,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bc        
7legislative day1 ,january #c71 #bjac   
,mr4 ,coburn 7for himself and ,mr4      
,udall of ,colorado7 introduced the     
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,rules   
and ,administration  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend the ,internal ,revenue ,code of   
#aihf to prohibit the use of public     
funds for political party conventions4  
#a4 ,prohibiting use of presidential    
election campaign funds for party       
conventions  7a7 ,in general ,chapter   
#ie of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of  
#aihf is amended by striking section    
#ijjh4  7b7 ,clerical amendment ,the    
table of sections of chapter #ie of such
 ,code is amended by striking the item  
relating to section #ijjh4  #b4         
,conforming amendments  7a7             
,availability of payments to candidates 
,the third sentence of section #ijjf7;c7
 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of     

#aihf is amended by striking 1 section  
#ijjh7;b77#c714  7b7 ,reports by        
,federal election commission ,section   
#ijji7;a7 of such ,code is amended--    
7#a7 by adding and at the end of        
paragraph 7#b72  7#b7 by striking the   
semicolon at the end of paragraph 7#c7  
and inserting a period2 and  7#c7 by    
striking paragraphs 7#d71 7#e71 and     
7#f74  7c7 ,penalties ,section #ijab of 
such ,code is amended--  7#a7 in        
subsection 7a77#a71 by striking the     
second sentence2 and  7#b7 in subsection
 7c71 by striking paragraph 7#b7 and    
redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as         
paragraph 7#b74  7d7 ,availability of   
payments from presidential primary      
matching payment account ,the second    
sentence of section #ijcg7;a7 of such   
,code is amended by striking and for    
payments under section #ijjh7;b77#c74   
#c4 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this ,act shall apply with respect  
to elections occurring after ,december  
#ca1 #bjab4