[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 96 (Friday, July 17, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H5826-H5843]
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     LIMITING FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO SHAYS AMENDMENT DURING FURTHER 
 CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2183, BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN INTEGRITY ACT OF 1997

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that during further 
consideration of H.R. 2183, pursuant to H. Res. 442 and H. Res. 458, no 
other amendment to the amendment in the nature of a substitute by the 
gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays) and the gentleman from 
Massachusetts (Mr. Meehan) shall be in order, except

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the amendments that have been placed at the desk.
  Each amendment may be considered only in the order listed, may be 
offered only by the Member designated or his designee, shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified, equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and opponent, and shall not be 
subject to a demand for a division of the question in the House or in 
the Committee of the Whole.
  The amendments that have been placed at the desk are in a particular 
order and consist of 55 amendments with times ranging from 40 minutes 
to 10 minutes.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I would like 
to ask the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas) a question, and I 
appreciate the gentleman's work in trying to come to an accommodation 
on this.
  I am looking at the schedule for next week, and I only see campaign 
finance reform scheduled for 1 day, which is Monday. Is that correct?
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MEEHAN. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, that is correct, on the current calendar. I 
would tell the gentleman, though, that as usual, Mondays are not a 
heavily scheduled day, and it is entirely possible that we could begin 
the campaign reform debate once again at approximately 5 o'clock, and 
we could then continue into the evening as long as Members are willing.
  I would not at this time say that we would then continue into the 
morning, depending upon whether the Members are willing, but my guess 
is that we could put together continuously, which I think is the best 
use of time in the debate, for perhaps 4 or 5, maybe even 6 hours, and 
that would constitute a full one-third of what we have available to us 
under this unanimous consent request.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, obviously I am not 
thrilled about 55 amendments to the Shays-Meehan bill to begin with, 
but as I add it up, it looks certainly like we could get through this 
in a shorter period of time, but I look at the schedule and I see that 
really we only have 3 weeks left to the session, and I would hope that 
assuming we come in on Monday and debate campaign finance reform for 
some period until 11 o'clock or so, if we did not deal with it the rest 
of the week, I would be concerned because the following week we start 
the 27th, and then the final week would be the last week.
  In addition to that, as the gentleman knows, we have a very 
aggressive schedule in a number of appropriations bills that we need to 
pass. We have tobacco legislation, Commerce-Justice appropriations, 
D.C. appropriations, foreign appropriations, VA-HUD appropriations, 
Transportation.
  So I am concerned about when we are ultimately going to get our vote 
on this, on the Shays-Meehan proposal, and then as the gentleman knows, 
we have another nine or so substitutes which presumably are open to 
amendments as well.
  Given the fact that the clock is ticking, and given the fact that I 
know the gentleman and the leadership has indicated we would finish 
campaign finance reform by August 7, I would hope that we could get 
through this quickly, maybe work out some kind of an additional 
agreement to at some point stop the debate and get an up or down vote 
on the significant proposals before us.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. MEEHAN. Further reserving the right to object, I yield to my 
colleague, the gentleman from Connecticut.
  Mr. SHAYS. I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, the purpose in my participating in this dialogue is to 
thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas) for his participation. 
I know that the gentleman from New York (Mr. Solomon) has played a 
major role in terms of the rule, and we do know that time is becoming 
tighter and tighter. I think the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas) 
would acknowledge that if we are able to have a schedule that includes 
more than just Monday, other unanimous consents may not be necessary, 
but working together, I hope that we can continue this process, but, 
again, to thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas) for his work 
and his commitment that will get the job done with cooperation.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman from Massachusetts yield?
  Mr. MEEHAN. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, my commitment may be useful, but it is not 
sufficient. Obviously, it is the leadership that has made the 
commitment. So when I tell the gentleman from Massachusetts that we are 
going to get it done during this period, it is from the leadership of 
the majority party in the House of Representatives. I am a conveyer of 
that, and I feel comfortable that that will be honored.
  I understand the gentleman's concern, and this is not to reflect on 
where we have been, but we have already lost a full day that could have 
been devoted to campaign finance reform because we did not have an 
orderly process in place. For a while, we were working day by day. What 
we have here now is a clear plan to deal with one of the major 
substitutes that we have to deal with.
  I know the gentleman from Massachusetts, and I thank him for making 
sure that as his mother watches the program she feels comfortable, 
because it was only out of ignorance that I did not know that I should 
not use the ``H'' in the gentleman from Massachusetts' name and, in 
fact, that it is silent.
  I would tell the gentleman from Massachusetts, I know he is anxious 
and concerned. This to me is a significant step forward in dealing with 
one of the major substitutes.
  What happens to this substitute fairly clearly will dictate what 
occurs with other bills, whether it passes or it does not, but to try 
to get a commitment now locked in time, because of the very 
appropriations bills that the gentleman from Massachusetts mentioned 
are coming up, and obviously funding the Federal Government is of 
paramount importance, to try to lock the whole process in, in essence, 
returns us to square one where we have been.
  What I am trying to do is to create as much order in as large a 
segment as I can.
  Clearly, the flow of those appropriations bills to the floor probably 
will not be in a clear, automatic, understood pattern. We will do 
everything we can to create blocks of time, as close to Monday as we 
can, to accomplish the purposes of this unanimous consent, because the 
gentleman from Massachusetts is absolutely correct, accomplishing this 
unanimous consent only gets us on the way to finalizing campaign reform 
debate in votes.

                              {time}  1345

  It is an important segment, but it is not all the way there. If I 
could give the gentleman greater assurances than that, I would. What he 
has is my commitment, evidenced by this UC, to work closely with 
leadership and both sides of the aisle to accomplish what has been 
committed, and that is finalizing debate and voting on the measure 
before we leave for the August recess.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Reclaiming my time, first of all, both my mother and I 
thank the gentleman for his work on the UC and also for his 
pronunciation of her name. Also, let me just mention the fact that I 
think it is clear from the votes that have been taken that there 
probably is a majority of the Members of this House that are ready, 
willing and able to vote for passage of the Shays-Meehan substitute.
  I would hope that we would do everything in our power to get that up-
or-down vote and to get through with this debate. The majority of the 
Members of this House, I think, want to pass this bill and get it over 
to the other body and get it over there in enough time to get a bill to 
the President's desk. So I would ask the Speaker and the Republican 
leadership to keep that in mind.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will continue to yield, 
just to say that, frankly, given the pivotal role of this particular 
amendment, whether it passes or fails will dictate clearly what is done 
with the rest of the campaign reform rule package in terms of the other 
amendments. So regardless of whether it passes or fails, getting to the 
vote will be a significant assistance in allowing us to examine

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how we might be able to package the rest of the time in a meaningful 
way.
  Just let me, in responding to the gentleman, add that, from this side 
of the aisle, I do think this is a good-faith effort in terms of trying 
to create a reasonable time frame. It would be extremely disappointing 
if from our side of the aisle, for example, on Monday, where we have 
devoted a significant time for campaign reform, that it would be 
consumed in part by procedural motions of limiting debate and that 
sort.
  If the gentleman examines the list, which I know he has, there are a 
significant number of amendments that have only been given 10 minutes 
time. That is far less than is ordinarily given for the number of 
amendments. What we have tried to do is limit the time. No amendment 
has an hour. The greatest amount of time is 40 minutes. And if there 
were procedural motions, that would be extremely disappointing and make 
the ability to create an orderly process for the entire package 
extremely difficult.
  I thank the gentleman for yielding to me.
  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I agree to the unanimous consent request, 
and I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Pease). Without objection, the list of 
amendments designated is at the desk under the request and the 
amendments themselves will be printed in the Record at this point.
  There was no objection.
  The text of the list of amendments and the amendments are as follows:
  (1) the amendment by Representative Pickering of Mississippi for 10 
minutes;
  (2) the first amendment by Representative Smith of Michigan for 10 
minutes;
  (3) the first amendment by Representative DeLay of Texas for 10 
minutes;
  (4) the amendment by Representative McInnis of Colorado for 10 
minutes;
  (5) the amendment by Representative Paxon of New York for 10 minutes;
  (6) the amendment by Representative Hefley of Colorado for 10 
minutes;
  (7) the second amendment by Representative Hefley of Colorado for 10 
minutes;
  (8) the amendment by Representative Northup of Kentucky for 10 
minutes;
  (9) the amendment by Representative Goodlatte of Virginia for 40 
minutes;
  (10) the amendment by Representative Wicker of Mississippi for 40 
minutes;
  (11) the amendment by Representative Snowbarger of Kansas for 10 
minutes;
  (12) the first amendment by Representative Whitfield of Kentucky for 
10 minutes;
  (13) the amendment by Representative Calvert of California for 40 
minutes;
  (14) the amendment by Representative Salmon of Arizona for 10 
minutes;
  (15) the first amendment by Representative Stearns of Florida for 10 
minutes;
  (16) the amendment by Representative Rohrabacher of California for 10 
minutes;
  (17) the first amendment by Representative Paul of Texas for 10 
minutes;
  (18) the second amendment by Representative Paul of Texas for 40 
minutes;
  (19) the second amendment by Representative DeLay of Texas for 40 
minutes;
  (20) the third amendment by Representative DeLay of Texas for 40 
minutes;
  (21) the amendment by Representative Peterson of Pennsylvania for 40 
minutes
  (22) the first amendment by Representative Barr of Georgia for 40 
minutes
  (23) the second amendment by Representative Barr of Georgia for 10 
minutes
  (24) the amendment by Representative Traficant of Ohio for 10 minutes
  (25) the fourth amendment by Representative DeLay of Texas for 10 
minutes
  (26) the fifth amendment by Representative DeLay of Texas for 10 
minutes
  (27) the sixth amendment by Representative DeLay of Texas for 10 
minutes
  (28) the seventh amendment by Representative DeLay of Texas for 10 
minutes
  (29) the eighth amendment by Representative DeLay of Texas for 10 
minutes
  (30) the amendment by Representative Gutknecht of Minnesota for 10 
minutes
  (31) the amendment by Representative Schaffer of Colorado for 10 
minutes
  (32) the amendment by Representative Horn of California for 10 
minutes
  (33) the amendment by Representative Upton of Michigan for 10 minutes
  (34) the second amendment by Representative Smith of Michigan for 10 
minutes
  (35) the amendment by Representative Shadegg of Arizona for 10 
minutes
  (36) the ninth amendment by Representative Delay of Texas for 40 
minutes
  (37) the amendment by Representative Shaw of Florida for 10 minutes
  (38) the first amendment by Representative Kaptur of Ohio for 10 
minutes
  (39) the second amendment by Representative Kaptur of Ohio for 10 
minutes
  (40) the first amendment by Representative Smith of Washington for 10 
minutes
  (41) the second amendment by Representative Smith of Washington for 
10 minutes
  (42) the third amendment by Representative Smith of Washington for 10 
minutes
  (43) the fourth amendment by Representative Smith of Washington for 
10 minutes
  (44) the fifth amendment by Representative Smith of Washington for 10 
minutes
  (45) the sixth amendment by Representative Smith of Washington for 10 
minutes
  (46) the second amendment by Representative Smith of Washington for 
10 minutes
  (47) the third amendment by Representative Sterns of Florida for 10 
minutes
  (48) the third amendment by Representative Sterns of Florida for 10 
minutes
  (49) the fourth amendment by Representative Sterns of Florida for 10 
minutes
  (50) the second amendment by Representative Whitfield of Kentucky for 
10 minutes
  (51) the third amendment by Representative Whitfield of Kentucky for 
10 minutes
  (52) the amendment by Representative English of Pennsylvania for 10 
minutes
  (53) the amendment by Representative Gekas of Pennsylvania for 10 
minutes
  (54) the amendment by Representative Miller of Florida for 10 minutes
  (55) the amendment by Representative Doolittle of California for 10 
minutes

(Prohibiting certain defenses to violation of foreign contribution ban)


  Amendment Offered by Mr. Pickering of Mississippi To the Amendment 
                   Offered by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       In section 506, strike ``Section 319'' and insert ``(a) In 
     General.--Section 319'', and add at the end the following:
       (b) Prohibiting Use of Willful Blindness as Defense Against 
     Charge of Violating Foreign Contribution Ban.--
       (1) In general.--Section 319 of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended--
       (A) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(b) It shall not be a defense to a violation of 
     subsection (a) that the defendant did not know that the 
     contribution originated from a foreign national if the 
     defendant was aware of a high probability that the 
     contribution originated from a foreign national.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     shall apply with respect to violations occurring on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
                                  ____


 (Modification of Pickering amendment on defenses to foreign money ban)


 Modification to the Amendment Offered by Mr. Pickering of Mississippi

       The amendment is modified as follows:
       In section 319(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
     1971, as proposed to be inserted by the amendment--
       (1) strike ``was aware of a high probability'' and insert 
     ``should have known''; and
       (2) strike the period at the end and insert the following: 
     ``, except that the trier of fact

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     may not find that the defendant should have known that the 
     contribution originated from a foreign national solely 
     because of the name of the contributor.''.
                                  ____


          (Penalty for violation of foreign contribution ban)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Smith of Michigan To the Amendments Offered by 
                               Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

      TITLE   --PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION BAN

     SEC. __01. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF PROHIBITION AGAINST 
                   FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 319 of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be 
     sentenced to a term of imprisonment which may not be less 
     than 5 years or more than 20 years, fined in an amount not to 
     exceed $1,000,000, or both.''.
       (b) 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.
                                  ____


                     (Controlling legal authority)


 Amendment Offered by Mr. DeLay of Texas To the Amendments Offered by 
                              Shays/Meehan

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:
 TITLE __--SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDRAISING ON FEDERAL PROPERTY

     SEC. __01. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING APPLICABILITY OF 
                   CONTROLLING LEGAL AUTHORITY TO FUNDRAISING ON 
                   FEDERAL PROPERTY.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) On March 2, 1997, the Washington Post reported that 
     Vice President Gore ``played the central role in soliciting 
     millions of dollars in campaign money for the Democratic 
     Party during the 1996 election'' and that he was known as the 
     administration's ``solicitor-in-chief''.
       (2) The next day, Vice President Gore held a nationally 
     televised press conference in which he admitted making 
     numerous calls from the White House in which he solicited 
     campaign contributions.
       (3) The Vice President said that there was ``no controlling 
     legal authority'' regarding the use of government telephones 
     and properties for the use of campaign fundraising.
       (4) Documents that the White House released reveal that 
     Vice President Gore made 86 fundraising calls from his White 
     House office, and these new records reveal that Vice 
     President Gore made 20 of these calls at taxpayer expense.
       (5) Section 641 of title 18, United States Code, 
     (prohibiting the conversion of government property to 
     personal use) clearly prohibits the use of government 
     property to raise campaign funds.
       (6) On its face, the conduct to which Vice President Gore 
     admitted appears to be a clear violation of section 607 of 
     title 18, United States Code, which makes it unlawful for 
     ``any person to solicit . . . any (campaign) 
     contribution...in any room or building occupied in the 
     discharge of official (government) duties''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     Federal law clearly demonstrates that ``controlling legal 
     authority'' prohibits the use of Federal property to raise 
     campaign funds.
                                  ____


  (Prohibition against acceptance or solicitation to obtain access to 
                      certain government property)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Mc Innis of Colorado To the Amendments Offered 
                              by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:
    TITLE __--PROHIBITING SOLICITATION TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO CERTAIN 
                          GOVERNMENT PROPERTY

     SEC. __01. PROHIBITION AGAINST ACCEPTANCE OR SOLICITATION TO 
                   OBTAIN ACCESS TO CERTAIN GOVERNMENT PROPERTY.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 11 of title 18, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     section:

     ``Sec. 226. Acceptance or solicitation to obtain access to 
       certain government property

       ``Whoever solicits or receives anything of value in 
     consideration of providing a person with access to Air Force 
     One, Marine One, Air Force Two, Marine Two, the White House, 
     or the Vice President's residence, shall be fined under this 
     title, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for chapter 
     11 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new item:

``226. Acceptance or solicitation to obtain access to certain 
              government property.''.
                                  ____


                   (Disclosure of spending by unions)


amendment offered by mr. paxon of new york to the amendments offered by 
                               mr. shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:
                      TITLE   __--UNION DISCLOSURE

     SEC. _01. UNION DISCLOSURE.

