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This bill, the We the People Democracy Reform Act of 2017, proposes a number of reforms to increase transparency, remove conflicts of interest, and restore enforcement in campaign finance laws. Some key provisions include: - Applying the ban on foreign contributions to domestic corporations that are foreign-controlled, foreign-influenced, or foreign-owned. It also requires disclosure of certain campaign-related disbursements by covered organizations. - Clarifying the treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates and banning fundraising for Super PACs by federal candidates and officeholders. - Establishing the Federal Election Administration (FEA) as an independent agency to administer and enforce federal campaign finance laws, replacing the current Federal Election Commission. The FEA would have enhanced investigative and enforcement powers. - Reforming the public financing system for presidential elections, including increasing the amount of matching payments, repealing expenditure limits, and allowing the use of the Presidential Election Campaign Fund for congressional elections. - Creating a new public financing system for congressional elections, providing qualified candidates with campaign funds based on small-dollar contributions. - Requiring congressional redistricting to be conducted through independent state commissions, rather than state legislatures. - Establishing automatic voter registration and same-day voter registration requirements for federal elections. The bill aims to reduce the influence of special interests in federal elections and return the democratic process to the American people through these and other reforms.

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