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HR 1747 IH

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to increase the penalties imposed for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and to prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-related disbursements.

May 11, 1999

Mr. BURTON of Indiana (for himself, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. MICA, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. HORN, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. BARR of Georgia, and Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to increase the penalties imposed for making or accepting contributions in the name of another and to prohibit foreign nationals from making any campaign-related disbursements.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Conduit Contribution Prevention Act of 1999'.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN PENALTIES IMPOSED FOR VIOLATIONS OF CONDUIT CONTRIBUTION BAN.

(a) INCREASE IN CIVIL MONEY PENALTY FOR KNOWING AND WILLFUL VIOLATIONS- Section 309(a) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)) is amended--

(1) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting before the period at the end the following: `(or, in the case of a violation of section 320, which is not less than 300 percent of the amount involved in the violation and is not more than the greater of $50,000 or 1000 percent of the amount involved in the violation)'; and

(2) in paragraph (6)(C), by inserting before the period at the end the following: `(or, in the case of a violation of section 320, which is not less than 300 percent of the amount involved in the violation and is not more than the greater of $50,000 or 1000 percent of the amount involved in the violation)'.

(b) INCREASE IN CRIMINAL PENALTY-

(1) IN GENERAL- Section 309(d)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:

`(D) Any person who knowingly and willfully commits a violation of section 320 involving an amount aggregating $1,000 or more during a calendar year shall be fined, or imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both. The amount of the fine shall not be less than 300 percent of the amount involved in the violation and shall not be more than the greater of $50,000 or 1000 percent of the amount involved in the violation.'.

(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT- Section 309(d)(1)(A) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(d)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting `(other than section 320)' after `this Act'.

(c) MANDATORY REFERRAL TO ATTORNEY GENERAL- Section 309(a)(5)(C) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437(a)(5)(C)) is amended by inserting `(or, in the case of a violation of section 320, shall refer such apparent violation to the Attorney General of the United States)' after `United States'.

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to violations occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. EXTENSION OF BAN ON FOREIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ALL CAMPAIGN-RELATED DISBURSEMENTS.

(a) PROHIBITION ON DISBURSEMENTS BY FOREIGN NATIONALS- Section 319 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441e) is amended--

(1) in the heading, by striking `contributions' and inserting `disbursements';

(2) in subsection (a), by striking `contribution' each place it appears and inserting `disbursement'; and

(3) in subsection (a), by striking the semicolon and inserting the following: `, including any disbursement to a political committee of a political party and any disbursement for an independent expenditure;'.

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE- The amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to disbursements made on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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