[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3543 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3543

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a 
   political committee from reimbursing a candidate for election for 
Federal office for amounts provided to the committee in support of the 
                         candidate's campaign.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 1998

Mrs. Linda Smith of Washington 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 prohibit a 
   political committee from reimbursing a candidate for election for 
Federal office for amounts provided to the committee in support of the 
                         candidate's campaign.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING REPAYMENT OF AMOUNTS LOANED TO POLITICAL 
              COMMITTEE BY CANDIDATE.

    (a) In General.--Section 302 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(j) No political committee may reimburse a candidate for election 
for Federal office for any funds provided to the committee by the 
candidate or the candidate's spouse in support of the candidate's 
campaign in an aggregate amount of $10,000 or more during the election 
cycle involved.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to elections occurring after January 1999.
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