[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2122 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2122

     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require 
 candidates for election to the House of Representatives or Senate to 
 raise not less than 50 percent of the contributions made with respect 
to the election from individuals who reside in the State the candidate 
                          seeks to represent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 12, 2001

   Mr. Calvert (for himself, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Bartlett of 
  Maryland, Mr. Petri, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Hoekstra, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. 
Radanovich, Mr. Graham, Mr. English, Mr. Souder, Mr. Weldon of Florida, 
 and Mr. Hansen) 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 to the House of Representatives or Senate to 
 raise not less than 50 percent of the contributions made with respect 
to the election from individuals who reside in the State 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. REQUIRING MAJORITY OF AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS ACCEPTED BY 
              CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES TO COME FROM IN-STATE RESIDENTS.

    (a) In General.--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) The total amount of contributions accepted with respect to 
an election by a candidate for the office of Senator or the office of 
Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the 
Congress from in-State individual residents shall be at least 50 
percent of the total amount of contributions accepted from all sources.
    ``(2) If a candidate in an election makes expenditures of personal 
funds (including contributions by the candidate or the candidate's 
spouse to the candidate's authorized campaign committee) in an amount 
in excess of $250,000, paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to 
any opponent of the candidate in the election.
    ``(3) In determining the amount of contributions accepted by a 
candidate for purposes of paragraph (1), the amounts of any 
contributions made by a political committee of a political party shall 
be allocated as follows:
            ``(A) 50 percent of such amounts shall be deemed to be 
        contributions from in-State individual residents.
            ``(B) 50 percent of such amounts shall be deemed to be 
        contributions from persons other than in-State individual 
        residents.
    ``(4) As used in this subsection, the term `in-State individual 
resident' means an individual who resides in the State in which the 
election involved is held.''.
    (b) Reporting Requirements.--Section 304 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
434), as amended by section 502(a) of the Department of Transportation 
and Related Agencies Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by reference under 
section 101(a) of Public Law 106-346), is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(e)(1) Each principal campaign committee of a candidate for the 
Senate or the House of Representatives shall include the following 
information in the first report filed under subsection (a)(2) which 
covers the period which begins 19 days before an election and ends 20 
days after the election:
            ``(A) The total contributions received by the committee 
        with respect to the election involved from in-State individual 
        residents (as defined in section 315(i)(4)), as of the last day 
        of the period covered by the report.
            ``(B) The total contributions received by the committee 
        with respect to the election involved from all persons, as of 
        the last day of the period covered by the report.
    ``(2)(A) Each principal campaign committee of a candidate for the 
Senate or the House of Representatives shall submit a notification to 
the Commission of the first expenditure of personal funds (including 
contributions by the candidate or the candidate's spouse to the 
committee) by which the aggregate amount of personal funds expended (or 
contributed) with respect to the election exceeds $250,000.
    ``(B) Each notification under subparagraph (A)--
            ``(I) shall be submitted not later than 24 hours after the 
        expenditure or contribution which is the subject of the 
        notification is made; and
            ``(II) shall include the name of the candidate, the office 
        sought by the candidate, and the date of the expenditure or 
        contribution and amount of the expenditure or contribution 
        involved.''.
    (c) Penalty for Violation of Limits.--Section 309(d) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 437g(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
    ``(4)(A) Any candidate who knowingly and willfully accepts 
contributions in excess of any limitation provided under section 315(i) 
shall be fined an amount equal to the greater of 200 percent of the 
amount accepted in excess of the applicable limitation or (if 
applicable) the amount provided in paragraph (1)(A).
    ``(B) Interest shall be assessed against any portion of a fine 
imposed under subparagraph (A) which remains unpaid after the 
expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the date the fine is 
imposed.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
elections occurring after January 2003.
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