election to public office, including both the primary and general or special elections, exceeds—

1) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for Mayor, $1,000;

(2) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for Chairman of the Council, $750;

(3) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for member of the Council elected at large, $500;

(4) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for member of the Board of Education elected at large or for member of the Council elected from a ward, $200, and in the case of a runoff election, an additional $200;

(5) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for member of the Board of Education elected from a ward or for official of a political party, $100, and in case of a runoff election, an additional $100; and

(6) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for a member of an Advisory Neighborhood Council, $25.

(b) No person (other than an individual with respect to whom subsection (a) applies) shall make any contribution which, and no person shall receive any contribution from any person (other than such an individual) which when aggregated with all other contributions received from that person, relating to a campaign for nomination as a candidate or election to public office, including both the primary and general or special elections, exceeds

(1) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for Mayor, $2,000;

(2) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for Chairman of the Council, $1,500;

(3) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for member of the Council elected at large, $1,000;

(4) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for member of the Board of Education elected at large or for member of the Council elected from a ward $400, and in the case of a runoff election, an additional $400;

(5) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for member of the Board of Education elected from a ward or for official of a political party, $200, and in the case of a runoff election, an additional $200; and

(6) in the case of a contribution in support of a candidate for a member of an Advisory Neighborhood Council, $25.

For the purposes of this subsection, the term "person" shall include a candidate making contributions relating to his candidacy for nomination for election, or election, to office. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this subsection, a candidate for member of the Council elected from a ward may contribute $1,000 to his own campaign. The provisions of this subsection to the extent that such provisions are applicable to corporations and unions shall, to that extent, expire as of July 1, 1975, unless the Council of the District of Columbia on or before such date enacts legislation repealing or modifying such provisions or extending such provisions as to corporations and unions on and after that date. In the event that the Council fails to so repeal, modify, or extend such provisions as to corporations and labor unions,

the Council shall report its reasons therefor to the Committees on the District of Columbia of the Senate and the House of Representatives prior to August 1, 1975.

(c) No individual shall make any contribution in any one election which when aggregated with all other contributions made by that individual in that election exceeds $2,000.

(d) (1) Any expenditure made by any person advocating the election or defeat of any candidate for office which is not made at the request or suggestion of the candidate, any agent of the candidate, or any political committee authorized by the candidate to make expenditures or to receive contributions for the candidate is not considered a contribution to or an expenditure by or on behalf of the candidate for the purposes of the limitations specified in this Act.

(2) No person may make any unauthorized expenditure advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate during a calendar year which, when added to all other unauthorized expenditures made by that person during the year advocating the election or defeat of that candidate, exceeds $1,000.

(3) For purposes of paragraph (2)
(A)"clearly identified" means-

(i) the candidate's name appears,

(ii) a photograph or drawing of the candidate appears, or (iii) the identity of the candidate is apparent by unambiguous reference,

(B) "person" does not include the central committee of a political party, and

(C) "expenditure" does not include any payment made or incurred by a corporation or labor organization which, under the provisions of section 610 of title 18 of the United States Code would not constitute an expenditure by that corporation or labor organization.

(4) Every candidate shall file a statement with the Board, in such manner and form and at such times as the Board may prescribe, authorizing any person or any political committee organized primarily to support the candidacy of such candidate to either directly or indirectly, receive contributions, or make expenditures in behalf of, such candidate. No person and no committee organized primarily to support a single candidate may, either directly or indirectly, receive contributions or make expenditures in behalf of, such candidate without the written authorization of such candidate as required by this paragraph.

(e) In no case shall any person receive or make any contribution in legal tender in an amount of $50 or more.

(f) No person shall make a contribution in the name of another person, and no person shall knowingly accept a contribution made by one person in the name of another person.

(g) For purposes of the limitations contained in this section all contributions made by any person directly or indirectly to or for the benefit of a particular candidate, including contributions which_are in any way earmarked, encumbered, or otherwise directed through an intermediary or conduit to that candidate, shall be treated as contributions from that person to that candidate.

(h) (1) No candidate or member of the immediate family of a candidate may make a loan or advance from his personal funds for use in

connection with a campaign of that candidate for nomination for election, or for election, to public office unless that loan or advance is evidenced by a written instrument fully disclosing the terms, conditions, and parts to the loan or advance. The amount of any such loan or advance shall be included in computing and applying the limitations contained in this section only to extent of the balance of the loan or advance which is unpaid at the time of determination.

(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term "immediate family" means the candidate's spouse and any parent, brother, or sister, or child of the candidate, and the spouse of any such parent, brother, sister, or child.

LIMITATION OF EXPENDITURES

SEC. 402. (a) (1) No principal campaign committee shall expand any funds which when aggregated with funds expended by it, all other committees required to report to it, and by a candidate supported by such committee shall exceed (1) in the case of a candidate for Mayor, $200,000 in the aggregate for any primary and general election in connection therewith, but in no event in excess of $120,000 for one of such elections and $80,000 for the other of such elections; (2) in the case of a candidate for Chairman of the Council, $150,000 in the aggregate for any primary and general election in connection therewith, but in no event in excess of $90,000 for one of such elections and $60,000 for the other of such elections; (3) in the case of a candidate for member of the Council elected at large, $100,000 in the aggregate for any primary and general election in connection therewith, but in no event in excess of $60,000 for one of such elections and $40,000 for the other of such elections; (4) in the case of a candidate for member of the Board of Education elected at large or member of the Council elected from a ward, $20,000 in the aggregate for any primary and general election in connection therewith, but in no event in excess of $12,000 for one of such elections and $8,000 for the other of such elections; (5) in the case of a candidate for member of the Board of Education elected from a ward, or in support of any candidate for office of a political party, $10,000 in the aggregate for any primary and general election in connection therewith, but in no event in excess of $6,000 for one of such elections and $4,000 for the other of such elections; and (6) in the case of a candidate for member of an Advisory Neighborhood Council, $500.

