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MARKUP OF H. RES. 132, OMNIBUS 

RESOLUTION FOR COMMITTEE 

FUNDING IN THE 114TH CONGRESS; COMMITTEE RES. 114–6, 

LIMITATION ON ALLOCATION OF 

FRANKED MAIL; H.R. 195, ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

TERMINATION ACT; AND H.R. 412, 

TO REDUCE FEDERAL SPENDING 

AND THE DEFICIT BY TERMINATING TAXPAYER FINANCING 

OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 

CAMPAIGNS 

MEETING 

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON HOUSE 

ADMINISTRATION 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH CONGRESS 

FIRST SESSION 

Held in Washington, DC, March 4, 2015 

Printed for the use of the Committee on House Administration 

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COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION 

CANDICE S. MILLER, Michigan, Chairman 

GREGG HARPER, Mississippi 

PHIL GINGREY, M.D. Georgia 

AARON SCHOCK, Illinois 

TODD ROKITA, Indiana 

RICHARD B. NUGENT, Florida 

ROBERT A. BRADY, Pennsylvania 

Ranking Minority Member 

ZOE LOFGREN, California 

JUAN VARGAS, California 

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

KELLY CRAVEN, Staff Director 

JAMIE FLEET, Minority Staff Director 


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MARKUP OF H. RES. 132, OMNIBUS RESOLUTION FOR COMMITTEE FUNDING IN THE 

114TH CONGRESS; COMMITTEE RES. 114–6, 

LIMITATION ON ALLOCATION OF FRANKED 

MAIL; H.R. 195, ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION TERMINATION ACT; AND H.R. 412, 

TO REDUCE FEDERAL SPENDING AND THE 

DEFICIT BY TERMINATING TAXPAYER FINANCING OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 

CAMPAIGNS 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 2015 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION, 

Washington, DC. 

The Committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:28 a.m., in room 

1310, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Candice S. Miller 

(chairman of the Committee) presiding. 

Present: Representatives Miller, Harper, Nugent, Davis, Comstock, Brady, and Vargas. 

Staff Present: Sean Moran, Staff Director; John Clocker, Deputy 

Staff Director; Bob Sensenbrenner, Deputy General Counsel; John 

L. Dickhaus, Legislative Clerk; Erin Sayago, Communications Director; George Hadijski, Director of Member Services; Brad 

Walvort, Professional Staff; Cole Felder, Counsel; Nick Hawatmeh, 

Counsel; Kyle Anderson, Minority Staff Director; Matt Pinkus, Minority Senior Policy Advisor; Khalil Abboud, Minority Deputy Staff 

Director/Director of Legislative Operations; Mike Harrison, Minority Chief Counsel; and Eddie Flaherty, Minority Chief Clerk. 

The CHAIRMAN. I call to order the Committee on House Administration for today’s Committee markup, and a quorum is present so 

that we can proceed. 

The meeting record will remain open for 5 legislative days so 

that Members might submit any materials that they wish to be included therein. 

Today we are going to consider four items: House Resolution 132, 

which is the Omnibus Committee funding resolution, which will 

authorize committee budgets for the 114th Congress; Committee 

Resolution 114–6, to approve franked mail limitations for committees for the 114th; H.R. 195, which is the Election Assistance Commission Termination Act; as well as H.R. 412, a bill to Redirect 

Federal Dollars to Pediatric Research and Reduce the Deficit by 


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Terminating Taxpayer Financing of Presidential Election Campaigns. 

Every Congress, this Committee holds hearings to receive input 

from the chair and ranking members of standing House committees 

to help set appropriate funding levels for each committee. The passage of this resolution is vital. Each committee needs appropriate 

resources for the entire 114th Congress, and throughout this process, our Committee has taken great care when examining the funding levels to be authorized for each committee so that the priorities 

of the House and the American people especially are put front and 

center. 

I want to thank all of the committee chairs and the ranking 

members who appeared before us for their very thoughtful submissions to our Committee regarding their individual budgets and for 

their insightful testimony during our hearings that we had for 2 

full days. I am glad that each committee has continued their commitment to upholding the equitable two-thirds/one-third allocation 

between majority and minority offices so that all of the views are 

properly represented and heard. 

