[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1874 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

  1st Session
                                S. 1874

  To require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and 
                      reports in electronic form.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 17, 2003

  Mr. Feingold (for himself and Mr. McCain) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and 
                      reports in electronic form.

    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 ``Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. SENATE CANDIDATES REQUIRED TO FILE ELECTION REPORTS IN 
              ELECTRONIC FORM.

    (a) In General.--Section 304(a)(11)(D) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(11)(D)) is amended to read as 
follows:
                    ``(D) As used in this paragraph, the terms 
                `designation', `statement', or `report' mean a 
                designation, statement or report, respectively, which--
                            ``(i) is required by this Act to be filed 
                        with the Commission, or
                            ``(ii) is required under section 302(g) to 
                        be filed with the Secretary of the Senate and 
                        forwarded by the Secretary to the Commission.''
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 302(g)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 432(g)(2)) is 
        amended by inserting ``or 1 working day in the case of a 
        designation, statement, or report filed electronically'' after 
        ``2 working days''.
            (2) Section 304(a)(11)(B) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
        434(a)(11)(B)) is amended by inserting ``or filed with the 
        Secretary of the Senate under section 302(g)(1) and forwarded 
        to the Commission'' after ``Act''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to any designation, statement, or report required to be filed 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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