Wamp Congress Act of 1995

Wamp Congress Act of 1995 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) place equal ($2000) contribution limits on multicandidate political committees and other persons generally; and (2) limit House of Representatives election contributions from persons other than in-State individual residents.

[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2148 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2148

To reduce the influence of political action committees in elections for 
Federal office and to require that more than half of the contributions 
  to a House of Representatives candidate be from in-State individual 
                   residents, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 1, 1995

 Mr. Wamp (for himself, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. Scarborough, Mr. 
 Riggs, Mr. Foley, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Davis, Mr. Largent, Mr. Bass, Mr. 
 Gutknecht, Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Buyer, 
 Mr. Blute, Mr. LaTourette, Mr. Klug, Mr. Souder, Mr. Tate, Mr. Fox of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Istook, Mr. 
Radanovich, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. Deal of Georgia, Mr. Graham, Mr. Stockman, 
Mr. Upton, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Chrysler, Mr. Ewing, 
Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Heineman, 
 Mr. Burr, Mr. Gallegly, Mr. Oxley, Mr. Greenwood, Mr. Doolittle, Mrs. 
  Waldholtz, Mr. McCrery, Mr. Parker, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Condit, Mr. 
 Saxton, Mr. McKeon, Ms. Dunn of Washington, Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Baker of 
Louisiana, Mr. White, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Horn, Mr. Bilbray, 
 and Mr. Thornberry) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                  to the Committee on House Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
To reduce the influence of political action committees in elections for 
Federal office and to require that more than half of the contributions 
  to a House of Representatives candidate be from in-State individual 
                   residents, 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.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Wamp Congress Act of 1995''.
SEC. 2. EQUALIZATION OF MULTICANDIDATE POLITICAL COMMITTEE CANDIDATE 
              CONTRIBUTION LIMITATION WITH LIMITATION APPLICABLE TO 
              OTHER PERSONS.
    (a) Persons Generally.--Section 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A)) is amended by 
striking out ``$1,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``$2,000''.
    (b) Multicandidate Political Committees.--Section 315(a)(2)(A) of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)(A)) is 
amended by striking out ``$5,000'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``$2,000''.

SEC. 3. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTION LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS 
              FROM PERSONS OTHER THAN IN-STATE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS.

    Section 315 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i)(1) A candidate for the office of Representative in, or 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress may not, with 
respect to an election, accept contributions from persons other than 
in-State individual residents totaling the same as, or in excess of, 
the total of contributions accepted from in-State individual residents.
    ``(2) As used in this subsection, the term `in-State individual 
resident' means an individual who resides in the State in which the 
congressional district involved is located.''.
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