To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the limit on the amount of certain contributions which may be made to a candidate with respect to an election for Federal office.

This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce from $2,000 to $1,000 the maximum contribution that may be made to candidates for federal office for elections occurring after 2018. An increase to this reduced contribution level, based on increases in the price index, must be made in calendar years after 2018.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 319 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 319

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the limit 
on the amount of certain contributions which may be made to a candidate 
            with respect to an election for Federal office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 2017

 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 the limit 
on the amount of certain contributions which may be made to a candidate 
            with respect to an election for Federal office.

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

SECTION 1. REDUCTION IN CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO 
              INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES.

    (a) Reduction in Limit.--Section 315(a)(1)(A) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116(a)(1)(A)) is amended by 
striking ``$2,000'' and inserting ``$1,000''.
    (b) Application of Indexing.--
            (1) In general.--Section 315(c)(1)(B) of such Act (52 
        U.S.C. 30116(c)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``after 2002'' 
        and inserting ``after 2002 (or, in the case of the limitation 
        established under subsection (a)(1)(A), after 2018)''.
            (2) Determination of base period.--Section 315(c)(2)(B) of 
        such Act (52 U.S.C. 30116(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 subsection (a)(1)(A), 
                calendar year 2017.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
elections occurring after December 2018.
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