To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the coverage of a provision that prohibits contributions by foreign nationals in elections for Federal, State, and local offices, and to provide for an additional prohibition on contributions by foreign nationals in initiative, referendum, and recall elections.

Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit contributions by foreign nationals in elections to any Federal, State, or local office (currently, to any political office). Prohibits such contributions in connection with any initiative, referendum, or recall election.

[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1628 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1628

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the 
    coverage of a provision that prohibits contributions by foreign 
 nationals in elections for Federal, State, and local offices, and to 
   provide for an additional prohibition on contributions by foreign 
       nationals in initiative, referendum, and recall elections.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 1, 1993

 Mr. McCandless (for himself, Mr. McHugh, and Mr. Gallegly) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House 
                             Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify the 
    coverage of a provision that prohibits contributions by foreign 
 nationals in elections for Federal, State, and local offices, and to 
   provide for an additional prohibition on contributions by foreign 
       nationals in initiative, referendum, and recall elections.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,
That section 319(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 
U.S.C. 441e(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``political office'' the first place it 
        appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``Federal office or any 
        State office (including any local office), in connection with 
        any initiative, referendum, or recall election,''; and
            (2) by striking out ``political office'' the second place 
        it appears and inserting in lieu thereof ``Federal office or 
        any State office (including any local office)''.

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