Campaign Accountability Act of 2007

Campaign Accountability Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal the limitation on party expenditures on behalf of candidates in general elections.

[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3792 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3792

   To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to repeal the 
  limitation on party expenditures on behalf of candidates in general 
                               elections.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 10, 2007

   Mr. Wamp 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 
  limitation on party expenditures on behalf of candidates in general 
                               elections.

    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 ``Campaign Accountability Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF PARTY EXPENDITURES ON BEHALF OF 
              CANDIDATES IN GENERAL ELECTIONS.

    (a) Repeal of Limit.--Section 315(d) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``(1) Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law with respect to limitations on 
                expenditures or limitations on contributions, the 
                national committee'' and inserting ``Notwithstanding 
                any other provision of law with respect to limitations 
                on amounts of expenditures or contributions, a national 
                committee'',
                    (B) by striking ``the general'' and inserting 
                ``any'', and
                    (C) by striking ``Federal office, subject to the 
                limitations contained in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) 
                of this subsection'' and inserting ``Federal office in 
                any amount''; and
            (2) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), and (4).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Indexing.--Section 315(c) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
        441a(c)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(i), by striking ``(d),''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by striking 
                ``subsections (b) and (d)'' and inserting ``subsection 
                (b)''.
            (2) Increase in limits for senate candidates facing wealthy 
        opponents.--Section 315(i) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(i)(1)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(C)(iii)--
                            (i) by adding ``and'' at the end of 
                        subclause (I),
                            (ii) in subclause (II), by striking ``; 
                        and'' and inserting a period, and
                            (iii) by striking subclause (III);
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(A) in the matter preceding 
                clause (i), by striking ``, and a party committee shall 
                not make any expenditure,'';
                    (C) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking ``and 
                party expenditures previously made''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``and a party 
                shall not make any expenditure''.
            (3) Increase in limits for house candidates facing wealthy 
        opponents.--Section 315A(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a-1(a)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by adding ``and'' at the end of 
                        subparagraph (A),
                            (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; 
                        and'' and inserting a period, and
                            (iii) by striking subparagraph (C);
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(A) in the matter preceding 
                clause (i), by striking ``, and a party committee shall 
                not make any expenditure,'';
                    (C) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking ``and 
                party expenditures previously made''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ``and a party 
                shall not make any expenditure''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
elections occurring after 2008.
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