Clean Campaign Contributions Act of 2013

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3356 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3356

    To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to apply the 
prohibition against the conversion of contributions to personal use to 
 contributions to political committees, to clarify that contributions 
      accepted by political committees may be used for authorized 
  expenditures in connection with their political activities and for 
             other lawful purposes, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 28, 2013

  Mr. Harris 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 apply the 
prohibition against the conversion of contributions to personal use to 
 contributions to political committees, to clarify that contributions 
      accepted by political committees may be used for authorized 
  expenditures in connection with their political activities and for 
             other lawful purposes, 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 ``Clean Campaign Contributions Act of 
2013''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF RULES APPLICABLE TO USES OF CONTRIBUTIONS 
              ACCEPTED BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES.

    (a) Prohibiting Conversion to Personal Use.--Section 313(b)(2) of 
the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 439a(b)(2)) is 
amended by striking ``the candidate's election campaign or individual's 
duties as a holder of Federal office,'' and inserting the following: 
``the candidate's election campaign, the individual's duties as a 
holder of Federal office, or the political committee's political 
activities (as the case may be),''.
    (b) Clarification That Contributions May Be Used for Authorized 
Expenditures in Connection With Political Activities and for Other 
Lawful Purposes.--
            (1) In general.--Section 313(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
        439a(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``accepted by a candidate'' and inserting 
                ``accepted by a candidate or a political committee'';
                    (B) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``used by the candidate or individual'' and 
                inserting ``used by the candidate, individual, or 
                political committee''; and
                    (C) in paragraph (1), by striking the semicolon at 
                the end and inserting the following: ``, or, in the 
                case of a political committee, in connection with the 
                committee's political activities;''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 313(a) of such Act (2 
        U.S.C. 439a(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``for ordinary 
                and necessary expenses'' and inserting ``in the case of 
                a candidate or individual, for ordinary and necessary 
                expenses'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``for 
                contributions'' and inserting ``in the case of a 
                candidate or individual, for contributions'';
                    (C) in paragraph (4), by striking ``for transfers'' 
                and inserting ``in the case of a candidate or 
                individual, for transfers''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (5), by striking ``for donations'' 
                and inserting ``in the case of a candidate or 
                individual, for donations''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to elections occurring after December 2014.
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