[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5335 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5335

     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require 
  candidates for election for Federal office to raise the majority of 
   their contributions from individuals who reside in the State the 
         candidate seeks to represent, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2000

 Mr. English 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 Federal office to raise the majority of 
   their contributions from individuals who reside in the State the 
         candidate seeks to represent, 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. REQUIRING MAJORITY OF CANDIDATE FUNDS TO COME FROM 
              INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN STATE INVOLVED.

    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 
Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress from in-State individual residents shall be at least 50 
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 
Senate seat or congressional district involved (as the case may be) is 
located.''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING BUNDLING OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Section 315(a)(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441a(a)(8)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(8) No person may make a contribution through an intermediary or 
conduit, except that a person may facilitate a contribution by 
providing--
            ``(A) advice to another person as to how the other person 
        may make a contribution; and
            ``(B) addressed mailing material or similar items to 
        another person for use by the other person in making a 
        contribution.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
elections occurring after December 31, 2000.
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