Common Sense Federal Election Reform Act of 2001
Latest action · Mar 22, 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 22, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit specified political donations to congressional campaigns and solicitation (fundraising) of such donations on Federal property.
Makes it unlawful for any person to make a contribution to a candidate for nomination for election to, or election to, a Federal office, an individual who is a holder of a Federal office, or the head of any executive department, or any entity established on behalf of any such individual, to defray the individual's legal expenses: (1) to the extent it would result in the aggregate amount of such contributions from such person to, or on behalf of, such individual to exceed $10,000 for any calendar year; or (2) if the person is a foreign national or a person prohibited from contributing to the campaign of a candidate under FECA.
Amends FECA to provide for increased criminal penalties for violations of foreign national prohibitions and contributions in the name of another.
Increases from six years to eight years the terms for Federal Election Commission Commissioners.
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 22, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 22, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Mar 22, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2776-2777)
- Mar 22, 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 S2776 | Pete V. Domenici R-NM | Mar 22, 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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44318 | The Federal Election Commission: Overview and Selected Issues for Congress Archived | Report | Dec 22, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to reform Federal election law.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Common Sense Federal Election Reform Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Aliens
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Cabinet officers
- Campaign contributors
- Campaign funds
- Congress
- Congressional candidates
- Congressional elections
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Dividends
- Economics and Public Finance
- Election fraud
- Electronic government information
- Families
- Federal Election Commission
- Federal employees
- Federal installations
- Federal office buildings
- Federal officials
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fines (Penalties)
- Fund raising
- Gambling
- Gifts
- Government employees' political activities
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Immigration
- Indexing (Economic policy)
- Internet
- Investments
- Labor and Employment
- Labor union finances
- Labor union political activities
- Law
- Legal fees
- Loans
- Lotteries
- Military bases
- Naval bases
- Political action committees
- Political advertising
- Political parties
- Politicians' families
- Presidential elections
- Public interest law
- Radio in politics
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Soft money
- Sports and Recreation
- Stocks
- Television in politics
- Term limits
- Union dues
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 22, 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.
