105th Congress
2d Session
Thursday, June 4, 1998

H. RES. _____

RULE TWO

H.R. 2183 - THE BIPARTISAN CAMPAIGN INTEGRITY ACT OF 1997

1. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying this resolution, if offered by the Member designated in the report.

2. Provides that the amendments be considered as read.

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RESOLUTION

Resolved, That during further consideration of the bill (H.R. 2183) to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reform the financing of campaigns for elections for Federal office, and for other purposes, in the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to House Resolution 442, all points of order against each amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules accompanying this resolution are waived if the amendment is offered by a Member designated in the report. An amendment so offered shall be considered as read.

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SUMMARY OF PERFECTING AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO
H.R. 2183, THE "BIPARTISAN FRESHMAN" CAMPAIGN REFORM BILL
(listed in alphabetical order, not in order for consideration)

Calvert: Amends Schaffer, White. Limits the amount of contributions to a congressional candidate from individuals not residing in the district or state involved to an aggregate level of not more than the aggregate level of contributions received from residents of the district or state; fines any candidate who knowingly and willfully accepts contributions in excess of the limitations an amount equal to 200% of the amount accepted in excess.

Campbell: Amends Schaffer, White. Extends "paycheck protection" to require corporations, national banks and labor unions to get separate, prior, written, voluntary authorization to spend any money on political activities. Non-profit groups would be exempt from this provision.

Capps: Amends Hutchinson/Allen. Expands the definition of express advocacy to include "issue ads" that feature explicit references to a Federal candidate. Also tightens the definition of coordination and cooperation with respect to independent expenditures and increases frequency of the disclosure of independent expenditures.

Cook: Amends White. Requires mandatory electronic filing and requires the FEC to post filings on Internet within 24 hours.

Cox #49: Amends Schaffer, White. Bans campaign contributions by non-citizens.

Cox #50: Amends Campbell, Hutchinson/Allen, Schaffer, White. Bans solicitation of soft money by Presidential candidates receiving public funding.

Cox #51: Amends Schaffer, White. Establishes a penalty for violation of the prohibition against foreign contributions.

Cox #52: Amends Campbell, Obey #4, Doolittle #5, Farr, Hutchinson/Allen, Schaffer, Snowbarger, White. Prohibits fundraising on federal property.

Cox #53: Amends Campbell, Hutchinson/Allen, Schaffer, White. Prohibits conspiracy to violate presidential campaign spending limits.

Cox #54: Amends Schaffer, White. Bans soft money from foreign nationals.

Cox #55: Amends Schaffer, White. Prohibits certain defenses to violation of foreign contribution ban.

Cox #56: Amends all substitutes. Prohibits solicitation to obtain access to Air Force One, Air Force Two, the White House, the Vice President��s residence, Marine One and Marine Two.

DeLay #13: Amends Campbell, Obey #4, Hutchinson/Allen, Shays/Meehan, Tierney. Expresses the sense of Congress that Federal law clearly demonstrates that "controlling legal authority" prohibits the use of Federal property to raise campaign funds.

DeLay #14: Amends Campbell, Obey #4, Hutchinson/Allen, Shays/Meehan, Tierney. Expresses the sense of Congress that Attorney General Reno should apply immediately for the appointment of an independent counsel to investigate alleged criminal conduct relating to the financing of the 1996 Federal elections.

Doolittle #61: Amends Farr, Tierney, Shays/Meehan, Obey #4, Hutchinson/Allen, Bass, Campbell. Prohibits states from providing voting materials in any language other than English.

Doolittle #62: Amends Farr, Tierney, Shays/Meehan, Obey #4, Bass, Hutchinson/Allen, Campbell. Allows states to require proof of citizenship prior to voting.

Doolittle #74: Amends Bass, Campbell, Farr, Hutchinson/Allen, Shays/Meehan, Tierney. Terminates taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and eliminates the Presidential Campaign Fund.

