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106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 417
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AN ACT
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the
financing of campaigns for elections for Federal office, and for other
purposes.
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 417
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the
financing of campaigns for elections for Federal office, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Bipartisan
Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1999''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I--REDUCTION OF SPECIAL INTEREST INFLUENCE
Sec. 101. Soft money of political parties.
Sec. 102. Increased contribution limits for State committees of
political parties and aggregate
contribution limit for individuals.
Sec. 103. Reporting requirements.
TITLE II--INDEPENDENT AND COORDINATED EXPENDITURES
Sec. 201. Definitions.
Sec. 202. Express advocacy determined without regard to background
music.
Sec. 203. Civil penalty.
Sec. 204. Reporting requirements for certain independent expenditures.
Sec. 205. Independent versus coordinated expenditures by party.
Sec. 206. Coordination with candidates.
TITLE III--DISCLOSURE
Sec. 301. Filing of reports using computers and facsimile machines.
Sec. 302. Prohibition of deposit of contributions with incomplete
contributor information.
Sec. 303. Audits.
Sec. 304. Reporting requirements for contributions of $50 or more.
Sec. 305. Use of candidates' names.
Sec. 306. Prohibition of false representation to solicit contributions.
Sec. 307. Soft money of persons other than political parties.
Sec. 308. Campaign advertising.
TITLE IV--PERSONAL WEALTH OPTION
Sec. 401. Voluntary personal funds expenditure limit.
Sec. 402. Political party committee coordinated expenditures.
TITLE V--MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 501. Codification of Beck decision.
Sec. 502. Use of contributed amounts for certain purposes.
Sec. 503. Limit on congressional use of the franking privilege.
Sec. 504. Prohibition of fundraising on Federal property.
Sec. 505. Penalties for violations.
Sec. 506. Strengthening foreign money ban.
Sec. 507. Prohibition of contributions by minors.
Sec. 508. Expedited procedures.
Sec. 509. Initiation of enforcement proceeding.
Sec. 510. Protecting equal participation of eligible voters in
campaigns and elections.
Sec. 511. Penalty for violation of prohibition against foreign
contributions.
Sec. 512. Expedited court review of certain alleged violations of
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.
Sec. 513. Conspiracy to violate presidential campaign spending limits.
Sec. 514. Deposit of certain contributions and donations in Treasury
account.
Sec. 515. Establishment of a clearinghouse of information on political
activities within the Federal Election
Commission.
Sec. 516. Enforcement of spending limit on presidential and vice
presidential candidates who receive public
financing.
Sec. 517. Clarification of right of nationals of the United States to
make political contributions.
TITLE VI--INDEPENDENT COMMISSION ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Sec. 601. Establishment and purpose of Commission.
Sec. 602. Membership of Commission.
Sec. 603. Powers of Commission.
Sec. 604. Administrative provisions.
Sec. 605. Report and recommended legislation.
Sec. 606. Expedited congressional consideration of legislation.
Sec. 607. Termination.
Sec. 608. Authorization of appropriations.
TITLE VII--PROHIBITING USE OF WHITE HOUSE MEALS AND ACCOMMODATIONS FOR
POLITICAL FUNDRAISING
Sec. 701. Prohibiting use of White House meals and accommodations for
political fundraising.
TITLE VIII--SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING FUNDRAISING ON FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
Sec. 801. Sense of the Congress regarding applicability of controlling
legal authority to fundraising on Federal
government property.
TITLE IX--PROHIBITING SOLICITATION TO OBTAIN ACCESS TO CERTAIN FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
Sec. 901. Prohibition against acceptance or solicitation to obtain
access to certain Federal government
property.
TITLE X--REIMBURSEMENT FOR USE OF GOVERNMENT PROPERTY FOR CAMPAIGN
ACTIVITY
Sec. 1001. Requiring national parties to reimburse at cost for use of
Air Force One for political fundraising.
Sec. 1002. Reimbursement for use of Government equipment for campaign-
related travel.
TITLE XI--PROHIBITING USE OF WALKING AROUND MONEY
Sec. 1101. Prohibiting campaigns from providing currency to individuals
for purposes of encouraging turnout on date
of election.
TITLE XII--ENHANCING ENFORCEMENT OF CAMPAIGN LAW
Sec. 1201. Enhancing enforcement of campaign finance law.
TITLE XIII--BAN ON COORDINATED SOFT MONEY ACTIVITIES BY PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES
Sec. 1301. Ban on coordination of soft money for issue advocacy by
presidential candidates receiving public
financing.
