HR 11383 · 93th Congress · Government Operations and Politics
Federal Elections Campaign Act
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on House Administration.(1973-11-08)
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Federal Elections Campaign Act - Title I: Federal Elections Commission - Establishes the Federal Elections Commission which shall have the power to issue subpenas and initiate court actions in order to carry out the provisions of this Act. Prohibits any candidate from designating more than one political committee as his campaign committee. Prohibits any Congressman from making any mass mailings with a simplified form of address as franked mail during the 60 day period preceding the date the election is held in which he is a candidate. Title II: Voter's Time - Requires each television station and, in instances explicitly specified, each television network, to make available for the purpose of political broadcasts by candidates for President and Vice President of the United States, or Senator or Representative in, or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the United States, the use of its facilities at the rates and times and in the amounts specified in or under this title. Calls such time 'Voter's Time.' Establishes eligibility requirements for using such time, to be made available 35 days preceding the Monday before a general election. States that all blocks of air time required…
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