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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 4315
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit a candidate
for election to the office or Representative in Congress or Senator from
accepting contributions from any political committee other than an au-
thorized committee of the candidate and from establishing a leadership
PAC.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
Mr. KHANNA (for himself and Mr. PHILLIPS) 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 a candidate for election to the office or Rep-
resentative in Congress or Senator from accepting con-
tributions from any political committee other than an
authorized committee of the candidate and from estab-
lishing a leadership PAC.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘No PAC Act’’.
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ACCEPTANCE OF CONTRIBUTIONS
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FROM
PACS
BY
CANDIDATES
FOR
REP-
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RESENTATIVE OR SENATOR.
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(a) PROHIBITION.—Section 315 of the Federal Elec-
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tion Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30116) is amended
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by adding at the end the following new subsection:
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‘‘(k) PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN POLIT-
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ICAL COMMITTEES.—
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‘‘(1) ACCEPTANCE
OF
CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM
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PACS.—A candidate for election for the office of
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Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resi-
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dent Commissioner to, the Congress, may not accept
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a contribution with respect to the election from any
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political committee other than an authorized com-
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mittee of the candidate.
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‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF LEADERSHIP PAC.—A
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candidate for election for the office of Senator or
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Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commis-
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sioner to, the Congress may not establish a leader-
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ship PAC (as defined in subparagraph (B) of section
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304(i)(8)).’’.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
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subsection (a) shall apply with respect to elections occur-
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ring after 2020.
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