Prohibiting use of campaign funds to compensate spouses of candidates; disclosure of payments made to spouses and family members

(a) Prohibition; Disclosure Section 313 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (c) Prohibiting Compensation of Spouses; Disclosure of Payments to Spouses and Family Members (1) Prohibiting compensation of spouses Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no authorized committee of a candidate or any other political committee established, maintained, or controlled by a candidate or an individual holding Federal office (other than a political committee of a political party) shall directly or indirectly compensate the spouse of the candidate or individual (as the case may be) for services provided to or on behalf of the committee. (2) Disclosure of payments to spouses and immediate family members In addition to any other information included in a report submitted under section 304 by a committee described in paragraph (1), the committee shall include in the report a separate statement of any payments, including direct or indirect compensation, made to the spouse or any immediate family member of the candidate or individual involved during the period covered by the report. (3) Immediate family member defined In this subsection, the term immediate family member means the son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, mother, father, brother, sister, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, or grandchild of the candidate or individual involved.. (b) Conforming Amendment Section 313(a)(1) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30114(a)(1)) is amended by striking for otherwise and inserting subject to subsection (c), for otherwise.