Campaign Expenditure Limitation Act of 1987

Summary

Campaign Expenditure Limitation Act of 1987 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to establish limitations on expenditures in elections for the House of Representatives. Prohibits a candidate from making expenditures from personal funds or immediate family funds which, in the aggregate, exceed $25,000. Prohibits a candidate from making expenditures which, in the aggregate, exceed $200,000. Prohibits any person from making independent expenditures which, in the aggregate, exceed $2,500. Prohibits a candidate from accepting contributions from nonparty multicandidate political committees or from separate segregated funds which, in the aggregate, exceed $50,000. Makes it the duty of the court of appeals and the Supreme Court to expedite judicial review of the constitutionality of any provision of this Act.

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 May 1987

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