US Congress House Bill 1404 (Prior Session Legislation)

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April 6 2011 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to: (1) candidate benefits of fair elections financing of House of Representatives election campaigns; (2) allocations to candidates from the Fair Elections Fund established by this Act; (3) 500% matching payments to candidates for certain small dollar contributions; (4) Fund allocation eligibility requirements; (5) certification of a federal election candidate as a participating candidate; (6) contribution, expenditure, and fundraising requirements; (7) a public debate requirement; (8) remission to the Fair Elections Fund of unspent funds after an election; (9) establishment of the Fair Elections Fund and of a Fair Elections Oversight Board; (10) civil penalties for violation of contribution and expenditure requirements; and (11) transfer of a portion of collected civil money penalties into the Fair Elections Fund. Prohibits: (1) use of contributions by a participating candidate for any purposes other than an election campaign, and (2) establishment of joint fundraising committees with any political committee other than a candidate's authorized committee. Prescribes a limitation on coordinated expenditures by political party committees with participating candidates. Amends FECA to empower the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to appeal a civil action. Requires all designations, statements, and reports required to be filed under FECA to be filed: (1) directly with the FEC, and (2) in electronic form accessible by computers. Reduces from 48 hours to 24 hours after their receipt the deadline for the FEC to make designations, statements, reports, or notifications available to the public in the FEC office and on the Internet.

Fair Elections Now Act

Rep Larson, John B.	Rep Ackerman, Gary L.	Rep Baca, Joe	Rep Baldwin, Tammy
Rep Blumenauer, Earl	Rep Boswell, Leonard L.	Rep Braley, Bruce L.	Rep Butterfield, G. K.
Rep Capuano, Michael E.	Rep Chu, Judy	Rep Cicilline, David N.	Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel	Rep Cohen, Steve	Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry"	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.
Rep Cooper, Jim	Rep Costello, Jerry F.	Rep Courtney, Joe	Rep Cummings, Elijah E.
Rep Davis, Danny K.	Rep Davis, Susan A.	Rep DeFazio, Peter A.	Rep DeLauro, Rosa L.
Rep Deutch, Theodore E.	Rep Doyle, Michael F.	Rep Edwards, Donna F.	Rep Ellison, Keith
Rep Engel, Eliot L.	Rep Eshoo, Anna G.	Rep Farr, Sam	Rep Filner, Bob
Rep Frank, Barney	Rep Garamendi, John	Rep Green, Gene	Rep Grijalva, Raul M.
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V.	Rep Hahn, Janice	Rep Heinrich, Martin	Rep Himes, James A.
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.	Rep Hirono, Mazie K.	Rep Holt, Rush D.	Rep Honda, Michael M.
Rep Israel, Steve	Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.	Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice	Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr.
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr.	Rep Kildee, Dale E.	Rep Kind, Ron	Rep Kissell, Larry
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J.	Rep Langevin, James R.	Rep Lee, Barbara	Rep Lewis, John
Rep Lipinski, Daniel	Rep Loebsack, David	Rep Lowey, Nita M.	Rep Lujan, Ben Ray
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B.	Rep Matsui, Doris O.	Rep McCollum, Betty	Rep McDermott, Jim
Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep Michaud, Michael H.	Rep Miller, George	Rep Moran, James P.
Rep Murphy, Christopher S.	Rep Nadler, Jerrold	Rep Napolitano, Grace F.	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Rep Olver, John W.	Rep Owens, William L.	Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr.	Rep Peters, Gary C.
Rep Pingree, Chellie	Rep Polis, Jared	Rep Price, David E.	Rep Rangel, Charles B.
Rep Reyes, Silvestre	Rep Rothman, Steven R.	Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille	Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch
Rep Sarbanes, John P.	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.	Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"	Rep Serrano, Jose E.
Rep Sherman, Brad	Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh	Rep Smith, Adam	Rep Stark, Fortney Pete
Rep Tonko, Paul D.	Rep Tsongas, Niki	Rep Van Hollen, Chris	Rep Walz, Timothy J.
Rep Waters, Maxine	Rep Watt, Melvin L.	Rep Waxman, Henry A.	Rep Welch, Peter
Rep Wilson, Frederica S.	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.	Rep Yarmuth, John A.

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-04-06	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

SB750 (Related) 2011-04-12 - Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held.
HB6426 (Related) 2012-09-14 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d112:HN01404:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr1404ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr1404ih.pdf