,i  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hef  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #e1        
#bjba,mr4 ,tiffany 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,gallagher7 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 certain political committees   
from compensating the spouse of the     
candidate for services provided to or on
 behalf of the committee1 to require    
such committees to report on payments   
made to the spouse and the immediate    
family members of the candidate1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short ,title     
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,oversight for ,members ,and ,relatives 
,act or the ,,omar ,act4  #b4           
,prohibiting ,use of ,campaign ,funds to
 ,compensate ,spouses of ,candidates2   
,disclosure of ,payments ,made to       
,spouses and ,family ,members  7a7      
,prohibition2 ,disclosure ,section #cac 

of the ,federal ,election ,campaign ,act
 of #aiga 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #cjaad7 is     
amended by adding at the end the        
following new subsection3  7c7          
,prohibiting ,compensation of ,spouses2 
,disclosure of ,payments to ,spouses and
 ,family ,members  7#a7 ,prohibiting    
compensation of spouses ,notwithstanding
 any other provision of this ,act1 no   
authorized committee of a candidate or  
any other political committee           
established1 maintained1 or controlled  
by a candidate or an individual holding 
,federal office 7other than a political 
committee of a political party7 shall   
directly or indirectly compensate the   
spouse of the candidate or individual   
7as the case may be7 for services       
provided to or on behalf of the         
committee4  7#b7 ,disclosure of payments
 to spouses and immediate family members
 ,in addition to any other information  
included in a report submitted under    
section #cjd by a committee described in
 paragraph 7#a71 the committee shall    

include in the report a separate        
statement of any payments1 including    
direct or indirect compensation1 made to
 the spouse or any immediate family     
member of the candidate or individual   
involved during the period covered by   
the report4  7#c7 ,immediate family     
member defined ,in this subsection1 the 
term immediate family member means the  
son1 daughter1 son-in-law1              
daughter-in-law1 mother1 father1        
brother1 sister1 brother-in-law1        
sister-in-law1 or grandchild of the     
candidate or individual involved4  4    
7b7 ,conforming ,amendment ,section     
#cac7;a77#a7 of such ,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4
 #cjaad7;a77#a77 is amended by striking 
for otherwise and inserting subject to  
subsection 7c71 for otherwise4  #c4     
,imposition of ,penalty ,against        
,candidate or ,officeholder  7a7 ,in    
,general ,section #cji of the ,federal  
,election ,campaign ,act of #aiga 7#eb  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjaji7 is amended by adding  
at the end the following new subsection3

  7e7 ,in the case of a violation of    
section #cac7;c7 committed by a         
committee described in such section1 if 
the candidate or individual involved    
knew of the violation1 any penalty      
imposed under this section shall be     
imposed on the candidate or individual  
and not on the committee4  4  7b7       
,prohibiting ,reimbursement by          
,committee ,section #cac7;c7 of such    
,act 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4 #cjaad7;c771 as     
added by section #b7;a71 is amended--   
7#a7 by redesignating paragraph 7#c7 as 
paragraph 7#d72 and  7#b7 by inserting  
after paragraph 7#b7 the following new  
paragraph3  7#c7 ,prohibiting           
reimbursement by committee of penalty   
paid by candidate for violations ,a     
committee described in paragraph 7#a7   
may not make any payment to reimburse   
the candidate or individual involved for
 any penalty imposed for a violation of 
this subsection which is required to be 
paid by the candidate or individual     
under section #cji7;e74  4  #d4         

,effective ,date ,the amendments made by
 this ,act shall apply with respect to  
compensation and payments made on or    
after the date of enactment of this     
,act4