[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 298 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 298

  To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et 
   seq.) to clarify that donations of hard and soft money by foreign 
                       nationals are prohibited.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 1999

  Mr. Shelby introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et 
   seq.) to clarify that donations of hard and soft money by foreign 
                       nationals are prohibited.

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

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF DONATIONS BY FOREIGN NATIONALS.

    Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441e) is amended--
            (1) by striking the heading and inserting the following: 
        ``contributions and donations by foreign nationals'';
            (2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) It shall be unlawful for--
            ``(1) a foreign national, directly or through any other 
        person, to make--
                    ``(A) a contribution of money or other thing of 
                value, or to promise expressly or impliedly to make any 
                such contribution, in connection with an election to 
                any political office or in connection with any primary 
                election, convention, or caucus held to select 
                candidates for any political office; or
                    ``(B) a donation; or
            ``(2) any person to solicit, accept, or receive such 
        contribution or donation from a foreign national.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) As used in this section, the term `donation' means a gift, 
subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything else of 
value made by any person to a national committee of a political party 
or a Senatorial or Congressional Campaign Committee of a national 
political party for any purpose, but does not include a contribution 
(as defined in section 301(8)).''.
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