[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3313 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3313

   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

                             March 3, 1998

 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fairness for Non-Wealthy Candidates 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PARTIAL REMOVAL OF LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO CANDIDATES 
              WHOSE OPPONENTS USE LARGE AMOUNTS OF PERSONAL FUNDS.

    (a) In General.--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).''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to elections occurring after January 1999.
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