First Amendment Restoration Act

First Amendment Restoration Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal: (1) a requirement that persons making disbursements for electioneering communications file reports on such disbursements with the Federal Election Commission; (2) a prohibition against the making of disbursements for electioneering communications by corporations and labor organizations; and (3) a provision treating coordinated communications as contributions.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 689 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 689

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal the 
   requirement that persons making disbursements for electioneering 
  communications file reports on such disbursements with the Federal 
     Election Commission and the prohibition against the making of 
  disbursements for electioneering communications by corporations and 
              labor organizations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2005

 Mr. Bartlett of Maryland (for himself, Mr. Akin, Mr. Paul, Mr. Pitts, 
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Flake, 
   Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Otter, Mrs. Jo Ann Davis of Virginia, Mr. Sam 
    Johnson of Texas, Mr. Garrett of New Jersey, Mr. Jones of North 
  Carolina, Mr. Terry, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Manzullo, Mr. 
Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Pence, Mr. Gutknecht, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
 Feeney, Mr. Rehberg, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Hostettler, Mr. Culberson, Mrs. 
Drake, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Barrett of South Carolina, Mr. Carter, Mr. 
 Chabot, Mr. Cox, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Neugebauer, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. 
 Kline, Mr. Gingrey, Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. Linder) 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 repeal the 
   requirement that persons making disbursements for electioneering 
  communications file reports on such disbursements with the Federal 
     Election Commission and the prohibition against the making of 
  disbursements for electioneering communications by corporations and 
              labor organizations, 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 ``First Amendment Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ELECTIONEERING 
              COMMUNICATIONS.

    (a) Disclosure of Disbursements for Communications.--Section 304(f) 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(f)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(8) Termination of reporting requirement.--No person 
        shall be required to file any statement under this subsection 
        with respect to any disbursement made on or after November 6, 
        2002.''.
    (b) Prohibition Against Making of Disbursements for Communications 
by Corporations and Labor Organizations.--Section 316 of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 441b) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``or for any 
        applicable electioneering communication''; and
            (2) by striking subsection (c).
    (c) Treatment of Coordinated Communications as Contributions.--
Section 315(a)(7) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(7)) is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (C); and
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C).

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if included in 
the enactment of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.
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