To strengthen public confidence in the integrity of the legislative process and reform campaign practices for elections to the House of Representatives by providing for a voluntary system of spending limits, reducing the allowable contributions by political action committees, establishing tax credits for individual campaign contributions, requiring a maintenance fee for political action committees and the creation of a public fund, and for other purposes.
House Public Interest Campaign Act of 1991 - Title I: Amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to: (1) qualifying House of Representatives (House) candidates; (2) independent expenditures and expenditure limitations; (3) limitations on acceptance of political committee contributions by qualifying House candidates; (4) contributions through intermediaries and conduits; (5) aggregation of contributions from State and local committees of political parties; (6) disclosures in solicitations by certain unauthorized committees; (7) specific disclosure requirements for certain communications; (8) the prohibition of false representation to solicit contributions; (9) a requirement that coordinated expenditures are to be made only from accounts subject to such Act; (10) additional reporting requirements; (11) retention by the Federal Election Commission (FEC) of certain report information in a computer format; (12) additional FEC report information; (13) a requirement that a political committee file a statement of intent to participate in a general election and pay a maintenance fee; (14) soft money of political party committees; (15) contribution limitations for small donor political committees; (16) elimination of special contribution limitations for multicandidate political committees; (17) FEC public service announcements; (18) restrictions on fundraising by candidates and officeholders; and (19) voluntary expenditure limitations and partial public financing for qualifying House candidates in general elections (including creation of a Make Democracy Work Fund for the latter).
Title II: Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow a tax credit for contributions by individuals to House candidates; (2) allow taxpayers to designate the use of any overpayments for the Make Democracy Work Fund or any House political party committee; and (3) disqualify any presidential candidate who solicits or receives funds not subject to the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 from receiving payments under such Act.
Title III: Amendments Relating to Cooperative Expenditures and Related Matters - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to independent expenditures and cooperative expenditures not treated as independent expenditures.
Title IV: Effect of Partial Invalidity and Effective Date - Holds all provisions of this Act to be invalid if any one of them, or its application, is held invalid by a final Federal court decision.
Sets forth the effective and termination dates of this Act.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Postal Operations and Services.
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