       (a) In General.--Section 201(b) of the Labor Management 
     Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 431(b)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5); and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(7) an itemization of amounts spend by the labor 
     organization for--
       ``(A) contract negotiation and administration;
       ``(B) organizing activities;
       ``(C) strike activities;
       ``(D) political activities;
       ``(E) lobbying and promotional activities; and
       ``(F) market recovery and job targeting programs; and
       ``(8) all transactions involving a single source or payee 
     for each of the activities described in subparagraphs (A) 
     through (F) of paragraph (7) in which the aggregate cost 
     exceeds $10,000.''.
       (b) Computer Network Access.--Section 201(c) of the Labor 
     Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 
     431(c)) is amended by inserting ``including availability of 
     such reports via a public Internet site or another publicly 
     accessible computer network,'' after ``its members,''.
       (c) Reporting by Secretary.--Section 205(a) of the Labor 
     Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 
     435(a)) is amended by inserting after ``and the Secretary'' 
     the following: ``shall make the reports and documents filed 
     pursuant to section 201(b) available via a public Internet 
     site or another public accessible computer network. The 
     Secretary''.
                                  ____


    (Reimbursement by national parties for use of Air Force One for 
                           fundraising trips)


 Amendment Offered by Mr. Hefley of Colorado To the Amendments Offered 
                              by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

     TITLE __REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF AIR FORCE ONE FOR POLITICAL 
                              FUNDRAISING

     SEC. __01. REQUIRING NATIONAL PARTIES TO REIMBURSE AT COST 
                   FOR USE OF AIR FORCE ONE FOR POLITICAL 
                   FUNDRAISING.

       Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:


   ``reimbursement by political parties for use of air force one for 
                         political fundraising

       ``Sec. 323. (a) In General.--If the President, Vice 
     President, or the head of any executive department (as 
     defined in section 101 of title 5, United States Code) uses 
     Air Force One for transportation for any travel which 
     includes a fundraising event for the benefit of any political 
     committee of a national political party, such political 
     committee shall reimburse the Federal Government for the 
     actual costs incurred as a result of the use of Air Force One 
     for the transportation of the individual involved.
       ``(b) Air Force One Defined.--In subsection (a), the term 
     `Air Force One' means the airplane operated by the Air Force 
     which has been specially configured to carry out the mission 
     of transporting the President.''.
                                  ____


                            (Air Force One)


 amendment offered by mr. hefley of colorado to the amendments offered 
                              by mr. shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

  TITLE  --PROHIBITING USE OF AIR FORCE ONE FOR POLITICAL FUNDRAISING

     SEC.   01. PROHIBITING USE OF AIR FORCE ONE FOR POLITICAL 
                   FUNDRAISING.

       Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:


      ``prohibiting use of air force one for political fundraising

       ``Sec. 323. (a) In General.--It shall be unlawful for any 
     person to provide or offer to provide transportation on Air 
     Force One in exchange for any money or other thing of value 
     in support of any political party or the campaign for 
     electoral office of any candidate, without regard to whether 
     or not the money or thing of value involved is otherwise 
     treated as a contribution under this title.
       ``(b) Air Force One Defined.--In subsection (a), the term 
     `Air Force One' means the airplane operated by the Air Force 
     which has been specially configured to carry out the mission 
     of transporting the President.''.
                                  ____


       (Prohibiting use of ``walking around money'' by campaigns)


Amendment Offered by Mrs. Northup of Kentucky To the Amendments Offered 
                              by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

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            TITLE---PROHIBITING USE OF WALKING AROUND MONEY

     SEC.--01. PROHIBITING CAMPAIGNS FROM PROVIDING CURRENCY TO 
                   INDIVIDUALS FOR PURPOSES OF ENCOURAGING TURNOUT 
                   ON DATE OF ELECTION.

       Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:


     ``prohibiting use of currency to promote election day turnout

       ``Sec. 323. It shall be unlawful for any political 
     committee to provide currency to any person for purposes of 
     carrying out activities on the date of an election to 
     encourage or assist individuals to appear at the polling 
     place for the election.''.
                                  ____


                      (Reform of Motor Voter law)


   Amendment Offered by Mr. Goodlatte of Virginia To the Amendments 
                          Offered by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

                  TITLE __--VOTER REGISTRATION REFORM

     SEC. __01. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT FOR STATES TO PROVIDE FOR 
                   VOTER REGISTRATION BY MAIL.

       (a) In General.--Section 4(a) of the National Voter 
     Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-2) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by adding ``and'' at the end;
       (2) by striking paragraph (2); and
       (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
       (b) Conforming Amendments Relating to Uniform Mail Voter 
     Registration Form.--(1) The National Voter Registration Act 
     of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.) is amended by striking 
     section 9.
       (2) Section 7(a)(6)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-
     5(a)(6)(A)) is amended by striking ``assistance--'' and all 
     that follows and inserting the following: ``assistance a 
     voter registration application form which meets the 
     requirements described in section 5(c)(2) (other than 
     subparagraph (A)), unless the applicant, in writing, declines 
     to register to vote;''.
       (c) Other Conforming Amendments.--(1) The National Voter 
     Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.) is 
     amended by striking section 6.
       (2) Section 8(a)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-6(a)(5)) 
     is amended by striking ``5, 6, and 7'' and inserting ``5 and 
     7''.

     SEC. __02. REQUIRING APPLICANTS REGISTERING TO VOTE TO 
                   PROVIDE CERTAIN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

       (a) Social Security Number.--
       (1) In general.--Section 5(c)(2) of the National Voter 
     Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-3(c)(2)) is 
     amended--
       (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D);
       (B) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (E) 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(F) shall require the applicant to provide the 
     applicant's Social Security number.''.
       (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 5(c)(2)(A) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-3(c)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting after 
     ``subparagraph (C)'' the following: ``, or the information 
     described in subparagraph (F)''.
       (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect January 1, 1999, and shall apply with 
     respect to applicants registering to vote in elections for 
     Federal office on or after such date.
       (b) Actual Proof of Citizenship.--
       (1) Registration with application for driver's license.--
     Section 5(c) of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
     (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-3(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new paragraph:
       ``(3) The voter registration portion of an application for 
     a State motor vehicle driver's license shall not be 
     considered to be completed unless the applicant provides to 
     the appropriate State motor vehicle authority proof that the 
     applicant is a citizen of the United States.''.
       (2) Registration with voter registration agencies.--Section 
     7(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-5(a)) is amended by adding 
     at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(8) A voter registration application received by a voter 
     registration agency shall not be considered to be completed 
     unless the applicant provides to the agency proof that the 
     applicant is a citizen of the United States.''.
       (3) Conforming amendment.--Section 8(a)(5)(A) of such Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-6(a)(5)(A)) is amended by striking the 
     semicolon and inserting the following: ``, including the 
     requirement that the applicant provide proof of 
     citizenship;''.
       (4) No effect on absent uniformed services and overseas 
     voters.--Nothing in the National Voter Registration Act of 
     1993 (as amended by this subsection) may be construed to 
     require any absent uniformed services voter or overseas voter 
     under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act 
     to provide any evidence of citizenship in order to register 
     to vote (other than any evidence which may otherwise be 
     required under such Act).

     SEC. __03. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN REGISTRANTS FROM OFFICIAL LIST 
                   OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS.

       (a) In General.--Section 8(d) of the National Voter 
     Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-6(d)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
       (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(3)(A) At the option of the State, a State may remove the 
     name of a registrant from the official list of eligible 
     voters in elections for Federal office on the ground that the 
     registrant has changed residence if--
       ``(i) the registrant has not voted or appeared to vote 
     (and, if necessary, correct the registrar's record of the 
     registrant's address) in an election during the period 
     beginning on the day after the date of the second previous 
     general election for Federal office held prior to the date 
     the confirmation notice described in subparagraph (B) is sent 
     and ending on the date of such notice;
       ``(ii) the registrant has not voted or appeared to vote 
     (and, if necessary, correct the registrar's record of the 
     registrant's address) in any of the first two general 
     elections for Federal office held after the confirmation 
     notice described in subparagraph (B) is sent; and
       ``(iii) during the period beginning on the date the 
     confirmation notice described in subparagraph (B) is sent and 
     ending on the date of the second general election for Federal 
     office held after the date such notice is sent, the 
     registrant has failed to notify the State in response to the 
     notice that the registrant did not change his or her 
     residence, or changed residence but remained in the 
     registrar's jurisdiction.
       ``(B) A confirmation notice described in this subparagraph 
     is a postage prepaid and pre-addressed return card, sent by 
     forwardable mail, on which a registrant may state his or her 
     current address, together with information concerning how the 
     registrant can continue to be eligible to vote if the 
     registrant has changed residence to a place outside the 
     registrar's jurisdiction and a statement that the registrant 
     may be removed from the official list of eligible voters if 
     the registrant does not respond to the notice (during the 
     period described in subparagraph (A)(iii)) by stating that 
     the registrant did not change his or her residence, or 
     changed residence but remained in the registrar's 
     jurisdiction.''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 8(i)(2) of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1973gg-6(d)) is amended by inserting ``or subsection 
     (d)(3)'' after ``subsection (d)(2)''.

     SEC. __04. PERMITTING STATE TO REQUIRE VOTERS TO PRODUCE 
                   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PRIOR TO VOTING.

       (a) Photographic Identification.--Section 8 of the National 
     Voter Registration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-6) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(j) Permitting States To Require Voters To Produce Photo 
     Identification.--A State may require an individual to produce 
     a valid photographic identification before receiving a ballot 
     (other than an absentee ballot) for voting in an election for 
     Federal office.''.
       (b) Signature.--Section 8 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-6), 
     as amended by subsection (a), is further amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (k) as subsection (l); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (j) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(k) Permitting States To Require Voters To Provide 
     Signature.--A State may require an individual to provide the 
     individual's signature (in the presence of an election 
     official at the polling place) before receiving a ballot for 
     voting in an election for Federal office, other than an 
     individual who is unable to provide a signature because of 
     illiteracy or disability.''.

     SEC. __05. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT THAT STATES PERMIT 
                   REGISTRANTS CHANGING RESIDENCE TO VOTE AT 
                   POLLING PLACE FOR FORMER ADDRESS.

       Section 8(e)(2) of the National Voter Registration Act of 
     1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-6(e)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(2)(A)'' and inserting ``(2)''; and
       (2) by striking ``election, at the option of the 
     registrant--'' and all that follows and inserting the 
     following: ``election shall be permitted to correct the 
     voting records for purposes of voting in future elections at 
     the appropriate polling place for the current address and, if 
     permitted by State law, shall be permitted to vote in the 
     present election, upon confirmation by the registrant of the 
     new address by such means as are required by law.''.

     SEC. __06. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The amendments made by this title shall apply with respect 
     to elections for Federal office occurring after December 
     1999.
                                  ____


                   (Photo ID requirement for voting)


   Amendment Offered by Mr. Wicker of Mississippi To the Amendments 
                          Offered by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

         TITLE __--PHOTO IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR VOTERS

     SEC. __01. PERMITTING STATE TO REQUIRE VOTERS TO PRODUCE 
                   PHOTOGRAPHIC IDENTIFICATION.

       Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
     (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-6) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new 
     subsection:

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       ``(i) Permitting States to Require Voters to Produce Photo 
     Identification.--A State may require an individual to produce 
     a valid photographic identification before receiving a ballot 
     for voting in an election for Federal office.''.
                                  ____


            (Enhancing enforcement of campaign finance law)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Snowbarger of Kansas To the Amendments Offered 
                              by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:
            TITLE __--ENHANCING ENFORCEMENT OF CAMPAIGN LAW

     SEC. __01. ENHANCING ENFORCEMENT OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW.

       (a) Mandatory Imprisonment for Criminal Conduct.--Section 
     309(d)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 437g(d)(1)(A)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``shall be fined, or 
     imprisoned for not more than one year, or both'' and 
     inserting ``shall be imprisoned for not fewer than 1 year and 
     not more than 10 years''; and
       (2) by striking the second sentence.
       (b) Concurrent Authority of Attorney General to Bring 
     Criminal Actions.--Section 309(d) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
     437g(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(4) In addition to the authority to bring cases referred 
     pursuant to subsection (a)(5), the Attorney General may at 
     any time bring a criminal action for a violation of this Act 
     or of chapter 95 or chapter 96 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986.''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to actions brought with respect to 
     elections occurring after January 1999.
                                  ____


    (Ban on party coordination of soft money for issue advocacy by 
           candidates receiving presidential campaign funds)


   Amendment Offered by Mr. Whitfield of Kentucky To the Amendments 
                          Offered by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:
  TITLE __--BAN ON COORDINATED SOFT MONEY ACTIVITIES BY PRESIDENTIAL 
                               CANDIDATES

     SEC. __01. BAN ON COORDINATION OF SOFT MONEY FOR ISSUE 
                   ADVOCACY BY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES RECEIVING 
                   PUBLIC FINANCING.

       (a) In General.--Section 9003 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9003) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(f) Ban on Coordination of Soft Money for Issue 
     Advocacy.--
       ``(1) In general.--No candidate for election to the office 
     of President or Vice President who is certified to receive 
     amounts from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund under 
     this chapter or chapter 96 may coordinate the expenditure of 
     any funds for issue advocacy with any political party unless 
     the funds are subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and 
     reporting requirements of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971.
       ``(2) Issue advocacy defined.--In this section, the term 
     `issue advocacy' means any activity carried out for the 
     purpose of influencing the consideration or outcome of any 
     Federal legislation or the issuance or outcome of any Federal 
     regulations, or educating individuals about candidates for 
     election for Federal office or any Federal legislation, law, 
     or regulations (without regard to whether the activity is 
     carried out for the purpose of influencing any election for 
     Federal office).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to elections occurring on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
                                  ____


 (Requiring 50 percent of contributions to come from local individual 
                               residents)


   Amendment Offered by Mr. Calvert of California To the Amendments 
                          Offered by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

           TITLE __--RESTRICTIONS ON NONRESIDENT FUNDRAISING

     SEC. __01. LIMITING AMOUNT OF CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE 
                   CONTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS NOT RESIDING IN 
                   DISTRICT OR STATE INVOLVED.

       (a) In General.--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)(1) A candidate for the office of Senator or the 
     office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
     Commissioner to, the Congress may not accept contributions 
     with respect to an election from persons other than local 
     individual residents totaling in excess of the aggregate 
     amount of contributions accepted from local individual 
     residents (as determined on the basis of the information 
     reported under section 304(d)).
       ``(2) In determining the amount of contributions accepted 
     by a candidate for purposes of this subsection, the amounts 
     of any contributions made by a political committee of a 
     political party shall be allocated as follows:
       ``(A) 50 percent of such amounts shall be deemed to be a 
     contributions from local individual residents.
       ``(B) 50 percent of such amounts shall be deemed to be 
     contributions from persons other than local individual 
     residents.
       ``(3) As used in this subsection, the term `local 
     individual resident' means--
       ``(A) with respect to an election for the office of 
     Senator, an individual who resides in the State involved; and
       ``(B) with respect to an election for the office of 
     Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
     the Congress, an individual who resides in the congressional 
     district involved.''.
       (b) Reporting Requirements.--Section 304 of such Act (2 
     U.S.C. 434) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(d) Each principal campaign committee of a candidate for 
     the Senate or the House of Representatives shall include the 
     following information in the first report filed under 
     subsection (a)(2) which covers the period which begins 19 
     days before an election and ends 20 days after the election:
       ``(1) The total contributions received by the committee 
     with respect to the election involved from local individual 
     residents (as defined in section 315(i)(3)), as of the last 
     day of the period covered by the report.
       ``(2) The total contributions received by the committee 
     with respect to the election involved from all persons, as of 
     the last day of the period covered by the report.''.
       (c) Penalty for Violation of Limits.--Section 309(d) of 
     such Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new paragraph:
       ``(4)(A) Any candidate who knowingly and willfully accepts 
     contributions in excess of any limitation provided under 
     section 315(i) shall be fined an amount equal to the greater 
     of 200 percent of the amount accepted in excess of the 
     applicable limitation or (if applicable) the amount provided 
     in paragraph (1)(A).
       ``(B) Interest shall be assessed against any portion of a 
     fine imposed under subparagraph (A) which remains unpaid 
     after the expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the 
     date the fine is imposed.''.
                                  ____


    (Posting names of certain Air Force One passengers on Internet)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Salmon of Arizona To the Amendments Offered by 
                               Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:
TITLE __--POSTING NAMES OF CERTAIN AIR FORCE ONE PASSENGERS ON INTERNET

     SEC. __01. REQUIREMENT THAT NAMES OF PASSENGERS ON AIR FORCE 
                   ONE AND AIR FORCE TWO BE MADE AVAILABLE THROUGH 
                   THE INTERNET.

