US HB1404 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress

US Congress House Bill 1404 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 102-1)
Status: Introduced on April 6 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-04-06 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

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.

Title

Fair Elections Now Act

Sponsors

Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]
Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]
Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]
Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]
Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

History

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

Same As/Similar To

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