[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 154 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 154

  To repeal the provisions of the Consolidated and Further Continuing 
 Appropriations Act, 2015, which amended the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 to establish separate contribution limits for contributions 
      made to national parties to support Presidential nominating 
   conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2015

 Mr. Kilmer (for himself, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Himes, Mr. McDermott, Mr. 
    Peters, Mr. Deutch, Ms. Bonamici, and Mr. Welch) introduced the 
     following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal the provisions of the Consolidated and Further Continuing 
 Appropriations Act, 2015, which amended the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 to establish separate contribution limits for contributions 
      made to national parties to support Presidential nominating 
   conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts.

    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 ``Close the Floodgates Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF SEPARATE CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR CERTAIN 
              CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO NATIONAL COMMITTEES OF POLITICAL 
              PARTIES.

    (a) Repeal.--Section 101 of Division N of the Consolidated and 
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 (Public Law 113-235; 128 
Stat. 2772), is repealed, and any provision of law amended by such 
section shall be restored as if such section had not been enacted into 
law.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Consolidated and 
Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015.
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