US Congress House Bill 5887 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 16 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-12-16 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, to repeal certain limits on separate contributions by persons or multicandidate political committees to political committees of a national political party which are not the authorized political committees of any candidate. Specifies those contributions used to defray expenses for: a presidential nominating convention; the construction, purchase, renovation, operation, and furnishing of party headquarters buildings; and the preparation for and the conduct of election recounts, contests, and other legal proceedings.

To repeal the provisions of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, which amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish separate contribution limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts.

Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-16	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5887/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5887/BILLS-113hr5887ih.pdf