,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #bc1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,higgins introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal         
,election ,campaign ,act of #aiga to    
provide for limitations on expenditures 
in elections for the ,house of          
,representatives4  #a4 ,short ,title2   
,findings  7a7 ,short ,title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,restoring          
,confidence ,through ,smarter ,campaigns
 ,act4  7b7 ,findings ,congress finds   
the following3  7#a7 ,the ,supreme      
,court decision in ,buckley v4 ,valeo   
failed to recognize that unlimited      
spending on elections has a corrosive   
effect on the electoral process and on  
public confidence in the integrity of   
the electoral process4  7#b7 ,restoring 
,congress's regulatory power over       
campaign expenditures will level the    
playing field by creating a realistic   

opportunity for more ,americans to seek 
,federal office and by encouraging      
elections that are more competitive4    
7#c7 ,limiting the need for incessant   
fundraising by ,members of ,congress may
 restore the public's confidence in both
 the electoral process and in the       
accountability of ,members to the       
constituents who elect them4  #b4       
,expenditure ,limitations in ,house     
,elections  7a7 ,establishment of       
,limitations ,section #cae of the       
,federal ,election ,campaign ,act of    
#aiga 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #dda;a7 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
subsection3  7k7 ,expenditure           
,limitations in ,house ,elections  7#a7 
,limitations  7,a7 ,in general ,a       
candidate for election for the office of
 ,representative in1 or ,delegate or    
,resident ,commissioner to1 the         
,congress and the authorized committees 
of the candidate may not make           
expenditures which in the aggregate     
exceed #ejj1jjj during the election     

cycle1 of which--  7i7 not more than    
#bej1jjj may be attributable to         
expenditures made with respect to a     
primary election2 and  7ii7 not more    
than #bej1jjj may be attributable to    
expenditures made with respect to a     
general election4  7,b7 ,increase in    
limitations for runoff elections ,in the
 case of a candidate in a runoff        
election1 the candidate and the         
authorized committees of the candidate  
may make an additional amount of        
expenditures which in the aggregate do  
not exceed #bej1jjj1 of which--  7i7 not
 more than #abe1jjj may be attributable 
to expenditures made with respect to a  
primary runoff election2 and  7ii7 not  
more than #abe1jjj may be attributable  
to expenditures made with respect to a  
general runoff election4  7#b7          
,exclusion of expenditures for legal    
services ,in determining the amount of  
expenditures made for purposes of this  
subsection1 there shall be excluded any 
expenditures made for legal services in 

connection with the campaign4  7#c7     
,penalties ,any candidate who makes     
expenditures in an election in excess of
 the limit applicable to the election   
under paragraph 7#a7 shall pay to the   
,commission a civil money penalty in an 
amount determined as follows3  7,a7 ,if 
the amount of expenditures in excess of 
the limit is equal to or less than #b4e 
percent of the amount of the limit1 the 
penalty shall be equal to the amount of 
the excess expenditures4  7,b7 ,if the  
amount of expenditures in excess of the 
limit is greater than #b4e percent but  
equal to or less than #e percent of the 
amount of the limit1 the penalty shall  
be equal to #cjj percent of the amount  
of the excess expenditures4  7,c7 ,if   
the amount of expenditures in excess of 
the limit is greater than #e percent of 
the amount of the limit1 the penalty    
shall be equal to the sum of #cjj       
percent of the amount of the excess     
expenditures plus an additional penalty 
determined by the ,commission4  4  7b7  

,indexing of ,amounts  7#a7 ,application
 of indexing ,section #cae7;c77#a7 of   
such ,act 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #dda;a7c77#a77  
is amended--  7,a7 in subparagraph      
7,b77i71 by striking or 7h7 and         
inserting 7h71 or 7k72 and  7,b7 in     
subparagraph 7,c71 by striking and 7h7  
and inserting 7h71 and 7k74  7#b7       
,determination of base year ,section    
#cae7;c77#b77;,b7 of such ,act 7#b      
,u4,s4,c4 #dda;a7c77#b77;,b77 is        
amended--  7,a7 by striking and at the  
end of clause 7i72  7,b7 by striking the
 period at the end of clause 7ii7 and   
inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at 
the end the following new clause3  7iii7
 for purposes of subsection 7k71        
calendar year #bjae4  4  7c7 ,effective 
,date ,the amendments made by this      
section shall apply with respect to     
elections held on or after ,january #a1 
#bjae4