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On the recordJanuary 27, 2015
I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To require campaign finance disclosures for certain persons benefitting from tar sands development) At the end, add the following: SEC. __. CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURES BY THOSE PROFITING FROM TAR SANDS DEVELOPMENT. Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1974 (52 U.S.C. 30104) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ``(j) Disclosure by Tar Sands Beneficiaries.-- ``(1) In general.-- ``(A) Initial disclosure.--Every covered entity which has made covered disbursements and received covered transfers in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000 during the period beginning on December 1, 2012, and ending on the date that is 165 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection shall file with the Commission a statement containing the information described in paragraph (2) not later than the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection.…
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Sheldon Whitehouse
Democratic · Rhode Island
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govinfo.gov
Jan 27, 2015

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