[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8083]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 SENATE CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE PARITY ACT

  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, today the Senate Rules Committee reported S. 
223, the Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity Act. I am a cosponsor of 
this legislation, and I voted in favor of reporting the measure.
  This bill would require Senate candidates to file election-related 
designations, statements, and reports in electronic form with the 
Secretary of the Senate. It also would require that the Secretary of 
the Senate forward a copy of those filings to the Federal Election 
Commission within 24 hours so that they can be made available to the 
public.
  I note for the Record that the bill as introduced and reported would 
require that Senate candidates file directly with the Secretary of the 
Senate, and not the Federal Election Commission. I support continuing 
this policy, and ensuring that the Senate as an institution retains 
custody of these campaign-related filings. According to testimony 
before the Rules Committee last month, the office of the Secretary of 
the Senate is fully capable of implementing this requirement and 
ensuring that these documents are made available to the public 
expeditiously.
  I support the efforts of the Rules Committee on this matter

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