[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 355 Introduced in House (IH)]

  1st Session
                                H. R. 355

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the 
 national committees of political parties to file pre-general election 
reports with the Federal Election Commission without regard to whether 
 or not the parties have made contributions or expenditures under such 
            Act during the periods covered by such reports.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

  Mr. Thomas 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 the 
 national committees of political parties to file pre-general election 
reports with the Federal Election Commission without regard to whether 
 or not the parties have made contributions or expenditures under such 
            Act during the periods covered by such reports.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIRING NATIONAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL PARTIES TO FILE 
              CERTAIN PRE-GENERAL ELECTION REPORTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 304(a)(4)(A)(ii) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(4)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking 
``such election,'' and inserting the following: ``such election 
(together with, in the case of a national committee of a political 
party, any other general election),''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to elections occurring after January 1997.
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