[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2608 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2608

 To protect individuals from having money involuntarily collected and 
 used for political activities by a corporation or labor organization.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 1997

Mr. Bob Schaffer of Colorado (for himself, Mr. Ney, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. 
Armey, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Baker, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Barr  of Georgia, Mr. 
Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. 
    Bass, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Bliley, Mr. 
  Boehner, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. Bono, Mr. Brady, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Burr of 
 North Carolina, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Calvert, Mr. 
Camp, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Canady of Florida, Mr. Cannon, Mr. Chabot, Mr. 
Chambliss, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Christensen, Mr. Coble, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
Collins, Mr. Combest, Mr. Cook, Mr. Cooksey, Mr. Cox of California, Mr. 
 Crane, Mr. Crapo, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Davis of Virginia, 
Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. DeLay, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Dreier, 
Mr. Duncan, Ms. Dunn, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Everett, Mr. Fawell, 
Mr. Foley, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ganske, Mr. Gekas, 
 Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Gilchrest, Mr. Gillmor, Mr. Gingrich, Mr. Goodlatte, 
  Mr. Goss, Mr. Graham, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hansen, Mr. 
  Hastert, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Hefley, Mr. 
    Herger, Mr. Hill, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Hulshof, Mr. 
Hutchinson, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hyde, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, Mr. Sam 
 Johnson of Texas, Mr. Jones, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Klug, Mr. 
Knollenberg, Mr. Kolbe, Mr. Largent, Mr. Latham, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, 
 Mr. Linder, Mr. Livingston, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. McCollum, Mr. McCrery, 
Mr. McInnis, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Mica, Mr. Miller of Florida, 
 Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Neumann, Mrs. Northup, Mr. Norwood, 
    Mr. Nussle, Mr. Packard, Mr. Parker, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Peterson of 
  Pennsylvania, Mr. Pickering, Mr. Pitts, Mr. Pombo, Mr. Porter, Ms. 
Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Radanovich, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Redmond, Mr. Riley, Mr. 
    Rogan, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Royce, Mr. Salmon, Mr. 
   Scarborough, Mr. Dan Schaefer of Colorado, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
 Sessions, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Skeen, Mr. Smith of Michigan, Mr. Smith of 
    Texas, Mrs. Linda Smith of Washington, Mr. Smith of Oregon, Mr. 
Snowbarger, Mr. Souder, Mr. Spence, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Stump, Mr. Sununu, 
 Mr. Talent, Mr. Tauzin, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Thornberry, 
Mr. Thune, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Upton, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Watkins, Mr. 
 Watts of Oklahoma, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Wicker, 
  and Mr. Young of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
 To protect individuals from having money involuntarily collected and 
 used for political activities by a corporation or labor organization.

    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 ``Paycheck Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING INVOLUNTARY ASSESSMENT OF EMPLOYEE FUNDS FOR 
              POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 316 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) Except with the separate, prior, written, voluntary 
authorization of each individual, it shall be unlawful--
            ``(A) for any national bank or corporation described in 
        this section to collect from or assess its stockholders or 
        employees any dues, initiation fee, or other payment as a 
        condition of employment if any part of such dues, fee, or 
        payment will be used for political activity in which the 
        national bank or corporation is engaged; and
            ``(B) for any labor organization described in this section 
        to collect from or assess its members or nonmembers any dues, 
        initiation fee, or other payment if any part of such dues, fee, 
        or payment will be used for political activity in which the 
        labor organization is engaged.
    ``(2) An authorization described in paragraph (1) shall remain in 
effect until revoked and may be revoked at any time. Each entity 
collecting from or assessing amounts from an individual with an 
authorization in effect under such paragraph shall provide the 
individual with a statement that the individual may at any time revoke 
the authorization.
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `political 
activity' means any activity carried out for the purpose of influencing 
(in whole or in part) any election for Federal office, influencing the 
consideration or outcome of any Federal legislation or the issuance or 
outcome of any Federal regulations, or educating individuals about 
candidates for election for Federal office or any Federal legislation, 
law, or regulations.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to amounts collected or assessed on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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