[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 738 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 738

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for 
  partial removal of limitations on contributions to candidates whose 
   opponents exceed personal contribution limitations in an election.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 1995

 Mr. Rohrabacher 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 
  partial removal of limitations on contributions to candidates whose 
   opponents exceed personal contribution limitations in an election.

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

SECTION 1. PARTIAL REMOVAL OF LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
              CANDIDATES WHOSE OPPONENTS USE LARGE AMOUNTS OF PERSONAL 
              FUNDS.

    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) If a candidate for Federal office makes contributions or 
expenditures from the personal funds of the candidate totaling more 
than $1,000 with respect to an election, the candidate shall so notify 
the Commission and each other candidate in the election. The 
notification shall be made in writing within 48 hours after the 
contribution or expenditure involved is made.
    ``(2) In any case described in paragraph (1), any person who is 
otherwise permitted under this Act to make contributions to such other 
candidate may make contributions in excess of any otherwise applicable 
limitation on such contributions, to the extent that the total of such 
excess contributions accepted by such other candidate does not exceed 
the total of contributions or expenditures from personal funds referred 
to in paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES MADE 
              IMMEDIATELY BEFORE AN ELECTION.

    Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Any person, political committee, or organization which makes 
an independent expenditure or commitment to purchase products or 
services to be used in the last 7 days before an election, shall so 
notify each candidate in the election. The notification shall be made 
in writing at least 48 hours before the expenditure or commitment is 
made.''.
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