       (a) In General.--The President shall make available through 
     the Internet the name of any non-Government person who is a 
     passenger on an aircraft designated as Air Force One or Air 
     Force Two not later than 30 days after the date that the 
     person is a passenger on such aircraft.
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply in a case in 
     which the President determines that compliance with such 
     subsection would be contrary to the national security 
     interests of the United States. In any such case, not later 
     than 30 days after the date that the person whose name will 
     not be made available through the Internet was a passenger on 
     the aircraft, the President shall submit to the chairman and 
     ranking member of the Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence of the House of Representatives and of the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate--
       (1) the name of the person; and
       (2) the justification for not making such name available 
     through the Internet.
       (c) Definition of Person.--As used in this Act, the term 
     ``non-Government person'' means a person who is not an 
     officer or employee of the United States, a member of the 
     Armed Forces, or a Member of Congress.
                                  ____


       (Ban on disbursements of soft money by foreign nationals)


 Amendment Offered by Mr. Stearns of Florida To the Amendments Offered 
                              by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

            TITLE __--BAN ON SOFT MONEY OF FOREIGN NATIONALS

     SEC. __01. BAN ON DISBURSEMENTS OF SOFT MONEY BY FOREIGN 
                   NATIONALS.

       (a) Prohibition on Disbursements by Foreign Nationals for 
     Political Parties and Independent Expenditures.--Section 319 
     of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) 
     is amended--
       (1) in the heading, by striking ``contributions'' and 
     inserting ``disbursements'';
       (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``contribution'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``disbursement''; and
       (3) in subsection (a), by striking the semicolon and 
     inserting the following: ``, including any disbursement to a 
     political committee of a political party and any disbursement 
     for an independent expenditure;''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to disbursements made on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.

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                                  ____
 (Partial removal of contribution limits for candidates with opponents 
             making large amounts of personal expenditures)


  Amendment Offered by Mr. Rohrabacher of California To the Amendment 
                   Offered by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end of title V the following new section (and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 510. PARTIAL REMOVAL OF LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
                   CANDIDATES WHOSE OPPONENTS USE LARGE AMOUNTS OF 
                   PERSONAL FUNDS.

       (a) In General.--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)(1) If a candidate for Federal office makes 
     contributions or expenditures from the personal funds of the 
     candidate totaling more than $1,000 with respect to an 
     election, the candidate shall so notify the Commission and 
     each other candidate in the election. The notification shall 
     be made in writing within 48 hours after the contribution or 
     expenditure involved is made.
       ``(2) In any case described in paragraph (1), any person 
     who is otherwise permitted under this Act to make 
     contributions to such other candidate may make contributions 
     in excess of any otherwise applicable limitation on such 
     contributions, to the extent that the total of such excess 
     contributions accepted by such other candidate does not 
     exceed the total of contributions or expenditures from 
     personal funds referred to in paragraph (1).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply with respect to elections occurring after January 
     1999.
                                  ____


                         (Ballot access rights)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Paul of Texas To the Amendments Offered by Mr. 
                                 Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:
                     TITLE __--BALLOT ACCESS RIGHTS

     SEC. __01. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Voting participation in the United States is lower than 
     in any other advanced industrialized democracy.
       (2) The rights of eligible citizens to seek election to 
     office, vote for candidates of their choice and associate for 
     the purpose of taking part in elections, including the right 
     to create and develop new political parties, are fundamental 
     in a democracy. The rights of citizens to participate in the 
     election process, provided in and derived from the first and 
     fourteenth amendments to the Constitution, have consistently 
     been promoted and protected by the Federal Government. These 
     rights include the right to cast an effective vote and the 
     right to associate for the advancement of political beliefs, 
     which includes the ``constitutional right . . . to create and 
     develop new political parties.'' Norman v. Reed, 502 U.S. 
     279, 112 S.Ct. 699 (1992). It is the duty of the Federal 
     Government to see that these rights are not impaired in 
     elections for Federal office.
       (3) Certain restrictions on access to the ballot impair the 
     ability of citizens to exercise these rights and have a 
     direct and damaging effect on citizens' participation in the 
     electoral process.
       (4) Many States unduly restrict access to the ballot by 
     nonmajor party candidates and nonmajor political parties by 
     means of such devices as excessive petition signature 
     requirements, insufficient petitioning periods, 
     unconstitutionally early petition filing deadlines, petition 
     signature distribution criteria, and limitations on 
     eligibility to circulate and sign petitions.
       (5) Many States require political parties to poll an unduly 
     high number of votes or to register an unduly high number of 
     voters as a precondition for remaining on the ballot.
       (6) In 1983, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional an 
     Ohio law requiring a nonmajor party candidate for President 
     to qualify for the general election ballot earlier than major 
     party candidates. This Supreme Court decision, Anderson v. 
     Celebrezze, 460 U.S. 780 (1983) has been followed by many 
     lower courts in challenges by nonmajor parties and candidates 
     to early petition filing deadlines. See, e.g., Stoddard v. 
     Quinn, 593 F. Supp. 300 (D.Me. 1984); Cripps v. Seneca County 
     Board of Elections, 629 F. Supp. 1335 (N.D.Oh. 1985); 
     Libertarian Party of Nevada v. Swackhamer, 638 F. Supp. 565 
     (D. Nev. 1986); Cromer v. State of South Carolina, 917 F.2d 
     819 (4th Cir. 1990); New Alliance Party of Alabama v. Hand, 
     933 F. 2d 1568 (11th Cir. 1991).
       (7) In 1996, 34 States required nonmajor party candidates 
     for President to qualify for the ballot before the second 
     major party national convention (Arizona, California, 
     Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, 
     Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, 
     Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, 
     New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, 
     Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, 
     Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and 
     Wyoming). Twenty-six of these States required nonmajor party 
     candidates to qualify before the first major party national 
     convention (Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut 
     Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, 
     Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New 
     Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, 
     Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, 
     Washington, and West Virginia).
       (8) Under present law, in 1996, nonmajor party candidates 
     for President were required to obtain at least 701,089 
     petition signatures to be listed on the ballots of all 50 
     States and the District of Columbia--28 times more signatures 
     than the 25,500 required of Democratic Party candidates and 
     13 times more signatures than the 54,250 required of 
     Republican Party candidates. To be listed on the ballot in 
     all 50 States and the District of Columbia with a party 
     label, nonmajor party candidates for President were required 
     to obtain approximately 651,475 petition signatures and 
     89,186 registrants. Thirty-two of the 41 States that hold 
     Presidential primaries required no signatures of major party 
     candidates for President (Arkansas, California, Colorado, 
     Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, 
     Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 
     Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Mexico, 
     North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, 
     South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, 
     Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin). Only three States 
     required no signatures of nonmajor party candidates for 
     President (Arkansas, Colorado, and Louisiana; Colorado and 
     Louisiana, however, required a $500 filing fee).
       (9) Under present law, the number of petition signatures 
     required by the States to list a major party candidate for 
     Senate on the ballot in 1996 ranged from zero to 15,000. The 
     number of petition signatures required to list a nonmajor 
     party candidate for Senate ranged from zero to 196,788. 
     Thirty-one States required no signatures of major party 
     candidates for Senate (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, 
     Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, 
     Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, 
     Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New 
     Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, 
     South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, 
     Wyoming). Only one State required no signatures of nonmajor 
     party candidates for Senate, provided they were willing to be 
     listed on the ballot without a party label (Louisiana, 
     although a $600 filing fee was required, and to run with a 
     party label, a candidate was required to register 111,121 
     voters into his or her party).
       (10) Under present law, the number of petition signatures 
     required by the States to list a major party candidate for 
     Congress on the ballot in 1996 ranged from zero to 2,000. The 
     number of petition signatures required to list a nonmajor 
     party candidate for Congress ranged from zero to 13,653. 
     Thirty-one States required no signatures of major party 
     candidates for Congress (Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, 
     Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, 
     Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, 
     Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North 
     Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, 
     Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming). Only one 
     State required no signatures of nonmajor party candidates for 
     Congress, provided they are willing to be listed on the 
     ballot without a party label (Louisiana, although a $600 
     filing fee was required).
       (11) Under present law, in 1996, eight States required 
     additional signatures to list a nonmajor party candidate for 
     President on the ballot with a party label (Alabama, Arizona, 
     Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Tennessee). 
     Thirteen States required additional signatures to list a 
     nonmajor party candidate for Senate or Congress on the ballot 
     with a party label (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, 
     Idaho, Hawaii, Kansas, Louisiana, North Dakota, Nebraska, 
     Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee). Two of these States (Ohio and 
     Tennessee) required 5,000 signatures and 25 signatures, 
     respectively, to list a nonmajor party candidate for 
     President or Senate on the ballot in 1996, but required 
     33,463 signatures and 37,179 signatures, respectively, to 
     list the candidate on the ballot with her or his party label. 
     One State (California) required a nonmajor party to have 
     89,006 registrants in order to have its candidate for 
     President listed on the ballot with a party label.
       (12) Under present law, in 1996 one State (California) 
     required nonmajor party candidates for President or Senate to 
     obtain 147,238 signatures in 105 days, but required major 
     party candidates for Senate to obtain only 65 signatures in 
     105 days, and required no signatures of major party 
     candidates for President. Another State (Texas) required 
     nonmajor party candidates for President or Senate to obtain 
     43,963 signatures in 75 days, and required no signatures of 
     major party candidates for President or Senate.
       (13) Under present law, in 1996, seven States required 
     nonmajor party candidates for President or Senate to collect 
     a certain number or percentage of their petition signatures 
     in each congressional district or in a specified number of 
     congressional districts (Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New 
     Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Virginia). Only three of 
     these States impose a like requirement on major party 
     candidates for President or Senate (Michigan, New York, 
     Virginia).
       (14) Under present law, in 1996, 20 States restricted the 
     circulation of petitions for nonmajor party candidates to 
     residents of those States (California, Colorado, Connecticut, 
     District of Columbia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, 
     Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, 
     Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, West

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     Virginia, Wisconsin). Two States restricted the circulation 
     of petitions for nonmajor party candidates to the county or 
     congressional district where the circulator lives (Kansas and 
     Virginia).
       (15) Under present law, in 1996, three States prohibited 
     people who voted in a primary election from signing petitions 
     for nonmajor party candidates (Nebraska, New York, Texas, 
     West Virginia). Twelve States restricted the signing of 
     petitions to people who indicate intent to support or vote 
     for the candidate or party (California, Delaware, Hawaii, 
     Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North 
     Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Utah). Five of these 12 States 
     required no petitions of major party candidates (Delaware, 
     Maryland, North Carolina, Oregon, Utah), and only one of the 
     six remaining States restricted the signing of petitions for 
     major party candidates to people who indicate intent to 
     support or vote for the candidate or party (New Jersey).
       (16) In two States (Louisiana and Maryland), no nonmajor 
     party candidate for Senate has qualified for the ballot since 
     those States' ballot access laws have been in effect.
       (17) In two States (Georgia and Louisiana), no nonmajor 
     party candidate for the United States House of 
     Representatives has qualified for the ballot since those 
     States' ballot access laws have been in effect.
       (18) Restrictions on the ability of citizens to exercise 
     the rights identified in this subsection have 
     disproportionately impaired participation in the electoral 
     process by various groups, including racial minorities.
       (19) The establishment of fair and uniform national 
     standards for access to the ballot in elections for Federal 
     office would remove barriers to the participation of citizens 
     in the electoral process and thereby facilitate such 
     participation and maximize the rights identified in this 
     subsection.
       (20) The Congress has authority, under the provisions of 
     the Constitution of the United States in sections 4 and 8 of 
     article I, section 1 of article II, article VI, the 
     thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments, and other 
     provisions of the Constitution of the United States, to 
     protect and promote the exercise of the rights identified in 
     this subsection.
       (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this title are--
       (1) to establish fair and uniform standards regulating 
     access to the ballot by eligible citizens who desire to seek 
     election to Federal office and political parties, bodies, and 
     groups which desire to take part in elections for Federal 
     office; and
       (2) to maximize the participation of eligible citizens in 
     elections for Federal office.

     SEC. __02. BALLOT ACCESS RIGHTS.

       (a) In General.--An individual shall have the right to be 
     placed as a candidate on, and to have such individual's 
     political party, body, or group affiliation in connection 
     with such candidacy placed on, a ballot or similar voting 
     materials to be used in a Federal election, if--
       (1) such individual presents a petition stating in 
     substance that its signers desire such individual's name and 
     political party, body or group affiliation, if any, to be 
     placed on the ballot or other similar voting materials to be 
     used in the Federal election with respect to which such 
     rights are to be exercised;
       (2) with respect to a Federal election for the office of 
     President, Vice President, or Senator, such petition has a 
     number of signatures of persons qualified to vote for such 
     office equal to one-tenth of one percent of the number of 
     persons who voted in the most recent previous Federal 
     election for such office in the State, or 1,000 signatures, 
     whichever is greater;
       (3) with respect to a Federal election for the office of 
     Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
     the Congress, such petition has a number of signatures of 
     persons qualified to vote for such office equal to one-half 
     of one percent of the number of persons who voted in the most 
     recent previous Federal election for such office, or, if 
     there was no previous Federal election for such office, 1,000 
     signatures;
       (4) with respect to a Federal election the date of which 
     was fixed 345 or more days in advance, such petition was 
     circulated during a period beginning on the 345th day and 
     ending on the 75th day before the date of the election; and
       (5) with respect to a Federal election the date of which 
     was fixed less than 345 days in advance, such petition was 
     circulated during a period established by the State holding 
     the election, or, if no such period was established, during a 
     period beginning on the day after the date the election was 
     scheduled and ending on the tenth day before the date of the 
     election, provided, however, that the number of signatures 
     required under paragraph (2) or (3) shall be reduced by \1/
     270\ for each day less than 270 in such period.
       (b) Special Rule.--An individual shall have the right to be 
     placed as a candidate on, and to have such individual's 
     political party, body, or group affiliation in connection 
     with such candidacy placed on, a ballot or similar voting 
     materials to be used in a Federal election, without having to 
     satisfy any requirement relating to a petition under 
     subsection (a), if that or another individual, as a candidate 
     of that political party, body, or group, received one percent 
     of the votes cast in the most recent general Federal election 
     for President or Senator in the State.
       (c) Savings Provision.--Subsections (a) and (b) shall not 
     apply with respect to any State that provides by law for 
     greater ballot access rights than the ballot access rights 
     provided for under such subsections.

     SEC. __03. RULEMAKING.

       The Attorney General shall make rules to carry out this 
     title.

     SEC. __04. GENERAL DEFINITIONS.

       As used in this title--
       (1) the term ``Federal election'' means a general or 
     special election for the office of--
       (A) President or Vice President;
       (B) Senator; or
       (C) Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
     to, the Congress;
       (2) the term ``State'' means a State of the United States, 
     the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
     and any other territory or possession of the United States;
       (3) the term ``individual'' means an individual who has the 
     qualifications required by law of a person who holds the 
     office for which such individual seeks to be a candidate;
       (4) the term ``petition'' includes a petition which 
     conforms to section __02(a)(1) and upon which signers' 
     addresses and/or printed names are required to be placed;
       (5) the term ``signer'' means a person whose signature 
     appears on a petition and who can be identified as a person 
     qualified to vote for an individual for whom the petition is 
     circulated, and includes a person who requests another to 
     sign a petition on his or her behalf at the time when, and at 
     the place where, the request is made;
       (6) the term ``signature'' includes the incomplete name of 
     a signer, the name of a signer containing abbreviations such 
     as first or middle initial, and the name of a signer preceded 
     or followed by titles such as ``Mr.'', ``Ms.'', ``Dr.'', 
     ``Jr.'', or ``III''; and
       (7) the term ``address'' means the address which a signer 
     uses for purposes of registration and voting.
                                  ____


 (Participation by presidential candidates in debates with candidates 
                       with broad-based support)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Paul of Texas To the Amendments Offered by Mr. 
                                  Paul

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

       TITLE   --DEBATE REQUIREMENTS FOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

     SEC. __01. REQUIREMENT THAT CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVE CAMPAIGN 
                   FINANCING FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 
                   CAMPAIGN FUND AGREE NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN 
                   MULTICANDIDATE FORUMS THAT EXCLUDE CANDIDATES 
                   WITH BROAD-BASED PUBLIC SUPPORT.

