Campaign Finance Sunshine Act of 1998 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to direct the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to promulgate a regulation under which a person required to file a designation, statement, or report: (1) is required to maintain and file it for any calendar year in electronic form accessible by computers if the person has, or has reason to expect to have, aggregate contributions or expenditures in excess of a threshold amount determined by the FEC; and (2) may maintain and file it in electronic or an alternative form, including the use of a facsimile machine, if not required to do so under such regulation. Requires the FEC to make any designation, statement, report, or notification filed electronically accessible to the public and on the Internet within 24 hours of receipt.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.
Mr. Mica moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: 10/8/98 CR H10196-10197)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate.
Llama 3.2 · runs locally in your browser
Ask anything about this bill. The AI reads the full text to answer.
Enter to send · Shift+Enter for new line