[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 110 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 110

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to ban soft money in 
         elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. Clement 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 ban soft money in 
         elections for Federal office, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Campaign Truth and Fairness Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. BAN ON SOFT MONEY IN ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL OFFICE.

    Section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (8), by striking out 
        ``include--'' in the matter before clause (i) and all that 
        follows through the end of the subparagraph, and inserting in 
        lieu thereof ``include the value of services provided without 
        compensation by any individual who volunteers on behalf of a 
        candidate or political committee.'';
            (2) by striking out paragraph (9)(B);
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (9)(A) as paragraph (9); and
            (4) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (9), 
        as so redesignated by paragraph (3) of this subsection, as 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively.

SEC. 3. EQUALIZATION OF MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE CANDIDATE 
              CONTRIBUTION LIMITATION WITH LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO 
              OTHER PERSONS.

    (a) Persons Generally.--Section 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A)) is amended by 
striking out ``$1,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``$2,500''.
    (b) Multicandidate Political Committees.--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 
``$2,500''.

SEC. 4. LIMITATION ON PERSONAL CONTRIBUTIONS BY CANDIDATES IN HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES ELECTIONS.

    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 make contributions of 
more than $100,000 to the campaign of the candidate with respect to an 
election cycle. As used in this subsection, the term `election cycle' 
means, with respect to a candidate, the period beginning on the day 
after the date of the most recent general election for the office 
involved and ending on the date of the next general election for such 
office.''.
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