US Congress House Bill 269 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 69-1)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-01-15 - Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Pending: House Administration Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Fair Elections Now Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) with respect to: candidate benefits of fair elections financing of House of Representatives election campaigns; allocations to candidates from the Fair Elections Fund established by this Act; 500% matching payments to candidates for certain small dollar contributions; Fund allocation eligibility requirements; certification of a federal election candidate as a participating candidate; contribution, expenditure, and fundraising requirements; a public debate requirement; remission to the Fair Elections Fund of unspent funds after an election; establishment of the Fair Elections Fund and of a Fair Elections Oversight Board; civil penalties for violation of contribution and expenditure requirements; and transfer of a portion of collected civil money penalties into the Fair Elections Fund. Prohibits: (1) use of contributions by a participating candidate for any purposes other than an election campaign, and (2) establishment of joint fundraising committees with any political committee other than a candidate's authorized committee. Prescribes a limitation on coordinated expenditures by political party committees with participating candidates. Amends FECA to empower the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to petition the U.S. Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to appeal a civil action. Requires all designations, statements, and reports required to be filed under FECA to be filed: (1) directly with the FEC, and (2) in electronic form accessible by computers. Reduces from 48 hours 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.

Fair Elections Now Act

Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]
Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]
Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]	Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Daniel Maffei [D-NY]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]	Rep. George Miller [D-CA]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. William Owens [D-NY]
Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]
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. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Henry Waxman [D-CA]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

SB375 (Related) 2013-07-24 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 148.
SB2023 (Related) 2014-02-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S951-957)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/269/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr269/BILLS-113hr269ih.pdf