[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 365 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 365

 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require persons 
    making certain campaign-related telephone calls to disclose the 
    identification of the person financing the call, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2001

  Mr. Moore (for himself, Mr. Frost, Ms. Berkley, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. 
 Filner, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Maloney of Connecticut, Mr. Sherman, and Mr. 
    Ross) 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 persons 
    making certain campaign-related telephone calls to disclose the 
    identification of the person financing the call, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Campaign Telemarketers Disclosure 
Act of 2001''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE OF IDENTIFICATION OF PERSONS FINANCING CERTAIN 
              CAMPAIGN-RELATED TELEPHONE CALLS.

    (a) In General.--Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section:

 ``disclosure of identification of persons financing certain telephone 
                                 calls

    ``Sec. 323. (a) In General.--Any person who, during the 30-day 
period which ends on the date of an election for Federal office, 
contacts an individual by telephone (or causes an individual to be 
contacted by telephone) and mentions the name of a candidate in such 
election or otherwise provides information relating to the candidate 
during the course of the telephone call shall during the course of the 
call disclose the identification of each person who in whole or in part 
paid for the caller to make the call.
    ``(b) Application to Automated or Recorded Calls.--Subsection (a) 
shall apply to automated or recorded telephone calls, calls made 
directly by an individual, or calls made in any other manner.
    ``(c) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to 
any telephone call for which the caller is not compensated for making 
the call or any telephone call which is placed for the primary purpose 
of making a commercial transaction.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to telephone calls made after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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