Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Citizens_United_v._FEC
gptkb:McConnell_v._FEC
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:McCain–Feingold_Act
gptkb:BCRA
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:Federal_Election_Campaign_Act_of_1971
gptkbp:codifiedIn 52 U.S.C. § 30101 et seq.
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:107th_United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002
gptkbp:impact affected political advertising
changed rules for political party fundraising
gptkbp:mainProvision ban on soft money contributions to national political parties
increased limits on hard money contributions
restrictions on issue advocacy ads
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Pub.L._107–155
gptkbp:purpose regulate the financing of political campaigns
gptkbp:repealedBy portions overturned by Supreme Court decisions
gptkbp:section gptkb:Title_I:_Soft_Money
gptkb:Title_II:_Noncandidate_Campaign_Expenditures
Title III: Miscellaneous Provisions
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:George_W._Bush
March 27, 2002
gptkbp:sponsor gptkb:John_McCain
gptkb:Russ_Feingold
gptkbp:title An Act to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide bipartisan campaign reform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:McCain–Feingold_Act
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5