,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfhf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjai,mr4 
,ruiz 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 prohibit a candidate   
for election for ,federal office from   
using amounts contributed to the        
candidate's campaign to make payments to
 vendors owned or controlled by the     
candidate or by an immediate family     
member of the candidate4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,campaign ,spending ,integrity ,act4    
#b4 ,prohibiting use of campaign funds  
for payments to vendors owned or        
controlled by candidate or immediate    
family member  7a7 ,prohibition ,section
 #cac7;b7 of the ,federal ,election     
,campaign ,act of #aiga 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4  
#cjaad7;b77 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph3  7#c7  
,treatment of payments to vendors owned 

or controlled by candidate or immediate 
family member as conversion  7,a7 ,in   
general ,for purposes of paragraph 7#a71
 a contribution to an authorized        
committee of a candidate shall be       
considered to be converted to the       
personal use of the candidate if the    
contribution is used to make a payment  
to a vendor which is owned or controlled
 by the candidate or by an immediate    
family member of the candidate4  7,b7   
,determination of ownership and control 
,for purposes of subparagraph 7,a71 a   
vendor shall be considered to be owned  
or controlled by a candidate or by an   
immediate family member of the candidate
 if the candidate or the immediate      
family member--  7i7 is a member of the 
board of directors or similar governing 
body of the vendor2 or  7ii7 directly or
 indirectly owns or controls #ea percent
 or more of the voting shares of the    
vendor4  7,c7 ,immediate family member  
defined ,in this paragraph1 the term    
immediate family member means1 with     

respect to a candidate1 any of the      
following3 7i7 ,spouse1 and parents     
thereof4  7ii7 ,sons and daughters1 and 
spouses thereof4  7iii7 ,parents1 and   
spouses thereof4  7iv7 ,brothers and    
sisters1 and spouses thereof4  7v7      
,grandparents and grandchildren1 and    
spouses thereof4  7vi7 ,domestic partner
 and parents thereof1 including domestic
 partners of any individual in clauses  
7i7 through 7v74  4  7b7 ,effective date
 ,the amendment made by subsection 7a7  
shall apply with respect to payments    
made on or after the date of the        
enactment of this ,act4