United States · Bill · S
S. 271 (109th)
527 Reform Act of 2005
Introduced
2 February 2005
Last action
8 March 2005 · Committee
Status
Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held.
Sponsors
Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO], Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
527 Reform Act of 2006 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to subject to its requirements as a political committee any applicable 527 organization. Excludes from the meaning of 527 organization for these purposes any committee, club, association, or other group of persons organized to influence: (1) the selection, nomination, election, appointment, or confirmation of one or more candidates to non-federal or non-elected office; or (2) any state or local ballot measure. Denies exception from treatment as an applicable 527 organization to any such a committee, club, association, or other groups of persons which makes disbursements aggregating more than $1,000 for: (1) a public communication that promotes, supports, attacks, or opposes a clearly identified candidate for federal office during the one year period ending on the date of the general election for the office sought by the clearly identified candidate; or (2) certain voter drive activity. Sets forth rules for allocation and funding by a political committee for certain expenses relating to federal and non-federal activities.
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Timeline
2 February 2005
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Source: IntroReferral
2 February 2005
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S905-906)
Source: IntroReferral
2 February 2005
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
8 March 2005
Committee
Committee on Rules and Administration. Hearings held.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 2 February 2005 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
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Introduced in Senate (text)
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Sponsors
- Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] · R · Cosponsor
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Related records
- related to → 527 Reform Act of 2006
- related to → Ethics Reform Act of 2006
- related to → 527 Reform Act of 2006
- related to → House Ethics Reform Act of 2006
- related to ← 527 Reform Act of 2005
- related to ← 527 Reform Act of 2006
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/senate-bill/271
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/109/s/271
- us · 109-s-271 · source updated 5 December 2025