[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 97 (Monday, July 20, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H5916]
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 MODIFICATION TO ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1998 REGARDING 
 FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 2183, BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN INTEGRITY ACT 
                                OF 1997

  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to correct an 
amendment that was included in the unanimous consent for the campaign 
reform procedure on the Shays-Meehan bill. That request is that 
Amendment No. 2 by the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Smith) was 
duplicated and repeated as Amendment No. 34, when, in fact, the content 
of Amendment No. 34 is different than was accepted in the unanimous 
consent, and I would like to correct it with the amendment which is, in 
fact, the substance of Amendment No. 34.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the modification to 
the amendment.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Modification of Amendment No. 34 offered by Mr. Smith of 
     Michigan: Add at the end of title V the following new section 
     (and conform the table of contents accordingly):

     SEC. 510. REPORTS ON FEDERAL POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS CARRIED 
                   BY RADIO STATIONS, TELEVISION STATIONS, AND 
                   CABLE SYSTEMS.

       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 
     section:


    ``reports on federal political advertisements carried by radio 
           stations, television stations, and cable systems.

       ``Sec. 326. (a) In General.--In such manner as the 
     Commission shall prescribe by regulation, prior to the 
     dissemination of any Federal political advertisement, each 
     operator of a radio broadcasting station, television 
     broadcasting station, or cable system shall report to the 
     Commission the true identify of each advertiser and the cost, 
     duration, and other appropriate information with respect to 
     the advertisement.
       ``(b) Federal Political Advertisement Defined.--In this 
     section, a `Federal political advertisement' includes any 
     advertisement advocating the passage or defeat of Federal 
     legislation, any advertisement advocating the election or 
     defeat of a candidate for Federal office, and any 
     advertisement characterizing the positions taken by such a 
     candidate.''.

  Mr. THOMAS (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent 
that the amendment be considered as read and printed in the Record.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I once again 
thank the gentleman from California (Mr. Thomas) for his efforts to try 
to expedite the process to enable the majority leader's word to be 
honored and that we complete campaign finance reform, and to 
acknowledge that the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Smith) had requested 
three amendments, and one of them was, in fact, duplicated and 
therefore we needed to make that correction, so I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. SHAYS. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. THOMAS. Mr. Speaker, I am sorry to say that from an 
administrative point of view we are double-checking another amendment 
and there may be a need to offer another unanimous consent. This 
particular amendment is in the first batch. We hope that we will have 
an accurate list, and everyone will be informed, if, in fact, it is not 
accurate, and we will supply the correct text. Since all of them 
believe they were included, it was simply an administrative error in 
the compilation of the list, and I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. SHAYS. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The amendment will be reported, as modified.

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