To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce certain contribution limits under such Act.

Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) lower the limits on contributions to candidates (from $2,000 to $1,000), contributions to nonparty political committees (from $5,000 to $1,000), and contributions by multicandidate political committees to candidates (from $5,000 to $1,000); (2) provide for delay in implementation of indexing of the limit on the maximum amount of contribution to a candidate; and (3) apply indexing to certain other limits.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
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[H.R. 4664 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4664

 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce certain 
                  contribution limits under such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 31, 2006

 Mr. Capuano 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 reduce certain 
                  contribution limits under such Act.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REDUCTION OF LIMIT ON MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF CERTAIN 
              CONTRIBUTIONS.

    (a) Contributions to Candidates.--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 ``$2,000'' and inserting ``$1,000''.
    (b) Contributions to Nonparty Political Committees.--Section 
315(a)(1)(C) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
441a(a)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ``$5,000'' and inserting 
``$1,000''.
    (c) Contributions by Multicandidate Political Committees to 
Candidates.--Section 315(a)(2)(A) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(2)) is 
amended by striking ``$5,000'' and inserting ``$1,000''.

SEC. 2. DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF INDEXING OF LIMIT ON MAXIMUM AMOUNT 
              OF CONTRIBUTION TO CANDIDATE; APPLICATION OF INDEXING TO 
              CERTAIN OTHER LIMITS.

    (a) Application to Limits on Contributions to Nonparty Political 
Committees and Contributions by Multicandidate Political Committees to 
Candidates.--Section 315(c)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(c)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting ``(a)(1)(C), 
        (a)(2)(A),'' after ``(a)(1)(B),''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``(a)(1)(C), 
        (a)(2)(A),'' after ``(a)(1)(B),''.
    (b) Timing of Indexing.--
            (1) Delay in indexing for certain limits.--Section 
        315(c)(1)(B) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(c)(1)(B)) is amended by 
        striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2002 (or, in the case of the 
        limitation established by subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(C), or 
        (a)(2)(A), 2008)''.
            (2) Determination of base period.--Section 315(c)(2)(B) of 
        such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(c)(2)(B)) is amended--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii)--
                            (i) by striking ``(a)(1)(A),'', and
                            (ii) by striking the period at the end and 
                        inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new clause:
            ``(iii) for purposes of subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(C), 
        and (a)(2)(A), calendar year 2007.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
elections for Federal office occurring after December 2006.
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