Leadership PAC Limitation Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1539 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the conversion of leadership PAC funds to personal use. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 5, 2019 Mr. PETERS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration A BILL To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit the conversion of leadership PAC funds to per- sonal use. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Leadership PAC Limi- 4 tation Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. PROHIBITING CONVERSION OF LEADERSHIP PAC 6 FUNDS TO PERSONAL USE. 7 (a) PROHIBITION.—Section 313(b)(1) of the Federal 8 Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114(b)(1)) 9 is amended by inserting after ‘‘subsection (a)’’ the fol- 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:43 Mar 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1539.IH H1539 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1539 IH lowing: ‘‘or funds of a leadership PAC (as defined in sec- 1 tion 304(i)(8)(B))’’. 2 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 3 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections occur- 4 ring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:43 Mar 20, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1539.IH H1539 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS