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107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2226

To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to protect the equal 
participation of eligible voters in campaigns for election for Federal 
                                office.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 19, 2001

 Mr. Gillmor introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to protect the equal 
participation of eligible voters in campaigns for election for Federal 
                                office.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Political Opportunity Act of 
2001''.

SEC. 2. PROTECTING EQUAL PARTICIPATION OF ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN CAMPAIGNS 
              AND ELECTIONS.

    Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

 ``protecting equal participation of eligible voters in campaigns and 
                               elections

    ``Sec. 323. Nothing in this Act may be construed to prohibit any 
individual eligible to vote in an election for Federal office from 
making contributions or expenditures in support of a candidate for such 
an election (including voluntary contributions or expenditures made 
through a separate segregated fund established by the individual's 
employer or labor organization) or otherwise participating in any 
campaign for such an election in the same manner and to the same extent 
as any other individual eligible to vote in an election for such 
office.''.
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