[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 702 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 702

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the use 
   of any contribution made to a candidate for election for Federal 
   office, or any donation made to an individual as support for the 
  individual's activities as the holder of a Federal office, for the 
payment of a salary to the candidate or individual or to any member of 
          the immediate family of the candidate or individual.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2005

 Mr. English of Pennsylvania 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 use 
   of any contribution made to a candidate for election for Federal 
   office, or any donation made to an individual as support for the 
  individual's activities as the holder of a Federal office, for the 
payment of a salary to the candidate or individual or to any member of 
          the immediate family of the candidate or individual.

    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 ``Candidate Anti-Corruption Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS FOR SALARIES OF 
              CANDIDATES OR OFFICEHOLDERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 313(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 439a(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``is used to'' 
and inserting ``is used for the payment of a salary to the candidate or 
individual involved or to any member of the immediate family of the 
candidate or individual involved, or is used to''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Bipartisan Campaign 
Reform Act of 2002, except that the amendment shall not apply with 
respect to any payment of a salary which is made prior to the 
expiration of the 60-day period which begins on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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