; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (2) No person shall be subject to a civil penalty for any violation of title III of this Act unless the proceeding is initiated in accordance with section 309 not later than 5 years after the date on which the violation occurred. . (b) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to violations occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 358. Theft from political committee as a Federal crime (a) Federal crime Chapter 29 of title 18, United States Code, as amended by section 161(b), is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 613. Theft from political committee (a) In general It shall be unlawful to remove, without appropriate authorization, any funds or any other item of value from an account maintained for the benefit of a candidate for Federal office or the candidate’s political committee (as such term is defined in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30101 )). (b) Penalty Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be fined not more than $250,000, imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of sections for chapter 28 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 613. Theft from political committee. . 359. Repeal of obsolete provisions of law (a) Provisions held unconstitutional (1) Membership of Secretary of Senate and Clerk of House on Federal Election Commission Section 306(a)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30106(a)(1) ) is amended by striking the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives or their designees, ex officio and without the right to vote, and . (2) Choice of independent or coordinated expenditures by political parties Section 315(d) of such Act ( 52 U.S.C. 30116(d) ) is amended— (A) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4)