Also, every chair and ranking member has worked with one another in a cooperative and collaborative manner in developing their 

budget priorities, which will aid them greatly as they continue to 

focus on the important work before them in conducting their legislative and oversight work. 

I believe strongly that the funding resolution that we will approve today will allow each committee the resources that they need 

to achieve legislative solutions to all of the challenging issues within their jurisdiction and which are facing our great Nation. 

In the last several years, the Committee on House Administration has led by example, improving committee budgets over the last 

4 fiscal years that reduce spending by committees and Member offices to levels below what was spent actually in 2007. We have 

worked hard to find solutions that deliver savings, allowing us to 

reprioritize spending so that we can do the important work carrying out the wishes of the American people. After much deliberation and consultations, we have to make decisions that reflect the 

mission of each committee as well as the House as a whole. 

Therefore, with few exceptions, most of the committees will be receiving funding levels—level funding with what it received for the 

113th Congress. There is a need for targeted additional resources 

directed toward new priorities and emerging challenges. As a 

House, we have a responsibility to meet that need. Some of these 

increases that we will be talking about today are very modest, very 

targeted, and it doesn’t require any new spending in the House’s 

overall budget, only redirecting already approved resources to new 

priorities. We remain committed to ensuring the House operates in 

a fiscally responsible manner. 

Each of our committees have the responsibility to produce legislation that will make our Nation stronger and conduct effective 

oversight that makes government work in the cost-effective way 

the American people are demanding. 

Many of our committees have already expressed a need for more 

field hearings across the country. This would make sure that 

Washington hears directly from the American people, and that they 


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are gathering firsthand knowledge of how Federal programs are 

functioning and their impact on the American people. 

Additionally, I would like to note that the dedicated committee 

staffers are a critical component to making sure each committee 

functions effectively and is working hard amidst the increasing 

challenges to conduct effective and needed oversight investigations 

as well as hearings, both in Washington and across the country. It 

takes professional staff to plan and to see through these actions, 

and that is not something that can be overlooked either. 

In summary, what we are proposing is modest, targeted increases in some of the committees to meet the House committees’ 

oversight needs. I hope that each Member of our Committee and 

of this House will concur in the priorities that we have set forth 

in this funding resolution and allow each of our committees to continue with their important work. 

Now, the second item for consideration in today’s markup is a 

committee resolution to approve franked mail limitations for committees for the 114th Congress. This resolution is limited to $5,000 

per year for each committee’s mail. I believe this is an appropriate 

level that will meet the needs of each of our committees. 

Our third item for consideration is a bill introduced by our colleague from Mississippi, Mr. Harper, to eliminate the Election Assistance Commission, the EAC. The EAC is an agency that was created to help distribute funds allocated by Congress after the 2000 

election through the Help America Vote Act. It is certainly clear 

that the EAC has far outlived its purpose and no longer benefits 

voters or election officials, yet, despite an original sunset date of 

2005, it continues to exist even though until very recently the EAC 

was without commissioners for the past 4 years, during which time 

two Federal elections have been conducted. This fact proves that 

this agency is not necessary in conducting Federal elections, in my 

opinion. 

The EAC has no more money to give out to States, and it is almost certain that no more money will be appropriated for this purpose. 

The research division of the EAC has completed the reports required by the HAVA Act of 2002. Additional areas that could benefit from any new research and information sharing are being explored already by universities and private associations of election 

officials. 

Our fourth and final item for consideration centers on the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, or the PECF. Last Congress, Mr. 

Harper again led the way for passage into law a bill that eliminated a portion of this. This bill, called the Gabriella Miller Kids 

First Research Act, H.R. 2019, redirected millions of dollars in taxpayer money previously provided to political parties for their national conventions to enhance funding for pediatric research. 

Today we will revisit that issue by considering the bill H.R. 412. 

This legislation would eliminate the PECF all together. This bill, 

which was introduced by Representative Tom Cole from Oklahoma, 

take the current balance of the PECF, which is $263 million and 

redirects $88 million of it to pediatric research. The remaining balance of the PECF would be sent back to the U.S. Treasury for deficit reduction. 


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The original intent of the PECF was to instill greater public confidence in the Presidential election campaigns, but in recent decades, the PECF has lost the support of taxpayers and candidates 

alike. 

