A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to the limitations on expenditures made for the use of communications media in order to oppose the candidacy of a legally qualified candidate for Federal elective office.

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Includes amounts spent for the use of communications media for purposes of opposing a candidate for Federal elective office within the campaign expenditure limitations of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. Provides that no person or broadcasting station licensee may make any charge for use of any newspaper, station use, or outdoor advertising facility for the purpose of opposing a candidate for Federal elective office, unless another legally qualified candidate certifies in writing to such person or licensee that he authorizes such use and that the payment of such charge will not violate any expenditure limitation applicable to such other candidate. (Amends Pub. Law 92-225)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 30 January 1973

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