[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
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[S. 27 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 27

     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide 
                      bipartisan campaign reform.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2001

  Mr. McCain (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
   Thompson, Mr. Lieberman, Ms. Collins, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
  Wellstone, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Reed, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kohl, 
  Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Harkin, and Ms. Stabenow) 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 to provide 
                      bipartisan campaign reform.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Bipartisan 
Campaign Reform Act of 2001''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
            TITLE I--REDUCTION OF SPECIAL INTEREST INFLUENCE

Sec. 101. Soft money of political parties.
Sec. 102. Increased contribution limits for State committees of 
                            political parties and aggregate 
                            contribution limit for individuals.
Sec. 103. Reporting requirements.
             TITLE II--NON-CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES

               Subtitle A--Electioneering Communications

Sec. 201. Disclosure of electioneering communications.
Sec. 202. Coordinated communications as contributions.
Sec. 203. Prohibition of corporate and labor disbursements for 
                            electioneering communications.
          Subtitle B--Independent and Coordinated Expenditures

Sec. 211. Definition of independent expenditure.
Sec. 212. Reporting requirements for certain independent expenditures.
Sec. 213. Independent versus coordinated expenditures by party.
Sec. 214. Coordination with candidates.
                        TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 301. Use of contributed amounts for certain purposes.
Sec. 302. Prohibition of fundraising on Federal property.
Sec. 303. Strengthening foreign money ban.
Sec. 304. Codification of Beck decision.
       TITLE IV--SEVERABILITY; CONSTITUTIONALITY; EFFECTIVE DATE

Sec. 401. Severability.
Sec. 402. Effective date.

            TITLE I--REDUCTION OF SPECIAL INTEREST INFLUENCE

SEC. 101. SOFT MONEY OF POLITICAL PARTIES.

    (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:

``SEC. 323. SOFT MONEY OF POLITICAL PARTIES.

