I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1272 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the number 
of members of the Federal Election Commission from 6 to 5, to revise 
the method of selection and terms of service of members of the Commis-
sion, to distribute the powers of the Commission between the Chair 
and the remaining members, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 14, 2019 
Mr. KILMER (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. PETERS, Mr. SARBANES, 
Miss RICE of New York, Mrs. MURPHY, and Ms. BROWNLEY of Cali-
fornia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on House Administration 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
reduce the number of members of the Federal Election 
Commission from 6 to 5, to revise the method of selec-
tion and terms of service of members of the Commission, 
to distribute the powers of the Commission between the 
Chair and the remaining members, and for other pur-
poses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restoring Integrity 
to America’s Elections Act’’. 
SEC. 2. MEMBERSHIP OF FEDERAL ELECTION COMMIS-
SION. 
(a) REDUCTION IN NUMBER OF MEMBERS; REMOVAL 
OF SECRETARY OF SENATE AND CLERK OF HOUSE AS 
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL; QUORUM.—Section 306(a)(1) 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 
U.S.C. 30106(a)(1)) is amended by striking the sec-
ond and third sentences and inserting the following: 
‘‘The Commission is composed of 5 members ap-
pointed by the President by and with the advice and 
consent of the Senate, of whom no more than 2 may 
be affiliated with the same political party. A major-
ity of the number of members of the Commission 
who are serving at the time shall constitute a 
quorum, except that 3 members shall constitute a 
quorum if there are 4 members serving at the 
time.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO 
REDUCTION
IN
NUMBER
OF
MEMBERS.—(A) The 
second sentence of section 306(c) of such Act (52 
U.S.C. 30106(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘affirma-
tive vote of 4 members of the Commission’’ and in-
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serting ‘‘affirmative vote of a majority of the mem-
bers of the Commission who are serving at the 
time’’. 
(B) Such Act is further amended by striking 
‘‘affirmative vote of 4 of its members’’ and inserting 
‘‘affirmative vote of a majority of the members of 
the Commission who are serving at the time’’ each 
place it appears in the following sections: 
(i) 
Section 
309(a)(2) 
(52 
U.S.C. 
30109(a)(2)). 
(ii) Section 309(a)(4)(A)(i) (52 U.S.C. 
30109(a)(4)(A)(i)). 
(iii) Section 309(a)(5)(C) (52 U.S.C. 
30109(a)(5)(C)). 
(iv) Section 309(a)(6)(A) (52 U.S.C. 
30109(a)(6)(A)). 
(v) Section 311(b) (52 U.S.C. 30111(b)). 
(3) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT
RELATING
TO 
REMOVAL
OF
EX
OFFICIO
MEMBERS.—Section 
306(a) of such Act (52 U.S.C. 30106(a)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘(other than the Secretary of the Sen-
ate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives)’’ 
each place it appears in paragraphs (4) and (5). 
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