Gillmor #37: Amends White. Every voter shall be entitled to the same rights and opportunities to contribute individually and collectively to political campaigns.

Gillmor #38: Amends White. Assures that all Americans be allowed equal rights to participate in the political process.

Goodlatte: Amends all substitutes. Reforms the Motor Voter law to combat the wave of illegal voter registration and voting fraud that has compromised several recent elections. Similar to H.R. 2076.

Hefley #33: Amends Schaffer, White. Prohibits "quid pro quo" given with respect to transportation on Air Force One for any contributor to any political party.

Hefley #34: Amends Schaffer, White. If Air Force One is used for any type of political fundraising, U.S. taxpayers will be reimbursed for all costs incurred.

Horn: Amends Hutchinson/Allen. Allows the principle campaign committee of a candidate for the House or Senate to send campaign mailings at the reduced postal rate now provided to party committees with a limit equal to two mailings per household in the candidate��s district or state.

Kaptur #71: Amends Shays/Meehan. Prohibits contributions and expenditures by multi-candidate political committees or separate segregated funds sponsored by foreign-controlled corporations and associations; defines "foreign-owned corporation" as a corporation with at least 50% of the ownership interest controlled by persons other than citizens or nationals of the U.S.; prohibits certain election-related activities of foreign nationals; and establishes a Clearinghouse of political activities information within the FEC.

Kaptur #73: Amends Shays/Meehan. Provides that if any provision of the bill is found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, the House of Representatives shall proceed to consider a joint resolution proposing a Constitutional Amendment to set reasonable limits on expenditures in support or in opposition to the nomination or election of any person to Federal office.

Klug: Amends Campbell. Amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate payments from the Presidential Campaign Fund for presidential nominating conventions of national political parties.

LaTourette/Moran: Amends Hutchinson/Allen. Sense of the Congress that an amendment to the Constitution should be adopted to overturn Buckley v. Valeo, thus giving Congress the ability to set limits on contributions and expenditures with respect to any Federal election or ballot measure. Each state should be permitted to set limits on contributions and expenditures with respect to all non-Federal elections and ballot measures in the state.

Maloney (NY) #8: Amends Schaffer, White. Permanently reauthorizes appropriations for the FEC, authorizing $36,504,000 for the FEC for FY 1999 and such funds as may be necessary for all successive years.

Maloney (NY) #9: Amends Schaffer, White. Requires greater disclosure from individuals and organizations who conduct telephone polls. It would require anyone conducting a poll to disclose to each respondent (at the end of the interview) the identity of the individual or organization sponsoring the poll. In addition, it would require any organization, which conducts a poll of more than 1,200 people and does not publicly disclose the results, to report to the FEC the cost and funding sources for the poll, as well as the number of households contacted and the specific questions asked.

Maloney (NY) #10: Amends Bass, Campbell, Doolittle #5, Hutchinson/Allen, Schaffer, Shays/Meehan, Snowbarger, Tierney. Creates a 12-member commission, with three members appointed by the Speaker of the House, the Minority Leader of the House, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and the Minority Leader of the Senate, to recommend changes in current campaign finance law. The commission would submit recommendations, approved by at least 9 of the 12 members, within 180 days after the 105th Congress adjourns sine die, and the recommendations would be considered under procedures similar to those used for consideration of the Base Closure and Realignment Commission.

Maloney (NY) #11: Amends Campbell, Obey #4, Doolittle #5, Farr, Hutchinson/Allen, Schaffer, Snowbarger, White. Expands the Pendleton Act by: prohibiting the solicitation of receipt of any political contribution on federal property; clarifying that solicitation by telephone is prohibited under the Pendleton Act; expanding the reach of the Act to prohibit the solicitation of "soft-money"; eliminating the current exemption under the Act given to congressional offices; and requiring that any individual who receives a contribution on federal property return the contribution and report the return of the contribution to the FEC.

