees totaling in excess of \1/3\ of the 
total of contributions accepted from individuals, except that a 
candidate who is not an incumbent of the office involved may accept 
contributions from multicandidate political committees totaling not 
more than \1/2\ of the total of contributions accepted from 
individuals.''.

SEC. 4. REDUCTION IN MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONTRIBUTION BY A 
              MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE.

    Section 315(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking out ``$5,000'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof ``$4,000''.
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