Campaign Finance Integrity Act of 2001
Latest action · Mar 15, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 15, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Prohibits a candidate and the candidate's authorized committees from accepting contributions used to pay campaign debt 90 days after a general or special election. Requires such candidate to assume such debt, after such time, as a personal obligation.
Raises specified contribution limits in a general election for a candidate when an opponent and the opponent's authorized committee make certain aggregate expenditures from the opponent's personal funds. Requires a candidate's principal campaign committee to notify the Federal Election Commission (FEC) of certain excess aggregate expenditures made using the candidate's personal funds.
Increases and indexes individual and multicandidate political committee contribution limits.
Requires the disclosure of disbursements made by national political parties aggregating more than $1,000 made during a calendar year for certain political activities.
Makes it unlawful, except with the separate, written, voluntary authorization of each individual, for: (1) national banks or corporations to collect or assess its stockholders or employees any dues, initiation fee, or other payment as a condition of employment or membership if any part of such dues, fee, or payment will be used for political activities in which the national bank or corporation is engaged; and (2) labor organizations to collect from or assess its members or nonmembers any dues, initiation fee, or other payment if any part of such dues, fee, or payment will be used for political activities.
Requires disclosure by: (1) corporations or national banks to shareholders of the amount of each disbursement made for political activities or that otherwise influences Federal elections; and (2) labor organizations to dues paying members and nonmembers the amount of each disbursement made for political activities or that otherwise influences Federal elections. Requires corporations, national banks, and labor organizations to disclose to the FEC annual disbursements aggregating $1,000 or more for certain permissible activities.
Revises requirements regarding filing of FECA reports and provisions regarding contributor information.
Amends Federal postal law to repeal the current requirement regarding the mailing of any mass mailing as franked mail by Members of, or Members-elect to, the Congress. Replaces them with a requirement banning Members of, or Members-elect to, the Congress from mailing any mass mailing as franked mail.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Rules and Administration Committee | Referred Mar 16, 2001 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Mar 15, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2414 | Wayne Allard R-CO | Mar 15, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-506 | A LICENSE TO BREAK THE LAW? PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF DRIVER'S LICENSES205 pages | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Apr 16, 2002 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1179 | Family Farm Protection Act | Related bill | Mar 22, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reform the financing of Federal elections.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Campaign Finance Integrity Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Administrative procedure
- Business and politics
- Campaign contributors
- Campaign funds
- Commerce
- Congress
- Congressional candidates
- Congressional districts
- Congressional elections
- Congressional mail
- Congressional newsletters and questionnaires
- Corporations
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Debt
- Election law
- Facsimile transmission
- Federal Election Commission
- Federal employees
- Federal installations
- Federal office buildings
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Franking privilege
- Fund raising
- Gifts
- Government ethics
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Information disclosure (Securities law)
- Labor and Employment
- Labor union finances
- Labor union political activities
- Law
- Loans
- Misconduct in office
- Political action committees
- Political parties
- Presidential elections
- Public corruption
- Public records
- Residence requirements
- Soft money
- Stockholders
- Union dues
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
