[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3487 Received in Senate (RDS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3487


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           November 19, 2013

                                Received

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act to extend through 2018 the 
  authority of the Federal Election Commission to impose civil money 
   penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and 
published by the Commission, to expand such authority to certain other 
                  violations, 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. EXTENSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL 
              ELECTION COMMISSION THROUGH 2018.

    Section 309(a)(4)(C)(iv) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(4)(C)(iv)) is amended by striking ``December 31, 
2013'' and inserting ``December 31, 2018''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL 
              ELECTION COMMISSION.

    (a) Application to Qualified Disclosure Requirements.--Section 
309(a)(4)(C)(i) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
437g(a)(4)(C)(i)) is amended by striking ``any requirement of section 
304(a) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a))'' and inserting ``a qualified 
disclosure requirement''.
    (b) Schedule of Penalties for Each Violation.--Section 
309(a)(4)(C)(i)(II) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 437g(a)(4)(C)(i)(II)) is amended by inserting ``, for violations 
of each qualified disclosure requirement,'' before ``under a schedule 
of penalties''.
    (c) Definition of Qualified Disclosure Requirement.--Section 
309(a)(4)(C) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
437g(a)(4)(C)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clause (iv), as amended by section 1, 
        as clause (v); and
            (2) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new 
        clause:
                    ``(iv) In this subparagraph, the term `qualified 
                disclosure requirement' means any requirement of--
                            ``(I) subsections (a), (c), (e), (f), (g), 
                        or (i) of section 304; or
                            ``(II) section 305.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the earlier 
of--
            (1) December 31, 2013; or
            (2) the date of the enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 2013.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.