A clear example of this fact is that the taxpayers are voting with 

their feet by not checking the box on their tax forms that is used 

to fund the PECF. At its peak of popularity in 1980, about 29 percent of the filers participated. In 2013, the most recent year in 

which we have data, that dropped to approximately 6 percent. So 

I believe we have a responsibility to listen to the American people, 

who are telling us this is a program they no longer support or wish 

to fund. Candidates are telling us they don’t want it either, and I 

think we need to eliminate the PECF. 

At this time, I would like to recognize my colleague and the Committee’s ranking member, Mr. Brady, for the purpose of an opening 

statement. 

Mr. BRADY. Thank you, Madam Chair. 

I would like to begin by thanking you for the manner in which 

you have conducted these funding processes. I believe that we had 

a good opportunity to hear from committee chairs and ranking 

members on their funding needs. Everyone made a very compelling 

argument, which makes our jobs more difficult. While I think that 

all of us would like to be in a position to provide increases to support the hard work of our committees, the reality is we must 

prioritize. I believe that the funding levels established by this resolution will go a long way towards that goal, and I encourage my 

colleagues to support it. 

And I yield back, and thank you. 

The CHAIRMAN. Thank the gentleman very much. 

Chair recognizes Mr. Harper from Mississippi for an opening 

statement. 

Mr. HARPER. Thank you, Madam Chair. 

You know, it has been 6 years since my first oversight hearing 

with the Election Assistance Commission as a member of this committee and 4 years since I first introduced legislation to terminate 

the EAC. Since that time, the agency’s actions, or lack thereof, 

have proven that it is not necessary to the conduct of Federal elections. It is an unnecessary expenditure of taxpayer funds. 

The EAC initially had a 3-year mandate, but as with most government programs, it found a way to maintain its existence. Unfortunately, it has become a bloated bureaucracy that mismanaged 

taxpayer dollars and has been the subject of two discrimination hiring lawsuits. 

The remaining EAC functions, to the extent they are useful, can 

be performed more efficiently by other government or private entities. 

The best course we can take as the EAC’s committee of jurisdiction is to dissolve the agency and end its wasteful spending. The 

EAC has outlived its useful life. The commission was originally designed to distribute money and oversee the upgrade of States’ voting machines to make sure we didn’t have another butterfly ballot 

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The EAC has distributed over $3.1 billion to States for machine 

upgrades and election improvements, and that stream of funding 

has long ended. 

The EAC’s Testing and Certification Program serves little purpose. This onerous, costly program is outdated and stifles innovation in the elections community. And, again, these functions can 

better be performed by other government or private entities, as 

they once were. 

The EAC only recently gained a quorum of commissioners after 

going 4 years, from December 2010 to January 2015, without one. 

The Commission also has lacked an executive director since December 2011 and general counsel since May of 2012, prohibiting them 

from conducting official business for over 3 years. And the country 

does not seem to have noticed. 

Yet despite this absence of any mission or leadership, the agency is still receiving an appropriation of $10 million. And remember 

that, in 2012, when there were some election issues in that election, the President didn’t refer those over to the EAC. He created 

a commission. 

Wasting money on ineffective, useless agencies like the EAC is 

yet another example of irresponsible government spending. We 

need to finally put an end to this. This agency has outlived its usefulness, and to continue to fund it is the definition of irresponsibility. 

Now, this is not a conclusion that we have come to lightly. We 

put in the time and effort, through hearings and meetings with experts and election officials, and come to the conclusion this agency 

needs to go. It is an opinion that is shared by others. The National 

Association of Secretaries of State adopted resolutions not once but 

twice calling for the dissolution of the EAC in 2005 and again in 

2010. It is simply time to end the EAC and save American taxpayers $10 million a year at a time when our Nation is bleeding 

money. It doesn’t get any easier to find an example of wasteful 

spending. If we can’t eliminate this agency, we might as well pack 

up and go home because this is as obvious as it gets. 

Chairman Miller, thank you for more the time, and I yield back. 

The CHAIRMAN. I thank the gentleman very much. 

Is there any other members that wish to be recognized for an 

opening statement before we called up the funding resolution? 

Hearing none, I now call up and lay before the Committee H. 

Resolution 132, which is the Omnibus Committee Funding Resolution. 

Without objection, the first reading of the resolution is dispensed 

with, and the resolution is considered read and open for amendment at any time point. 