       (a) In General.--In addition to the requirements under 
     subtitle H of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in order to 
     be eligible to receive payments from the Presidential 
     Election Campaign Fund, a candidate shall agree in writing 
     not to appear in any multicandidate forum with respect to the 
     election involved unless the following individuals are 
     invited to participate in the multicandidate forum:
       (1) Each other eligible candidate under such subtitle.
       (2) Each individual who is qualified in at least 40 States 
     for the ballot for the office involved.
       (b) Enforcement.--If the Federal Election Commission 
     determines that a candidate--
       (1) has received payments from the Presidential Election 
     Campaign Fund; and
       (2) has violated the agreement referred to in subsection 
     (a);
     the candidate shall pay to the Treasury an amount equal to 
     the amount of the payments so made.
       (c) Definition.--As used in this title, the term 
     ``multicandidate forum'' means a meeting--
       (1) consisting of a moderated reciprocal discussion of 
     issues among candidates for the same office; and
       (2) to which any other person has access in person or 
     through an electronic medium.
                                  ____



amendment offered by Mr. Delay of Texas to the amendment offered by Mr. 
                          shays or mr. meehan

       Amendment No. 81: Add at the end of section 301(20) of the 
     Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as added by section 
     201(b) of the substitute, the following:
       (C) Exception for legislative alerts: The term ``express 
     advocacy'' does not include any communication which--
       (i) deals solely with an issue or legislation which is or 
     may be the subject of a vote in the Senate or House of 
     Representatives; and
       (ii) encourages an individual to contact an elected 
     representative in Congress in order to exercise the right 
     protected under the first amendment of the Constitution to 
     inform the representative of the individual's views on such 
     issue or legislation.
                                  ____



  Amendment offered by mr. delay of texas to the amendment offered by 
                              shays/meehan

   TITLE __--SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT 
                                COUNSEL

     SEC. __01. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF 
                   INDEPENDENT COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE CLINTON 
                   ADMINISTRATION.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds as follows:
       (1) The Independent Counsel Act (chapter 40 of title 28, 
     United States Code) was designed to avoid even the appearance 
     of impropriety in the consideration of allegations

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     of misconduct by high-level Executive Branch officials.
       (2) Section 591(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code, 
     requires the Attorney General of the United States to conduct 
     a preliminary investigation whenever the Attorney General 
     finds specific and credible evidence that a covered person 
     ``may have violated any Federal criminal law . . .''.
       (3) Under the statute (28 U.S.C. 591(b)), the President is 
     a covered person.
       (4) The bribery statute (chapter 11 of title 18, United 
     States Code) prohibits Federal officials, including the 
     President, from receiving any benefit in return for any 
     official action.
       (5) Numerous published reports describe circumstances that 
     suggest that President Clinton may have received campaign 
     contributions in return for official government actions he 
     took on behalf of the contributors.
       (6) Any such scheme may also violate other statutes 
     including the following sections of title 18, United States 
     Code: section 371 (conspiracy to defraud the United States), 
     section 600 (promising of government benefits in return for 
     political support), section 872 (extortion by government 
     officials), and sections 1341, 1343, and 1346 (mail and wire 
     fraud by defrauding the United States of honest services).
       (7) On February 13, 1997, the Washington Post reported that 
     the Department of Justice had obtained intelligence 
     information that the government of the People's Republic of 
     China had sought to direct contributions from foreign sources 
     to the Democratic National Committee (``DNC'') before the 
     1996 presidential campaign.
       (8) In March 1995, Johnny Chung, a Democratic National 
     Committee trustee and a businessman from Torrance, 
     California, brought six officials of the government of the 
     People's Republic of China and its state-owned companies, 
     including Hongye Zheng, Chairman of the China Council for the 
     Promotion of International Trade, and Yang Zanzhong, 
     President of China Petro-Chemical Corp., to hear the 
     President give his regular Saturday radio address.
       (9) On March 8, 1995, Johnny Chung came to the First Lady's 
     office in the White House seeking various favors for the 
     officials, including admission to the radio address.
       (10) Aides to Mrs. Clinton, Margaret Williams and Evan 
     Ryan, suggested that Mr. Chung could get the favors if he 
     helped Mrs. Clinton with her debts to the DNC for holiday 
     parties.
       (11) The next day, Mr. Chung gave Ms. Williams a check for 
     $50,000, and received a lunch in the White House mess, a 
     picture with Mrs. Clinton, and admission to the radio address 
     for himself and the officials. Id. Records indicate that on 
     Friday, March 17, 1995, Mr. Chung donated $50,000 to the 
     Democratic National Committee and on April 12, 1995, he 
     donated an additional $125,000.
       (12) In commenting on the solicitation in the White House 
     by the First Lady's aides, Mr. Chung said, ``I see the White 
     House is like a subway: You have to put in coins to open the 
     gates.''
       (13) On February 6, 1996, Wang Jun attended a coffee at the 
     White House with President Clinton. Mr. Wang is the head of 
     the state-owned company, China International Trade and 
     Investment Corp. (``CITIC''), a $21,000,000,000 conglomerate, 
     and its subsidiary Poly Technologies. Poly Technologies is 
     the primary arms dealing company for the Chinese military. 
     Mr. Wang gained access to the coffee through Charles Yah Lin 
     Trie, an old Arkansas friend of President Clinton and 
     Democratic Party fund-raiser.
       (14) After the Wang visit came to public attention, 
     President Clinton said he remembered ``literally nothing'' 
     about the meeting, but he conceded that it was ``clearly 
     inappropriate.''
       (15) Mr. Trie had a number of interesting sources of funds. 
     Among other things, in the spring of 1996, Mr. Trie delivered 
     suspicious donations totaling $789,000 to the President's 
     legal defense fund.
       (16) Mr. Trie made the donations on three dates: March 21, 
     1996, $460,000; April 24, 1996, $179,000; and May 17, 1996, 
     $150,000. These donations have now been returned. Recent 
     reports reveal that most of this money came from members of a 
     Taiwan-based religious sect, Suma Ching Hai. President and 
     Mrs. Clinton knew about these suspicious donations at the 
     time, and they concurred in efforts to conceal them until 
     after the election. Notwithstanding that knowledge, President 
     Clinton continued to grant favors to Mr. Trie.
       (17) On April 19, 1996, President Clinton appointed Mr. 
     Trie to the Commission on U.S. Pacific Trade and Investment 
     Policy. On April 26, President Clinton signed a letter to Mr. 
     Trie relating to U.S. policy in putting carriers in the 
     Taiwan Straits.
       (18) During 1995 and 1996, Mr. Trie received a series of 
     wire transfers in amounts of $50,000 and $100,000 from the 
     Chinese government's state-owned bank, the Bank of China.
       (19) Recent Senate testimony reveals that Mr. Trie received 
     $1,400,000 in wire transfers from abroad from 1994 through 
     1996. At least $220,000 of this money has been traced into 
     the treasury of the DNC.
       (20) Of the total Mr. Trie received from overseas, $905,000 
     came from Ng Lap Seng, a Macao-based businessman who was 
     Trie's partner and who was also known as Mr. Wu. Mr. Ng is an 
     adviser to the Chinese Communist government. Although he is a 
     foreign national who cannot legally make donations to U.S. 
     campaigns, he gave money through two employees to attend a 
     dinner for big contributors with President Clinton on 
     February 16, 1995.
       (21) Returning to Mr. Wang's visit to the coffee with 
     President Clinton, just four days before the meeting, Mr. 
     Wang's arms trading company received special permission to 
     import 100,000 assault weapons, along with millions of 
     bullets, into the United States despite the assault weapons 
     ban.
       (22) On the day of the coffee, Democratic fund-raiser 
     Ernest G. Green, another Arkansas friend of the President's, 
     delivered a $50,000 donation to the Democratic National 
     Committee. Mr. Green, a managing director at Lehman Brothers, 
     had never before given such a large contribution to the 
     Democratic Party. Mr. Wang used a letter of invitation 
     written by Mr. Green to obtain a visa for Mr. Wang's trip to 
     the White House for coffee. After delivering the check, Mr. 
     Green met with Mr. Wang before Mr. Wang went to the White 
     House.
       (23) Several lengthy reports in the Chicago Tribune and the 
     Washington Post detail the depths of Mr. Wang's international 
     arms dealing activities.
       (24) Beginning in the summer of 1994, Federal agents began 
     an undercover sting investigation of Poly's efforts to 
     smuggle weapons into the United States. On March 8, 1996, 
     just a month after Mr. Wang's visit with President Clinton, 
     the President of Poly's U.S. subsidiary, Robert Ma, sold his 
     house in Atlanta and fled the country.
       (25) On March 18, 1996, Federal agents surreptitiously 
     seized a Poly shipment of 2,000 AK-47 assault rifles in 
     Oakland, California. These weapons had left China on February 
     18 aboard a vessel belonging to another state-owned company, 
     the Chinese Ocean Shipping Company (``COSCO''). Id. In May, 
     Federal agents hastily shut down the operation when they 
     learned that the Chinese had been tipped to its existence. 
     The stories indicate that the Department is currently 
     investigating to determine the source of the leak.
       (26) Smuggling the weapons into the United States has not 
     harmed the fortunes of COSCO. In April 1996, with the support 
     of the Clinton Administration, COSCO signed a lease with the 
     City of Long Beach, California to rent a now defunct navy 
     base in Long Beach, California. In addition, the Clinton 
     Administration has allowed COSCO's ships access to our most 
     sensitive ports with one day's notice rather than the usual 
     four, and it has given COSCO a $138,000,000 loan guarantee to 
     build ships in Alabama. The Administration has made all of 
     these concessions since the coffee with Mr. Wang. That COSCO 
     participated in the shipment of illegal arms does not appear 
     to have dampened the Administration's enthusiasm in any of 
     these matters.
       (27) These circumstances strongly suggest that there was a 
     quid pro quo, and that the contributions from Mr. Chung, Mr. 
     Green, and Mr. Trie, may have come from the Chinese 
     government in return for the various government favors 
     described. The President met directly with the Chinese 
     officials whom Mr. Chung and Mr. Trie brought to the White 
     House, and he knew about the suspicious circumstances of Mr. 
     Trie's donations. If the President knew about a quid pro quo, 
     he may have violated section 201 of title 18, United States 
     Code, and the other statutes cited above.
       (28) Mr. Chung has admitted that a large portion of the 
     money he raised for the Democrats originated with the 
     People's Liberation Army in China. He has identified the 
     conduit as a Chinese aerospace executive, based in Hong Kong, 
     who is also the daughter of General Liu Huaqing, who was 
     China's top military commander at the time.
       (29) Closely related to the allegations concerning the 
     government of the People's Republic of China are the 
     allegations relating to the Lippo Group.
       (30) The Lippo Group (``Lippo'') is a multi-billion dollar 
     real estate and financial conglomerate based in Indonesia. 
     The Riady family, an ethnic Chinese family living in 
     Indonesia, owns and controls Lippo. The patriarch of the 
     Riady family is Mochtar Riady. His son, James, has known 
     President Clinton since the late 1970s when he interned with 
     an investment bank in Little Rock, Arkansas. Since President 
     Clinton began his first presidential campaign in 1991, 
     members of the Riady family and Lippo's subsidiaries and 
     executives have contributed more than $475,000 to the 
     Democratic Party and its candidates. Lippo and the Riady 
     family have numerous business interests in China and Hong 
     Kong.
       (31) In the early 1980s, John Huang, the former Commerce 
     Department official at the center of this controversy, worked 
     for Lippo in Little Rock at the Worthen Bank, in which Lippo 
     had a large stake. In 1986, Mr. Huang moved to Los Angeles to 
     help run the Lippo Bank, which has had a number of problems 
     with banking regulators. In that role, he became Lippo's 
     chief representative in the United States.
       (32) Mr. Huang began raising illegal contributions for the 
     Democratic Party as early as 1992. The recent Senate 
     Governmental Affairs Committee hearings revealed that in 
     August 1992 Huang gave a $50,000 contribution to the DNC 
     through Hip Hing Holdings, a U.S.-based Lippo subsidiary. He 
     then requested and received reimbursement for the 
     contribution from Lippo's Indonesian headquarters. Senator 
     Lieberman said, ``Here's a clear trail of foreign money 
     coming into United States elections.''

