[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3032 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3032

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit candidates 
for election for Federal office to designate an individual who will be 
 authorized to disburse funds of the authorized campaign committees of 
       the candidate in the event of the death of the candidate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 12, 2007

 Mr. Jones 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 permit candidates 
for election for Federal office to designate an individual who will be 
 authorized to disburse funds of the authorized campaign committees of 
       the candidate in the event of the death of the candidate.

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

SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED TO MAKE CAMPAIGN 
              COMMITTEE DISBURSEMENTS IN EVENT OF DEATH OF CANDIDATE.

    (a) In General.--Section 302 of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(j)(1) Each candidate may, with respect to each authorized 
committee of the candidate, designate an individual who shall be 
responsible for disbursing funds in the accounts of the committee in 
the event of the death of the candidate.
    ``(2) Upon the death of a candidate who has designated an 
individual for purposes of paragraph (1), funds in the accounts of each 
authorized committee of the candidate may be disbursed only under the 
direction and in accordance with the instructions of such individual, 
subject to the terms and conditions applicable to the disbursement of 
such funds under this Act or any other applicable Federal or State law.
    ``(3) Nothing in paragraph (2) may be construed to affect the 
responsibility of the treasurer of an authorized committee for which 
funds are disbursed in accordance with such paragraph to file reports 
of the disbursements of such funds under section 304(a).''.
    (b) Inclusion of Designation in Statement of Organization of 
Committee.--Section 303(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 
(2 U.S.C. 433(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) in the case of an authorized committee of a candidate 
        who has designated an individual under section 302(j) to 
        disburse funds from the accounts of the committee in the event 
        of the death of the candidate, the name and address of the 
        individual.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
authorized campaign committees which are designated under section 
302(e)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 before, on, or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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