[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4194 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4194

     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude 
       communications over the Internet from treatment as public 
                communications for purposes of such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 1, 2005

 Mr. Shays (for himself and Mr. Meehan) 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 exclude 
       communications over the Internet from treatment as public 
                communications for purposes of such Act.

    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 ``Internet Anti-Corruption and Free 
Speech Protection Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. EXCLUSION OF INTERNET COMMUNICATIONS FROM TREATMENT AS PUBLIC 
              COMMUNICATIONS.

    Paragraph (22) of section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(22)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``Such term shall not include any communication made over 
the Internet, other than a communication placed on another person's 
website for a fee, a communication made by any person described in 
section 316 (other than a corporation described in such section whose 
principal purpose is operating a web log), a communication made by a 
State, district, or local committee of a political party described in 
section 323(b), or a communication made by any political committee.''.
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