[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2598 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2598

 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify that an 
 expenditure made by a political party committee may not be considered 
  to have been made in concert or cooperation with a candidate solely 
  because the candidate has requested that the committee not make any 
    expenditures in support of the candidate or in opposition to an 
                       opponent of the candidate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 6, 2007

Mr. Shays (for himself and Mr. Price of North Carolina) 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 clarify that an 
 expenditure made by a political party committee may not be considered 
  to have been made in concert or cooperation with a candidate solely 
  because the candidate has requested that the committee not make any 
    expenditures in support of the candidate or in opposition to an 
                       opponent of the candidate.

    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 ``Independent Expenditure Opt Out 
Act''.

SEC. 2. POLITICAL PARTY EXPENDITURES NOT MADE IN CONCERT OR COOPERATION 
              WITH CANDIDATE WHO REQUESTS THAT EXPENDITURES NOT BE 
              MADE.

    (a) In General.--Section 301(17) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(17)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
        ``For purposes of subparagraph (B), an expenditure by a 
        political committee of a political party may not be considered 
        to be made in concert or cooperation with a candidate or an 
        agent or authorized committee of the candidate solely because 
        the candidate has requested that the committee not make any 
        expenditures in support of the candidate or in opposition to an 
        opponent of the candidate.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to elections occurring after December 2007.
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