[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 498 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 498

 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require certain 
         disclosures with respect to phone bank communications.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1997

  Mrs. Maloney of New York (for herself, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. English of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Lipinski, Mr. Olver, and Mr. Walsh) 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 certain 
         disclosures with respect to phone bank communications.

    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 ``Voters' Right to Know Act''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENT FOR PHONE BANK COMMUNICATIONS.

    Section 318(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441d(a)) is amended, in the matter before paragraph (1), by 
inserting after ``broadcasting station'' the following: ``phone 
bank,''.
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