[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4772 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4772

    To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit 
 disbursements of non-Federal funds by foreign nationals in campaigns 
                    for election for Federal office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 9, 1998

   Mr. Hill 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 
 disbursements of non-Federal funds by foreign nationals in campaigns 
                    for election for Federal office.

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

SECTION 1. BAN ON DISBURSEMENTS OF SOFT MONEY BY FOREIGN NATIONALS.

    (a) Prohibition on Disbursements by Foreign Nationals for Political 
Parties and Independent Expenditures.--Section 319 of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``contributions'' and 
        inserting ``disbursements'';
            (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``contribution'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``disbursement''; and
            (3) in subsection (a), by striking the semicolon and 
        inserting the following: ``, including any disbursement to a 
        political committee of a political party and any disbursement 
        for an independent expenditure;''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to disbursements made on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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