[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 57 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 57

    To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit 
 political action committees from making contributions or expenditures 
 for the purpose of influencing elections for Federal office, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 1999

  Mr. Archer 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 prohibit 
 political action committees from making contributions or expenditures 
 for the purpose of influencing elections for Federal office, 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. BAN ON ACTIVITIES OF POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES IN FEDERAL 
              ELECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

  ``ban on federal election activities by political action committees

    ``Sec. 323. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, no political action committee may make contributions, solicit 
or receive contributions, or make expenditures for the purpose of 
influencing an election for Federal office.
    ``(b) Political Action Committee Defined.--In this section, the 
term `political action committee' means any political committee which 
is not--
            ``(1) the principal campaign committee of a candidate; or
            ``(2) a national, State, local, or district committee of a 
        political party, including any subordinate committee 
        thereof.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--(1) Section 301(4)(A) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 431(4)(A)) is amended by inserting after ``persons'' the 
following: ``(but not including a partnership for purposes of section 
323(b))''.
    (2) Section 316(b)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is 
amended--
            (A) by adding ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
            (B) by striking ``; and'' at the end of subparagraph (B) 
        and inserting a period; and
            (C) by striking subparagraph (C).

SEC. 2. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS 
              FROM PERSONS OTHER THAN INDIVIDUAL IN-STATE 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) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not, with 
respect to an election for Federal office, accept contributions from 
persons other than individual in-State residents totaling more than 20 
percent of the total of contributions accepted from all sources.
    ``(2) As used in this subsection, the term `individual in-State 
resident' means an individual who resides in the State in which the 
congressional district involved is located.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
elections for Federal office held after December 31, 1998.
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