Maloney (NY) #12: Amends Campbell, Obey #4, Doolittle #5, Farr, Hutchinson/Allen, Schaffer, Snowbarger, White. Same as Maloney #11, except it does not include the provision that "eliminates the current exemption under the Act given to congressional offices".

McIntosh: Amends all substitutes. Expands 5 U.S.C. chapter 73 to prohibit political activities by employees of local governments and non-governmental entities that receive federal funding, and to prohibit the use of facilitates, vehicles, and office equipment owned or leased by such governments and other entities for political purposes.

Miller (FL) #35: Amends Shays/Meehan. Amends the LM-2 form, which is required annually by all unions with annual receipts over $200,000 to the DoL��s Office of Labor and Management Standards.

Miller (FL) #36: Amends Schaffer. Same as Miller #35.

Northup #28: Amends Bass, Campbell, Hutchinson/Allen, Shays/Meehan, Tierney. Requires the taxpayer to pay the three dollar Presidential Check-off contribution rather than have the designation come out of the Treasury��s funds.

Paul #68: Amends Bass, Campbell, Farr, Obey #4, Shays/Meehan, Tierney. Sets ballot petition signature limits and ballot petition time limitations. Also, petition signatures may not be imposed by states for candidates whose respective parties received a minimum of 1% of the votes cast in the most recent federal election for President or Senate in that state.

Paul #69: Amends Campbell. Requires recipients of federal matching campaign funds to agree in writing not to participate in debates to which every other candidate for that office whom either qualifies for federal funds or is on the ballot in a minimum of 40 states, are not invited.

Paxon: Amends Bass, Campbell, Obey #4, Farr, Hutchinson/Allen, Shays/Meehan, Tierney. Requires unions to report financial activity under labor laws by functional category and requires reports to be posted on the Internet.

Peterson (PA): Amends Bass, Campbell, Obey #4, Farr, Hutchinson/Allen, Shays/Meehan, Tierney. Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to establish a voluntary pilot program to determine voter eligibility by testing citizenship. The pilot program will be for use by local and state officials and will initially be established in California, New York, Texas, Florida, and Illinois.

Salmon: Amends all substitutes. Requires the President to make available, via the Internet, the name of any non-Government person who is a passenger on an aircraft designated as Air Force One or Air Force Two no later than 30 days after the date that person is a passenger. The President may disclose the same information to the chairman and ranking member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence if there are national security concerns.

Shays/Meehan #2: Amends Schaffer, White. Bans soft money.

Shays/Meehan #3: Amends Campbell, Doolittle #5, Hutchinson/Allen, Schaffer, Snowbarger, White. Bans soft money, strengthens the definition of express advocacy, provides for direct review by the Supreme Court for Constitutional issues, and includes a severability clause.

Shays/Meehan #4: Amends Campbell, Doolittle #5, Hutchinson/Allen, Schaffer, Snowbarger, White. Strengthens the definition of express advocacy, provides for direct review by the Supreme Court for Constitutional issues, and includes a severability clause.

Shays/Meehan #5: Amends Campbell, Obey #4, Doolittle #5, Farr, Hutchinson/Allen, Snowbarger, Tierney, White. Codifies the "Beck" decision.

Slaughter: Amends Bass, Campbell, Obey #4, Doolittle #5, Hutchinson/Allen, Schaffer, Shays/Meehan, Snowbarger, White. Expresses the sense of Congress that broadcasting stations and cable operators should make available meaningful amounts of free television time to candidates for federal office; and that free television time should be used for programming consisting of unedited segments in which the candidate speaks directly to the camera.

Smith, Linda #23: Amends Shays/Meehan: Extends the codification of the Beck decision to include union members.

Smith, Linda #24: Amends Bass, Hutchinson/Allen. Codifies and extends the Beck decision to include union members.

