,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ffei  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #a1 #bjbj,mr4   
,steube 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
 any vendor owned or controlled by an   
immediate family member of the          
candidate4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,obstructing        
,monetary ,allocations to ,relatives    
,act or the ,,omar ,act4  #b4           
,prohibiting use of campaign funds for  
payments to vendors owned or controlled 
by immediate family member of candidate 
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 immediate family member
 of candidate 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 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 
an immediate family member of the       
candidate if 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 a father1       
mother1 son1 daughter1 brother1 sister1 
husband1 wife1 father-in-law1 or        
mother-in-law4  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