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       (33) Maria L. Haley, a presidential aide, recommended Mr. 
     Huang for a job at the Commerce Department in October 1993. 
     In January 1994 while he was still an employee of Lippo, Mr. 
     Huang received a top-secret security clearance without a full 
     background check.
       (34) On July 18, 1994, he became principal deputy assistant 
     secretary for international economic policy in the Department 
     of Commerce. He received a $780,000 severance payment from 
     Lippo. David J. Rothkopf, the deputy undersecretary of 
     commerce, and Jeffrey Garten, the undersecretary, expressed 
     misgivings about Mr. Huang's suitability for the job. In 
     recent Senate testimony, Mr. Garten said that Mr. Huang was 
     ``totally unqualified'' for the job and that ``he should not 
     be involved in China at all.'' Mr. Rothkopf has said his 
     complaints were to no avail and that he ``got the distinct 
     impression that this was a done deal. But it was unclear to 
     me at what level it was done.'' The Riadys have apparently 
     boasted to friends that they placed Huang in the job.
       (35) The Commerce Department now acknowledges that Mr. 
     Huang attended 109 meetings at which classified information 
     might have been discussed. Phone records show that Mr. Huang 
     made at least 70 calls to Lippo during his tenure at the 
     Commerce Department, many of which occurred near the time of 
     the briefings. He had contacts with officials of the Chinese 
     Embassy. Mr. Huang also maintained an office at a private 
     investment firm with Arkansas and Asian ties, Stephens, Inc., 
     where he made numerous phone calls and received faxes and 
     packages during his Commerce tenure.
       (36) Mr. Huang began to raise money illegally before he 
     even left the Commerce Department, and the DNC attributed 
     these donations to his wife. In mid-1995, he expressed an 
     interest in going to the DNC to raise funds. DNC Chairman Don 
     Fowler did not think that the move was necessary and took no 
     action.
       (37) In September 1995, the President and his closest 
     adviser, Bruce Lindsey, met with Mr. Huang, James Riady, and 
     C. Joseph Giroir, a former law partner of Mrs. Clinton's who 
     was close to the Riadys, regarding Mr. Huang's desire to move 
     to the DNC. The President has acknowledged that he had a role 
     in recommending Mr. Huang for the DNC job, and other former 
     Clinton aides with ties to Asia, including Mr. Giroir, 
     apparently mounted a concerted campaign to bring about Mr. 
     Huang's job there. In December 1995, Mr. Huang moved to the 
     DNC with the title finance vice chairman. After Mr. Huang 
     left, his Commerce Department position was eliminated. Id. 
     Strangely, however, Mr. Huang kept his security clearance 
     long after he left the Commerce Department.
       (38) At the DNC, Mr. Huang embarked on an unusual fund-
     raising drive in which he raised $3,400,000. Of that amount, 
     the DNC has identified $1,600,000 as being illegal, improper, 
     or sufficiently suspect that it will be sent back to donors. 
     Many of these donations came from fictitious donors and, in 
     at least one case, a dead person. One of the most egregious 
     examples is the $450,000 donated by Arief and Soraya 
     Wiriadinata. Until December 1995 when they left the country, 
     this couple lived in a modest townhouse in Northern Virginia. 
     Mr. Wiriadinata was a landscape architect, and Mrs. 
     Wiriadinata was a homemaker. Despite these modest 
     circumstances, the couple wrote 23 separate checks to the DNC 
     totaling $425,000 from November 9, 1995 until June 7, 1996. 
     However, Mrs. Wiriadinata is the daughter of Hashim Ning, a 
     partner of the Riadys in owning Lippo. Democratic Party 
     officials had concerns about the legality of Mr. Huang's 
     activities as early as July 1996, but they did not remove him 
     from his job.
       (39) The Wiriadinatas are not the only conduit through 
     which Lippo money apparently benefited the Clintons. Existing 
     Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr is reportedly investigating 
     whether payments that Lippo made to Webster Hubbell were made 
     to buy his silence in the Whitewater investigation. These 
     payments reportedly included paying for a vacation the 
     Hubbell family took to Bali in the summer of 1994.
       (40) One possible quid pro quo for this Lippo money is the 
     possibility that Lippo bought Mr. Huang's position in the 
     Commerce Department as well as the accompanying access to 
     classified information. In addition, during September 1996, 
     the President announced that he was designating 1.7 million 
     acres of Utah wilderness as a national monument. This 
     designation abruptly halted plans to mine the world's largest 
     deposit of clean-burning ``super compliance coal.'' The 
     President made this move with virtually no consultation with 
     people in the affected area of Utah. The second largest 
     deposit of this kind of coal lies in Indonesia, and critics 
     suggest that the designation was made as a reward to Lippo.
       (41) If there was a quid pro quo for Mr. Huang's position 
     at the Department of Commerce, his access to classified 
     information, the designation of the national monument, or all 
     three, then there may have been a violation of section 201 of 
     title 18, United States Code, and the other statutes 
     mentioned above. The President's direct involvement includes 
     his participation in the September 1995 meeting at which Mr. 
     Huang expressed his desire to go to the DNC and his 
     participation in the designation of the national monument.
       (42) On February 20, 1997, the Wall Street Journal reported 
     that a Miami computer executive with close ties to the 
     government of Paraguay had a number of dealings with the 
     White House.
       (43) The computer executive, Mark Jimenez, is a native of 
     the Philippines, and he is a legal resident of the United 
     States. His company, Future Tech International, sells 
     computer parts in Latin America, including Paraguay. He 
     apparently has close ties to the government of Paraguay. 
     Since 1993, Mr. Jimenez and his employees have given over 
     $800,000 to the Democratic Party, the Clinton-Gore campaign, 
     and other private initiatives linked to President Clinton, 
     like the effort to restore the President's birthplace. Mr. 
     Jimenez has visited the White House at least twelve times 
     since April 1994, and on at least seven of these occasions, 
     he met personally with President Clinton.
       (44) The timing of some of these donations strongly 
     suggests that there was a quid pro quo. From February through 
     April 1996, Mr. Jimenez and various officials of the 
     government of Paraguay met in the White House with 
     presidential adviser and former chief of staff, Mack McLarty 
     regarding threats to the government of Paraguay. On March 1, 
     the State Department recommended that Paraguay no longer 
     receive American foreign aid because it had not done enough 
     to stop drug smuggling. President Clinton then issued a 
     waiver allowing the continued aid despite the State 
     Department's finding.
       (45) On April 22, the military of Paraguay attempted a coup 
     against the President of Paraguay, Carlos Wasmosy. The White 
     House allowed President Wasmosy to take refuge in the 
     American embassy in Asuncion and took other steps to support 
     him. The same day, Mr. Jimenez gave $100,000 to the 
     Democratic National Committee.
       (46) In addition, during February 1996, Mr. Jimenez 
     attended one of the now famous White House coffees. Ten days 
     later, he gave another $50,000 to the Democratic National 
     Committee. On September 30, 1996, Mr. Jimenez arranged for a 
     White House tour for a number of business friends who were 
     attending a meeting of the International Monetary Fund. The 
     same day, he sent $75,000 to the Democratic National 
     Committee. The close coincidence of Mr. Jimenez's 
     contributions with the favors he received is highly 
     suspicious. The President's direct involvement includes his 
     calling President Wasmosy to assure him of American support 
     with respect to the coup attempt and his direct participation 
     in the coffee in question. If there was a quid pro quo 
     involved, these incidents may violate section 201, of title 
     18, United States Code, and the other statutes cited above.
       (47) In February, the Washington Post reported that on 
     September 4, 1995, First Lady Hillary Clinton stopped over in 
     Guam on the way to the International Women's Conference in 
     Beijing, China. She ended her visit with a shrimp cocktail 
     buffet hosted by Guam's governor, Carl T. Gutierrez, a 
     Democrat. Three weeks later, a Guam Democratic Party official 
     arrived in Washington with more than $250,000 in campaign 
     contributions. Within six additional months, Governor 
     Gutierrez and a small group of Guam businessmen had produced 
     an additional $132,000 for the Clinton-Gore reelection 
     campaign and $510,000 in soft money for the Democratic 
     National Committee.
       (48) In December 1996, the Administration circulated a memo 
     that would have granted a long sought reversal of the 
     Administration's position on labor and immigration issues in 
     a way that was very favorable to businesses in Guam. The 
     story gave the following reason for this shift: Some 
     officials also attribute the administration's support for the 
     reversal to the money raised for the president's reelection 
     campaign. One senior U.S. official said ``the political 
     side'' of her agency had informed her that the 
     administration's shift was linked to campaign contributions. 
     ``We had always opposed giving Guam authority over its own 
     immigration,'' the official said. ``But when that $600,000 
     was paid, the political side switched.'' United States 
     officials from three other agencies added that they too had 
     been told that the policy shift was linked to money.
       (49) Various published reports discussed below indicate 
     that the President was intimately involved in the details of 
     fundraising for his reelection. As President, he ultimately 
     controls the Administration's policy. Thus, if these 
     assertions prove true, a reasonable mind could reach the 
     conclusion that the President knew about and condoned a 
     direct quid pro quo for these policy changes. If he did so, 
     such a quid pro quo would violate section 201 of title 18, 
     United States Code, and the other statutes.
       (50) At least three criminal statutes address the use of 
     the White House for political purposes. Section 600 of title 
     18, United States Code, prohibits the promising of any 
     government benefit in return for any kind of political 
     support or activity. Section 607 of title 18, United States 
     Code, prohibits the solicitation or receipt of contributions 
     for Federal campaigns in Federal buildings. Section 641 of 
     title 18, United States Code, prohibits the conversion of 
     government property to personal use.
       (51) During January 1995, President Clinton authorized a 
     plan under which the Democratic National Committee would hold 
     fund-raising coffees and sleepovers in the White House. 
     During 1995 and 1996, the White House held 103 of the 
     coffees. To quote the New York Times, ``[t]he documents 
     [released by the White House] themselves make explicit that 
     the coffees were fund-raising vehicles * * * [they] also make 
     clear that the Democratic National Committee was virtually 
     being run out of the Clinton White House despite the 
     President's initial efforts after the

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     election to draw a distinction between his own campaign 
     organization and the committee.'' The Los Angeles Times said: 
     ``The result [of the coffees] was not only lucrative, 
     according to some involved, but occasionally bizarre--
     sometimes the political equivalent of the bar scene in the 
     film `Star Wars.' The president and vice president were 
     surrounded by rotating casts of rich strangers with unknown 
     motives or backgrounds, including some from faraway places 
     who didn't speak the same language.''
       (52) These reports indicate that Democratic Party 
     fundraising staff have said in interviews that they directly 
     sold access to the President and Vice President at the 
     coffees. The New York Times quoted a Democratic fund-raiser's 
     response to a White House denial that there was a requirement 
     for a coffee participant to make a contribution as: ``I don't 
     understand why they continue to deny the obvious.'' The Los 
     Angeles Times quoted a fund-raiser as saying: ``I can't count 
     the number of times I heard, `Tell them they can come to a 
     coffee with the President for $50,000.' It was routine. In 
     fact, when [staffers] said, `This is all I can raise,' they 
     were told, `Keep selling the coffees.' ''
       (53) In short, these reports make it obvious that the 
     coffees, which President Clinton directly authorized, were 
     nothing but fundraising events. According to the New York 
     Times, the Democratic National Committee raised $27,000,000 
     from 350 people who attended White House coffees.
       (54) President Clinton also entertained 938 overnight 
     guests in the White House during his first term. This, too, 
     became a means of fund-raising. When the original plan to 
     hold coffees was suggested to the President, he not only 
     approved it, but also originated the idea of the overnight 
     visits. On the memo suggesting the plan, he wrote, ``Ready to 
     start overnights right away * * * get other names at 100,000 
     or more, 50,000 or more.'' The New York Times reports that 
     these guests donated $10,210,840 to the Democratic Party from 
     1992 through 1996. The New York Times said about the 
     President's notation: ``The memorandum to Mr. Clinton and the 
     response from the President show Mr. Clinton's direct 
     involvement in authorizing the fund-raising practices that 
     are now under scrutiny by Congressional and Justice 
     Department investigators.''
       (55) At least one document the White House has recently 
     released strongly suggests that President Clinton made 
     telephone solicitations from the White House. The document, 
     written by Vice President Gore's deputy chief of staff, David 
     Strauss, contained the notation, ``BC made 15 to 20 calls, 
     raised 500K.'' Other documents indicate that presidential 
     adviser Harold Ickes also proposed that President Clinton 
     make fund-raising calls. President Clinton has said that he 
     cannot remember whether he made the calls. If President 
     Clinton made these calls from the White House, he may have 
     violated section 607 of title 18, United States Code.
       (56) The circumstances of the coffees, the sleepovers, and 
     the possible telephone calls strongly suggest that the 
     President may have violated the following provisions of title 
     18, United States Code: (1) Section 600 (by promising 
     government access in return for campaign contributions). (2) 
     Section 607 (by soliciting campaign contributions in Federal 
     buildings). (3) Section 641 (by converting Federal property, 
     the White House, to his own private use).
       (57) Under the independent counsel statute (28 U.S.C. 
     591(b)(1)), the Vice President is a covered person. Based on 
     published reports, the Attorney General has sufficient 
     grounds to investigate whether Vice President Gore may have 
     violated Federal criminal law.
       (58) On April 29, 1996, Vice President Gore attended a 
     fund-raiser at the Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple in Hacienda 
     Heights, California. This fund-raiser, organized by John 
     Huang, brought in $140,000 for the Democratic National 
     Committee. When the event first came to public attention, the 
     Vice President claimed that the event was intended as 
     ``community outreach'' and that ``[i]t was not billed as a 
     fund-raiser'' and ``no money was offered or collected or 
     raised''. The Vice President made this claim notwithstanding 
     reports that checks changed hands at the event and that 
     virtually everyone else involved thought the event was an 
     explicit fund-raiser.
       (59) In January 1997, the Vice President admitted that he 
     knew the event was ``a finance-related event.'' A month 
     later, documents released by the White House revealed that 
     the Vice President's staff had referred to the event as a 
     fund-raiser in making inquiries to the National Security 
     Council staff about the appropriateness of the event. The 
     National Security Council advised that he should proceed with 
     ``great, great caution'', but the Vice President proceeded to 
     go forward with the fund-raiser. This event is apparently now 
     under investigation by a Federal grand jury.
       (60) Hsi Lai Temple, if it is like most religious 
     organizations, is a tax-exempt organization under section 
     501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. If that is so, it may 
     not ``participate in, or intervene in (including the 
     publishing or distributing of statements), any political 
     campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for 
     public office.'' (section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986). By holding such an obviously political event, 
     the Temple violated its tax exempt status, and Vice President 
     Gore actively and enthusiastically participated in that 
     violation. That action may violate section 371 of title 18, 
     United States Code, as a conspiracy to defraud the United 
     States by interfering with the functions of the Internal 
     Revenue Service, and section 7201 of the Internal Revenue 
     Code of 1986, as an evasion of the income tax.
       (61) On March 2, 1997, the Washington Post reported that 
     Vice President Gore ``played the central role in soliciting 
     millions of dollars in campaign money for the Democratic 
     Party during the 1996 election'' and that he was known as the 
     administration's ``solicitor-in-chief''. The next day, Vice 
     President Gore held a nationally televised press conference 
     in which he admitted making numerous calls from the White 
     House in which he solicited campaign contributions. He said 
     that he made these phone calls with a DNC credit card. His 
     spokesman later clarified that the card that he used belonged 
     to the Clinton-Gore reelection campaign (statement of Vice 
     Presidential Communications Director Lorraine Voles, dated 
     March 5, 1997). The use of the Clinton-Gore credit card 
     suggests that the solicitations were for ``hard money'' which 
     goes to campaigns rather than ``soft money'' which goes to 
     parties.
       (62) Documents that the White House has only recently 
     released reveal that Vice President Gore made 86 fundraising 
     calls from his White House Office. More disturbingly, these 
     new records reveal that Vice President Gore made twenty of 
     these calls at taxpayer expense. This use of taxpayer 
     resources for private political uses may violate section 641 
     of title 18, United States Code, (converting government 
     property to personal use).
       (63) On its face, the conduct to which Vice President Gore 
     admitted appears to be a clear violation of section 607 of 
     title 18, United States Code. Section 607 of such title makes 
     it unlawful for ``any person to solicit * * * any [campaign] 
     contribution * * * in any room or building occupied in the 
     discharge of official [government] duties * * * ''.
       (64) Recent reports have completely undermined these two 
     claims with respect to the calls that Vice President Gore 
     made. The Washington Post on September 3, 1997, reported that 
     at least $120,000 of the money he solicited from his office 
     was ``hard money.''. As the story notes, ``The [hard] money 
     came from at least eight of 46 donors the vice president 
     telephoned from his White House office to ask for 
     contributions to the Democratic National Committee, according 
     to records released by Gore's office.'' The American people 
     should be are deeply troubled by the length of time it took 
     for these records, which have apparently been under Vice 
     President Gore's control, to come to public light. With 
     respect to the second claim, no person has made any claim 
     that Vice President Gore made these calls from any place 
     other than his office, an area clearly covered under section 
     607 of title 18, United States Code, as a ``room or building 
     occupied in the discharge of official [government] duties.''
       (65) The Washington Post also asserted that Vice President 
     Gore made the telephone solicitations ``with an urgency and 
     directness that several large Democratic donors said they 
     found heavy-handed and inappropriate.'' The story quoted two 
     donors as follows: ``Another donor recalled Gore phoning and 
     saying, `I've been tasked with raising $2,000,000 by the end 
     of the week, and you're on my list.' The donor, a well-known 
     business figure who declined to allow his name to be used, 
     gave about $100,000 to the DNC. The donor said he felt 
     pressured by the Vice President's sales pitch. `It's 
     revolting,' said the donor, a longtime Gore friend and 
     supporter. Yet another major business figure and donor who 
     was solicited by Gore, and who refused to be identified, 
     said, `There were elements of a shakedown in the call. It was 
     very awkward. For a Vice President, particularly this Vice 
     President who has real power and is the heir apparent, to ask 
     for money gave me no choice. I have so much business that 
     touches on the Federal Government--the Telecommunications 
     Act, tax policy, regulations galore.' The donor said he 
     immediately sent a check for $100,000 to the DNC.''.
       (66) Although the Vice President may legally solicit 
     campaign contributions, it is not legal to exert pressure 
     based on government actions. The bribery statute (section 
     201(b)(2) of title 18, United States Code) provides that a 
     public official may not ``directly or indirectly, corruptly 
     demand[], [or] seek[], * * * anything of value personally or 
     for any other person or entity, in return for: (A) being 
     influenced in the performance of any official act; * * * '' 
     In addition, section 872 of title 18, United States Code, 
     prohibits government officials from engaging in acts of 
     extortion. Through the use of untoward pressure, the Vice 
     President may have violated these statutes.
       (67) Sufficient specific and credible evidence exists to 
     warrant a preliminary investigation under the independent 
     counsel statute.
       (68) The fund-raising disclosures have blown up into the 
     biggest scandal in the United States since Watergate.
       (69) This situation is paralyzing the President, 
     preoccupying Congress and fueling public cynicism about our 
     political system.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     Attorney General Reno should apply immediately for the 
     appointment of an independent counsel to investigate alleged 
     criminal conduct relating to the financing of the 1996 
     Federal elections.

