HR 3947 · 101th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Congressional Campaign Act of 1990
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EnactedLatest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.(1990-02-07)
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Congressional Campaign Act of 1990 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce from: (1) $5,000 to $2,000 the limitation on a multicandidate political committee contribution to an election candidate; (2) $15,000 to $5,000 the limitation on a multiparty political committee contribution to the political committees established and maintained by a national political party which are not the authorized political committees of any candidate; and (3) $5,000 to $2,000 the limitation on a multiparty political committee contribution to any other political committee. Provides that an expenditure is not an independent expenditure if there is any type of arrangement, coordination, direction, advice, or counseling directly or indirectly between a candidate and the person making the expenditure. Requires contributions made by a person, directly or indirectly, to or on behalf of a candidate through an intermediary to be treated as contributions from the intermediary if: (1) the contributions are in the form of a negotiable instrument made payable to the intermediary rather than the intended recipient; or (2) the intermediary is a political committee, other than a candidate's author…
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