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109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2434
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 16 (legislative day, March 15), 2006
Mr. Wyden (for himself and Mr. Graham) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration
A BILL
To limit the amount of time Senators spend on non-legislative activities.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Senate Campaign Reform Act of
2006
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Limitation on solicitation or acceptance of contributions
Paragraph 1 of rule XLI of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended—
by inserting
(a)
after 1.
; and
by adding at the end the following:
A Member of the Senate, or officer or employee of the Senate, shall not solicit, receive, direct, or authorize the acceptance of a contribution with respect to a political committee authorized by or affiliated with a Senator at any time other than during the period beginning on the date that is 18 months prior to the date of the next general election for the office held by such Senator and ending on the date of such election.
This subparagraph shall not apply for the period beginning on the date in which a candidate opposing a Senator receives contributions or makes expenditures in excess of $100,000.
This subparagraph shall not apply in any case in which a Senator is targeted (by name or office) in broadcast advertisements paid for by an individual or group that is not affiliated with any candidate for the Senate, but only to the extent that contributions do not exceed the amount paid by the individual or group for such advertisements.
Contributions permitted by subclause (A) shall be used for the sole purpose of responding to such advertisements, and funds remaining at the conclusion of such response shall be returned to the individual contributors (based on the percentage of the total amount contributed).
Not later than 30 days after the date on which a response is made under subclause (B), the Senator shall submit for review to the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate the amount raised, copies of the advertisements in question, and the dates and outlets on which the advertisements were run.
This subparagraph shall not apply to any authorized committee of a Senator who is a candidate for an office other than Senator, but only if such committee is established for the purpose of running for such other office and no contribution accepted by the committee is used for the purpose of running for the office of Senator.
Any term used in this subparagraph which is also used in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 331 et seq.) shall have the meaning given such term under such Act.
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