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           (Voter eligibility verification system; H.R. 1428)


  Amendment Offered by Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania To the Amendments 
                          Offered by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

            TITLE __--VOTER ELIGIBILITY CONFIRMATION PROGRAM

     SEC. __01. VOTER ELIGIBILITY PILOT CONFIRMATION PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--The Attorney General, in consultation with 
     the Commissioner of Social Security, shall establish a pilot 
     program to test a confirmation system through which they--
       (1) respond to inquiries, made by State and local officials 
     (including voting registrars) with responsibility for 
     determining an individual's qualification to vote in a 
     Federal, State, or local election, to verify the citizenship 
     of an individual who has submitted a voter registration 
     application, and
       (2) maintain such records of the inquiries made and 
     verifications provided as may be necessary for pilot program 
     evaluation.
     In order to make an inquiry through the pilot program with 
     respect to an individual, an election official shall provide 
     the name, date of birth, and social security account number 
     of the individual.
       (b) Initial Response.--The pilot program shall provide for 
     a confirmation or a tentative nonconfirmation of an 
     individual's citizenship by the Commissioner of Social 
     Security as soon as practicable after an initial inquiry to 
     the Commissioner.
       (c) Secondary Verification Process in Case of Tentative 
     Nonconfirmation.--In cases of tentative nonconfirmation, the 
     Attorney General shall specify, in consultation with the 
     Commissioner of Social Security and the Commissioner of the 
     Immigration and Naturalization Service, an available 
     secondary verification process to confirm the validity of 
     information provided and to provide a final confirmation or 
     nonconfirmation as soon as practicable after the date of the 
     tentative nonconfirmation.
       (d) Design and Operation of Pilot Program.--
       (1) In general.--The pilot program shall be designed and 
     operated--
       (A) to apply in, at a minimum, the States of California, 
     New York, Texas, Florida, and Illinois;
       (B) to be used on a voluntary basis, as a supplementary 
     information source, by State and local election officials for 
     the purpose of assessing, through citizenship verification, 
     the eligibility of an individual to vote in Federal, State, 
     or local elections;
       (C) to respond to an inquiry concerning citizenship only in 
     a case where determining whether an individual is a citizen 
     is--
       (i) necessary for determining whether the individual is 
     eligible to vote in an election for Federal, State, or local 
     office; and
       (ii) part of a program or activity to protect the integrity 
     of the electoral process that is uniform, nondiscriminatory, 
     and in compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 
     U.S.C. 1973 et seq.);
       (D) to maximize its reliability and ease of use, consistent 
     with insulating and protecting the privacy and security of 
     the underlying information;
       (E) to permit inquiries to be made to the pilot program 
     through a toll-free telephone line or other toll-free 
     electronic media;
       (F) subject to subparagraph (I), to respond to all 
     inquiries made by authorized persons and to register all 
     times when the pilot program is not responding to inquiries 
     because of a malfunction;
       (G) with appropriate administrative, technical, and 
     physical safeguards to prevent unauthorized disclosure of 
     personal information, including violations of the 
     requirements of section 205(c)(2)(C)(viii) of the Social 
     Security Act;
       (H) to have reasonable safeguards against the pilot 
     program's resulting in unlawful discriminatory practices 
     based on national origin or citizenship status, including the 
     selective or unauthorized use of the pilot program.
       (2) Use of employment eligibility confirmation system.--To 
     the extent practicable, in establishing the confirmation 
     system under this section, the Attorney General, in 
     consultation with the Commissioner of Social Security, shall 
     use the employment eligibility confirmation system 
     established under section 404 of the Illegal Immigration 
     Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Public Law 
     104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-664).
       (e) Responsibilities of the Commissioner of Social 
     Security.--As part of the pilot program, the Commissioner of 
     Social Security shall establish a reliable, secure method 
     which compares the name, date of birth, and social security 
     account number provided in an inquiry against such 
     information maintained by the Commissioner, in order to 
     confirm (or not confirm) the correspondence of the name, date 
     of birth, and number provided and whether the individual is 
     shown as a citizen of the United States on the records 
     maintained by the Commissioner (including whether such 
     records show that the individual was born in the United 
     States). The Commissioner shall not disclose or release 
     social security information (other than such confirmation or 
     nonconfirmation).
       (f) Responsibilities of the Commissioner of the Immigration 
     and Naturalization Service.--As part of the pilot program, 
     the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization 
     Service shall establish a reliable, secure method which 
     compares the name and date of birth which are provided in an 
     inquiry against information maintained by the Commissioner in 
     order to confirm (or not confirm) the validity of the 
     information provided, the correspondence of the name and date 
     of birth, and whether the individual is a citizen of the 
     United States.
       (g) Updating Information.--The Commissioner of Social 
     Security and the Commissioner of the Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service shall update their information in a 
     manner that promotes the maximum accuracy and shall provide a 
     process for the prompt correction of erroneous information, 
     including instances in which it is brought to their attention 
     in the secondary verification process described in subsection 
     (c) or in any action by an individual to use the process 
     provided under this subsection upon receipt of notification 
     from an election official under subsection (i).
       (h) Limitation on Use of the Pilot Program and Any Related 
     Systems.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, nothing in this section shall be construed to permit or 
     allow any department, bureau, or other agency of the United 
     States Government to utilize any information, data base, or 
     other records assembled under this section for any other 
     purpose other than as provided for under this section.
       (2) No national identification card.--Nothing in this 
     section shall be construed to authorize, directly or 
     indirectly, the issuance or use of national identification 
     cards or the establishment of a national identification card.
       (3) No new data bases.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to authorize, directly or indirectly, the Attorney 
     General and the Commissioner of Social Security to create any 
     joint computer data base that is not in existence on the date 
     of the enactment of this Act.
       (i) Actions by Election Officials Unable to Confirm 
     Citizenship.--
       (1) In general.--If an election official receives a notice 
     of final nonconfirmation under subsection (c) with respect to 
     an individual, the official--
       (A) shall notify the individual in writing; and
       (B) shall inform the individual in writing of the 
     individual's right to use--
       (i) the process provided under subsection (g) for the 
     prompt correction of erroneous information in the pilot 
     program; or
       (ii) any other process for establishing eligibility to vote 
     provided under State or Federal law.
       (2) Registration applicants.--In the case of an individual 
     who is an applicant for voter registration, and who receives 
     a notice from an official under paragraph (1), the official 
     may (subject to, and in a manner consistent with, State law) 
     reject the application (subject to the right to reapply), but 
     only if the following conditions have been satisfied:
       (A) The 30-day period beginning on the date the notice was 
     mailed or otherwise provided to the individual has elapsed.
       (B) During such 30-day period, the official did not receive 
     adequate confirmation of the citizenship of the individual 
     from--
       (i) a source other than the pilot program established under 
     this section; or
       (ii) such pilot program, pursuant to a new inquiry to the 
     pilot program made by the official upon receipt of 
     information (from the individual or through any other 
     reliable source) that erroneous or incomplete material 
     information previously in the pilot program has been updated, 
     supplemented, or corrected.
       (3) Ineligible voter removal programs.--In the case of an 
     individual who is registered to vote, and who receives a 
     notice from an official under paragraph (1) in connection 
     with a program to remove the names of ineligible voters from 
     an official list of eligible voters, the official may 
     (subject to, and in a manner consistent with, State law) 
     remove the name of the individual from the list (subject to 
     the right to submit another voter registration application), 
     but only if the following conditions have been satisfied:
       (A) The 30-day period beginning on the date the notice was 
     mailed or otherwise provided to the individual has elapsed.
       (B) During such 30-day period, the official did not receive 
     adequate confirmation of the citizenship of the individual 
     from a source described in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph 
     (2)(B).
       (j) Authority to Use Social Security Account Numbers.--Any 
     State (or political subdivision thereof) may, for the purpose 
     of making inquiries under the pilot program in the 
     administration of any voter registration law within its 
     jurisdiction, use the social security account numbers issued 
     by the Commissioner of Social Security, and may, for such 
     purpose, require any individual who is or appears to be 
     affected by a voter registration law of such State (or 
     political subdivision thereof) to furnish to such State (or 
     political subdivision thereof) or any agency thereof having 
     administrative responsibility for such law, the social 
     security account number (or numbers, if the individual has 
     more than one such number) issued to the individual by the 
     Commissioner.
       (k) Termination and Report.--The pilot program shall 
     terminate September 30, 2001. The Attorney General and the 
     Commissioner of Social Security shall each submit to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Ways and 
     Means of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on 
     the Judiciary and the Committee on Finance of the Senate 
     reports on the pilot program

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     not later than December 31, 2001. Such reports shall--
       (1) assess the degree of fraudulent attesting of United 
     States citizenship in jurisdictions covered by the pilot 
     program;
       (2) assess the appropriate staffing and funding levels 
     which would be required for full, permanent, and nationwide 
     implementation of the pilot program, including the estimated 
     total cost for national implementation per individual record;
       (3) include an assessment by the Commissioner of Social 
     Security of the advisability and ramifications of disclosure 
     of social security account numbers to the extent provided for 
     under the pilot program and upon full, permanent, and 
     nationwide implementation of the pilot program;
       (4) assess the degree to which the records maintained by 
     the Commissioner of Social Security and the Commissioner of 
     the Immigration and Naturalization Service are able to be 
     used to reliably determine the citizenship of individuals who 
     have submitted voter registration applications;
       (5) assess the effectiveness of the pilot program's 
     safeguards against unlawful discriminatory practices;
       (6) include recommendations on whether or not the pilot 
     program should be continued or modified; and
       (7) include such other information as the Attorney General 
     or the Commissioner of Social Security may determine to be 
     relevant.

     SEC. __02. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department 
     of Justice, for the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
     for fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1998, such 
     sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this 
     title.
                                  ____


                 (Citizenship verification for voters)


 Amendment Offered by Mr. Barr of Georgia To the Amendments Offered by 
                               Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:
             TITLE __--CITIZENSHIP VERIFICATION FOR VOTING

     SEC. __01. REQUIRING VOTERS TO PROVIDE PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP.

       Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 
     (42 U.S.C. 1973gg-6) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (k); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(i) Requiring Voters to Provide Proof of Citizenship.--A 
     State may not provide any individual with a ballot for voting 
     in an election for Federal office unless the individual 
     provides the State election official involved with 
     verification of the individual's status as a citizen of the 
     United States, including--
       ``(1) the city, State or province (if any), and nation of 
     the individual's birth; and
       ``(2) if the individual is a naturalized citizen of the 
     United States, the date on which the individual was admitted 
     to citizenship and the location where the admission to 
     citizenship occurred (if applicable).''.
                                  ____


                (Prohibiting bilingual voting materials)


 Amendment Offered by Mr. Barr of Georgia To the Amendments Offered by 
                               Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:
            TITLE  --PROHIBITING BILINGUAL VOTING MATERIALS

     SEC.  01. PROHIBITING USE OF BILINGUAL VOTING MATERIALS.

       (a) Prohibition.--
       (1) In general.--No State may provide voting materials in 
     any language other than English.
       (2) Voting materials defined.--In this subsection, the term 
     ``voting materials'' means registration or voting notices, 
     forms, instructions, assistance, or other materials or 
     information relating to the electoral process, including 
     ballots.
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--The Voting Rights Act of 1965 
     is amended--
       (1) by striking section 203 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa--la);
       (2) in section 204 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa-2), by striking ``, or 
     203''; and
       (3) in section 205 (42 U.S.C. 1973aa-3), by striking ``, 
     202, or 203'' and inserting ``or 202''.
                                  ____


 (Expulsion of House members convicted of receiving prohibited foreign 
                             contributions)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Traficant of Ohio To the Amendments Offered by 
                               Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

  TITLE __--EXPULSION PROCEEDINGS FOR HOUSE MEMBERS RECEIVING FOREIGN 
                             CONTRIBUTIONS

     SEC. __01. PERMITTING CONSIDERATION OF PRIVILEGED MOTION TO 
                   EXPEL HOUSE MEMBER ACCEPTING ILLEGAL FOREIGN 
                   CONTRIBUTION.

       (a) In General.--If a Member of the House of 
     Representatives is convicted of a violation of section 319 of 
     the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (or any successor 
     provision prohibiting the solicitation, receipt, or 
     acceptance of a contribution from a foreign national), it 
     shall be in order in the House at any time after the fifth 
     legislative day following the date on which the Member is 
     convicted to move to expel the Member from the House of 
     Representatives. A motion to expel a Member under the 
     authority of this subsection shall be highly privileged. An 
     amendment to the motion shall not be in order, and it shall 
     not be in order to move to reconsider the vote by which the 
     motion was agreed to or disagreed to.
       (b) Exercise of Rulemaking Authority.--This section is 
     enacted by Congress--
       (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the House of 
     Representatives, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules 
     of the House of Representatives, and it supersedes other 
     rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent therewith; 
     and
       (2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of 
     the House of Representatives to change the rule at any time, 
     in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of 
     any other rule of the House of Representatives.
                                  ____


 (To provide that background music shall not be taken into account in 
   determining whether a communication constitutes express advocacy)


  Amendment offered by Mr. DeLay to the Amendment offered by Mr. Shays

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . EXPRESS ADVOCACY DETERMINED WITHOUT REGARD TO 
                   BACKGROUND MUSIC.

       Section 301 (2 U.S.C. 431) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new paragraph:
       ``(20) In determining whether any communication by 
     television or radio broadcast constitutes express advocacy 
     for purposes of this Act, there shall not be taken into 
     account any background music used in such broadcast.''
                                  ____



Amendment offered by Mr. DeLay to the Amendment Offered By Mr. Shays or 
                               Mr. Meehan

       Amendment No. 84 In section 301(8) of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by section 205(a)(1)(B) of 
     the substitute, add at the end the following:
       (F) For purposes of subparagraph (C), no communication with 
     a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives 
     (including the staff of a Senator or Member) regarding any 
     pending legislative matter, regarding the position of any 
     Senator or Member on such manner, may be construed to 
     establish coordination with a candidate.
                                  ____



amendment #27 has been withdrawn by the author
                                  ____


Amendment offered by Mr. DeLay to the Amendment Offered By Mr. Shays or 
                               Mr. Meehan

       Amendment No. 83. In section 301(8)(C) of the Federal 
     Election Campaign Act of 1971, as added by section 
     205(a)(1)(B) of the substitute, strike clause (vi) and 
     redesignate clauses (viii) through (x) as clauses (vi) 
     through (ix).
                                  ____



Amendment offered by Mr. DeLay to the Amendment Offered By Mr. Shays or 
                               Mr. Meehan

       Amendment No. 84. In section 301(8) of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by section 205(a)(1)(B) of 
     the substitute, add at the end the following:
       (F) For purposes of subparagraph (C), no communication with 
     a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives 
     (including the staff of a Senator or Member) regarding any 
     pending legislative matter, including any survey, 
     questionnaire, or written communication soliciting or 
     providing information regarding the position of any Senator 
     or Member on such manner, may be construed to establish 
     coordination with a candidate.
                                  ____


         (Prohibition against fundraising on Federal property)


   Amendment Offered by Mr. Gutknecht of Minnesota To the Amendments 
                          Offered by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

         TITLE __--PROHIBITING FUNDRAISING ON FEDERAL PROPERTY

     SEC. __01. PROHIBITION AGAINST POLITICAL FUNDRAISING ON 
                   FEDERAL PROPERTY.

       Section 607 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by 
     striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:
       ``(a) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful for any persons to 
     solicit or receive a donation of money or other thing of 
     value for a political committee or a candidate for Federal, 
     State, or local office from a person who is located in a room 
     or building, including by not limited to the White House, 
     occupied in the discharge of official duties by an officer or 
     employee of the United States. An individual who is an 
     officer or employee of the Federal Government, including the 
     President, Vice President, and Members of Congress, shall not 
     solicit a donation of money or other thing of value for a 
     political committee or candidate for Federal, State, or local 
     office, while in any room or building, including but not 
     limited to the White House, occupied in the discharge of 
     official duties by an officer or employee of the United 
     States, from any person.''.

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                                  ____
    (Replace Beck codification with paycheck protection provisions)


  Amendment Offered by Mr. Bob Schaffer of Colorado To the Amendment 
                   Offered by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Strike section 501 and insert the following (and conform 
     the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 501. PROHIBITING INVOLUNTARY ASSESSMENT OF EMPLOYEE 
                   FUNDS FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.

       (a) In General.--Section 316 of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new subsection:
       ``(c)(1) Except with the separate, prior, written, 
     voluntary authorization of each individual, it shall be 
     unlawful--
       ``(A) for any national bank or corporation described in 
     this section to collect from or assess its stockholders or 
     employees any dues, initiation fee, or other payment as a 
     condition of employment if any part of such dues, fee, or 
     payment will be used for political activity in which the 
     national bank or corporation is engaged; and
       ``(B) for any labor organization described in this section 
     to collect from or assess its members or nonmembers any dues, 
     initiation fee, or other payment if any part of such dues, 
     fee, or payment will be used for political activity in which 
     the labor organization is engaged.
       ``(2) An authorization described in paragraph (1) shall 
     remain in effect until revoked and may be revoked at any 
     time. Each entity collecting from or assessing amounts from 
     an individual with an authorization in effect under such 
     paragraph shall provide the individual with a statement that 
     the individual may at any time revoke the authorization.
       ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `political 
     activity' means any activity carried out for the purpose of 
     influencing (in whole or in part) any election for Federal 
     office or educating individuals about candidates for election 
     for Federal office or any Federal legislation, law, or 
     regulations.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to amounts collected or assessed on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
                                  ____


       (Reduced postage rates for principal campaign committees)


 Amendment Offered by Mr. Horn of California To the Amendments Offered 
                              by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:
                    TITLE __--REDUCED POSTAGE RATES

     SEC. __01. REDUCED POSTAGE RATES FOR PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN 
                   COMMITTEES OF CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES.

