[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 49 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 49

    To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit 
   contributions by multicandidate political committees and to limit 
contributions in House of Representatives elections from persons other 
                  than individual in-State residents.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 1995

  Mr. Archer 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 prohibit 
   contributions by multicandidate political committees and to limit 
contributions in House of Representatives elections from persons other 
                  than individual in-State residents.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF CONTRIBUTIONS BY MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL 
              COMMITTEES.

    Section 315(a)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2) No multicandidate political committee may make contributions 
with respect to any election for Federal office.''.

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 for Federal office, accept contributions from 
persons other than individual in-State residents totaling more than 20 
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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