    ``(a) National Committees.--
            ``(1) In general.--A national committee of a political 
        party (including a national congressional campaign committee of 
        a political party) may not solicit, receive, or direct to 
        another person a contribution, donation, or transfer of funds 
        or any other thing of value, or spend any funds, that are not 
        subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting 
        requirements of this Act.
            ``(2) Applicability.-- The prohibition established by 
        paragraph (1) applies to any such national committee, any 
        officer or agent of such a national committee, and any entity 
        that is directly or indirectly established, financed, 
        maintained, or controlled by such a national committee.
    ``(b) State, District, and Local Committees.--An amount that is 
expended or disbursed for Federal election activity by a State, 
district, or local committee of a political party (including an entity 
that is directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, or 
controlled by a State, district, or local committee of a political 
party and an officer or agent acting on behalf of such committee or 
entity), or by an entity directly or indirectly established, financed, 
maintained, or controlled by or acting on behalf of 1 or more 
candidates for State or local office, or individuals holding State or 
local office, shall be made from funds subject to the limitations, 
prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act. Nothing in this 
subsection shall prevent a principal campaign committee of a candidate 
for State or local office from raising and spending funds permitted 
under applicable State law other than for a Federal election activity 
that refers to another clearly identified candidate for election to 
Federal office.
    ``(c) Fundraising Costs.--An amount spent by a person described in 
subsection (a) or (b) to raise funds that are used, in whole or in 
part, to pay the costs of a Federal election activity shall be made 
from funds subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting 
requirements of this Act.
    ``(d) Tax-Exempt Organizations.--A national, State, district, or 
local committee of a political party (including a national 
congressional campaign committee of a political party), an entity that 
is directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, or 
controlled by any such national, State, district, or local committee or 
its agent, and an officer or agent acting on behalf of any such party 
committee or entity, shall not solicit any funds for, or make or direct 
any donations to--
            (1) an organization that is described in section 501(c) of 
        the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation 
under section 501(a) of such Code (or has submitted an application for 
determination of tax exempt status under such section); or
            (2) an organization described in section 527 of such Code 
        (other than a political committee).
    ``(e) Candidates.--
            ``(1) In general.--A candidate, individual holding Federal 
        office, agent of a candidate or an individual holding Federal 
        office, or an entity directly or indirectly established, 
        financed, maintained or controlled by or acting on behalf of 1 
        or more candidates or individuals holding Federal office, shall 
        not--
                    ``(A) solicit, receive, direct, transfer, or spend 
                funds in connection with an election for Federal 
                office, including funds for any Federal election 
                activity, unless the funds are subject to the 
                limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements 
                of this Act; or
                    ``(B) solicit, receive, direct, transfer, or spend 
                funds in connection with any election other than an 
                election for Federal office or disburse funds in 
                connection with such an election unless the funds--
                            ``(i) are not in excess of the amounts 
                        permitted with respect to contributions to 
                        candidates and political committees under 
                        paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 315(a); and
                            ``(ii) are not from sources prohibited by 
                        this Act from making contributions in 
                        connection with an election for Federal office.
            ``(2) State law.--Paragraph (1) does not apply to the 
        solicitation, receipt, or spending of funds by an individual 
who is a candidate for a State or local office in connection with such 
election for State or local office if the solicitation, receipt, or 
spending of funds is permitted under State law for any activity other 
than for a Federal election activity that refers to another clearly 
identified candidate for election to Federal office.
            ``(3) Fundraising events.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a 
        candidate or an individual holding Federal office may attend, 
        speak, or be a featured guest at a fundraising event for a 
        State, district, or local committee of a political party.''.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following:
            ``(20) Federal election activity.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `Federal election 
                activity' means--
                            ``(i) voter registration activity during 
                        the period that begins on the date that is 120 
                        days before the date a regularly scheduled 
                        Federal election is held and ends on the date 
                        of the election;
                            ``(ii) voter identification, get-out-the-
                        vote activity, or generic campaign activity 
                        conducted in connection with an election in 
                        which a candidate for Federal office appears on 
                        the ballot (regardless of whether a candidate 
                        for State or local office also appears on the 
                        ballot);
                            ``(iii) a public communication that refers 
                        to a clearly identified candidate for Federal 
                        office (regardless of whether a candidate for 
                        State or local office is also mentioned or 
                        identified) and that promotes or supports a 
                        candidate for that office, or attacks or 
                        opposes a candidate for that office (regardless 
                        of whether the communication expressly 
                        advocates a vote for or against a candidate); 
                        and
                            ``(iv) services provided during any month 
                        by an employee of a State, district, or local 
                        committee of a political party who spends more 
                        than 25 percent of that individual's 
                        compensated time during that month on 
                        activities in connection with a Federal 
                        election.
                    ``(B) Excluded activity.--The term `Federal 
                election activity' does not include an amount expended 
                or disbursed by a State, district, or local committee 
                of a political party for--
                            ``(i) a public communication that refers 
                        solely to a clearly identified candidate for 
                        State or local office, if the communication is 
                        not a Federal election activity described in 
                        subparagraph (A)(i) or (ii);
                            ``(ii) a contribution to a candidate for 
                        State or local office, provided the 
                        contribution is not designated or used to pay 
                        for a Federal election activity described in 
                        subparagraph (A);
                            ``(iii) the costs of a State, district, or 
                        local political convention;
                            ``(iv) the costs of grassroots campaign 
                        materials, including buttons, bumper stickers, 
                        and yard signs, that name or depict only a 
                        candidate for State or local office; and
                            ``(v) the cost of constructing or 
                        purchasing an office facility or equipment for 
                        a State, district, or local committee.
            ``(21) Generic campaign activity.--The term `generic 
        campaign activity' means an activity that promotes a political 
        party and does not promote a candidate or non-Federal 
        candidate.
            ``(22) Public communication.--The term `public 
        communication' means a communication by means of any broadcast, 
        cable, or satellite communication, newspaper, magazine, outdoor 
        advertising facility, mass mailing, or telephone bank to the 
        general public, or any other form of general public political 
        advertising.
            ``(23) Mass mailing.--The term `mass mailing' means a 
        mailing of more than 500 pieces of mail matter of an identical 
        or substantially similar nature within any 30-day period.
            ``(24) Telephone bank.--The term `telephone bank' means 
        more than 500 telephone calls within any 30-day period of an 
        identical or substantially similar nature.''.

