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HR 6310 112th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Congressional elections Corporate finance and management Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Labor-management relations Political advertising

Restoring Confidence in Our Democracy Act

Introduced: August 2, 2012 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Aug 2, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Aug 2, 2012
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5687)
Aug 2, 2012
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoring Confidence in Our Democracy Act - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to set forth special rules for electioneering communications, especially targeted communications, which national banks, corporations, and labor organizations are prohibited from paying for.

Defines "targeted communications" as electioneering communications distributed from a television or radio broadcast station or provider of cable or satellite television service and, in the case of a communication which refers to a candidate for an office other than President or Vice President, is targeted to the relevant electorate.

Prohibits independent expenditures by national banks, corporations, and labor organizations.

Applies certain limitations on contributions made by any person to a political committee to any contribution to a political committee which accepts donations or contributions that do not comply with contribution or source prohibitions (or made to any account of a political committee established to accept such noncompliant donations or contributions).



What's happening now August 2, 2012

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

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