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The CHAIRMAN. Is there any debate? 

I know all the members have received copies of the funding resolution. I think we have had a lot of discussion certainly when we 

had our hearings as well as in the last couple of weeks individually 

as we tried to do our very best to meet the needs of what the committees were looking for and a very limited amount of money that 

we had to go around. 

Any debate at all? 

Any members that want to offer an amendment to the resolution? 

If not, I move that the Committee favorably report H. Res. 132. 

The question is on the motion. 

All those in favor, signify by saying aye. 

Opposed, say nay. 

In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The ayes have it. 

The motion is agreed to. 

Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. 

Is there any member that wishes to file a supplemental or a minority or additional views for inclusion in the committee report to 

the House? 

Mr. Brady. 

Mr. BRADY. Madam Chair, I announce that the Democratic Members have requested 2 additional calendar days, provided by clause 

2(l) of rule XI of the rules of the House in order to file rules— 

views. 

The CHAIRMAN. I appreciate the gentleman offering, and pursuant to clause 2 of rule XI, the Member is entitled to 2 additional 

calendar days to file such views in writing and signed by that 

Member with the clerk of the Committee. 

I now call up and lay before the Committee the Committee Resolution 114–6, which is a resolution to approve the franked mail limitations for committees for the 114th Congress. 

Without objection, the first reading of the resolution is dispensed 

with, and the resolution is considered read and open for amendment at any point. 

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The CHAIRMAN. Is there any debate? 

Are there any members that want to offer an amendment to the 

resolution? 

If not, I move the Committee adopt the resolution, and the question is on the motion. 

All those in favor, signify by saying aye. 

Opposed, say nay. 

Motion carried in the opinion—in my opinion, and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. 

I now call up and lay before the Committee H.R. 195, which is 

the Election Assistance Commission Termination Act. 

Without objection, the first reading of the bill is dispensed with, 

and the bill is considered read and open for amendment at any 

point. 

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The CHAIRMAN. Is there any debate? 

Mr. Brady. 

Mr. BRADY. Thank you, Madam Chair. 

Madam Chair, I have said on many occasions that 95 percent of 

what we do as a Committee is done on a bipartisan basis. Unfortunately, this is one of the few instances which we respectfully disagree. 

I believe that, rather than abolish the Election Assistance Commission, we should be working to reform the agency. For the first 

time in 4 years, the agency has a quorum of commissioners. During 

their first meeting last week, the three newly appointed commissioners—two Republicans and one Democrat—worked cooperatively 

on a bipartisan basis. 

I believe this is an important step in the right direction, and I 

believe that they should have the opportunity to continue. 

Thank you, Madam Chair. 

The CHAIRMAN. I thank the chairman. 

Any other debate? 

Hold on. Any members want to offer an amendment to the bill? 

Mr. BRADY. Yes, Madam Chair. 

The CHAIRMAN. Okay. 

Mr. Brady. 

Mr. BRADY. Thank you, Madam Chair. 

I offer an amendment in the nature of a substitute to the bill 

which is in the members’ packets. 

Thank you, Madam Chair. The amendment in the nature of a 

substitute allows the EAC to continue their critically important 

mission. It reauthorizes the EAC through 2020, and it provides for 

methods to identify potential cost saving and efficiency improvements of both the EAC and the administration of election for Federal office. 

Rather than abolishing the agency, I believe that we should support reform efforts, and this amendment accomplishes this goal, 

and I urge this adoption. 

The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the amendment will be considered as read. 

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The CHAIRMAN. Are there any other members that which to be 

recognized to speak on Mr. Brady’s amendment? 

Mr. Harper. 

Mr. HARPER. Thank you, Madam Chair. 

And I would like to speak in opposition to the amendment offered 

by Mr. Brady. 

First of all, let’s keep in mind that the EAC originally was designed to last for 3 years. It has long outlived its usefulness. While 

I certainly appreciate and enjoy always working with Mr. Brady, 

the fact is this amendment does not reform the EAC. It actually 

expands it and includes no reforms or efficiencies. What it actually 

does is reauthorize the EAC through the year 2020. It forces States 

to submit information the EAC asks for in post-election surveys 

and removes the EAC from OMB oversight under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act. So there is no control over what information they 

demand. 