TITLE XIV--POSTING NAMES OF CERTAIN AIR FORCE ONE PASSENGERS ON
INTERNET
Sec. 1401. Requirement that names of passengers on Air Force One and
Air Force Two be made available through the
Internet.
TITLE XV--EXPULSION PROCEEDINGS FOR HOUSE MEMBERS RECEIVING FOREIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS
Sec. 1501. Permitting consideration of privileged motion to expel House
member accepting illegal foreign
contribution.
TITLE XVI--SEVERABILITY; CONSTITUTIONALITY; EFFECTIVE DATE; REGULATIONS
Sec. 1601. Severability.
Sec. 1602. Review of constitutional issues.
Sec. 1603. Effective date.
Sec. 1604. Regulations.
TITLE I--REDUCTION OF SPECIAL INTEREST INFLUENCE
SEC. 101. SOFT MONEY OF POLITICAL PARTIES.
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C.
431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``soft money of political parties
``Sec. 323. (a) National Committees.--
``(1) In general.--A national committee of a political
party (including a national congressional campaign committee of
a political party) and any officers or agents of such party
committees, shall not solicit, receive, or direct to another
person a contribution, donation, or transfer of funds, or spend
any funds, that are not subject to the limitations,
prohibitions, and reporting requirements of this Act.
``(2) Applicability.--This subsection shall apply to an
entity that is directly or indirectly established, financed,
maintained, or controlled by a national committee of a
political party (including a national congressional campaign
committee of a political party), or an entity acting on behalf
of a national committee, and an officer or agent acting on
behalf of any such committee or entity.
``(b) State, District, and Local Committees.--
``(1) In general.--An amount that is expended or disbursed
by a State, district, or local committee of a political party
(including an entity that is directly or indirectly
established, financed, maintained, or controlled by a State,
district, or local committee of a political party and an
officer or agent acting on behalf of such committee or entity)
for Federal election activity shall be made from funds subject
to the limitations, prohibitions, and reporting requirements of
this Act.
``(2) Federal election activity.--
``(A) In general.--The term `Federal election
activity' means--
``(i) voter registration activity during
the period that begins on the date that is 120
days before the date a regularly scheduled
Federal election is held and ends on the date
of the election;
``(ii) voter identification, get-out-the-
vote activity, or generic campaign activity
conducted in connection with an election in
which a candidate for Federal office appears on
the ballot (regardless of whether a candidate
for State or local office also appears on the
ballot); and
``(iii) a communication that refers to a
clearly identified candidate for Federal office
(regardless of whether a candidate for State or
local office is also mentioned or identified)
and is made for the purpose of influencing a
Federal election (regardless of whether the
communication is express advocacy).
``(B) Excluded activity.--The term `Federal
election activity' does not include an amount expended
or disbursed by a State, district, or local committee
of a political party for--
``(i) campaign activity conducted solely on
behalf of a clearly identified candidate for
State or local office, provided the campaign
activity is not a Federal election activity
described in subparagraph (A);
``(ii) a contribution to a candidate for
State or local office, provided the
contribution is not designated or used to pay
for a Federal election activity described in
subparagraph (A);
``(iii) the costs of a State, district, or
local political convention;
``(iv) the costs of grassroots campaign
materials, including buttons, bumper stickers,
and yard signs, that name or depict only a
candidate for State or local office;
``(v) the non-Federal share of a State,
district, or local party committee's
administrative and overhead expenses (but not
including the compensation in any month of an
individual who spends more than 20 percent of
the individual's time on Federal election
activity) as determined by a regulation
promulgated by the Commission to determine the
non-Federal share of a State, district, or
local party committee's administrative and
overhead expenses; and
``(vi) the cost of constructing or
purchasing an office facility or equipment for
a State, district or local committee.
``(c) Fundraising Costs.--An amount spent by a national, State,
district, or local committee of a political party, by an entity that is
established, financed, maintained, or controlled by a national, State,
district, or local committee of a political party, or by an agent or
officer of any such committee or entity, to raise funds that are used,
in whole or in part, to pay the costs of a Federal election activity
shall be made from funds subject to the limitations, prohibitions, and
reporting requirements of this Act.
``(d) Tax-Exempt Organizations.--A national, State, district, or
local committee of a political party (including a national
congressional campaign committee of a political party), an entity that
is directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, or
controlled by any such national, State, district, or local committee or
its agent, and an officer or agent acting on behalf of any such party
committee or entity, shall not solicit any funds for, or make or direct
any donations to, an organization that is described in section 501(c)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under
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