[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3492 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3492

  To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to increase the 
  limits on the amount of contributions that may be made to political 
   committees and to provide for the indexing of such limits for all 
       contributions made under the Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2007

 Mr. Westmoreland 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 increase the 
  limits on the amount of contributions that may be made to political 
   committees and to provide for the indexing of such limits for all 
       contributions made under the Act, 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 ``PAC Fairness Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

    (a) Contributions to Political Committees.--Section 315(a)(1)(C) of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(C)) is 
amended by striking ``$5,000'' and inserting ``$7,500''.
    (b) Contributions Made by Multicandidate Committees.--Section 
315(a)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$5,000'' and 
        inserting ``$7,500'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$15,000'' and 
        inserting ``$25,000''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``$5,000'' and 
        inserting ``$7,500''.

SEC. 3. INDEXING OF ALL CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.

    (a) In General.--Section 315(c)(1)(B) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(c)(1)(B)) is amended to read as 
follows:
    ``(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C)--
            ``(i) in any calendar year after 2002--
                    ``(I) a limitation established by subsection 
                (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), (b), or (h) shall be increased by 
                the percent difference under subparagraph (A),
                    ``(II) each amount so increased shall remain in 
                effect for the calendar year, and
                    ``(III) if any amount after the adjustment made 
                under subclause (I) is not a multiple of $100, such 
                amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of 
                $100; and
            ``(ii) in any calendar year after 2008--
                    ``(I) a limitation established by subsection 
                (a)(1)(C), (a)(1)(D), or (a)(2) shall be increased by 
                the percent difference under subparagraph (A),
                    ``(II) each amount so increased shall remain in 
                effect for the calendar year, and
                    ``(III) if any amount after the adjustment made 
                under subclause (I) is not a multiple of $100, such 
                amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of 
                $100.''.
    (b) Period of Increase.--Section 315(c)(1)(C) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
441a(c)(1)(C)), as amended by section 2(b)(1), is amended by striking 
``subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B), and (h)'' and inserting 
``subsections (a) and (h)''.
    (c) Determination of Base Year.--Section 315(c)(2)(B) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 441a(c)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (i);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                    ``(iii) for purposes of subsections (a)(1)(C), 
                (a)(1)(D), and (a)(2), calendar year 2007.''.

SEC. 4. EXPANDING ABILITY OF CORPORATIONS AND LABOR ORGANIZATIONS TO 
              COMMUNICATE WITH MEMBERS.

    (a) Types of Communications Permitted.--Section 316(b)(4)(B) of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(4)(B)) is 
amended by striking ``only by mail addressed'' and inserting ``only by 
communications addressed or otherwise delivered''.
    (b) Solicitations by Trade Associations.--Section 316(b)(4)(D) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)(4)(D)) is amended by striking ``to the 
extent that'' and all that follows and inserting a period.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
elections held after December 2007.
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