US HB1826 | 2009-2010 | 111th Congress

US Congress House Bill 1826 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 165-3)
Status: Introduced on March 31 2009 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2009-07-30 - Committee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to: (1) eligibility and qualifying contribution requirements and benefits of fair elections financing of House of Representatives election campaigns; (2) establishment of a Fair Elections Fund; (3) eligibility for Fund allocations; (4) contribution and expenditure requirements; (5) a public debate requirement; (6) certification of whether or not a federal election candidate is a participating candidate; (7) benefits for participating candidates; (8) matching payments for qualified small dollar contributions; (9) political advertising vouchers; (10) establishment of a Fair Elections Oversight Board; (11) civil penalties for violation of contribution and expenditure requirements; (12) prohibition of joint fundraising committees with any political committee other than a candidate's authorized committee; and (13) a specified limitation on coordinated expenditures by political party committees with participating candidates. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require the deposit into the Fair Elections Fund of 10% of the proceeds from competitive auctions for recovered analog spectrum. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow for designation of a certain amount of income tax liability to the Fair Elections Fund. Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to: (1) prohibit the preemption of the use of a broadcasting station by a legally qualified House candidate who has purchased and paid for such use; (2) revise Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authority to revoke licenses for broadcasting stations who fail to provide access to House candidates; and (3) revise the formula for determining reduced broadcast rates for participating candidates in certain circumstances. Directs the FCC to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to establish a standardized form to be used by broadcasting stations to record and report the purchase of advertising time by or on behalf of a candidate for nomination for election, or for election, to federal elective office. Amends FECA to: (1) empower the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to appeal a civil action; (2) require all designations, statements, and reports required to be filed under FECA to be filed directly with the FEC, and in computer-accessible electronic form; and (3) reduce from 48 to 24 hours after their receipt the deadline for the FEC to make designations, statements, reports, or notifications available to the public in the FEC office and on the Internet.

Title

Fair Elections Now Act

Sponsors

Rep. Neil Abercrombie [D-HI]	Rep. Gary Ackerman [D-NY]	Rep. Robert Andrews [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Arcuri [D-NY]
Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. John Boccieri [D-OH]	Rep. Leonard Boswell [D-IA]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]
Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Castle [R-DE]	Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]
Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]
Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Rep. Jerry Costello [D-IL]	Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Kathleen Dahlkemper [D-PA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]
Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Bill Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. William Delahunt [D-MA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Bob Filner [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Barney Frank [D-MA]
Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Gabrielle Giffords [D-AZ]	Rep. Charles Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. John Hall [D-NY]	Rep. Deborah Halvorson [D-IL]	Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]	Rep. Jane Harman [D-CA]
Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Maurice Hinchey [D-NY]
Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Rep. Paul Hodes [D-NH]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]	Rep. Jesse Jackson [D-IL]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]
Rep. Patrick Kennedy [D-RI]	Rep. Dale Kildee [D-MI]	Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Larry Kissell [D-NC]	Rep. Suzanne Kosmas [D-FL]	Rep. Frank Kratovil [D-MD]	Rep. Dennis Kucinich [D-OH]
Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]
Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]	Rep. Eric Massa [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]
Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]	Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. Brad Miller [D-NC]
Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. Walter Minnick [D-ID]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Rep. Scott Murphy [D-NY]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]
Rep. John Olver [D-MA]	Rep. Solomon Ortiz [D-TX]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Thomas Perriello [D-VA]	Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Silvestre Reyes [D-TX]	Rep. Steven Rothman [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]
Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Loretta Sanchez [D-CA]
Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Mark Schauer [D-MI]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Fortney Stark [D-CA]	Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH]	Rep. Harry Teague [D-NM]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]
Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. Edolphus Towns [D-NY]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]	Rep. Melvin Watt [D-NC]	Rep. Anthony Weiner [D-NY]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]	Rep. David Wu [D-OR]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-07-30		Committee Hearings Held.
2009-04-01		Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet.
2009-03-31		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-03-31		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-03-31		Referred to House House Administration
2009-03-31		Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Same As/Similar To

SB752 (Related) 2009-03-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4074-4080)
HB6116 (Related) 2010-12-22 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 410.