SEC. 102. INCREASED CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR STATE COMMITTEES OF 
              POLITICAL PARTIES AND AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR 
              INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) Contribution Limit for State Committees of Political Parties.--
Section 315(a)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(other than a committee 
                described in subparagraph (D))'' after ``committee''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(D) to a political committee established and maintained 
        by a State committee of a political party in any calendar year 
        which, in the aggregate, exceed $10,000.''.
    (b) Aggregate Contribution Limit for Individual.--Section 315(a)(3) 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)) is 
amended by striking ``$25,000'' and inserting ``$30,000''.

SEC. 103. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Reporting Requirements.--Section 304 of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(d) Political Committees.--
            ``(1) National and congressional political committees.--The 
        national committee of a political party, any national 
        congressional campaign committee of a political party, and any 
        subordinate committee of either, shall report all receipts and 
        disbursements during the reporting period.
            ``(2) Other political committees to which section 323 
        applies.--In addition to any other reporting requirements 
        applicable under this Act, a political committee (not described 
        in paragraph (1)) to which section 323(b)(1) applies shall 
        report all receipts and disbursements made for activities 
        described in section 301(20)(A).
            ``(3) Itemization.--If a political committee has receipts 
        or disbursements to which this subsection applies from any 
        person aggregating in excess of $200 for any calendar year, the 
        political committee shall separately itemize its reporting for 
        such person in the same manner as required in paragraphs 
        (3)(A), (5), and (6) of subsection (b).
            ``(4) Reporting periods.--Reports required to be filed 
        under this subsection shall be filed for the same time periods 
        required for political committees under subsection (a).''.
    (b) Building Fund Exception to the Definition of Contribution.--
Section 301(8)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by striking clause (viii); and
            (2) by redesignating clauses (ix) through (xiv) as clauses 
        (viii) through (xiii), respectively.

             TITLE II--NON-CANDIDATE CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES

               Subtitle A--Electioneering Communications

SEC. 201. DISCLOSURE OF ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS.

    Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d) Additional Statements on Electioneering Communications.--
            ``(1) Statement required.--Every person who makes a 
        disbursement for electioneering communications in an aggregate 
        amount in excess of $10,000 during any calendar year shall, 
        within 24 hours of each disclosure date, file with the 
        Commission a statement containing the information described in 
        paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Contents of statement.--Each statement required to be 
        filed under this subsection shall be made under penalty of 
        perjury and shall contain the following information:
                    ``(A) The identification of the person making the 
                disbursement, of any entity sharing or exercising 
                direction or control over the activities of such 
                person, and of the custodian of the books and accounts 
                of the person making the disbursement.
                    ``(B) The principal place of business of the person 
                making the disbursement, if not an individual.
                    ``(C) The amount of each disbursement of more than 
                $200 during the period covered by the statement and the 
                identification of the person to whom the disbursement 
                was made.
                    ``(D) The elections to which the electioneering 
                communications pertain and the names (if known) of the 
                candidates identified or to be identified.
                    ``(E) If the disbursements were paid out of a 
                segregated bank account which consists of funds 
                contributed soley by individuals directly to this 
                account for electioneering communications, the names 
                and addresses of all contributors who contributed an 
                aggregate amount of $1,000 or more to that account 
                during the period beginning on the first day of the 
                preceding calendar year and ending on the disclosure 
                date. Nothing in this section is to be construed as a 
                prohibition on the use of funds in such a segregated 
                account for a purpose other than electioneering 
                communications.
                    ``(F) If the disbursements were paid out of funds 
                not described in subparagraph (E), the names and 
                addresses of all contributors who contributed an 
                aggregate amount of $1,000 or more to the organization 
                during the period beginning on the first day of the 
                preceding calendar year and ending on the disclosure 
                date.
            ``(3) Electioneering communication.--For purposes of this 
        subsection--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `electioneering 
                communication' means any broadcast, cable, or satellite 
                communication which--
                            ``(i) refers to a clearly identified 
                        candidate for Federal office;
                            ``(ii) is made within--
                                    ``(I) 60 days before a general, 
                                special, or runoff election for such 
                                Federal office; or
                                    ``(II) 30 days before a primary or 
                                preference election, or a convention or 
                                caucus of a political party that has 
                                authority to nominate a candidate, for 
                                such Federal office; and
                            ``(iii) is made to an audience that 
                        includes members of the electorate for such 
                        election, convention, or caucus.
                    ``(B) Exceptions.--The term `electioneering 
                communication' does not include--
                            ``(i) a communication appearing in a news 
                        story, commentary, or editorial distributed 
                        through the facilities of any broadcasting 
                        station, unless such facilities are owned or 
                        controlled by any political party, political 
                        committee, or candidate; or
                            ``(ii) a communication which constitutes an 
                        expenditure or an independent expenditure under 
                        this Act.
            ``(4) Disclosure date.--For purposes of this subsection, 
        the term `disclosure date' means--
                    ``(A) the first date during any calendar year by 
                which a person has made disbursements for 
                electioneering communications aggregating in excess of 
                $10,000; and
                    ``(B) any other date during such calendar year by 
                which a person has made disbursements for 
                electioneering communications aggregating in excess of 
                $10,000 since the most recent disclosure date for such 
                calendar year.
            ``(5) Contracts to disburse.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, a person shall be treated as having made a 
        disbursement if the person has executed a contract to make the 
        disbursement.
            ``(6) Coordination with other requirements.--Any 
        requirement to report under this subsection shall be in 
addition to any other reporting requirement under this Act.''.

SEC. 202. COORDINATED COMMUNICATIONS AS CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Section 315(a)(7) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441a(a)(7)) is amended --
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D); 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) if--
                            ``(i) any person makes, or contracts to 
                        make, any disbursement for any electioneering 
                        communication (within the meaning of section 
                        304(d)(3)); and
                            ``(ii) such disbursement is coordinated 
                        with a candidate or an authorized committee of 
                        such candidate, a Federal, State, or local 
                        political party or committee thereof, or an 
                        agent or official of any such candidate, party, 
                        or committee;
                        such disbursement or contracting shall be 
                        treated as a contribution to the candidate 
                        supported by the electioneering communication 
                        and as an expenditure by that candidate; and''.

