[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 138 (Monday, August 20, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S5729]
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SA 3779. Ms. KLOBUCHAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 6157, making appropriations for the Department
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place in division A, insert the
following:
SEC. __. REQUIRING DISCLOSURE OF CREDIT VERIFICATION VALUE AS
CONDITION OF ACCEPTANCE OF ONLINE CONTRIBUTIONS
TO FEDERAL ELECTION.
(a) In General.--Section 302 of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
``(j)(1) No political committee shall accept any Internet
credit card contribution unless--
``(A) the individual or entity making such contribution is
required, at the time such individual makes such
contribution, to disclose the credit verification value of
such credit card; and
``(B)(i) the billing address associated with such credit
card is located in the United States; or
``(ii) in the case of a contribution made by an individual
who is a United States citizen living outside of the United
States, the individual provides the committee with the United
States mailing address the individual uses for voter
registration purposes.
``(2) Notwithstanding subsection (b) or (c), in the case of
an Internet credit card contribution--
``(A) no later than 10 days after receiving the
contribution, the person who receives the contribution shall
forward to the treasurer such contribution, the name and
address of the person making the contribution, and the date
of receipt; and
``(B) the treasurer of a political committee shall keep an
account of the name and address of any person making any such
contribution, together with the date and amount of such
contribution by any person.
``(3) In this subsection, the term `Internet credit card
contribution' means a contribution that--
``(A) is made using a credit card; and
``(B) is received through an Internet website.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to contributions made after the
expiration of the 180-day period which begins on the date of
the enactment of this Act.
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