Legal History of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act / United States Federal Election Commission.

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United States Federal Election Commission [Browse]
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  • Washington, D.C. : Federal Election Commission, 1984.
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  • 1966. Mr. Williams introduced a bill, S. 2965, to amend the I.R.C. of 1954 to allow an income tax credit for contributions made by individuals to the national and state committees of political parties ; Mr. Scott introduced a bill, S. 3014 to amend the I.R.C. of 1954 to allow an income tax credit for contributions made by individuals to the national and state committees of political parties ; Mr. Williams (Delaware Senator) offered an amendment, no. 33, to H.R. 12752 to disallow certain tax deductions for contributions to political parties ; White House press release of President Johnson's letter to the Speaker of the House on revising the federal election laws ; Mr Burleson introduced H.R. 15317, also cited as the "Election Reform Act of 1966." This bill sought to revise the federal election laws relative to contributions and expenditures. It also reflected the Johnson administration's proposals Mr. Clark introduced H.R. 3435, a bill to revise the federal election laws. This bill sought to put limits on political contributions and to increase disclosure of federal election campaigns. H.R. 3435 reflected the Johnson administration's proposals ; Senate floor debate on the "Election Reform Act of 1966" ; House floor debate on election reform legislation ; House floor debate on federal campaign spending ; Senate floor debate on $1 check-off for presidential elections ; Mr. Long introduced S. 3496, a bill to authorize the appropriation of funds from the treasury in order to help defray the cost of financing presidential campaigns. (Referred to the Committee on Finance.) ; Senate floor debate on political contributions ; Mr. Williams introduced in the Senate an amendment, no. 603, to H.R. 15202 to carry out President Johnson's recommendations to revise the federal election laws. (H.R. 15202 sought to raise the public debt limit.) ; Mr. Moss delivered a statement on his support of H.R. 3435, otherwise known as the "Election Reform Act." The proposals in this bill reflect President Johnson's message in his state of the union address ; Mr. Long's remarks on financing presidential campaigns and on his bill, S. 3496, to authorize the appropriation of funds from the treasury to help defray the costs of presidential campaigns House floor debate on tax deductions for political contributions ; Mr. Williams (Delaware Senator) proposed an amendment, no. 732, to H.R. 13103 (which amends the I.R.C. of 1954 to provide equitable tax treatment for foreign investment in the United States). Mr. Williams sought to add a new section to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 by making a deduction for political contributions for single and joint returns. Mr. Williams' amendment also clarified the definition of "political contribution." ; Financing political campaigns. Hearings before the Senate Committee on Finance ; Mr. Long's comments on the Finance Committee's (Senate) hearings of August 18 & 19, 1966 ; Mr. Ashmore introduced a bill, H.R. 18162, to revise the federal election laws, relative to contributions, expenditures and disclosure of campaign funds ; Mr. Long's statement on campaign finance ; The Senate Finance Committee reported out Mr. Long's version of H.R. 13103. The Finance Committee assigned this bill a report number, Report no. 1707. Then H.R. 13103 became an Act, and the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 was inserted ; Senate report no. 1707 (Foreign Investors Tax Act and its Amendments). The amendments included the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; The Act, H.R. 13103, printed with all the Senate amendments, including the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 amendment ; Senate Committee Chairman Long submitted the report on H.R. 13103 ; Senate floor debate on Title III, the Presidential Election Campaign Act of 1966, which is contained in H.R. 13103 ; The Senate passed H.R. 13103, and a conference committee was formed ; H. rpt. no. 2327, report of the Conference Committee to accompany H.R. 13103 ; Senate floor debate on Title III of H.R. 13103, the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act ; House floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 (Title III), a Senate amendment to H.R. 13103 ; Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act ; House floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act ; LBJ signed H.R. 13103, the Revenue Act, into law and sent his approval in an attached statement to the House ; Committee Print Title III of Public Law 89-809 Senate Committee on Finance ; Statement of the President upon signing the bill into law ; Pub. L. no. 89-809, 80 STAT 1539 ; Summary of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act. Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation 1967. House floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund. Mr. Monagan introduced H.R. 892 to amend the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Mr. Gore introduced S. 529, a bill to repeal the Presidential Election Campaign Act of 1966 ; Mr. Scott introduced a bill S. 786, to amend the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Mr. Cramer introduced H.R. 4856 to allow up to $100 deduction from gross income for political campaign contributions to candidates or parties ; House floor debate on H.R. 6415, for the repeal of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Bill read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance ; Senate begins debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act ; A bill, S. 1390, to repeal the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; A bill, S. 1407, to amend the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Senate continues debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; House floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Senate floor debate on Presidential Election Campaigning Fund Act ; Mr. Long proposed an amendment, no. 160, to H.R. 6950, an Act to restore the investment credit and to amend the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Mr. Long's amendment no. 162, to restore investment credit and the allowance of accelerated depreciation of certain real property ; Mr. Long's amendment no. 167 to H.R. 6950 ; Mr. Long's amendment no. 169 to be put at the end of the amendment proposed by Mr. Inouye ; Mr. Williams' amendment to amendment 168 proposed by Mr. Inouye ; Mr. Mansfield proposed amendment no. 187 to H.R. 6950 ; Mr. Gore proposed amendment no. 188 in lieu of amendment 187 ; Mr. Long proposed amendment no. 189 ; Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act and campaign finance in general ; Mr. Clark introduced S. 1546, to revise the federal election laws relative to disclosure of contributions, and to repeal the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Mr. Clark introduced S. 1547 to allow an income tax credit for certain political contributions made by individuals and to repeal the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Mr. Clark introduced S. 1548 to provide candidates for public office with free radio and television broadcast time on a fair and equitable basis ; Statement of Mr. Long in the Senate ; Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966. In the House, Mr. Mathias introduced a bill, H.R. 8967, to repeal the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966. Also there was House floor debate on the merits of campaign financing ; A personal statement by Mr. Long regarding the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act and the political behavior of his Senate colleagues who opposed the concept of public financing for federal elections ; Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966. Mr. Long debated for the Presidential Election Campaign Fund on its merits. The Senate oppositions was led by Sens. Kennedy and Gore. A Senate roll call vote rejected Long's proposal. After the roll call vote, Mr. Long promised to continue his quest to keep the Presidential Election Campaign Fund alive.
