[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 797 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 797

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the amount 
that a multicandidate political committee may contribute to a House of 
           Representatives candidate, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 13, 1997

  Mr. Schiff 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 reduce the amount 
that a multicandidate political committee may contribute to a House of 
           Representatives candidate, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN AMOUNT MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE MAY 
              CONTRIBUTE TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATE.

    Section 315(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``$5,000'' and 
inserting the following: ``(i) $5,000, or (ii) in the case of a 
candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress and the authorized political committees 
of such candidate, the amount of the limitation provided under 
paragraph (1)(A) with respect to contributions made by individuals''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING AT LEAST 70 PERCENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO A HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVE CANDIDATE TO BE FROM IN-STATE INDIVIDUAL 
              RESIDENTS.

    Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i)(1) With respect to each reporting period for an election, the 
total of contributions accepted by a candidate for the office of 
Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
Congress from in-State individual residents shall be at least 70 
percent of the total of contributions accepted from all sources.
    ``(2) As used in this subsection, the term `in-State individual 
resident' means an individual who resides in the State in which the 
congressional district involved is located.''.

SEC. 3. WAIVER OF RESTRICTIONS FOR OPPONENTS OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE 
              CANDIDATE WITH CONTRIBUTIONS OF PERSONAL FUNDS IN EXCESS 
              OF $50,000.

    (a) In General.--Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a), as amended by section 2, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) In the case of an election to the office of Representative 
in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, if any 
candidate in the election has a total amount of personal contributions 
in excess of $50,000--
            ``(1) subsection (a)(2)(A)(i) shall apply with respect to 
        any opponent of such candidate; and
            ``(2) subsection (i) shall not apply with respect to any 
        opponent of such candidate.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 315(a)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)(ii)), as added by section 1, is amended by 
inserting after ``such candidate'' the following: ``(except as provided 
in subsection (j))''.
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