HR 1316 · 109th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

527 Fairness Act of 2005

Introduced 2005-03-15· Sponsored by Rep. Pence, Mike [R-IN-6]· House

Bill Progress

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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5643)(2005-07-12)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 527 Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to: (1) repeal the aggregate limit on contributions by individuals; (2) increase the limits for House and Senate candidates facing wealthy opponents; (3) repeal the limit on the amount of party expenditures on behalf of candidates in general elections; (4) index limits on the amount of contributions made to or by multicandidate political committees; (5) permit expenditures for certain targeted electioneering communications by specified kinds of organizations; (6) permit corporations and labor organizations to solicit political contributions from members by communications of any sort (currently, only by mail); and (7) permit State and local political parties to use nonfederal funds for voter registration and sample ballots.…

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CBO Cost Estimate

Congressional Budget Office

H.R. 1316, 527 Fairness Act of 2005

Jun 17, 2005

<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on June 8, 2005</p>

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H.R. 1316, 527 Fairness Act of 2005

Jun 17, 2005

Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on House Administration on June 8, 2005

Full CBO report ↗

Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office

Cosponsors (20)

1 Democrat19 Republicans