[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 71 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H4165-H4166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 2183

                      Offered By: Mr. Faleomavaega

       Amendment No. 53: Add at the end the following new title:

[[Page H4166]]

      TITLE ____--CONTRIBUTIONS BY NATIONALS OF THE UNITED STATES

     SEC. ____01. CLARIFICATION OF RIGHT OF NATIONALS OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES TO MAKE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

       Section 319(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
     1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e(b)(2)) is amended by inserting after 
     ``United States'' the following: ``or a national of the 
     United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act)''.

                               H.R. 2183

                      Offered By: Mr. Faleomavaega

             (To the Amendments Offered By: Mr. Hutchinson)

       Amendment No. 54: Add at the end the following new title:

      TITLE ____--CONTRIBUTIONS BY NATIONALS OF THE UNITED STATES

     SEC. ____01. CLARIFICATION OF RIGHT OF NATIONALS OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES TO MAKE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

       Section 319(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
     1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e(b)(2)) is amended by inserting after 
     ``United States'' the following: ``or a national of the 
     United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act)''.

                      Offered By: Mr. Faleomavaega

       Amendment No. 55: Add at the end the following new title:

      TITLE ____--CONTRIBUTIONS BY NATIONALS OF THE UNITED STATES

     SEC. ____01. CLARIFICATION OF RIGHT OF NATIONALS OF THE 
                   UNITED STATES TO MAKE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

       Section 319(b)(2) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
     1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e(b)(2)) is amended by inserting after 
     ``United States'' the following: ``or a national of the 
     United States (as defined in section 101(a)(22) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act)''.

                               H.R. 2183

                          Offered By: Mr. Goss

       Amendment No. 56: Insert after title III the following new 
     title (and redesignate the succeeding provisions 
     accordingly):

          TITLE IV--LIMIT ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NON-RESIDENTS

     SEC. 401. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITATION ON 
                   CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PERSONS OTHER THAN LOCAL 
                   INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS.

       Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 441a) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(i) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or 
     Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not 
     accept contributions with respect to a reporting period for 
     an election--
       ``(1) from persons other than individual residents of the 
     congressional district involved in excess of 50 percent of 
     the total of contributions accepted; or
       ``(2) from persons other than individual residents of the 
     State in which the congressional district involved is located 
     in excess of 10 percent of the total of contributions 
     accepted.''.

                               H.R. 2183

                          Offered by: Mr. Goss

       (To the Amendment Offered by: Mr. Hutchinson or Mr. Allen)

       Amendment No. 57: Insert after title III the following new 
     title (and redesignate the succeeding provisions 
     accordingly):

          TITLE IV--LIMIT ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NON-RESIDENTS

     SEC. 401. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITATION ON 
                   CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PERSONS OTHER THAN LOCAL 
                   INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS.

       Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 441a) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(i) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or 
     Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not 
     accept contributions with respect to a reporting period for 
     an election--
       ``(1) from persons other than individual residents of the 
     congressional district involved in excess of 50 percent of 
     the total of contributions accepted; or
       ``(2) from persons other than individual residents of the 
     State in which the congressional district involved is located 
     in excess of 10 percent of the total of contributions 
     accepted.''.

                               H.R. 2183

                          Offered by: Mr. Goss

         (To the Amendment Offered by: Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan)

       Amendment No. 58: Add at the end of title I the following 
     new section (and conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 104. REDUCTION IN LIMITATION AMOUNT APPLICABLE TO 
                   CONTRIBUTIONS BY A MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL 
                   COMMITTEE TO A HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
                   CANDIDATE.

       Section 315(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting 
     after ``$5,000'' the following: ``, except that in the case 
     of an election for the office of Representative in, or 
     Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, the 
     limitation shall be $1,000''.

                               H.R. 2183

                          Offered by: Mr. Goss

         (To the Amendment Offered by: Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan)

       Amendment No. 59: Add at the end of title I the following 
     new section (and conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 104. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITATION ON 
                   CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PERSONS OTHER THAN LOCAL 
                   INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS.

       Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 441a) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(i) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or 
     Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not 
     accept contributions with respect to a reporting period for 
     an election--
       ``(1) from persons other than individual residents of the 
     congressional district involved in excess of 50 percent of 
     the total of contributions accepted; or
       ``(2) from persons other than individual residents of the 
     State in which the congressional district involved is located 
     in excess of 10 percent of the total of contributions 
     accepted.''.