[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2528 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2528

 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require certain 
 disclosure and reports relating to polling by telephone or electronic 
                                device.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 23, 1997

 Mr. Petri (for himself, Mr. Shays, and Ms. Slaughter) 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 certain 
 disclosure and reports relating to polling by telephone or electronic 
                                device.

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

SECTION 1. DISCLOSURE AND REPORTS RELATING TO POLLING BY TELEPHONE OR 
              ELECTRONIC DEVICE.

    Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``disclosure and reports relating to polling by telephone or electronic 
                                 device

    ``Sec. 323. (a) Any person who conducts a Federal election poll by 
telephone or electronic device shall disclose to each respondent the 
identity of the person paying the expenses of the poll. The disclosure 
shall be made at the end of the interview involved.
    ``(b) In the case of any Federal election poll by telephone or 
electronic device--
            ``(1) if the results are not to be made public, the person 
        who conducts the poll shall report to the Commission the total 
        cost of the poll and all sources of funds for the poll; and
            ``(2) the person who conducts the poll shall report to the 
        Commission the total number of households contacted and include 
        with such report a copy of the poll questions.
    ``(c) As used in this section, the term `Federal election poll' 
means a survey--
            ``(1) in which the respondent is asked to state a 
        preference in a future election for Federal office; and
            ``(2) in which more than 1,200 households are surveyed.''.
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