Smith, Linda #25: Amends Campbell, Obey #4, Farr, Hutchinson/Allen, Snowbarger, White. Clarifies current prohibitions on raising campaign funds in federal office buildings to include raising soft money and include solicitations made from the White House.

Smith, Nick: Amends Schaffer, White. Requires radio, TV, and cable operators to report to the FEC the identity of political (including issue advocacy, candidate advocacy, and candidate information) advertisers as well as the cost, duration, and any other appropriate information regarding the advertisements.

Snowbarger #59: Amends White, Schaffer. Adds stiffer penalties for those candidates and campaigns that willfully and knowingly violate the law.

Snowbarger #60: Amends White, Schaffer. Increases the budget authorization of the FEC to aid investigation and oversight of our elections.

Thomas: Amends Shays/Meehan. Prohibits political party officials from raising funds to influence labor union elections.

Traficant: Amends all substitutes. Amends House rules to make in order, at any time after the fifth legislative day following the date on which a Member is convicted of knowingly accepting a foreign campaign contribution, a motion to expel the Member from the House of Representatives. The motion will be highly privileged, with no amendments or motions to reconsider allowed.

Whitfield #40: Amends White. Requires that any court reviewing the constitutionality of this Act must use strict scrutiny -- the provision must carry out a compelling governmental interest in the least restrictive manner possible.

Whitfield #42: Amends White. Requires the FEC to issue rules and prescribe forms that would have the least restrictive effect on the rights of free speech and association. Upon review by a court, any actions by the FEC that do not conform to these principles must be found unlawful and be set aside.

Whitfield #43: Amends Campbell, Hutchinson/Allen, Schaffer, Snowbarger, White. Bans any coordination of spending on issue advocacy by Presidential campaigns that have agreed to abide by the limits on spending required to receive public financing.

Whitfield #44: Amends Bass, Campbell, Obey #4, Farr, Hutchinson/Allen, Shays/Meehan, Tierney, White. Provides that any constitutional challenge to this Act would be heard by a three judge panel and advanced on the docket where possible. It also grants an appeal to the Supreme Court.

Wicker #30: Amends Bass, Campbell, Obey #4, Farr, Hutchinson/Allen, Shays/Meehan, Tierney. Prohibits the use of White House meals or accommodations in exchange for any money or other thing of value in support of any political party or the campaign for electoral office of any candidate.

Wicker #31: Amends Bass, Campbell, Obey #4, Farr, Hutchinson/Allen, Shays/Meehan, Tierney. Allows states to require an individual to produce a valid photographic identification before receiving a ballot for voting in an election for Federal office.

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Perfecting Amendments Made in Order Under the Rule for H.R. 2183 to:

a. The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Representative White
Calvert Cox #55 Maloney #11 Smith, Linda #25
Campbell Cox #56 Maloney #12 Smith, Nick
Cook Gillmor #37 McIntosh Snowbarger #59
Cox #49 Gillmor #38 Salmon Snowbarger #60
Cox #50 Goodlatte Shays/Meehan #2 Traficant
Cox #51 Hefley #33 Shays/Meehan #3 Whitfield #40
Cox #52 Hefley #34 Shays/Meehan #4 Whitfield #42
Cox #53 Maloney #8 Shays/Meehan #5 Whitfield #43
Cox #54 Maloney #9 Slaughter Whitfield #44

b. The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Representatives Shays and Meehan
Cox #56 Goodlatte Northup #28 Smith, Linda #23
DeLay #13 Kaptur #71 Paul #68 Thomas
DeLay #14 Kaptur #73 Paxon Traficant
Doolittle #61 Maloney(NY) #10 Peterson(PA) Whitfield #44
Doolittle #62 McIntosh Salmon Wicker #30
Doolittle #74 Miller (FL) #35 Slaughter Wicker #31

