POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES

Articles and editorials

Ronnie Earle Should Not Be a Prosecutor, H8712 [6OC]

Bills and resolutions

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (see H.J. Res. 13), H235 [26JA]

FTC: revise telemarketing rules to prohibit calls from certain political organizations to persons on the ``do-not-call'' registry (see H.R. 4072), H8918 [18OC]

Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (see S. 271), S886 [2FE] (see S. 1053), S5301 [17MY] (see H.R. 513), H347 [2FE]

———prohibit an authorized committee of a winning candidate from repaying any personal loans from the candidate after the candidate begins serving (see H.R. 701), H521 [9FE]

———prohibit use of contributions or donations made to candidates or office holders for the payment of their salary or for payment to any member of their immediate family (see H.R. 702), H521 [9FE]

———provide for public financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 2753), H4186 [7JN]

———reform financing of Federal elections (see H.R. 3099), H5361 [28JN]

———repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 46), H73 [4JA] (see H.R. 689), H521 [9FE]

———repeal limits on contributions and party campaign expenditures, restore certain rights to exempt organizations, and allow State and local parties to make expenditures using nonfederal funds (see H.R. 1316), H1508 [15MR]

———terminate system of public financing of Presidential elections (see H.R. 3960), H8643 [29SE]

Taxation: impose penalties for the failure of organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code to comply with disclosure requirements (see H.R. 1942), H2647 [27AP] (see H.R. 2204), H3055 [5MY]

———increase frequency of disclosure of information by political organizations and improve linkage between Federal databases for public disclosure of election-related information (see H.R. 471), H284 [1FE]

———provide parity in reporting requirements for national party committees and unregulated political organizations (see H.R. 914), H793 [17FE]

Remarks in House

DeLay, Representative: indictment for criminal conspiracy relative to illegal political contributions, H8505-H8507 [28SE], H8627 [29SE], H8711 [6OC], H8738 [7OC]

Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees, H2111 [19AP]

———clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (H.R. 513), E828 [28AP]

———repeal limits on contributions and party campaign expenditures, restore certain rights to exempt organizations, and allow State and local parties to make expenditures using nonfederal funds (H.R. 1316), H1857 [12AP], H2556 [27AP], H3544 [18MY], H5643 [12JY]

Taxation: increase frequency of disclosure of information by political organizations and improve linkage between Federal databases for public disclosure of election-related information (H.R. 471), E116 [1FE]

Remarks in Senate

Political campaigns: clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code must register as political committees (S. 271), S905 [2FE], S973 [3FE], S4390 [27AP]

———increase amount of contributions allowed to political actions committees, S4390 [27AP]

———maintain current limit on amount of contributions from leadership political action committees to national parties, S11450 [18OC]

Reports filed

527 Fairness Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 1316) (H. Rept. 109-146), H4983 [22JN]

527 Reform Act: Committee on House Administration (House) (H.R. 513) (H. Rept. 109-181), H6380 [22JY], H8340 [22SE]

———Committee on Rules and Administration (Senate) (S. 1053), S5300 [17MY]

Summaries

527 Reform Act (S. 271), S973 [3FE]

Texts of

S. 1053, 527 Reform Act, S5321-S5323 [17MY]