[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1874 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
1st Session
S. 1874
To require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and
reports in electronic form.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 17, 2003
Mr. Feingold (for himself and Mr. McCain) introduced the following
bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and
Administration
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A BILL
To require Senate candidates to file designations, statements, and
reports in electronic form.
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 ``Senate Campaign Disclosure Parity
Act''.
SEC. 2. SENATE CANDIDATES REQUIRED TO FILE ELECTION REPORTS IN
ELECTRONIC FORM.
(a) In General.--Section 304(a)(11)(D) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(11)(D)) is amended to read as
follows:
``(D) As used in this paragraph, the terms
`designation', `statement', or `report' mean a
designation, statement or report, respectively, which--
``(i) is required by this Act to be filed
with the Commission, or
``(ii) is required under section 302(g) to
be filed with the Secretary of the Senate and
forwarded by the Secretary to the Commission.''
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 302(g)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 432(g)(2)) is
amended by inserting ``or 1 working day in the case of a
designation, statement, or report filed electronically'' after
``2 working days''.
(2) Section 304(a)(11)(B) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
434(a)(11)(B)) is amended by inserting ``or filed with the
Secretary of the Senate under section 302(g)(1) and forwarded
to the Commission'' after ``Act''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to any designation, statement, or report required to be filed
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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