[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2702 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2702
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.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 21, 2004
Mr. Chambliss (for himself, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Allen, and Mr. Lott)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Rules and Administration
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A BILL
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.
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 ``First Amendment Restoration Act''.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ELECTIONEERING
COMMUNICATIONS.
(a) Disclosure of Disbursements for Communications.--Section 304(f)
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(f)) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(8) Termination of reporting requirement.--No person
shall be required to file any statement under this subsection
with respect to any disbursement made on or after November 6,
2002.''.
(b) Prohibition Against Making of Disbursements for Communications
by Corporations and Labor Organizations.--Section 316 of such Act (2
U.S.C. 441b) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``or for any
applicable electioneering communication''; and
(2) by striking subsection (c).
(c) Treatment of Coordinated Communications as Contributions.--
Section 315(a)(7) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(7)) is amended--
(1) by striking subparagraph (C); and
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C).
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if included in
the enactment of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002.
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