[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8718 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8718

  To extend the statute of limitations for offenses under the Federal 
                     Election Campaign Act of 1971.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 30, 2020

  Ms. Speier (for herself, Ms. Lee of California, Ms. Norton, and Ms. 
  Velazquez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
  To extend the statute of limitations for offenses under the Federal 
                     Election Campaign Act of 1971.

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

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR OFFENSES UNDER 
              FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971.

    (a) Civil Offenses.--Section 309(a) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)) is amended by inserting after 
paragraph (9) the following new paragraph:
    ``(10) No person shall be subject to a civil penalty under this 
subsection with respect to a violation of this Act unless a complaint 
is filed with the Commission with respect to the violation under 
paragraph (1), or the Commission responds to information with respect 
to the violation which is ascertained in the normal course of carrying 
out its supervisory responsibilities under paragraph (2), not later 
than 15 years after the date on which the violation occurred.''.
    (b) Criminal Offenses.--Section 406(a) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 
30145(a)) is amended by striking ``5 years'' and inserting ``10 
years''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to violations occurring on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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