[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 491 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 491

 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require persons 
  conducting Federal election polls by telephone to disclose certain 
    information to respondents and the Federal Election Commission.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 1, 2005

 Mr. Petri (for himself, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. McGovern, Mr. 
    Taylor of Mississippi, Mr. Holden, Mr. Simmons, Mr. Johnson of 
  Illinois, Mr. Kind, Mr. Shays, Mr. Schwarz of Michigan, Mr. George 
Miller of California, and Ms. Slaughter) 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 
  conducting Federal election polls by telephone to disclose certain 
    information to respondents and the Federal Election Commission.

    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 ``Push Poll Disclosure Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE AND REPORTS RELATING TO POLLING BY TELEPHONE OR 
              ELECTRONIC DEVICE.

    (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 and reports relating to polling by telephone or electronic 
                                 device

    ``Sec. 325. (a) Disclosure to Respondents.--Any person who conducts 
a Federal election poll by telephone or electronic device shall 
disclose to each respondent the identity of the person paying the 
expenses of the poll. The disclosure shall be made at the end of the 
interview involved.
    ``(b) Reports to Commission.--In the case of any Federal election 
poll by telephone or electronic device--
            ``(1) if the results are not to be made public, the person 
        who conducts the poll shall report to the Commission the total 
        cost of the poll and all sources of funds for the poll; and
            ``(2) the person who conducts the poll shall report to the 
        Commission the total number of households contacted and include 
        with such report a copy of the poll questions.
    ``(c) Federal Election Poll Defined.--As used in this section, the 
term `Federal election poll' means a survey--
            ``(1) in which the respondent is asked to state opinions or 
        views regarding a future election for Federal office; and
            ``(2) in which more than 1,200 households are surveyed.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to elections occurring after December 31, 2005.
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