Introduced in House
CAP Act
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLETrack this section →
This Act may be cited as the Campaign Accountability and Parity Act or the CAP Act.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL EXPENDITURE LIMIT FOR HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CANDIDATESTrack this section →
Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 325. Annual expenditure limit for House of Representatives candidates The principal campaign committee of a candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the House of Representatives may not make in a year expenditures aggregating in excess of the average amount made available for use in the previous year by a Member of the House of Representatives from the Members’ Representational Allowance established in section 101 of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5341)..