(2) At the beginning of each calendar year (commencing in 1976), as there become available necessary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, the Secretary of Labor shall certify to the Board and the Board shall publish in the District of Columbia Register the per centum difference between the price index for the twelve months preceding the beginning of such calendar year and the price index for 1974. Each amount determined under para\graph (1) shall be changed by such per centum difference. Each amount so changed shall be the amount in effect for such calendar year. (b) No political committee or candidate shall knowingly expend any funds at a time when the principal campaign committee to which it shall report, or which has been designated by him, is precluded by subsection (a) from expending funds or which would cause such principal committee to be precluded from further expenditures. Any principal campaign committee of a candidate having reasonable knowledge to

believe that further expenditures by a political committee registered in support of such candidate, or by the candidate it supports, will exceed the expenditure limitations specified in subsection (a) shall immediately notify, in writing, such political committee or candidate of that fact.

(c) Any expenditure made in connection with a campaign in a calendar year other than the calendar year in which the election is held to which that campaign relates is, for the purposes of this section, considered to be made during the calendar year in which that election is held. TITLE V-LOBBYING

DEFINITIONS

SEC. 501. When used in this title

(a) The term "contribution" includes a gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make a contribution.

(b) The term "expenditure" includes a payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure.

(c) The term "legislation" means bills, resolutions, amendments, nominations, rules, and other matters pending or proposed in the Council of the District of Columbia, and includes any other matter which may be the subject of action by the Council of the District of Columbia.

DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF CONTRIBUTIONS; RETENTION OF RECEIPTED BILLS

OF EXPENDITURES

SEC. 502. (a) It shall be the duty of every person who shall in any manner solicit or receive a contribution to any organization or fund for the purposes hereinafter designated to keep a detailed and exact account of

(1) all contributions of any amount or of any value whatsoever; (2) the name and address of every person making any such contribution of $200 or more and the date thereof;

(3) all expenditures made by or on behalf of such organization or fund; and

(4) the name and address of every person to whom any such expenditure is made and the date thereof.

(b) It shall be the duty of such person to obtain and keep a receipted bill, stating the particulars, for every expenditure of such funds exceeding $10 in amount, and to preserve all receipted bills and accounts required to be kept by this section for a period of at least two years from the date of the filing of the statement containing such items.

RECEIPTS FOR CONTRIBUTORS

SEC. 503. Every individual who receives a contribution of $200 or more for any of the purposes hereinafter designated shall within five days after receipt thereof render to the person or organization for which such contribution was received a detailed account thereof, including the name and address of the person making such contribution and the date on which received.

STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS FILED WITH DIRECTOR

SEC. 504. (a) Every person receiving any contributions or expending any money for the purposes designated in subparagraph (a) or (b) of section 506 of this title shall file with the Director between the first and tenth day of each calendar quarter, a statement containing complete as of the day next preceding the date of filing—

(1) the name and address of each person who has made a contribution of $200 or more not mentioned in the preceding report; except that the first report filed pursuant to this title shall contain the name and address of each person who has made any contribution of $200 or more to such person since January 2, 1975;

(2) the total sum of the contributions made to or for such person during the calendar year and not stated under paragraph (1) of this subsection;

(3) the total sum of all contributions made to or for such person during the calendar year;

(4) the name and address of each person to whom an expenditure in one or more items of the aggregate amount or value, within the calendar year, of $10 or more has been made by or on behalf of such person, and the amount, date, and purpose of such expenditure;

(5) the total sum of all expenditures made by or on behalf of such person during the calendar year and not stated under paragraph (4) of this subsection;

(6) the total sum of expenditures made by or on behalf of such person during the calendar year.

(b) The statements required to be filed by subsection (a) of this section shall be cumulative during the calendar year to which they relate, but where there has been no change in an item reported in a previous statement only the amount need be carried forward.

PRESERVATION OF STATEMENTS

SEC. 505. A statement required by this title to be filed with the Director

(a) shall be deemed properly filed when deposited in an established post office within the prescribed time, duly stamped, registered, and directed to the Director, Washington, District of Columbia, but in the event it is not received, a duplicate of such statement shall be promptly filed upon notice by the Director of its nonreceipt;

(b) shall be preserved by the Director for a period of two years from the date of filing, shall constitute part of the public records of his office, and shall be open to public inspection.

PERSONS TO WHOM TITLE IS APPLICABLE

SEC. 506. The provisions of this title shall apply to any person (except a political committee) who, by himself, or through any agent or employee or other persons in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly, solicits, collects, or receives money or any other thing of value to be used principally to aid, or the principal purpose of which person is to aid, in the accomplishment of any of the following purposes :

(a) The passage or defeat of any legislation by the Council of the District of Columbia.