SEC. 203. PROHIBITION OF CORPORATE AND LABOR DISBURSEMENTS FOR 
              ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 316(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is amended by inserting ``or for any 
applicable electioneering communication'' before ``, but shall not 
include''.
    (b) Applicable Electioneering Communication.--Section 316 of such 
Act is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Rules Relating to Electioneering Communications.--
            ``(1) Applicable electioneering communication.--For 
        purposes of this section, the term `applicable electioneering 
        communication' means an electioneering communication (within 
        the meaning of section 304(d)(3)) which is made by any entity 
        described in subsection (a) of this section or by any other 
        person using funds donated by an entity described in subsection 
        (a) of this section.
            ``(2) Exception.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the term 
        `applicable electioneering communication' does not include a 
        communication by an organization described in section 501(c)(4) 
        of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 or a political 
        organization (as defined in section 527(e)(1) of such Code) 
        made under section 304(d)(2) (E) or (F) of this Act if the 
        communication is paid for exclusively by funds provided 
        directly by individuals. For purposes of the preceding 
        sentence, the term `provided directly by individuals' does not 
        include funds the source of which is an entity described in 
        subsection (a) of this section.
            ``(3) Special operating rules.--For purposes of paragraph 
        (1), the following rules shall apply:
                    ``(A) An electioneering communication shall be 
                treated as made by an entity described in subsection 
                (a) if--
                            ``(i) an entity described in subsection (a) 
                        directly or indirectly disburses any amount for 
                        any of the costs of the communication; or
                            ``(ii) any amount is disbursed for the 
                        communication by a corporation or labor 
                        organization or a State or local political 
                        party or committee thereof that receives 
                        anything of value from an entity described in 
subsection (a), except that this clause shall not apply to any 
communication the costs of which are defrayed entirely out of a 
segregated account to which only individuals can contribute, as 
described in section 304(d)(2)(E).
                    ``(B) A section 501(c)(4) organization that derives 
                amounts from business activities or receives funds from 
                any entity described in subsection (a) shall be 
                considered to have paid for any communication out of 
                such amounts unless such organization paid for the 
                communication out of a segregated account to which only 
                individuals can contribute, as described in section 
                304(d)(2)(E).
            ``(4) Definitions and rules.--For purposes of this 
        subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `section 501(c)(4) organization' 
                means--
                            ``(i) an organization described in section 
                        501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
                        and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 
                        of such Code; or
                            ``(ii) an organization which has submitted 
                        an application to the Internal Revenue Service 
                        for determination of its status as an 
                        organization described in clause (i); and
                    ``(B) a person shall be treated as having made a 
                disbursement if the person has executed a contract to 
                make the disbursement.
            ``(5) Coordination with internal revenue code.--Nothing in 
        this subsection shall be construed to authorize an organization 
        exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 from carrying out any activity which is 
        prohibited under such Code.''.

          Subtitle B--Independent and Coordinated Expenditures

SEC. 211. DEFINITION OF INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE.

    Section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act (2 U.S.C. 431) is 
amended by striking paragraph (17) and inserting the following:
            ``(17) Independent expenditure.--The term `independent 
        expenditure' means an expenditure by a person--
                    ``(A) expressly advocating the election or defeat 
                of a clearly identified candidate; and
                    ``(B) that is not a coordinated activity with such 
                candidate or such candidate's agent or a person who has 
                engaged in coordinated activity with such candidate or 
                such candidate's agent.''.

SEC. 212. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES.

    Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
434) (as amended by section 201) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2), by striking the undesignated 
        matter after subparagraph (C); and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Time for Reporting Certain Expenditures.--
            ``(1) Expenditures aggregating $1,000.--
                    ``(A) Initial report.--A person (including a 
                political committee) that makes or contracts to make 
                independent expenditures aggregating $1,000 or more 
                after the 20th day, but more than 24 hours, before the 
                date of an election shall file a report describing the 
                expenditures within 24 hours after that amount of 
                independent expenditures has been made.
                    ``(B) Additional reports.--After a person files a 
                report under subparagraph (A), the person shall file an 
                additional report within 24 hours after each time the 
                person makes or contracts to make independent 
                expenditures aggregating an additional $1,000 with 
                respect to the same election as that to which the 
                initial report relates.
            ``(2) Expenditures aggregating $10,000.--
                    ``(A) Initial report.--A person (including a 
                political committee) that makes or contracts to make 
                independent expenditures aggregating $10,000 or more at 
                any time up to and including the 20th day before the 
                date of an election shall file a report describing the 
                expenditures within 48 hours after that amount of 
                independent expenditures has been made.
                    ``(B) Additional reports.--After a person files a 
                report under subparagraph (A), the person shall file an 
                additional report within 48 hours after each time the 
                person makes or contracts to make independent 
                expenditures aggregating an additional $10,000 with 
                respect to the same election as that to which the 
                initial report relates.
            ``(3) Place of filing; contents.--A report under this 
        subsection--
                    ``(A) shall be filed with the Commission; and
                    ``(B) shall contain the information required by 
                subsection (b)(6)(B)(iii), including the name of each 
                candidate whom an expenditure is intended to support or 
                oppose.''.

