[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1880 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1880

     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require 
candidates for election for the House of Representatives or the Senate 
 to raise at least 50 percent of their contributions from individuals 
  residing in the district or State involved, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 20, 1999

 Mr. Calvert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require 
candidates for election for the House of Representatives or the Senate 
 to raise at least 50 percent of their contributions from individuals 
  residing in the district or State involved, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Citizen Campaign Control Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. LIMITING AMOUNT OF CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 
              INDIVIDUALS NOT RESIDING IN DISTRICT OR STATE INVOLVED.

    (a) In General.--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) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a candidate for the 
office of Senator or the office of Representative in, or Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not accept contributions 
with respect to an election from persons other than local individual 
residents totaling in excess of the aggregate amount of contributions 
accepted from local individual residents (as determined on the basis of 
the information reported under section 304(d)).
    ``(2) If a candidate in an election makes expenditures of personal 
funds (including contributions by the candidate or the candidate's 
spouse to the candidate's authorized campaign committee) in an amount 
in excess of $250,000, paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 
any opponent of the candidate in the election.
    ``(3) In determining the amount of contributions accepted by a 
candidate for purposes of paragraph (1), the amounts of any 
contributions made by a political committee of a political party shall 
be allocated as follows:
            ``(A) 50 percent of such amounts shall be deemed to be a 
        contributions from local individual residents.
            ``(B) 50 percent of such amounts shall be deemed to be 
        contributions from persons other than local individual 
        residents.
    ``(4) As used in this subsection, the term `local individual 
resident' means--
            ``(A) with respect to an election for the office of 
        Senator, an individual who resides in the State involved; and
            ``(B) with respect to an election for the office of 
        Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
        Congress, an individual who resides in the congressional 
        district involved.''.
    (b) Reporting Requirements.--Section 304 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) Each principal campaign committee of a candidate for the 
Senate or the House of Representatives shall include the following 
information in the first report filed under subsection (a)(2) which 
covers the period which begins 19 days before an election and ends 20 
days after the election:
            ``(A) The total contributions received by the committee 
        with respect to the election involved from local individual 
        residents (as defined in section 315(i)(3)), as of the last day 
        of the period covered by the report.
            ``(B) The total contributions received by the committee 
        with respect to the election involved from all persons, as of 
        the last day of the period covered by the report.
    ``(2)(A) Each principal campaign committee of a candidate for the 
Senate or the House of Representatives shall submit a notification to 
the Commission of the first expenditure of personal funds (including 
contributions by the candidate or the candidate's spouse to the 
committee) by which the aggregate amount of personal funds expended (or 
contributed) with respect to the election exceeds $250,000.
    ``(B) Each notification under subparagraph (A)--
            ``(I) shall be submitted not later than 24 hours after the 
        expenditure or contribution which is the subject of the 
        notification is made; and
            ``(II) shall include the name of the candidate, the office 
        sought by the candidate, and the date of the expenditure or 
        contribution and amount of the expenditure or contribution 
        involved.''.
    (c) Penalty for Violation of Limits.--Section 309(d) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 437g(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(4)(A) Any candidate who knowingly and willfully accepts 
contributions in excess of any limitation provided under section 315(i) 
shall be fined an amount equal to the greater of 200 percent of the 
amount accepted in excess of the applicable limitation or (if 
applicable) the amount provided in paragraph (1)(A).
    ``(B) Interest shall be assessed against any portion of a fine 
imposed under subparagraph (A) which remains unpaid after the 
expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the date the fine is 
imposed.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
elections occurring after January 2001.
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