FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT

Bills and resolutions

Antitrust policy: make antitrust laws applicable to political committees under the Federal Election Campaign Act established and administered by a separate segregated fund of a corporation (see H.R. 1113), H1394 [13MR]

Contracts: extend ban on contributions by certain Government contractors to other for-profit recipients of Federal funds and limit contributions by employees of such recipients of Federal funds (see H.R. 1114), H1394 [13MR]

Corporations: apply the ban on contributions and expenditures by foreign nationals to domestic corporations in which foreign principals have an ownership interest (see H.R. 1117), H1395 [13MR]

——— prohibit corporations which employ or retain registered lobbyists from making expenditures or disbursements for electioneering communications (see H.R. 1118), H1395 [13MR]

Elections: require disclosure of contributions and expenditures for independent Federal election-related activity (see S. 791), S2896 [23AP]

FEC: extend authority to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of established and published penalties and expand such authority to certain other violations (see H.R. 3487), H7109 [14NO]

Political action committees: prohibit conversion of leadership political action committee funds to personal use (see H.R. 465), H341 [4FE]

Political campaigns: apply prohibition against conversion of contributions to personal use to contributions to political committees (see H.R. 3466), H7050 [13NO]

——— apply prohibition against conversion of contributions to personal use to contributions to political committees and clarify use of contributions accepted by political committees (see H.R. 3356), H6827 [28OC]

——— limit expenditures in elections for the House of Representatives (see H.R. 1681), H2246 [23AP]

——— 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. 186), H51 [4JA]

——— prohibit certain State election administration officials from actively participating in electoral campaigns (see H.R. 1636), H2157 [18AP]

——— prohibit contributions and expenditures by multicandidate political committees controlled by foreign-owned corporations (see H.R. 195), H52 [4JA]

——— provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (see H.R. 148), H32 [3JA]

——— reassert congressional authority to restrict spending by corporations and labor organizations on campaigns for elections for Federal office (see H.R. 1338), H1822 [21MR]

——— reduce limit for certain contributions to a candidate with respect to an election for Federal office (see H.R. 464), H341 [4FE]

——— reform financing of House of Representatives elections (see H.R. 269), H169 [15JA]

——— require corporations and labor organizations to disclose to shareholders and or members amounts disbursed for certain political activity (see H.R. 2670), H4482 [11JY]

SEC: prohibit national securities exchanges from effecting any transaction in a security issued by a corporation unless such corporation is in compliance with the Federal Election Campaign Act (see H.R. 1115), H1394 [13MR]

Remarks in House

FEC: extend authority to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of established and published penalties and expand such authority to certain other violations (H.R. 3487), H7163, H7164 [18NO]

Remarks in Senate

FEC: extend authority to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of established and published penalties and expand such authority to certain other violations (H.R. 3487), S9111 [20DE]

Political campaigns: provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, and other entities (H.R. 148), S3546 [16MY]

Texts of

H.R. 3487, FEC authority to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of established and published penalties extension and expand such authority to certain other violations, H7163 [18NO]