To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide meaningful campaign finance reform through requiring better reporting, decreasing the role of soft money, and increasing individual contribution limits, and for other purposes.
Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require a licensee to maintain and make available for public inspection a complete record of certain requests to purchase broadcast time that are related to legally qualified candidates.
Amends FECA to: (1) limit to $90,000 aggregate (indexed for inflation) per calendar year per contributor the amount of soft money a national committee of a political party, a congressional campaign committee of a national party, or an entity directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, or controlled by such committee may accept; (2) prohibit any person from making an aggregate amount of disbursements to such committees or entities (other than transfers from other committees of political parties or contributions) in excess of $90,000 (indexed for inflation) in any calendar year; (3) increase individual, political committee, and multicandidate political committee contribution limits; (4) revise indexing provisions; and (5) increase Senate candidate contribution limits for national party committees and senatorial campaign committees.
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit solicitation of soft money in any room or building occupied in the discharge of official duties by an officer or employee of the United States or any department or agency thereof, or by a person receiving any salary or compensation for service from the Treasury.
Amends FECA to: (1) provide for indexing of penalty amounts; (2) permit corporate members of trade associations to approve the soliciting of contributions by more than one such trade association in any calendar year; and (3) require the filing of all Senate FECA reports to be with the FEC.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
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