SEC. 213. INDEPENDENT VERSUS COORDINATED EXPENDITURES BY PARTY.

    Section 315(d) of the Federal Election Campaign Act (2 U.S.C. 
441a(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and (3)'' and inserting 
        ``, (3), and (4)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Independent versus coordinated expenditures by 
        party.--
                    ``(A) In general.--On or after the date on which a 
                political party nominates a candidate, a committee of 
                the political party shall not make both expenditures 
                under this subsection and independent expenditures (as 
                defined in section 301(17)) with respect to the 
                candidate during the election cycle.
                    ``(B) Certification.--Before making a coordinated 
                expenditure under this subsection with respect to a 
                candidate, a committee of a political party shall file 
                with the Commission a certification, signed by the 
                treasurer of the committee, that the committee, on or 
                after the date described in subparagraph (A), has not 
                and shall not make any independent expenditure with 
                respect to the candidate during the same election 
                cycle.
                    ``(C) Application.--For purposes of this paragraph, 
                all political committees established and maintained by 
                a national political party (including all congressional 
                campaign committees) and all political committees 
                established and maintained by a State political party 
                (including any subordinate committee of a State 
                committee) shall be considered to be a single political 
                committee.
                    ``(D) Transfers.--A committee of a political party 
                that submits a certification under subparagraph (B) 
                with respect to a candidate shall not, during an 
                election cycle, transfer any funds to, assign authority 
                to make coordinated expenditures under this subsection 
                to, or receive a transfer of funds from, a committee of 
                the political party that has made or intends to make an 
                independent expenditure with respect to the 
                candidate.''.

SEC. 214. COORDINATION WITH CANDIDATES.

