,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #d1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,jones 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    
permit candidates for election for      
,federal office to designate an         
individual who will be authorized to    
disburse funds of the authorized        
campaign committees of the candidate in 
the event of the death of the candidate4
  #a4 ,designation of ,individual       
,authorized to ,make ,campaign          
,committee ,disbursements in ,event of  
,death of ,candidate  7a7 ,in ,general  
,section #cjb of the ,federal ,election 
,campaign ,act of #aiga 7#b ,u4,s4,c4   
#dcb7 is amended by adding at the end   
the following new subsection3  7j7 7#a7 
,each candidate may1 with respect to    
each authorized committee of the        
candidate1 designate an individual who  

shall be responsible for disbursing     
funds in the accounts of the committee  
in the event of the death of the        
candidate1 and may also designate       
another individual to carry out the     
responsibilities of the designated      
individual under this subsection in the 
event of the death or incapacity of the 
designated individual or the            
unwillingness of the designated         
individual to carry out the             
responsibilities4  7#b7 ,in order to    
designate an individual under this      
subsection1 the candidate shall file    
with the ,commission a signed written   
statement 7in a standardized form       
developed by the ,commission7 that      
contains the name and address of the    
individual and the name of the          
authorized committee for which the      
designation shall apply1 and that may   
contain the candidate's instructions    
regarding the disbursement of the funds 
involved by the individual4 ,at any time
 after filing the statement1 the        

candidate may revoke the designation of 
an individual by filing with the        
,commission a signed written statement  
of revocation 7in a standardized form   
developed by the ,commission74  7#c7    
,upon the death of a candidate who has  
designated an individual for purposes of
 paragraph 7#a71 funds in the accounts  
of each authorized committee of the     
candidate may be disbursed only under   
the direction and in accordance with the
 instructions of such individual1       
subject to the terms and conditions     
applicable to the disbursement of such  
funds under this ,act or any other      
applicable ,federal or ,state law 7other
 than any provision of ,state law which 
authorizes any person other than such   
individual to direct the disbursement of
 such funds74  7#d7 ,nothing in         
paragraph 7#c7 may be construed to grant
 any authority to an individual who is  
designated pursuant to this subsection  
other than the authority to direct the  
disbursement of funds as provided in    

such paragraph1 or may be construed to  
affect the responsibility of the        
treasurer of an authorized committee for
 which funds are disbursed in accordance
 with such paragraph to file reports of 
the disbursements of such funds under   
section #cjd7;a74  4  7b7 ,inclusion of 
,designation in ,statement of           
,organization of ,committee ,section    
#cjc7;b7 of the ,federal ,election      
,campaign ,act of #aiga 7#b ,u4,s4,c4   
#dcc7;b77 is amended--  7#a7 in         
paragraph 7#e71 by striking and at the  
end2  7#b7 in paragraph 7#f71 by        
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#g7 in the case of an authorized       
committee of a candidate who has        
designated an individual under section  
#cjb7;j7 7including a second individual 
designated to carry out the             
responsibilities of that individual     
under such section in the event of that 
individual's death or incapacity or     

unwillingness to carry out the          
responsibilities7 to disburse funds from
 the accounts of the committee in the   
event of the death of the candidate1 a  
copy of the statement filed by the      
candidate with the ,commission under    
such section 7as well as a copy of any  
subsequent statement of revocation filed
 by the candidate with the ,commission  
under such section74  4  #b4 ,effective 
,date ,the amendments made by this ,act 
shall apply with respect to authorized  
campaign committees which are designated
 under section #cjb7;e77#a7 of the      
,federal ,election ,campaign ,act of    
#aiga before1 on1 or after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act4