,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #d1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,capuano 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    
reduce the limit on the amount of       
certain contributions which may be made 
to a candidate with respect to an       
election for ,federal office4  #a4      
,reduction in ,contribution ,limits for 
,contributions to ,individual           
,candidates  7a7 ,reduction in ,limit   
,section #cae7;a77#a77;,a7 of the       
,federal ,election ,campaign ,act of    
#aiga 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #dda;a7a77#a77;,a77 
is amended by striking #b1jjj and       
inserting #a1jjj4  7b7 ,application of  
,indexing  7#a7 ,in general ,section    
#cae7;c77#a77;,b7 of such ,act 7#b      
,u4,s4,c4 #dda;a7c77#a77;,b77 is amended
 by striking after #bjjb and inserting  
after #bjjb 7or1 in the case of the     

limitation established under subsection 
7a77#a77;,a71 after #bjaf74  7#b7       
,determination of base period ,section  
#cae7;c77#b77;,b7 of such ,act 7#b      
,u4,s4,c4 #dda;a7c77#b77;,b77 is        
amended--  7,a7 in clause 7i71 by       
striking and at the end2  7,b7 in clause
 7ii7--  7i7 by striking 7a77#a77;,a711 
and  7ii7 by striking the period at the 
end and inserting 2 and2 and  7,c7 by   
adding at the end the following new     
clause3  7iii7 for purposes of          
subsection 7a77#a77;,a71 calendar year  
#bjae4  4  #b4 ,effective ,date ,the    
amendments made by this ,act shall apply
 with respect to elections occurring    
after ,december #bjad4