[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 678 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 678

     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude 
    communications over the Internet from the definition of public 
                             communication.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 2005

   Mr. Reid introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude 
    communications over the Internet from the definition of public 
                             communication.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.

    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 new sentence: ``Such term shall not include communications 
over the Internet.''.
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