    (a) Definition of Coordination With Candidates.--
            (1) Section 301(8).--Section 301(8) of the Federal Election 
        Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause 
                        (i);
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end of 
                        clause (ii) and inserting ``; or''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) coordinated activity (as defined in 
                        subparagraph (C)).''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) `Coordinated activity' means anything of 
                value provided by a person in connection with a Federal 
                candidate's election who is or previously has been 
                within the same election cycle acting in coordination 
                with that candidate, or an agent of that candidate on 
                any campaign activity in connection with a Federal 
                election in which such candidate seeks nomination or 
                election to Federal office (regardless of whether the 
                value being provided is in the form of a communication 
                that expressly advocates a vote for or against a 
                candidate) and includes any of the following:
                            ``(i) A payment made by a person in 
                        cooperation, consultation, or concert with, at 
                        the request or suggestion of, or pursuant to 
                        any general or particular understanding with a 
                        candidate, the candidate's authorized 
                        committee, the political party of the 
                        candidate, or an agent acting on behalf of a 
                        candidate, authorized committee, or the 
                        political party of the candidate.
                            ``(ii) A payment made by a person for the 
                        production, dissemination, distribution, or 
                        republication, in whole or in part, of any 
                        broadcast or any written, graphic, or other 
                        form of campaign material prepared by a 
                        candidate, a candidate's authorized committee, 
                        or an agent of a candidate or authorized 
                        committee (not including a communication 
                        described in paragraph (9)(B)(i) or a 
                        communication that expressly advocates the 
candidate's defeat), except materials published on a candidate's 
website and republished at a cost of less than $1,000.
                            ``(iii) A payment made by a person if, in 
                        the same election cycle in which the payment is 
                        made, the person making the payment--
                                    ``(I) is serving or previously has 
                                served as--
                                            ``(a) an employee;
                                            ``(b) a fundraiser; or
                                            ``(c) an agent of the 
                                        candidate or the candidate's 
                                        authorized committee in an 
                                        executive or policymaking 
                                        capacity; or
                                    ``(II) has previously participated 
                                in discussions (other than on an 
                                incidental basis) that have been--
                                            ``(a) with the candidate, 
                                        an agent of the candidate or 
                                        the candidate's authorized 
                                        committee, or with a political 
                                        party that is coordinating with 
                                        the candidate; and
                                            ``(b) about the candidate's 
                                        campaign strategy and tactics, 
                                        including a discussion about 
                                        advertising, message, 
                                        allocation of resources, 
                                        fundraising, or campaign 
                                        operations.
                            ``(iv) A payment made by a person if, in 
                        the same election cycle, the person making the 
                        payment retains the professional services of 
                        any person who has provided those services in 
                        the same election cycle to a candidate 
                        (including services provided through a 
                        political committee of the candidate's 
                        political party) in connection with the 
                        candidate's pursuit of nomination for election, 
                        or election, to Federal office, including 
                        services relating to the candidate's decision 
                        to seek Federal office, and the person retained 
                        is retained to work on activities relating to 
                        that candidate's campaign.
                    ``(D) For purposes of subparagraph (C), the term 
                `professional services' means polling, media advice, 
                fundraising, campaign research, political advice, or 
                direct mail services (except for mailhouse services) in 
                support of a candidate's pursuit of nomination for 
                election, or election, to Federal office.
                    ``(E) For purposes of subparagraph (C), all 
                political committees established and maintained by a 
                national political party (including all congressional 
                campaign committees) and all political committees 
                established and maintained by a State political party 
                (including any subordinate committee of a State 
                committee) shall be considered to be a single political 
                committee.
                    ``(F) Coordination by a political party.--When a 
                political party committee makes any expenditure that 
                refers to a clearly identified candidate of that party, 
                or to the opponent of a candidate of that party, in 
                connection with a Federal election, regardless of 
                whether the communication expressly advocates a vote 
                for or against the candidate, the expenditure is deemed 
                to be made in coordination with the candidate of that 
                party, unless the party certifies under penalty of 
                perjury that there has been no coordination by the 
                party.''.
            (2) Section 315(a)(7).--Section 315(a)(7) (2 U.S.C. 
        441a(a)(7)) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and 
        inserting the following:
                    ``(B) a coordinated activity, as described in 
                section 301(8)(C), shall be considered to be a 
                contribution to the candidate and an expenditure by the 
                candidate.''.
    (b) Meaning of Contribution or Expenditure for the Purposes of 
Section 316.--Section 316(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``shall include'' and 
inserting ``includes a contribution or expenditure, as those terms are 
defined in section 301, and also includes''.

                        TITLE III--MISCELLANEOUS

SEC. 301. USE OF CONTRIBUTED AMOUNTS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

    Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.) is amended by striking section 313 and inserting the 
following:

``SEC. 313. USE OF CONTRIBUTED AMOUNTS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

    ``(a) Permitted Uses.--A contribution accepted by a candidate, and 
any other amount received by an individual as support for activities of 
the individual as a holder of Federal office, may be used by the 
candidate or individual--
            ``(1) for expenditures in connection with the campaign for 
        Federal office of the candidate or individual;
            ``(2) for ordinary and necessary expenses incurred in 
        connection with duties of the individual as a holder of Federal 
        office;
            ``(3) for contributions to an organization described in 
        section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or
            ``(4) for transfers to a national, State, or local 
        committee of a political party.
    ``(b) Prohibited Use.--
            ``(1) In general.--A contribution or amount described in 
        subsection (a) shall not be converted by any person to personal 
        use.
            ``(2) Conversion.--For the purposes of paragraph (1), a 
        contribution or amount shall be considered to be converted to 
        personal use if the contribution or amount is used to fulfill 
        any commitment, obligation, or expense of a person that would 
        exist irrespective of the candidate's election campaign or 
        individual's duties as a holder of Federal office, including--
                    ``(A) a home mortgage, rent, or utility payment;
                    ``(B) a clothing purchase;
                    ``(C) a noncampaign-related automobile expense;
                    ``(D) a country club membership;
                    ``(E) a vacation or other noncampaign-related trip;
                    ``(F) a household food item;
                    ``(G) a tuition payment;
                    ``(H) admission to a sporting event, concert, 
                theater, or other form of entertainment not associated 
                with an election campaign; and
                    ``(I) dues, fees, and other payments to a health 
                club or recreational facility.''.

