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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 20 (Introduced in House) — To reform the financing of Congressional elections by broadening participation by small dollar donors, and for other... · Sec. 202

Sec. 202. Contributions and expenditures by multicandidate and political party political committees on behalf of participating candidates

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Section 315(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 2 U.S.C. 441a(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: In the case of a multicandidate political committee or any political committee of a political party, the committee may make a contribution to a candidate who is a participating candidate under title V with respect to an election only if the contribution is paid from a separate, segregated account of the committee which consists solely of contributions which meet the following requirements:
Each such contribution is in an amount which meets the requirements for the amount of a qualified small dollar contribution under section 504(a)(1) with respect to the election involved. Each such contribution is made by an individual who is not otherwise prohibited from making a contribution under this Act. The individual who makes the contribution does not make contributions to the committee during the year in an aggregate amount that exceeds the limit described in section 504(a)(1). .
Section 315(d) of such Act ( 2 U.S.C. 441a(d) ) is amended— in paragraph (3), by striking The national committee and inserting Except as provided in paragraph (5), the national committee ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: The limits described in paragraph
(3)do not apply in the case of expenditures in connection with the general election campaign of a candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress who is a participating candidate under title V with respect to the election, but only if— the expenditures are paid from a separate, segregated account of the committee which is described in subsection (a)(9); and the expenditures are the sole source of funding provided by the committee to the candidate. .
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