[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5839 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5839

  To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the 
establishment of leadership political action committees, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2006

  Mr. Hefley 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 prohibit the 
establishment of leadership political action committees, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Leadership PAC Prohibition Act of 
2006''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING LEADERSHIP PACS.

    (a) Prohibition.--Section 302(e) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(e)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
    ``(6)(A) A candidate for Federal office or an individual holding 
Federal office may not directly or indirectly establish, finance, 
maintain, or control any Federal or non-Federal political committee 
other than a principal campaign committee of the candidate, an 
authorized committee, a committee of a political party, or other 
political committee designated in accordance with paragraph (3). A 
candidate for more than one Federal office may designate a separate 
principal campaign committee for each Federal office.
    ``(B) Nothing in subparagraph (A) may be construed to prohibit an 
individual holding Federal office who is a candidate for State or local 
office from establishing, financing, maintaining, or controlling a 
political committee for the election of the individual to such State or 
local office.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 302(e)(3) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
432(e)(3)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(3) No political committee that supports or has supported more 
than one candidate may be designated as an authorized committee, except 
that--
            ``(A) a candidate for the office of President nominated by 
        a political party may designate the national committee of such 
        political party as the candidate's principal campaign 
        committee, but only if that national committee maintains 
        separate books of account with respect to its functions as a 
        principal campaign committee; and
            ``(B) a candidate may designate a political committee 
        established solely for the purpose of joint fundraising by such 
        candidates as an authorized committee.''.

SEC. 3. TRANSITION FOR EXISTING COMMITTEES.

    (a) Continuation of Contributions.--Notwithstanding section 
302(e)(6) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (as added by 
section 2(a)), a political committee which is established as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act but which is prohibited under such 
section may continue to make contributions during the 1-year period 
beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Disbursement of Funds.--Upon the expiration of the 1-year 
period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act, a 
political committee described in subsection (a) shall disburse its 
remaining funds by any of the following means:
            (1) Making contributions to an organization described in 
        section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
        exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code, so long 
        as the organization is not established, maintained, financed, 
        or controlled directly or indirectly by any candidate for 
        Federal office or any individual holding Federal office.
            (2) Making a contribution to the treasury of the United 
        States.
            (3) Making contributions to the national, State, or local 
        committees of a political party.
            (4) Making contributions not to exceed $1,000 to candidates 
        for elective office.
    (c) Report of Disbursements to Federal Election Commission.--
            (1) Report.--Not later than 48 hours after making any 
        disbursements required under subsection (b), a political 
        committee shall file a report with the Federal Election 
        Commission describing each such disbursement and including the 
        identification of the recipient of the disbursement.
            (2) Electronic form required.--For purposes of section 
        304(a)(11) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
        (relating to the filing of reports in electronic form), the 
        report required under paragraph (1) shall be considered to be a 
        report required by such Act to be filed with the Commission.
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