109 HR 3099 IH: Clean Money, Clean Elections Act U.S. House of Representatives 2005-06-28 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3099 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 28, 2005 Mr. Tierney (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Clay, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Delahunt, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Farr, Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Hinchey, Mr. Holt, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Kind, Mr. Lantos, Ms. Lee, Mr. McDermott, Mr. McGovern, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Meehan, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Olver, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Stark, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Waxman, Ms. Woolsey, and Ms. Eshoo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To reform the financing of Federal elections, and for other purposes.

1.

Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Clean Money, Clean Elections Act. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents Title I—Clean Money financing of House election campaigns Sec. 101. Findings and declarations Sec. 102. Eligibility requirements and benefits of Clean Money financing of House election campaigns Title V—Clean Money financing of House election campaigns Sec. 501. Definitions Sec. 502. Eligibility for Clean Money Sec. 503. Requirements applicable to Clean Money candidates Sec. 504. Seed money Sec. 505. Certification by Commission Sec. 506. Benefits for Clean Money candidates Sec. 507. Administration of Clean Money Sec. 508. Expenditures made from funds other than Clean Money Sec. 509. Authorization of appropriations Sec. 103. Reporting requirements for expenditures of private money candidates Sec. 104. Transition rule for current election cycle Title II—Independent expenditures; coordinated political party expenditures Sec. 201. Reporting requirements for independent expenditures Sec. 202. Limit on expenditures by political party committees Sec. 203. Treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions Title III—Voter information Sec. 301. Free broadcast time Sec. 302. Broadcast rates and preemption Sec. 303. Limit on Congressional use of the franking privilege Title IV—Restructuring and strengthening of the Federal Election Commission Sec. 401. Appointment and terms of Commissioners Sec. 402. Audits Sec. 403. Authority to seek injunction Sec. 404. Standard for investigation Sec. 405. Petition for certiorari Sec. 406. Expedited procedures Sec. 407. Promoting expedited availability of FEC reports Sec. 408. Power to issue subpoena without signature of Chairperson Title V—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 501. Severability Sec. 502. Review of constitutional issues Sec. 503. Effective date

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103.

Reporting requirements for expenditures of private money candidates

Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end the following: (i)

Private money candidates

(1)

Expenditures in excess of Clean Money amounts

Not later than 48 hours after making or obligating to make an expenditure, a private money candidate (as defined in section 501) that makes or obligates to make expenditures, in an aggregate amount in excess of 100 percent of the amount of clean money provided to a clean money candidate (as defined in section 501), during an election period (as defined by section 501) who is an opponent of the clean money candidate shall file with the Commission a report stating the amount of each expenditure (in increments of an aggregate amount of $100) made or obligated to be made. (2)

Place of filing; notification

(A)

Place of filing

A report under this subsection shall be filed with the Commission. (B)

Notification of Clean Money candidates

Not later than 24 hours after receipt of a report under this subsection, the Commission shall notify each clean money candidate seeking nomination for election to, or election to, the office in question, of the receipt of the report. (3)

Determinations by the Commission

(A)

In general

The Commission may, on a request of a candidate or on its own initiative, make a determination that a private money candidate has made, or has obligated to make, expenditures in excess of the applicable amount in paragraph (1). (B)

Notification

In the case of such a determination, the Commission shall notify each clean money candidate seeking nomination for election to, or election to, the office in question, of the making of the determination not later than 24 hours after making the determination. (C)

Time to comply with request for determination

A determination made at the request of a candidate shall be made not later than 48 hours after the date of the request..

104.

Transition rule for current election cycle

(a)

In general

During the election cycle in effect on the date of enactment of this Act, a candidate may be certified as a clean money candidate (as defined in section 501 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as added by section 102), notwithstanding the acceptance of contributions or making of expenditures from private funds before the date of enactment that would, absent this section, disqualify the candidate as a clean money candidate. (b)

Private funds

A candidate may be certified as a clean money candidate only if any private funds accepted and not expended before the date of enactment of this Act are— (1)returned to the contributor; or (2)submitted to the Federal Election Commission for deposit in the House of Representatives Election Fund (as defined in section 501 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as added by section 102).