       (a) In General.--Section 3626(e)(2)(A) of title 39, United 
     States Code, is amended by striking ``and the National 
     Republican Congressional Committee'' and inserting ``the 
     National Republican Congressional Committee, and the 
     principal campaign committee of a candidate for election for 
     the office of Senator or Representative in or Delegate or 
     Resident Commissioner to the Congress''.
       (b) Limiting Reduced Rate to Two Pieces of Mail Per 
     Registered Voter.--Section 3626(e)(1) of such title is 
     amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
     following: ``, except that in the case of a committee which 
     is a principal campaign committee such rates shall apply only 
     with respect to the election cycle involved and only to a 
     number of pieces equal to the product of 2 times the number 
     (as determined by the Postmaster General) of addresses (other 
     than business possible delivery stops) in the congressional 
     district involved (or, in the case of a committee of a 
     candidate for election for the office of Senator, in the 
     State involved).''.
       (c) Principal Campaign Committee Defined.--Section 
     3626(e)(2) of such title is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (B);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) 
     and inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(D) the term `principal campaign committee' has the 
     meaning given such term in section 301(5) of the Federal 
     Election Campaign Act of 1971.''.
                                  ____


          (Limitation on contributions from PACs and parties)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Upton of Michigan To the Amendment Offered by 
                        Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end of title I the following new section (and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 104. LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PERSONS OTHER THAN 
                   INDIVIDUALS.

       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 Senator or 
     Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
     the Congress may not accept contributions with respect to a 
     reporting period for an election from persons other than 
     individuals totaling in excess of the total of contributions 
     accepted from individuals.''.
                                  ____


          (Penalty for violation of foreign contribution ban)


   Amendment Offered by Mr. Nick Smith of Michigan To the Amendments 
                          Offered by Mr. Shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

      TITLE __--PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF FOREIGN CONTRIBUTION BAN

     SEC. __01. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF PROHIBITION AGAINST 
                   FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 319 of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(b) Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be 
     sentenced to a term of imprisonment which may not be less 
     than 5 years or more than 20 years, fined in an amount not to 
     exceed $1,000,000, or both.''.
       (b) 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.
                                  ____


          (Expedited review of allegations of FECA violations)


amendment offered by mr. shadegg of arizona to the amendment offered by 
                        mr. shays or mr. meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end of title V the following new section (and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 510. EXPEDITED COURT REVIEW OF CERTAIN ALLEGED 
                   VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF 
                   1971.

       (a) In General.--Section 309 of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(d)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     section, if a candidate (or the candidate's authorized 
     committee) believes that a violation described in paragraph 
     (2) has been committed with respect to an election during the 
     90-day period preceding the date of the election, the 
     candidate or committee may institute a civil action on behalf 
     of the Commission for relief (including injunctive relief) 
     against the alleged violator in the same manner and under the 
     same terms and conditions as an action instituted by the 
     Commission under subsection (a)(6), except that the court 
     involved shall issue a decision regarding the action as soon 
     as practicable after the action is instituted and to the 
     greatest extent possible issue the decision prior to the date 
     of the election involved.
       ``(2) A violation described in this paragraph is a 
     violation of this Act or of chapter 95 or chapter 96 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 relating to--
       ``(A) whether a contribution is in excess of an applicable 
     limit or is otherwise prohibited under this Act; or
       ``(B) whether an expenditure is an independent expenditure 
     under section 301(17).''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to elections occurring after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
                                  ____



amendment offered by mr. delay to the amendment offered by mr. shays or 
                               mr. meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Strike section 301(20)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971, as added by section 201(b) of the substitute, 
     and insert the following:
       ``(B) Nonapplication to publications on voting records.--
     The term `express advocacy' shall not apply with respect to 
     any printed communication which provides information or 
     commentary on the voting record of, or positions on issues 
     taken by, any individual holding Federal office or any 
     candidate for election for Federal office, unless the 
     communication contains explicit words expressly urging a vote 
     for or against any identified candidate or political 
     party.''.
                                  ____


  (Requiring majority of House candidate funds to come from in-State 
                         individual residents)


 Amendment Offered by Mr. Shaw of Florida to the Amendment Offered by 
                        Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end of title V the following new section (and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 510. REQUIRING MAJORITY OF AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS 
                   ACCEPTED BY HOUSE CANDIDATES TO COME FROM IN-
                   STATE 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)(1) With respect to each reporting period for an 
     election, the total of contributions accepted by a candidate 
     for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
     Commissioner to, the Congress from in-State individual 
     residents shall be at least 50 percent of the total of 
     contributions accepted from all sources.
       ``(2) As used in this subsection, the term `in-State 
     individual resident' means an individual who resides in the 
     State in which the congressional district involved is 
     located.''.

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                                  ____
         (Expedited consideration of constitutional amendment)


Amendment Offered by Ms. Kaptur of Ohio To the Amendment Offered by Mr. 
                          Shays or Mr. Meehan

                        (Substitute for HR 2183)

       Insert after section 602 the following new section (and 
     redesignate the succeeding provisions and conform the table 
     of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 603. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL 
                   AMENDMENT.

       (a) In General.--If any provision of this Act or any 
     amendment made by this Act is found unconstitutional by the 
     Supreme Court, the provisions of section 2908 (other than 
     subsection (a)) of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
     Act of 1990 shall apply to the consideration of a joint 
     resolution described in subsection (c) in the same manner as 
     such provisions apply to a joint resolution described in 
     section 2908(a) of such Act.
       (b) Special Rules.--For purposes of applying subsection (a) 
     with respect to such provisions, the following rules shall 
     apply:
       (1) Any reference to the Committee on Armed Services of the 
     House of Representatives shall be deemed a reference to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives 
     and any reference to the Committee on Armed Services of the 
     Senate shall be deemed a reference to the Committee on the 
     Judiciary of the Senate.
       (2) Any reference to the date on which the President 
     transmits a report shall be deemed a reference to the date on 
     which the Supreme Court finds a provision of this Act or an 
     amendment made by this Act unconstitutional.
       (c) Constitutional Amendment Described.--For purposes of 
     subsection (a), a joint resolution described in this section 
     is a joint resolution proposing the following text as an 
     amendment to the Constitution of the United States:

                              ``Article --

       ``Section 1. Congress shall have power to set reasonable 
     limits on expenditures made in support of or in opposition to 
     the nomination or election of any person to Federal office.
       ``Sec. 2. Each State shall have power to set reasonable 
     limits on expenditures made in support of or in opposition to 
     the nomination or election of any person to State office.
       ``Sec. 3. Congress shall have power to enforce this article 
     by appropriate legislation.''.
                                  ____


          (Restrictions on and regulation of foreign lobbying)


Amendment Offered by Ms. Kaptur of Ohio To the Amendment Offered by Mr. 
                          Shays or Mr. Meehan

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

                  TITLE __--ETHICS IN FOREIGN LOBBYING

     SEC. __01. PROHIBITION OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES BY 
                   MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEES OR SEPARATE 
                   SEGREGATED FUNDS SPONSORED BY FOREIGN-
                   CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS.

       Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 441 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new section:


   ``prohibition of contributions and expenditures by multicandidate 
 political committees sponsored by foreign-controlled corporations and 
                              associations

       ``Sec. 323. (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law--
       ``(1) no multicandidate political committee or separate 
     segregated fund of a foreign-controlled corporation may make 
     any contribution or expenditure with respect to an election 
     for Federal office; and
       ``(2) no multicandidate political committee or separate 
     segregated fund of a trade organization, membership 
     organization, cooperative, or corporation without capital 
     stock may make any contribution or expenditure with respect 
     to an election for Federal office if 50 percent or more of 
     the operating fund of the trade organization, membership 
     organization, cooperative, or corporation without capital 
     stock is supplied by foreign-controlled corporations or 
     foreign nationals.
       ``(b) Information Required to Be Reported.--The Commission 
     shall--
       ``(1) require each multicandidate political committee or 
     separate segregated fund of a corporation to include in the 
     statement of organization of the multicandidate political 
     committee or separate segregated fund a statement (to be 
     updated annually and at any time when the percentage goes 
     above or below 50 percent) of the percentage of ownership 
     interest in the corporation that is controlled by persons 
     other than citizens or nationals of the United States;
       ``(2) require each trade association, membership 
     organization, cooperative, or corporation without capital 
     stock to include in its statement of organization of the 
     multicandidate political committee or separate segregated 
     fund (and update annually) the percentage of its operating 
     fund that is derived from foreign-owned corporations and 
     foreign nationals; and
       ``(3) take such action as may be necessary to enforce 
     subsection (a).
       ``(c) List of Entities Filing Reports.--The Commission 
     shall maintain a list of the identity of the multicandidate 
     political committees or separate segregated funds that file 
     reports under subsection (b), including a statement of the 
     amounts and percentage reported by such multicandidate 
     political committees or separate segregated funds.
       ``(d) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       ``(1) the term `foreign-owned corporation' means a 
     corporation at least 50 percent of the ownership interest of 
     which is controlled by persons other than citizens or 
     nationals of the United States;
       ``(2) the term `multicandidate political committee' has the 
     meaning given that term in section 315(a)(4);
       ``(3) the term `separate segregated fund' means a separate 
     segregated fund referred to in section 316(b)(2)(C); and
       ``(4) the term `foreign national' has the meaning given 
     that term in section 319.''.

     SEC. __02. PROHIBITION OF CERTAIN ELECTION-RELATED ACTIVITIES 
                   OF FOREIGN NATIONALS.

       Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 441e) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:
       ``(c) A foreign national shall not direct, dictate, 
     control, or directly or indirectly participate in the 
     decisionmaking process of any person, such as a corporation, 
     labor organization, or political committee, with regard to 
     such person's Federal or non-Federal election-related 
     activities, such as decisions concerning the making of 
     contributions or expenditures in connection with elections 
     for any local, State, or Federal office or decisions 
     concerning the administration of a political committee.''.

     SEC. __03. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CLEARINGHOUSE OF POLITICAL 
                   ACTIVITIES INFORMATION WITHIN THE FEDERAL 
                   ELECTION COMMISSION.

       (a) Establishment.--There shall be established within the 
     Federal Election Commission a clearinghouse of public 
     information regarding the political activities of foreign 
     principals and agents of foreign principals. The information 
     comprising this clearinghouse shall include only the 
     following:
       (1) All registrations and reports filed pursuant to the 
     Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 
     during the preceding 5-year period.
       (2) All registrations and reports filed pursuant to the 
     Foreign Agents Registration Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 611 et 
     seq.), during the preceding 5-year period.
       (3) The listings of public hearings, hearing witnesses, and 
     witness affiliations printed in the Congressional Record 
     during the preceding 5-year period.
       (4) Public information disclosed pursuant to the rules of 
     the Senate or the House of Representatives regarding 
     honoraria, the receipt of gifts, travel, and earned and 
     unearned income.
       (5) All reports filed pursuant to title I of the Ethics in 
     Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) during the preceding 
     5-year period.
       (6) All public information filed with the Federal Election 
     Commission pursuant to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
     1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) during the preceding 5-year 
     period.
       (b) Disclosure of Other Information Prohibited.--The 
     disclosure by the clearinghouse, or any officer or employee 
     thereof, of any information other than that set forth in 
     subsection (a) is prohibited, except as otherwise provided by 
     law.
       (c) Director of Clearinghouse.--(1) The clearinghouse shall 
     have a Director, who shall administer and manage the 
     responsibilities and all activities of the clearinghouse.
       (2) The Director shall be appointed by the Federal Election 
     Commission.
       (3) The Director shall serve a single term of a period of 
     time determined by the Commission, but not to exceed 5 years.
       (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to conduct 
     the activities of the clearinghouse.

     SEC. __04. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE 
                   CLEARINGHOUSE.

       (a) In General.--It shall be the duty of the Director of 
     the clearinghouse established under section __03--
       (1) to develop a filing, coding, and cross-indexing system 
     to carry out the purposes of this Act (which shall include an 
     index of all persons identified in the reports, 
     registrations, and other information comprising the 
     clearinghouse);
       (2) notwithstanding any other provision of law, to make 
     copies of registrations, reports, and other information 
     comprising the clearinghouse available for public inspection 
     and copying, beginning not later than 30 days after the 
     information is first available to the public, and to permit 
     copying of any such registration, report, or other 
     information by hand or by copying machine or, at the request 
     of any person, to furnish a copy of any such registration, 
     report, or other information upon payment of the cost of 
     making and furnishing such copy, except that no information 
     contained in such registration or report and no such other 
     information shall be sold or used by any person for the 
     purpose of soliciting contributions or for any profit-making 
     purpose;
       (3) to compile and summarize, for each calendar quarter, 
     the information contained in such registrations, reports, and 
     other information comprising the clearinghouse in a manner 
     which facilitates the disclosure of political activities, 
     including, but not limited to, information on--

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       (A) political activities pertaining to issues before the 
     Congress and issues before the executive branch; and
       (B) the political activities of individuals, organizations, 
     foreign principals, and agents of foreign principals who 
     share an economic, business, or other common interest;
       (4) to make the information compiled and summarized under 
     paragraph (3) available to the public within 30 days after 
     the close of each calendar quarter, and to publish such 
     information in the Federal Register at the earliest 
     practicable opportunity;
       (5) not later than 150 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act and at any time thereafter, to prescribe, in 
     consultation with the Comptroller General, such rules, 
     regulations, and forms, in conformity with the provisions of 
     chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, as are necessary to 
     carry out the provisions of section __03 and this section in 
     the most effective and efficient manner; and
       (6) at the request of any Member of the Senate or the House 
     of Representatives, to prepare and submit to such Member a 
     study or report relating to the political activities of any 
     person and consisting only of the information in the 
     registrations, reports, and other information comprising the 
     clearinghouse.
       (b) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       (1) the terms ``foreign principal'' and ``agent of a 
     foreign principal'' have the meanings given those terms in 
     section 1 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as 
     amended (22 U.S.C. 611);
       (2) the term ``issue before the Congress'' means the total 
     of all matters, both substantive and procedural, relating 
     to--
       (A) any pending or proposed bill, resolution, report, 
     nomination, treaty, hearing, investigation, or other similar 
     matter in either the Senate or the House of Representatives 
     or any committee or office of the Congress; or
       (B) any pending action by a Member, officer, or employee of 
     the Congress to affect, or attempt to affect, any action or 
     proposed action by any officer or employee of the executive 
     branch; and
       (3) the term ``issue before the executive branch'' means 
     the total of all matters, both substantive and procedural, 
     relating to any pending action by any executive agency, or by 
     any officer or employee of the executive branch, concerning--
       (A) any pending or proposed rule, rule of practice, 
     adjudication, regulation, determination, hearing, 
     investigation, contract, grant, license, negotiation, or the 
     appointment of officers and employees, other than 
     appointments in the competitive service; or
       (B) any issue before the Congress.

     SEC. __05. PENALTIES FOR DISCLOSURE.

       Any person who discloses information in violation of 
     section __03(b), and any person who sells or uses information 
     for the purpose of soliciting contributions or for any 
     profit-making purpose in violation of section __04(a)(2), 
     shall be imprisoned for a period of not more than 1 year, or 
     fined in the amount provided in title 18, United States Code, 
     or both.

     SEC. __06. AMENDMENTS TO THE FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT 
                   OF 1938, AS AMENDED.

