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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 13, 2000
Federal Property Campaign Fund-raising Reform Act of 2000 - Rewrites provisions of the Federal criminal code regarding Federal political fund-raising activities to: (1) prohibit a person from soliciting or receiving by any means any election contribution in, to, or from any room or building used for the discharge of official duties; (2) extend the exception to the receipt of contributions by persons on the staff of the Executive Office of the President; (3) define "contribution" to mean specified contributions under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and any other gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value which is made by any person for the purpose of influencing any election for State or local office, for any Federal, State, district, or local political party, political committee of a political party, or subordinate party or committee thereof, for any political committee or connected organization, or for any person expending funds for the purpose of influencing through advertising, polling, or other means any election for Federal, State, or local office or any ballot initiative; and (4) make such definition applicable to the prohibition against contributions by Federal employees to employers.
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Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] · R–IL
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Introduced in House
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