1. Restrictions on solicitation and acceptance of recurring contributions or donations in campaigns for election for Federal office (a) Restrictions Section 324 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30126 ) is amended to read as follows: 324. Restrictions on solicitation and acceptance of recurring contributions or donations (a) In general (1) Restrictions on solicitation A person may not solicit a recurring contribution to a political committee, a recurring contribution to fund an independent expenditure, or a recurring donation to fund an electioneering communication by any method which does not require the contributor or donor to give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis. (2) Restrictions on acceptance A political committee may not accept a contribution which was made on a recurring basis, a person funding an independent expenditure may not accept a contribution to fund the expenditure which was made on a recurring basis, and a person funding an electioneering communication may not accept a donation to fund the communication which was made on a recurring basis, unless the contributor or donor gave affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis. (3) Treatment of passive actions For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), a contributor or donor who does not take an affirmative action to make or agree to make a contribution or donation on a recurring basis, including a contributor or donor who engages only in a passive action such as failing to uncheck a pre-checked box authorizing a recurring contribution or donation, shall not be considered to give affirmative consent to making the contribution or donation on a recurring basis. (b) Responsibilities of persons accepting contributions or donations A person accepting a contribution or donation described in subsection (a) which is made on a recurring basis shall meet the following requirements with respect to each recurrence of the contribution or donation: (1) Upon