It also gives the EAC more power over States, shifts burdens 

from States to EAC, and it really doesn’t address any of the real 

problems in the history we have had with the EAC. It will make 

the EAC more powerful, not more efficient. And the fact is we don’t 

need this. And keep in mind that we already have seen and in a 

Presidential commission recommending best practices to the States. 

So this is duplicative in that regard and not necessary. 

So I urge members to vote in opposition, to vote no to this 

amendment. 

The CHAIRMAN. Thank the gentleman. 

Any other members have any other comments? 

I would just offer my own comment. As a former secretary of 

State, I was a secretary in Michigan when the Help America Vote 

Act went through. Our State, along with so many others, received 

an awful lot of Federal dollars for us to improve some of our antiquated voting machines, et cetera, et cetera. That was the purpose 

of the EAC, to really help all the States spend those dollars and 

hold the States accountable for making sure that they were spent 

within the confines of what the Congress had an expectation of 

them. But the truth is—and we have had these conversations when 

we had our hearing here with the Ginsberg-Bauer Presidential 

Commission that was put together by President Obama, actually. 

Well, they went out and talked to number of the secretaries and 

the secretaries of states, et cetera, and I think the secretaries do 

understand that that was a one-time infusion of funds that is not 

going to be happening again, particularly with the budgetary constraints that the Federal Government has. So although the EAC 

certainly had a role to play, I just don’t think it has a role to play 

any longer. 

So I would associate myself with Mr. Harper’s remarks, and I appreciate the amendment from my ranking member, but I will be in 

opposition to that. 

Again, any other comments? 

The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman to 

H.R. 195. 

All those in favor of the amendment, signify by saying aye. 

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In the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. The amendment is 

not agreed to. 

Any other amendments? 

If not, I move that the Committee favorable report H.R. 195, and 

the question is on the motion. 

Those in favor will signify by saying aye. 

Opposed will say nay. 

In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, and the motion is 

agreed to. 

Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. 

Does anybody member wish to file supplemental, minority, additional view for inclusion in the committee report to the House? 

Mr. Brady. 

Mr. BRADY. Madam Chair, thank you. 

I announce that the Democratic Members would request 2 additional calendar days provided by clause 2(l) of rule XI of the rules 

of the House in order to file views. 

The CHAIRMAN. Thank the gentleman. 

And pursuant to clause 2 of rule XI, the Member is entitled to 

2 additional calendar days to file such views in writing and signed 

by that Member with the clerk of the Committee. 

I now call up and lay before the Committee H.R. 412, which is 

a bill to reduce Federal spending and the deficit by terminating 

taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns. 

Without objection, the first reading of the bill is dispensed with 

and the bill is considered read and open for amendment at any 

time point. 

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The CHAIRMAN. Is there any debate on this bill? 

Are there any members that want to offer an amendment to the 

bill? 

If not, I move that the Committee favorably report H.R. 412 and 

the question is on the motion. 

Those in favor, signify by saying aye. 

Opposed, say nay. 

In the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. The ayes have it. 

The motion is agreed to. 

And, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the 

table. 

Does any member wish to file supplemental, minority, or additional views for inclusion in the committee report to the House? 

Mr. BRADY. Thank you, Madam Chairman. 

I announce that the Democratic Members would request the 2 

additional calendar days provided by clause 2(l) of rule XI of the 

rules of the House in order to file views. 

The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XI, the Member is 

entitled to 2 additional calendar days to file such views in writing 

and signed by that Member with the clerk of the Committee. 

For all of the matters that the Committee has considered today, 

I would ask unanimous consent that the staff be authorized to 

make technical and conforming changes if necessary. 

Without objection, so ordered. 

Mr. Brady. 

Mr. BRADY. And, Madam Chair, and ask unanimous consent to 

insert into the record a letter from Common Cause relating to election legislation considered today. 

The CHAIRMAN. Without objection. 

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The CHAIRMAN. Any other comments or debate? 

Well, this concludes today’s markup. I certainly want to thank all 

the Members. I think we did very good work, particularly with the 

committee funding, and I think that will really position our committees as we go forward, as they go forward, to have the necessary 

resources that they need to be able to meet the missions and what 

the Congress has tasked them with. 

Without objection, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you. 

[Whereupon, at 10:53 a.m., the committee was adjourned.] 

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