[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1663 Referred to Committee Senate (RTS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1663

To protect individuals from having their money involuntarily collected 
     and used for politics by a corporation or labor organization.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 23, 1998

   Mr. Lott introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                               considered

                           February 26, 1998

         Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To protect individuals from having their money involuntarily collected 
     and used for politics by a corporation or labor organization.

    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 ``Paycheck Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. WORKERS' POLITICAL RIGHTS.

    Section 316 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441b) is amended by adding the following new subsection:
    ``(c)(1) Except with the separate, prior, written, voluntary 
authorization of a stockholder, employee, member, or nonmember, it 
shall be unlawful--
            ``(A) for any national bank or corporation described in 
        this section to collect from or assess such stockholder or 
        employee any dues, initiation fee, or other payment as a 
        condition of employment if any part of such dues, fee, or 
        payment will be used for political activities in which the 
        national bank or corporation, as the case may be, is engaged; 
        and
            ``(B) for any labor organization described in this section 
        to collect from or assess such member or nonmember any dues, 
        initiation fee, or other payment if any part of such dues, fee, 
        or payment will be used for political activities.
    ``(2) An authorization described in paragraph (1) shall remain in 
effect until revoked and may be revoked at any time.
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `political 
activities' includes communications or other activities which involve 
carrying on propaganda, attempting to influence legislation, or 
participating or intervening in any political campaign or political 
party.''.
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