FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT

Bills and resolutions

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): provide for additional campaign contribution reporting requirements for members (see S. 1498), S5251 [2AU]

Political action committees: prohibit conversion of leadership political action committee funds to personal use (see H.R. 269), H201 [12JA]

Political campaigns: disclose third-party communications made for or against a candidate and identifying information in Internet communications, and apply disclosure requirements to prerecorded telephone calls (see H.R. 3585), H8260 [7DE]

———limit expenditures in elections for the House of Representatives (see H.R. 2038), H3755 [26MY]

———permit candidates for Federal office to designate an individual authorized to disburse funds from the candidate's campaign committees in the event of the death of the candidate (see H.R. 406), H434 [24JA]

———prohibit a Senate or House of Representatives candidate from making campaign expenditures from amounts not raised during the election cycle for that office (see H.R. 2788), H5885 [1AU]

———prohibit contributions and expenditures by multicandidate political committees controlled by foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 138), H38 [5JA]

———reduce limit for certain contributions to a candidate with respect to an election for Federal office (see H.R. 268), H201 [12JA]

———reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 1404), H2410 [6AP]

Remarks in House

Political campaigns: prohibit foreign influence, prevent Federal contractors from making expenditures, and establish additional spending disclosure requirements relative to Federal elections, H442 [25JA], H480, H487 [26JA], E2185 [6DE]

———reform financing of House of Representatives elections (H.R. 1404), E2176 [2DE]