[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 4]
[House]
[Pages 5045-5046]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 8 of rule XVIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                                H.R. 513

                         Offered By: Mr. Dreier

       Amendment No. 1: Page 2, line 4, strike ``527 Reform Act of 
     2005'' and insert ``527 Reform Act of 2006''.
       Page 8, strike line 22 and all that follows through page 9, 
     line 3.
       Page 16, strike line 23 and all that follows through page 
     17, line 5.
       Insert after section 3 the following (and redesignate the 
     succeeding sections accordingly):

     SEC. 4. REPEAL OF LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF PARTY EXPENDITURES ON 
                   BEHALF OF CANDIDATES IN GENERAL ELECTIONS.

       (a) Repeal of Limit.--Section 315(d) of the Federal 
     Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1)--
       (A) by striking ``(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law with respect to limitations on expenditures or 
     limitations on contributions, the national committee'' and 
     inserting ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law with 
     respect to limitations on amounts of expenditures or 
     contributions, a national committee'',
       (B) by striking ``the general'' and inserting ``any'', and
       (C) by striking ``Federal office, subject to the 
     limitations contained in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of this 
     subsection'' and inserting ``Federal office in any amount''; 
     and
       (2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4).
       (b) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) Indexing.--Section 315(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
     441a(c)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ``(d),''; and
       (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking ``subsections (b) 
     and (d)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)''.
       (2) Increase in limits for senate candidates facing wealthy 
     opponents.--Section 315(i) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(i)(1)) 
     is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1)(C)(iii)--
       (i) by adding ``and'' at the end of subclause (I),
       (ii) in subclause (II), by striking ``; and'' and inserting 
     a period, and
       (iii) by striking subclause (III);
       (B) in paragraph (2)(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
     by striking ``, and a party committee shall not make any 
     expenditure,'';
       (C) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking ``and party 
     expenditures previously made''; and
       (D) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``and a party shall 
     not make any expenditure''.

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       (3) Increase in limits for house candidates facing wealthy 
     opponents.--Section 315A(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a--1(a)) 
     is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by adding ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A),
       (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a period, and
       (iii) by striking subparagraph (C);
       (B) in paragraph (3)(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
     by striking ``, and a party committee shall not make any 
     expenditure,'';
       (C) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking ``and party 
     expenditures previously made''; and
       (D) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``and a party shall 
     not make any expenditure''.
       Add at the end the following:

     SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.