[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 696 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 696

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to extend the 
   deadline for the submission to the Federal Election Commission of 
   campaign reports covering the first quarter of the calendar year.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 10, 1999

 Mr. Watkins 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 extend the 
   deadline for the submission to the Federal Election Commission of 
   campaign reports covering the first quarter of the calendar year.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF FIRST QUARTER 
              CAMPAIGN REPORTS TO FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.

    (a) In General.--Section 304(a) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A)(iii), by inserting after ``except 
        that'' the following: ``the report for the quarter ending March 
        31 shall be filed no later than May 1 and'';
            (2) in paragraph (3)(B)(ii), by striking the period at the 
        end and inserting the following: ``, except that the report for 
        the quarter ending March 31 shall be filed no later than May 
        1.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by inserting after ``except 
        that'' the following: ``the report for the quarter ending March 
        31 shall be filed no later than May 1 and''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to calendar quarters beginning on or after January 
1, 2000.
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