,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hige  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #aj1 #bjbd,ms4 
,balint 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,tonko1 and  
,ms4 ,jayapal7 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    
require authorized committees of        
candidates for election for ,federal    
office to include in the reports the    
committees are required to file under   
such ,act information on contributions  
received from small dollar donors1 and  
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the ,small   
,dollar ,donor ,protection ,act4  #b4   
,disclosure of contributions received   
from small dollar donors  7a7           
,disclosure required ,section           
#cjd7;b77#b7 of the ,federal ,election  
,campaign ,act of #aiga 7#eb ,u4,s4,c4  
#cjajd7;b77#b77 is amended-- 7#a7 by    
striking and at the end of subparagraph 

7,j72  7#b7 by adding and at the end of 
subparagraph 7,k72 and  7#c7 by adding  
at the end the following new            
subparagraph3  7,l7 for an authorized   
committee1 contributions from persons   
whose identification the committee does 
not report under subparagraph 7,a71     
7,f71 or 7,g7 of paragraph 7#c7 because 
the receipts described in such          
subparagraph which are provided from    
such persons do not have an aggregate   
amount or value in excess of #bjj within
 the election cycle1 together with the  
number of such contributions received   
within the election cycle2  4  7b7      
,guidance ,not later than #ij days after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,federal ,election ,commission     
shall publish guidance to assist        
committees with complying with the      
requirements of section #cjd7;b77#b77,l7
 of the ,federal ,election ,campaign    
,act of #aiga1 as added by subsection   
7a77#c74  7c7 ,effective date ,the      
amendments made by subsection 7a7 shall 

apply with respect to reports filed     
under section #cjd7;b7 of the ,federal  
,election ,campaign ,act on or after the
 date of the enactment of this ,act1    
except that in the case of a committee  
which filed a report under such section 
during the #ij-;day period which ends on
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the amendments shall apply with respect
 to the second report a committee is    
required to file under section after    
such date and each subsequent report4   
#c4 ,analysis of deceptive and          
fraudulent methods of solicitation of   
small dollar donors by candidate        
committees  7a7 ,report ,the ,federal   
,election ,commission shall conduct a   
study of the methods used by committees 
of candidates for election for ,federal 
office under the ,federal ,election     
,campaign ,act of #aiga to solicit      
contributions from individuals in       
amounts below the threshold for         
disclosing the identification of donors 
under the ,act1 and shall include in the

 study an analysis of the extent to     
which committees use methods which are  
deceptive or fraudulent to solicit such 
contributions4  7b7 ,deadline ,not later
 than #ahj days after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,commission 
shall submit a report to ,congress on   
the study conducted under subsection    
7a71 and shall include in the report    
such recommendations as the ,commission 
considers appropriate to prevent the use
 of deceptive and fraudulent methods to 
solicit the contributions described in  
subsection 7a74