SEC. 302. PROHIBITION OF FUNDRAISING ON FEDERAL PROPERTY.

    Section 607 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Prohibition.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall be unlawful for any person to 
        solicit or receive a donation of money or other thing of value 
        in connection with a Federal, State, or local election from a 
        person who is located in a room or building occupied in the 
        discharge of official duties by an officer or employee of the 
        United States. It shall be unlawful for an individual who is an 
        officer or employee of the Federal Government, including 
the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress, to solicit a 
donation of money or other thing of value in connection with a Federal, 
State, or local election, while in any room or building occupied in the 
discharge of official duties by an officer or employee of the United 
States, from any person.
            ``(2) Penalty.--A person who violates this section shall be 
        fined not more than $5,000, imprisoned more than 3 years, or 
        both.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by inserting ``or Executive Office 
        of the President'' after ``Congress'' .

SEC. 303. STRENGTHENING FOREIGN MONEY BAN.

    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''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
    ``(a) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for--
            ``(1) a foreign national, directly or indirectly, to make--
                    ``(A) a donation of money or other thing of value, 
                or to make an express or implied promise to make a 
                donation, in connection with a Federal, State, or local 
                election; or
                    ``(B) a contribution or donation to a committee of 
                a political party; or
            ``(2) for a person to solicit, accept, or receive such 
        contribution or donation from a foreign national.''.

SEC. 304. CODIFICATION OF BECK DECISION.

    Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Nonunion Member Payments to Labor Organization.--
            ``(1) In general.--It shall be an unfair labor practice for 
        any labor organization which receives a payment from an 
        employee pursuant to an agreement that requires employees who 
        are not members of the organization to make payments to such 
        organization in lieu of organization dues or fees not to 
        establish and implement the objection procedure described in 
        paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Objection procedure.--The objection procedure 
        required under paragraph (1) shall meet the following 
        requirements:
                    ``(A) The labor organization shall annually provide 
                to employees who are covered by such agreement but are 
                not members of the organization--
                            ``(i) reasonable personal notice of the 
                        objection procedure, the employees eligible to 
                        invoke the procedure, and the time, place, and 
                        manner for filing an objection; and
                            ``(ii) reasonable opportunity to file an 
                        objection to paying for organization 
                        expenditures supporting political activities 
                        unrelated to collective bargaining, including 
                        but not limited to the opportunity to file such 
                        objection by mail.
                    ``(B) If an employee who is not a member of the 
                labor organization files an objection under the 
                procedure in subparagraph (A), such organization 
                shall--
                            ``(i) reduce the payments in lieu of 
                        organization dues or fees by such employee by 
                        an amount which reasonably reflects the ratio 
                        that the organization's expenditures supporting 
                        political activities unrelated to collective 
                        bargaining bears to such organization's total 
                        expenditures; and
                            ``(ii) provide such employee with a 
                        reasonable explanation of the organization's 
                        calculation of such reduction, including 
                        calculating the amount of organization 
                        expenditures supporting political activities 
                        unrelated to collective bargaining.
            ``(3) Definition.--In this subsection, the term 
        `expenditures supporting political activities unrelated to 
        collective bargaining' means expenditures in connection with a 
        Federal, State, or local election or in connection with efforts 
        to influence legislation unrelated to collective bargaining.''.

                 TITLE IV--SEVERABILITY; EFFECTIVE DATE

SEC. 401. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provision of this Act or amendment made by this Act, or the 
application of a provision or amendment to any person or circumstance, 
is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and 
amendments made by this Act, and the application of the provisions and 
amendment to any person or circumstance, shall not be affected by the 
holding.

SEC. 402. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect 30 
days after the date of its enactment.
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