S.Amdt. 2966

SA 2966. Mr. DAYTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2938 submitted by Mr. Santorum) (for himself, Mr. McCain, Mr. Feingold, and Mr. Lieberman) and intended to be proposed to the bill S. 2349, to provide greater transparency in the legislative process; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike all after page 4, line 5, and insert the following:

“(9) in the case of a principal campaign committee of a candidate, any flight taken by the candidate during the reporting period on an aircraft that is not licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration to operate for compensation or hire, together with the following information:

“(A) The date of the flight.

“(B) The destination of the flight.

“(C) The owner or lessee of the aircraft.

“(D) The purpose of the flight.

“(E) The persons on the flight, except for any person flying the aircraft.”.

(B) Exclusion of paid flight from definition of contribution.--Subparagraph (B) of section 301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(8)(B)) is amended--

(i) in clause (xiii), by striking “and” at the end;

(ii) in clause (xiv), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and

(iii) by adding at the end the following new clause:

“(xv) any travel expense for a flight taken by the candidate or on behalf of the candidate on an aircraft that is not licensed by the Federal Aviation Administration to operate for compensation or hire: Provided, That the candidate (or the authorized committee of the candidate) pays to the owner, lessee, or other individual who provides the airplane the pro rata share of the fair market value of such flight (as determined by dividing the fair market value of the normal and usual charter fare or rental charge for a comparable plane of appropriate size by the number candidates on the flight) by not later than 7 days after the date on which the flight is taken.”.

(3) Reimbursement of transportation provided by federal government.--Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

“SEC. 325. PROHIBITION ON UNREIMBURSED TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

“(a) In General.--A candidate, any person performing services on behalf of a candidate or an authorized committee of a candidate, or any person performing services on behalf of a political committee established and maintained by a national political party, shall not use any property of the Federal government as a means of transportation for any purpose related (in whole or in part) to influencing the election of a candidate for Federal office unless such person reimburses the Federal government for the cost of such transportation.

“(b) Cost of Transportation by Airplane.--For purposes of subsection (a), in the case of any transportation consisting of a flight on an aircraft, the cost of such transportation shall be the fair market value of such flight (as determined by dividing the normal and usual charter fare or rental charge for a comparable plane of appropriate size by the number of people on board, not including any person flying the aircraft).”.