List and Links for (17) Pending Campaign Finance Reform Bills

[Wilms]

Each of the pending bills are listed, with a link to a http://www.govtrack.us/ page. There you can click TEXT or pdf versions of each of the bills. Next to “Cosponsors” click on ‘show’ to see the list. There are other functions on the page, such as “Bill Tracking” I haven’t yet explored.


2005 Campaign/Finance Reform Legislation (17)


Reference:
Federal Campaign Finance Laws Page:
http://www.fec.gov/law/feca/feca.shtml



S. 237: Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to ensure that certain states remain eligible for Federal highway funds. (Pay to Play Reform Protection Act - Amends Federal highway law regarding requirements for the letting of a contract for the construction of Federal-aid highway project by or under the supervision of a State transportation department. Declares that nothing in such requirements prohibits a State from enacting a law or issuing an order that limits the amount of money an individual doing business with a State agency for a Federal-aid project may contribute to a political campaign.)
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-237
Companion Bill: H.R. 439 William Pascrell (D-NJ)


H.R. 439: William Pascrell (D-NJ) To amend title 23, United States Code, to ensure that certain States remain eligible for Federal highway funds.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-439
Companion Bill: S. 237: Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)


S. 271: John McCain (R-AZ) A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s109-271


H.R. 45: Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-45


H.R. 46: Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) 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.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-46


H.R. 235: Walter Jones (R-NC) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect the religious free exercise and free speech rights of churches and other houses of worship.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-235


H.R. 338: Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the disclosure of certain information by persons conducting phone banks during campaigns for election for Federal office, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-338


H.R. 471: John Larson (D-CT) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the frequency of disclosure of information by political organizations and to improve the linkage between databases for public disclosure of election-related information maintained by the Department of the Treasury and the Federal Election Commission.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-471


H.R. 491: Thomas Petri (R-WI) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require persons conducting Federal election polls by telephone to disclose certain information to respondents and the Federal Election Commission.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-491


H.R. 513: Christopher Shays (R-CT) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-513


H.R. 689: Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) 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.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-689


H.R. 701: Philip English (R-PA) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit an authorized committee of a winning candidate for election for Federal office which received a personal loan from the candidate from making any repayment on the loan after the date on which the candidate begins serving in such office.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-701


H.R. 702: Philip English (R-PA) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the use of any contribution made to a candidate for election for Federal office, or any donation made to an individual as support for the individual's activities as the holder of a Federal office, for the payment of a salary to the candidate or individual or to any member of the immediate family of the candidate or individual.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-702


H.R. 850: Steny Hoyer (D-MD) To amend chapter 95 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish a uniform date for the release of payments from the Presidential Election Campaign Fund to eligible candidates for election to the office of President of the United States.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-850


H.R. 914: Philip English (R-PA) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide parity in reporting requirements for national party committees and unregulated political organizations, and for other purposes.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-914


H.R. 942: Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI) To require government agencies carrying out surface transportation projects to conduct a cost-benefit analysis before procuring architectural, engineering, and related services from a private contractor, and for other purposes. (Prescribes components of such cost benefit analysis, as well as accompanying materials including the performance history and political contribution history of the private contractor.)
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-942


H.J. Res. 13: James Leach (R-IA) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding regulations on the amounts of expenditures of personal funds made by candidates for election for public office.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj109-13

[tommcintyre]

1. WOW! I didn't realize so many were in the works

Once we have reasonably secure elections, we also need to start breaking the corporate/wealthy stranglhold on our elections. And CFR is a good place to start. If they hadn't watered down McCain/Feingold so much, we'd be better off today.

[Wilms]

2. The best news is what Dean did for fundraising.

I think that freaked out the $ class.

[Peace Patriot]

3. Thanks for this, too, Wilms! (Great thread on Election Reform bills also!

We need a Constitutional Amendment banning all private money in political campaigns. Period. Enough! Fini!

(--committing say 1% of Fed budget to candidate access to voters, and taking back some of our public airwaves for political debate.)

After we get back our right to vote.

Personally, I think the BushCon Congress is about as likely to give us back our right to vote as Enron is to return the $10 billion it stole from California.

Doesn't mean we shouldn't be paying attention, though. Thanks for both threads!

(Restoring our right to vote is going to be a state by state, county by county, grass roots struggle--Congress ain't going to do it, is my opinion.)