c. The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Representative Bass
Cox #56 Maloney(NY) #10 Peterson (PA) Whitfield #44
Doolittle #61 McIntosh Salmon Wicker #30
Doolittle #62 Northup #28 Slaughter Wicker #31
Doolittle #74 Paul #68 Smith, Linda #24
Goodlatte Paxon Traficant

d. The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Representative Farr

Cox #52 Goodlatte Paxon Traficant
Cox #56 Maloney (NY)#11 Peterson (PA) Whitfield #44
Doolittle #61 Maloney (NY)#12 Salmon Wicker #30
Doolittle #62 McIntosh Shays/Meehan #5 Wicker #31
Doolittle #74 Paul #68 Smith, Linda #25

e. The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Representative Snowbarger
Cox #52 Maloney(NY) #11 Shays/Meehan #3 Smith, Linda #25
Cox #56 Maloney(NY)#12 Shays/Meehan #4 Traficant
Goodlatte McIntosh Shays/Meehan #5 Whitfield #43
Maloney(NY)#10 Salmon Slaughter

f. The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Representative Obey #4
Cox #52 Goodlatte Peterson(PA) Whitfield #44
Cox #56 Maloney(NY) #11 Salmon Wicker #30
DeLay #13 Maloney(NY) #12 Shays/Meehan #5 Wicker #31
DeLay #14 McIntosh Slaughter
Doolittle #61 Paul #68 Smith, Linda #25
Doolittle #62 Paxon Traficant

g. The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Representative Campbell
Cox #50 Doolittle #74 Paul #68 Slaughter
Cox #52 Goodlatte Paul #69 Smith, Linda #25
Cox #53 Klug Paxon Traficant
Cox #56 Maloney(NY) #10 Peterson(PA) Whitfield #43
DeLay #13 Maloney(NY) #11 Salmon Whitfield #44
DeLay #14 Maloney(NY) #12 Shays/Meehan #3 Wicker #30
Doolittle #61 McIntosh Shays/Meehan #4 Wicker #31
Doolittle #62 Northup #28 Shays/Meehan #5

h. The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Representative Tierney
Cox #56 Doolittle #74 Paul #68 Traficant
DeLay #13 Goodlatte Paxon Whitfield #44
DeLay #14 Maloney(NY) #10 Peterson(PA) Wicker #30
Doolittle #61 McIntosh Salmon Wicker #31
Doolittle #62 Northup #28 Shays/Meehan #5

i. The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Representative Schaffer, Bob
Calvert Cox #55 Maloney(NY) #11 Slaughter
Campbell Cox #56 Maloney(NY) #12 Smith, Nick
Cox #49 Goodlatte McIntosh Snowbarger #59
Cox #50 Hefley #33 Miller(FL) Snowbarger #60
Cox #51 Hefley #34 Salmon Traficant
Cox #52 Maloney(NY) #8 Shays/Meehan #2 Whitfield #43
Cox #53 Maloney(NY) #9 Shays/Meehan #3
Cox #54 Maloney(NY) #10 Shays/Meehan #4

j. The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Representative Doolittle #5
Cox #52 Maloney(NY) #11 Shays/Meehan #3 Traficant
Cox #56 Maloney(NY) #12 Shays/Meehan #4
Goodlatte McIntosh Shays/Meehan #5
Maloney(NY) #10 Salmon Slaughter

k. The Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute offered by Representative Hutchinson and Representativ Allen
Capps Doolittle #62 McIntosh Slaughter
Cox #50 Doolittle #74 Northup #28 Smith,Linda #24
Cox #52 Goodlatte Paxon Smith,Linda #25
Cox #53 Horn Peterson(PA) Traficant
Cox #56 LaTourette/Moran(VA) Salmon Whitfield #43
DeLay #13 Maloney (NY)#10 Shays/Meehan #3 Whitfield #44
DeLay #14 Maloney (NY)#11 Shays/Meehan #4 Wicker #30
Doolittle #61 Maloney (NY)#12 Shays/Meehan #5 Wicker #31