[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1872 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1872

                To prohibit new welfare for politicians.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 26, 1998

  Mr. Nickles introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
                To prohibit new welfare for politicians.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TILE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``New Welfare for Politicians 
Prohibition Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION.

    None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the 
Federal Communications Commission may be expended to impose or enforce 
any requirement or obligation with respect to the provision of free or 
discounted television broadcast time for campaign advertising unless 
such requirement or obligation is specifically and expressly authorized 
by title III of the Communications Act of 1934.
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