[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 594 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 594

    To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit 
candidates for election to the House of Representatives from accepting 
 contributions from individuals who do not reside in the district the 
                     candidate seeks to represent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 4, 1999

Mr. Gilchrest 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 
candidates for election to the House of Representatives from accepting 
 contributions from individuals who do not reside in the district the 
                     candidate seeks to represent.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITING HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATES FROM 
              ACCEPTING CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL NONRESIDENTS OF 
              THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

    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) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate 
or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not accept a contribution 
from any individual who is not a resident of the congressional district 
involved.''.
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