[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 70 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 70

    To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit 
 multicandidate political committee contributions and expenditures in 
                     elections for Federal office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

 Mr. Inglis of South Carolina (for himself and Mr. Sanford) 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 
 multicandidate political committee contributions and expenditures in 
                     elections for Federal office.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE 
              CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES IN ELECTIONS FOR FEDERAL 
              OFFICE.

    Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

 ``prohibition of multicandidate political committee contributions and 
                              expenditures

    ``Sec. 323. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no 
person other than a principal campaign committee or an individual may 
make or receive contributions or make expenditures with respect to an 
election for Federal office.''.
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