       (a) Quarterly Reports.--Section 2(b) of the Foreign Agents 
     Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 612(b)), is 
     amended in the first sentence by striking out ``, within 
     thirty days'' and all that follows through ``preceding six 
     months' period'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``on January 
     31, April 30, July 31, and October 31 of each year, file with 
     the Attorney General a supplement thereto on a form 
     prescribed by the Attorney General, which shall set forth 
     regarding the three-month periods ending the previous 
     December 31, March 31, June 30, and September 30, 
     respectively, or if a lesser period, the period since the 
     initial filing,''.
       (b) Exemption for Legal Representation.--Section 3(g) of 
     the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 
     U.S.C. 613(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
     ``A person may be exempt under this subsection only upon 
     filing with the Attorney General a request for such 
     exemption.''.
       (c) Civil Penalties.--Section 8 of the Foreign Agents 
     Registration Act of 1938, as amended (22 U.S.C. 618), is 
     amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
       ``(i)(1) Any person who is determined, after notice and 
     opportunity for an administrative hearing--
       ``(A) to have failed to file a registration statement under 
     section 2(a) or a supplement thereto under section 2(b),
       ``(B) to have omitted a material fact required to be stated 
     therein, or
       ``(C) to have made a false statement with respect to such a 
     material fact,
     shall be required to pay a civil penalty in an amount not 
     less than $2,000 or more than $5,000 for each violation 
     committed. In determining the amount of the penalty, the 
     Attorney General shall give due consideration to the nature 
     and duration of the violation.
       ``(2)(A) In conducting investigations and hearings under 
     paragraph (1), administrative law judges may, if necessary, 
     compel by subpoena the attendance of witnesses and the 
     production of evidence at any designated place or hearing.
       ``(B) In the case of contumacy or refusal to obey a 
     subpoena lawfully issued under this paragraph and, upon 
     application by the Attorney General, an appropriate district 
     court of the United States may issue an order requiring 
     compliance with such subpoena and any failure to obey such 
     order may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.''.
                                  ____


  (Coverage of voter guides posted on the Internet under voter guide 
                               exception)


Amendment Offered by Mrs. Smith of Washington to the Amendment Offered 
                       by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       In section 301(20)(B) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971, as added by section 201(a) of the substitute, strike 
     ``a printed communication'' and insert ``a communication 
     which is in printed form or posted on the Internet and''.
                                  ____


 (Application of voter guide exception to guides covering 1 candidate)


Amendment Offered by Mrs. Smith of Washington to the Amendment Offered 
                       by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       In section 301(20)(B)(i) of the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971, as added by section 201(a) of the substitute, 
     strike ``2 or more candidates'' and insert ``1 or more 
     candidates''.
                                  ____


   (Permitting clearly identified opinions of publisher to appear on 
                             voting guides)


Amendment Offered by Mrs. Smith of Washington to the Amendment Offered 
                       by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       In section 301(20)(B)(i) of the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971, as added by section 201(a) of the substitute, 
     insert before the semicolon the following: ``(other than 
     information describing the opinion of the person publishing 
     the communication on the record or position involved, if the 
     information is clearly identified as describing the opinion 
     of such person)''.
                                  ____


(Clarification that submission and collection of voter guides is not a 
                coordinated contribution or expenditure)


Amendment Offered by Mrs. Smith of Washington to the Amendment Offered 
                       by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       In section 301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
     1971, as amended by section 205(a)(1)(B) of the substitute, 
     add at the end the following:
       ``(F) Nothing in subparagraph (A)(iii) or subparagraph (D) 
     may be construed to treat the submission by any person of a 
     communication described in paragraph (20)(B) to a candidate, 
     a candidate's authorized committee, or an agent acting on 
     behalf of a candidate or authorized committee, or the 
     collection by any person of such a communication from a 
     candidate, a candidate's authorized committee, or an agent 
     acting on behalf of a candidate or authorized committee as an 
     item of value provided in coordination with a candidate for 
     purposes of subparagraph (A)(iii).''.
                                  ____


(Clarification that lobbying candidates who hold elective office is not 
                     coordinated campaign activity)


Amendment Offered by Mrs. Smith of Washington to the Amendment Offered 
                       by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       In section 301(8)(C)(v) of the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971, as added by section 205(a)(1)(B) of the 
     substitute, strike ``Federal office,'' and insert the 
     following: ``Federal office (other than any discussion 
     consisting of a lobbying contact under the Lobbying 
     Disclosure Act of 1995 in the case of a candidate holding 
     Federal office or consisting of similar lobbying activity in 
     the case of a candidate holding State or local elective 
     office)''.
                                  ____


(Repeal treatment of all shared vendor services as coordinated campaign 
                               activity)


Amendment Offered by Mrs. Smith of Washington to the Amendment Offered 
                       by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       In section 301(8)(C) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971, as added by section 205(a)(1)(B) of the substitute, 
     strike clause (vi) and redesignate the succeeding provisions 
     accordingly.
       In section 301(8)(C)(vi) of the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971, as added by section 205(a)(1)(B) of the 
     substitute (and as so redesignated), strike ``clauses (i) 
     through (vi)'' in clause (vii) and insert ``clauses (i) 
     through (v)''.
                                  ____


          (Penalty for violation of foreign contribution ban)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Smith of Michigan To the Amendment Offered by 
                        Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end of title V the following new section (and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 510. PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF PROHIBITION AGAINST 
                   FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS.

       (a) In General.--Section 319 of the Federal Election 
     Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
       (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
     subsection:

[[Page H5842]]

       ``(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
     notwithstanding any other provision of this title any person 
     who violates subsection (a) shall be sentenced to a term of 
     imprisonment which may not be less than 5 years or more than 
     20 years, fined in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000, or 
     both.
       ``(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to any 
     violation of subsection (a) arising from a contribution or 
     donation made by an individual who is lawfully admitted for 
     permanent residence (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act).''.
       (b) 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.
                                  ____


 (Permitting permanent resident aliens serving in the Armed Forces to 
                          make contributions)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Stearns of Florida To the Amendment Offered by 
                        Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end of title V the following new section (and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 510. PERMITTING PERMANENT RESIDENT ALIENS SERVING IN 
                   ARMED FORCES TO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS.

       Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 441e) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an 
     individual who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence 
     (as defined in section 101(a)(20) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act) and who is a member of the Armed Forces 
     (including a reserve component of the Armed Forces) shall not 
     be subject to the prohibition under this section.''.
                                  ____


   (Prohibiting conspiracy to violate presidential campaign spending 
                                limits)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Stearns of Florida To the Amendment Offered by 
                        Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end of title V the following new section (and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 510. CONSPIRACY TO VIOLATE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 
                   SPENDING LIMITS.

       (a) In General.--Section 9003 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9003) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(g) Prohibiting Conspiracy to Violate Limits.--
       ``(1) Violation of limits described.--If a candidate for 
     election to the office of President or Vice President who 
     receives amounts from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund 
     under chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
     or the agent of such a candidate, seeks to avoid the spending 
     limits applicable to the candidate under such chapter or 
     under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 by 
     soliciting, receiving, transferring, or directing funds from 
     any source other than such Fund for the direct or indirect 
     benefit of such candidate's campaign, such candidate or agent 
     shall be fined not more than $1,000,000, or imprisoned for a 
     term of not more than 3 years, or both.
       ``(2) Conspiracy to violate limits defined.--If two or more 
     persons conspire to violate paragraph (1), and one or more of 
     such persons do any act to effect the object of the 
     conspiracy, each shall be fined not more than $1,000,000, or 
     imprisoned for a term of not more than 3 years, or both.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to elections occurring on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
                                  ____


  (Ban on solicitation of soft money by candidates receiving Federal 
                      presidential campaign funds)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Stearns of Florida To the Amendment Offered by 
                        Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end of title V the following new section (and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 510. ENFORCEMENT OF SPENDING LIMIT ON PRESIDENTIAL AND 
                   VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WHO RECEIVE PUBLIC 
                   FINANCING.

       (a) In General.--Section 9003 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9003) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subsection:
       ``(f) Illegal Solicitation of Soft Money.--No candidate for 
     election to the office of President or Vice President may 
     receive amounts from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund 
     under this chapter or chapter 96 unless the candidate 
     certifies that the candidate shall not solicit any funds for 
     the purposes of influencing such election, including any 
     funds used for an independent expenditure under the Federal 
     Election Campaign Act of 1971, unless the funds are subject 
     to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements 
     of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to elections occurring on or after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.
                                  ____


 (Raise contribution limit for contributions to candidates from $1,000 
                               to $3,000)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Whitfield of Kentucky To the Amendment Offered 
                       by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end of title I the following new section (and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 104. INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
                   CANDIDATES BY PERSONS OTHER THAN PACS.

       Section 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
     of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
     ``$1,000'' and inserting ``$3,000''.
                                  ____


    (Limiting definition of ``express advocacy'' to communications 
                  containing certain words or phrases)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Whitfield of Kentucky To the Amendment Offered 
                       by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Amend section 301(20)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971, as added by section 201(b) of the substitute, to 
     read as follows:
       ``(A) In general.--The term `express advocacy' means a 
     communication that advocates the election or defeat of a 
     candidate by containing a phrase such as `vote for', `re-
     elect', `support', `cast your ballot for', `(name of 
     candidate) for Congress', `(name of candidate) in 1997', 
     `vote against', `defeat', `reject'.''
                                  ____


                (Prohibiting bundling of contributions)


   Amendment Offered by Mr. English of Pennsylvania To the Amendment 
                   Offered by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end of title V the following new section (and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 510. PROHIBITING BUNDLING OF CONTRIBUTIONS.

       Section 315(a)(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
     1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(8)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(8) No person may make a contribution through an 
     intermediary or conduit, except that a person may facilitate 
     a contribution by providing--
       ``(A) advice to another person as to how the other person 
     may make a contribution; and
       ``(B) addressed mailing material or similar items to 
     another person for use by the other person in making a 
     contribution.''.
                                  ____


                   (Treatment of refunded donations)


Amendment Offered by Mr. Gekas of Pennsylvania To the Amendment Offered 
                       by Mr. Shays or Mr. Meehan

                       (Substitute for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end of title V the following new section (and 
     conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 510. DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS IN 
                   TREASURY ACCOUNT.

       (a) In General.--Title III of the Federal Election Campaign 
     Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), as amended by sections 
     101, 401, and 507, is further amended by adding at the end 
     the following new section:


 ``treatment of certain contributions and donations to be returned to 
                                 donors

       ``Sec. 326. (a) Transfer to Commission.--
       ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this Act, if a political committee intends to return any 
     contribution or donation given to the political committee, 
     the committee shall transfer the contribution or donation to 
     the Commission if--
       ``(A) the contribution or donation is in an amount equal to 
     or greater than $500 (other than a contribution or donation 
     returned within 60 days of receipt by the committee); or
       ``(B) the contribution or donation was made in violation of 
     section 315, 316, 317, 319, or 320 (other than a contribution 
     or donation returned within 30 days of receipt by the 
     committee).
       ``(2) Information included with transferred contribution or 
     donation.--A political committee shall include with any 
     contribution or donation transferred under paragraph (1)--
       ``(A) a request that the Commission return the contribution 
     or donation to the person making the contribution or 
     donation; and
       ``(B) information regarding the circumstances surrounding 
     the making of the contribution or donation and any opinion of 
     the political committee concerning whether the contribution 
     or donation may have been made in violation of this Act.
       ``(3) Establishment of escrow account.--
       ``(A) In general.--The Commission shall establish a single 
     interest-bearing escrow account for deposit of amounts 
     transferred under paragraph (1).
       ``(B) Disposition of amounts received.--On receiving an 
     amount from a political committee under paragraph (1), the 
     Commission shall--
       ``(i) deposit the amount in the escrow account established 
     under subparagraph (A); and
       ``(ii) notify the Attorney General and the Commissioner of 
     the Internal Revenue Service of the receipt of the amount 
     from the political committee.
       ``(C) Use of interest.--Interest earned on amounts in the 
     escrow account established under subparagraph (A) shall be 
     applied or used for the same purposes as the donation or 
     contribution on which it is earned.

[[Page H5843]]

       ``(4) Treatment of returned contribution or donation as a 
     complaint.--The transfer of any contribution or donation to 
     the Commission under this section shall be treated as the 
     filing of a complaint under section 309(a).
       ``(b) Use of Amounts Placed in Escrow To Cover Fines and 
     Penalties.--The Commission or the Attorney General may 
     require any amount deposited in the escrow account under 
     subsection (a)(3) to be applied toward the payment of any 
     fine or penalty imposed under this Act or title 18, United 
     States Code against the person making the contribution or 
     donation.
       ``(c) Return of Contribution or Donation After Deposit in 
     Escrow.--
       ``(1) In general.--The Commission shall return a 
     contribution or donation deposited in the escrow account 
     under subsection (a)(3) to the person making the contribution 
     or donation if--
       ``(A) within 180 days after the date the contribution or 
     donation is transferred, the Commission has not made a 
     determination under section 309(a)(2) that the Commission has 
     reason to believe that the making of the contribution or 
     donation was made in violation of this Act; or
       ``(B)(i) the contribution or donation will not be used to 
     cover fines, penalties, or costs pursuant to subsection (b); 
     or
       ``(ii) if the contribution or donation will be used for 
     those purposes, that the amounts required for those purposes 
     have been withdrawn from the escrow account and subtracted 
     from the returnable contribution or donation.
       ``(2) No effect on status of investigation.--The return of 
     a contribution or donation by the Commission under this 
     subsection shall not be construed as having an effect on the 
     status of an investigation by the Commission or the Attorney 
     General of the contribution or donation or the circumstances 
     surrounding the contribution or donation, or on the ability 
     of the Commission or the Attorney General to take future 
     actions with respect to the contribution or donation.''.
       (b) Amounts Used to Determine Amount of Penalty for 
     Violation.--Section 309(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)) is 
     amended by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new 
     paragraph:
       ``(10) For purposes of determining the amount of a civil 
     penalty imposed under this subsection for violations of 
     section 326, the amount of the donation involved shall be 
     treated as the amount of the contribution involved.''.
       (c) Donation Defined.--Section 301 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
     431), as amended by sections 201(b) and 307(b), is further 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(22) Donation.--The term `donation' means a gift, 
     subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything 
     else of value made by any person to a national committee of a 
     political party or a Senatorial or Congressional Campaign 
     Committee of a national political party for any purpose, but 
     does not include a contribution (as defined in paragraph 
     (8)).''.
       (d) Disgorgement Authority.--Section 309 of such Act (2 
     U.S.C. 437g) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(e) Any conciliation agreement, civil action, or criminal 
     action entered into or instituted under this section may 
     require a person to forfeit to the Treasury any contribution, 
     donation, or expenditure that is the subject of the agreement 
     or action for transfer to the Commission for deposit in 
     accordance with section 326.''.
       (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections 
     (a), (b), and (c) shall apply to contributions or donations 
     refunded on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
     without regard to whether the Federal Election Commission or 
     Attorney General has issued regulations to carry out section 
     326 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (as added by 
     subsection (a)) by such date.
                                  ____



Amendment Offered by Mr. Miller of Florida to the Amendment Offered by 
                        Mr. Shays and Mr. Meehan

       Page 39, line 3, insert ``(a) In General.--'' before 
     ``Section''.
       Page 41, after line 6, insert the following:
       (b) Reporting and Disclosure.--
       (1) Requirements.--Section 201(b) of the Labor Management 
     and Disclosure Act of 1959 is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``$10,000'' and inserting 
     ``40,000'';
       (B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as (7) and (8), 
     respectively; and
       (C) by inserting after paragraph (4), the following:
       ``(5) a functional allocation that--
       ``(A) aggregates the amount spent for (i) officer payments, 
     (ii) employee payments, (iii) fees, fines, and assessments, 
     (iv) office and administrative expense and direct taxes, (v) 
     educational and publicity expenses, (vi) professional fees, 
     benefits, (vii) contributions, gifts and grants, and
       ``(B) specifies the total amount reported for each category 
     in subparagraph (A) and the portion of such total expended 
     for (i) contract negotiations, (ii) organizing, (iii) strike 
     activities, (iv) political activities, and (v) lobbying and 
     promotional activities,;''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect on December 31, 2000.
                                  ____


         (Permitting attorney's fees to be awarded against FEC)


  amendment offered by mr. doolittle of california to the amendments 
                          offered by mr. shays

                      (Substitutes for H.R. 2183)

       Add at the end the following new title:

  TITLE __PERMITTING COURTS TO REQUIRE FEC TO PAY ATTORNEY'S FEES IN 
                             CERTAIN CASES

     SEC.   01. PERMITTING COURTS TO REQUIRE FEDERAL ELECTION 
                   COMMISSION TO PAY ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS TO 
                   CERTAIN PREVAILING PARTIES.

       Section 309 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
     U.S.C. 437g) is amended by adding at the end the following 
     new subsection:
       ``(e) In any action or proceeding brought by the Commission 
     against any person which is based on an alleged violation of 
     this Act or of chapter 95 or 96 of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986, the court in its discretion may require the 
     Commission to pay the costs incurred by the person under the 
     action or proceeding, including a reasonable attorney's fee, 
     if the court finds that the law, rule, or regulation upon 
     which the action or proceeding is based is unconstitutional 
     or that the bringing of the action or proceeding against the 
     person is unconstitutional.''.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.

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