[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1081 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1081

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the 
   influence of multicandidate political committees in elections for 
                            Federal office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 13, 1997

  Mr. Smith 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 reduce the 
   influence of multicandidate political committees 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``PAC Limitation Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. BAN ON MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
              CANDIDATES IN ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.

    Section 315(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(A) to any candidate and his authorized political 
        committees with respect to any election for Federal office;''.

SEC. 3. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS 
              FROM SOURCES OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT.

    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 the office of Representative in, or Delegate 
or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not, with respect to a 
reporting period for an election, accept contributions from all sources 
outside the congressional district involved totaling in excess of the 
total of contributions accepted from individual residents of the 
congressional district involved.''.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON ACCEPTANCE OF SOFT MONEY BY NATIONAL AND 
              CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PARTIES.

    Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section:

``limitation on acceptance of soft money by national and congressional 
                    committees of political parties

    ``Sec. 323. A national committee of a political party and the 
congressional campaign committees of a political party may not, in any 
calendar year, accept more than $25,000 from any single person in 
contributions or transfers that are not subject to the limitations, 
prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.''.

SEC. 5. REPORTS ON FEDERAL POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS CARRIED BY RADIO 
              STATIONS, TELEVISION STATIONS, AND CABLE SYSTEMS.

    Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended 
by section 4, is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:

    ``reports on federal political advertisements carried by radio 
           stations, television stations, and cable systems.

    ``Sec. 324. At such times and in such manner as the Commission 
shall prescribe by regulation, each operator of a radio broadcasting 
station, television broadcasting station, or cable system shall report 
to the Commission the identity of each advertiser, the cost, the 
duration, and other appropriate information with respect to each 
Federal political advertisement carried by the station or system, 
including any advertisement advocating the passage or defeat of Federal 
legislation, any advertisement advocating the election or defeat of a 
candidate for Federal office, and any advertisement characterizing the 
positions taken by such a candidate.''
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