To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act to extend through 2018 the authority of the Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties (H. R.3487; 113th Congress)

113th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3487

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

November 14, 2013

Mrs. Miller of Michigan (for herself, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Harper, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Schock, and Mr. Vargas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on House Administration

A BILL

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act to extend through 2018 the authority of the Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and published by the Commission, to expand such authority to certain other violations, and for other purposes.

=Section 1. Extension of administrative penalty authority of Federal Election Commission through 2018=

Section 309(a)(4)(C)(iv) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(4)(C)(iv)) is amended by striking “December 31, 2013” and inserting “December 31, 2018”.

=Sec. 2. Expansion of administrative penalty authority of Federal Election Commission=

(a) Application to qualified disclosure requirements–
Section 309(a)(4)(C)(i) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(4)(C)(i)) is amended by striking “any requirement of section 304(a) of the Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a))” and inserting “a qualified disclosure requirement”.

(b) Schedule of penalties for each violation–
Section 309(a)(4)(C)(i)(II) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(4)(C)(i)(II)) is amended by inserting “, for violations of each qualified disclosure requirement,” before “under a schedule of penalties”.

(c) Definition of qualified disclosure requirement–
Section 309(a)(4)(C) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(4)(C)) is amended—
 * (1) by redesignating clause (iv), as amended by section 1, as clause (v); and
 * (2) by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause:


 * (iv) In this subparagraph, the term “qualified disclosure requirement” means any requirement of—
 * (I) subsections (a), (c), (e), (f), (g), or (i) of section 304; or
 * (II) section 305.

=Sec. 3. Effective date=

The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the earlier of—
 * (1) December 31, 2013; or
 * (2) the date of the enactment of this Act.