  • ; The Senate continued to debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Senate floor debate on the "Presidential Election Campaign Assistance Act of 1967" ; The Senate vote to render the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 inoperative. Senate floor debate on Mr. Mansfield's amendment, no. 187, to prohibit appropriation & disbursement of funds under the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Mr. Pearson introduced a bill, S. 1794, to provide an income tax credit for political contributions ; Mr. Gore introduced a bill, S. 1827, to establish a method for the public financing of campaigns ; Mr. Cannon introduced a bill, S. 1880, "Election Reform Act of 1967," to revise the federal election laws relative to disclosure ; Text of S. 1880 ; President Johnson's message to the Senate, entitled the "Political Process in America," is reprinted ; Senate floor debate regarding LBJ's message Another reprint of LBJ's message on "The Political Process in America." Additional House debate on reforming federal election campaigns ; Text of bill, S. 1882, to amend the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Senate floor debate on S. 1882, a bill to provide for tax deductions to political committees, and S. 1883, a bill to amend the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; A bill, S. 1890, was introduced to amend the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966. Senate floor debate ; Mr. Long requested of the Senate unanimous consent granting the Finance Committee a time extension (not to exceed the session of Congress) to study the amendments to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 and to prepare a report ; Political Campaign Finance Proposals. Hearings before the Senate Committee on Finance, 90th Cong., 1st Sess. ; Memorandum to President Lyndon B. Johnson on the Presidential Election Campaign Fun ; P.L. 90-26, 81 Stat. 98, ʹ5a & ʹ5b, Presidential Election Campaign. Fund Act (not funded until the development of guidelines) ; Federal Election Reform. Hearings on S. 1880, (bills to amend the federal election laws) and S. 1881 (a bill to enable citizens who change their residence to vote in presidential elections) ; Senate floor debate on S. 1880, the "Election Reform Act of 1967." ; Senate resumed floor debate on S. 1880 (written to revise the federal election laws, and for other purposes) ; S. 1880 was referred to the Committee on House Administration ; Senate floor debate on H.R. 4890, a bill to establish a working capital fund for the Dept. of the Treasury, and its amendment, "Honest Election Act of 1967." ; Senate floor debate on financing federal election campaigns ; House floor debate on campaign finance ; Senate floor debate on the "Long-Gore bill" (a misnomer). This refers to H.R. 4890 where S. 2, the Honest Elections Act of 1967, was added in committee (see S. rpt. no. 714 below) ; Honest Elections Act of 1967. 90th Cong., 1st Sess. S. rpt. no. 714 ; Senate floor debate on S. rpt. no. 714. Mr. Long reported this Act to establish a working capital fund for the Dept. of Treasury, out of the Senate Finance Committee 1968. House floor debate on election legislation ; House floor debate on the Election Reform Act of 1967 ; House floor debate on the Election Reform Act of 1967 continued ; Senate floor debate on financing presidential elections 1969. S. 411 introduced to repeal the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Senate floor debate to revise federal election laws ; H.R. 10258 introduced to repeal the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 ; Senate floor debate on financing federal elections ; Senate floor debate on S. 3659, a bill to repeal the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1966 1971. Amendment #643 to H.R. 10947-income tax credit for political contributors ; Amendment #686 to H.R. 10947-tax credit for political contributions ; Amendment #692 to H.R. 10947-tax incentives for contributions to candidates for public office ; Senate floor debate on the above amendments to H.R. 10947 ; Senate floor debate on $1 tax form checkoff ; Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act of 1971. Debate on Amendments to Pastore Amendment no. 692, #643 (Kennedy) income tax credit for political contributions, #692 (itself) (Pastore) tax incentives for contributions to candidates, #708 (Fannin) prohibition of 501(c)(5) tax exemption for political contributions, #709 (Mathias) definition of party's provisions of payments to a candidate and ear-marked money designating party of choice ; Amendment #708 to Pastore's Amendment no. 692, to H.R. 10947 ; Amendment #709 to H.R. 10947 ; Senate floor debate on Amendment #708 to Pastore's Amendment no. 692 to H.R. 10947 ; Dominick's Amendment (#717) to Pastore's Amendment no. 692 to H.R. 10947-report on tax cost of Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act ; Wicker's Amendment (#721) to Pastore's Amendment no. 692 to H.R. 10947-"No person holding Federal elective office as of the date of enactment shall be eligible for funds prior to 1/73." ; Cooper's Amendment (#728) to Pastore's no. 692 amendment (FECA of 1971) ; Fannin's Amendment (#735) to Pastore's Amendment no 692 to H.R. 10947 contributions by 501(c)(5) groups ; Fannin's Amendment (#735) to Pastore's Amendment no. 692 to H.R. 10947-Contributions by 501(c)(5) groups (relating to exception from tax) ; Miller's Amendment (#739) to Pastore's Amendment no. 692 to H.R. 10947-"and any individual who knowingly and willfully violates paragraph (1)." ; Mathias' Amendment (#740) to Pastore's Amendment no. 692 to H.R. 10947-candidate funding via political party treasuries ; Dominick's Amendment (#741) to Pastore's Amendment no. 692 to H.R. 10947-text changes "nomination or." ; Dominick's Amendment (#742) to Pastore's Amendment no. 692 to H.R. 10947-total amount in Presidential Election Campaign Fund at any one time not to exceed $200,000.00 Senate floor debate on the amendments to the Revenue Act (Presidential Election Campaign Fund) H.R. 10947-Curtis Amendment no. 715-effective date of taxable years; Cooper Amendment, no. 745, tax incentives for political contributions ; Cooper's Amendment (#745) to Pastore's Amendment no. 692 to H.R. 10947 ; Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund ; H.R. 10947 printed as an Act ; House floor debate on the constitutionality of individual spending limits. Senate floor debate on tax benefits for political contributions ; Summary of Senate amendments to H.R. 10947, Revenue Act. (Committee print) ; H.R. 10947, (Revenue Act) Title VIII, Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act ; Senate Conference Report no. 92-533 (Same as H. rpt. no. 92-708) to accompany H.R. 10947 (Revenue Act Bill, pp. 1-32 and 56-59) ; Senate floor debate on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act amendments to the Revenue Act ; Pub. L. no. 92-178, 85 Stat 497 (Revenue Act of 1971) ; Statement by the President upon signing the bill into law ; Brief summary of the principal provisions of Pub. L. no. 92-178 (The Revenue Act). Compiled by the Committee on Ways and Means (Committee print) ; Text of H.R. 12218-a bill to repeal the checkoff procedure for financing Presidential campaigns ; Text of H.R. 12219-a bill to repeal the checkoff procedures for financing Presidential campaigns ; Text of H.R. 12269-a bill to repeal the checkoff procedure for financing Presidential campaigns Introduction of H.R. 2369, a bill to repeal the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act ; Introduction of H.R. 3241, a bill to repeal the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act ; House debate on the $1 tax form checkoff ; Senate debate and text of S. 1506, a bill against public financing of elections ; Senate debate on public financing of elections ; Text of H.R. 8410, a bill for the Secretary of the Treasury to publicize a taxpayer's right to earmark a portion of tax payment for Presidential elections ; Senate debate on the $1 checkoff on the front of tax returns and public relations campaign for its use ; Senate debate on the $1 checkoff ; Continued Senate floor debate on the $1 tax form checkoff as a non-partisan issue ; Pub. L. no. 93-53, Temporary Increase in Public Debt limit. (Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act Amendment pp. 4, 5) ; Senate debate on IRS public relations on the $1 tax form checkoff system ; Public Financing of Federal Elections: Hearings on S. 1103, S. 1954, and S.
  • 2417 Before the Subcomm. on Privileges and Elections of the Committee on Rules and Administration, 93rd Congress, 1st Sess. (1973) ; Sen Kennedy on public financing ; Senate debate on the IRS form changes 1975. House debate-matching funds formula for distribution of Presidential Election Campaign Fund ; Senate debate-distribution of Presidential Election Campaign Fund 1976. Senate debate-Senator Humphrey reported increased public participation in $1 checkoff for financing presidential elections ; House debate-Rep. Young introduced two bills; one, in regard to excess campaign contributions to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund (HR 12373), and one causing matching funds payments to cease once a person is no longer a presidential candidate (HR 12373) ; H.R. Rept. 94-917 Committee on House Administration, Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1976 to accompany H.R. 12406. (See p. 797 FECA Leg. Hst. 1976) ; H.R. Rept. 94-1057 Federal Election Campaign Amendments, COnference Report to accompany S. 3065. (See p. 995 FECA Leg. Hst., 1976) ; Pub. L. no. 94-283, 90 Stat. 497, (FECA) ; Pub L. no. 94-455, 90 Stat. 1834.
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