[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 139 (Wednesday, October 8, 1997)]
[Senate]
[Page S10661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               THE BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN REFORM ACT OF 1997

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                    MURRAY AMENDMENTS NOS. 1315-1316

  (Order to lie on the table.)
  Mrs. MURRAY submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by her 
to the bill (S. 25) to reform the financing of Federal elections; as 
follows:

                           Amendment No. 1315

       At the end of title III, insert the following:

     SEC.   . DISCLOSURE OF DONOR LISTS FOR CERTAIN TAX-EXEMPT 
                   ORGANIZATIONS.

       Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(  ) Required Disclosure.--An organization described in 
     section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that 
     is required to file a report under this Act with respect to 
     independent expenditures shall include in such report the 
     name and address of any donor whose aggregate donations to 
     the organization during the calendar year and the preceding 
     calendar year exceed $5,000. The organization does not need 
     to disclose donors that have been disclosed in a previous 
     report and have not made any donations since the last 
     disclosure.''.
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                           Amendment No. 1316

       On page 29, strike lines 9 through 20 and insert the 
     following:

     SEC. 304. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS IN ANY 
                   AMOUNT.

       (a) Section 302.--Section 302 of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking ``and if the amount of the contribution is 
     in excess of $50''; and
       (ii) by inserting a comma after ``making a contribution'' 
     and
       (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ``and the name and 
     address of the person making the contribution'' after ``such 
     contribution''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking `` in excess of 
     $50''.
       (b) Section 304.--Section 304(b)(93)(A) of the Federal 
     Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(b)(3)(A)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``, whose contribution'' and all that 
     follows through ``together''; and
       (2) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting ``, 
     except that in the case of a person who makes contributions 
     in an aggregate amount of $200 or less during the calendar 
     year, the identification need include only the name and 
     address of the person;''.

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