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Timestamp: 2020-08-12 04:17:44
Document Index: 453238770

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 30102', '§ 30116', '§441', '§ 9008', '§434', '§ 30104', '§434', '§ 30104', '§434', '§30104', '§439', '§30114', '§434', '§30104', '§432', '§30101', '§439', '§30114']

This page provides access to federal campaign finance legislation, including Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) amendments and legislative recommendations to Congress.
Selected amendments to FECA
1979 FECA and amendments legislative history (PDF | 52 MB)
1976 FECA and amendments legislative history (PDF | 136 MB)
1974 FECA and amendments legislative history (PDF | 181 MB)
1971 FECA and amendment legislative history (PDF | 135 MB)
H.R. 7120, Pub. Law No. 115-386, 2018
Amended 52 U.S.C. 30109(a)(4)(C)(v) to extend through 2023 the authority of the Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and published by the Commission.
Enacted December 21, 2018.
Full-text legislation [PDF]
H.R. 5895, the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019
H.R. 5895, Pub. Law No. 115-244
Section 102 added 52 U.S.C. § 30102(g) to make the Federal Election Commission the official point of entry for all designations, reports and statements filed under the FECA. This provision changes the point of entry for reports filed by Senate committees and makes such committees subject to the electronic filing requirements applicable to other types of filers.
H.R. 83, The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
H.R. 83, Pub. Law No. 113-235
Revised 52 U.S.C. § 30116 (formerly 2 U.S.C. §441a(a)) to enable national party committees to establish accounts to defray certain expenses incurred with respect to presidential nominating conventions, election recounts and other legal proceedings, and headquarters buildings.
Full-text legislation (PDF)
H.R. 2019, The Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act
H.R. 2019, Pub. Law No. 113-94
Revised 26 U.S.C. § 9008 to eliminate taxpayer financing of political party conventions and reprogram savings to provide for a 10-year pediatric research initiative.
H.R. 3487, Pub. Law No. 113-72
Revised 2 U.S.C. §434 (now 52 U.S.C. § 30104) to extend through 2018 the authority of the FEC to impose civil monetary penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and published by the Commission, to expand such authority to certain other violations and for other purposes.
H.R. 6296, Pub. Law No. 110-433
Revised 2 U.S.C. §434 (now 52 U.S.C. § 30104) to extend the sunset date of the administrative fines program to include reporting periods that begin on or after January 1, 2000 and that end on or before December 31, 2013.
Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA)
Pub. Law No. 110-81
HLOGA includes two major provisions for political committees:
Revisions to 2 U.S.C. §434 (Section 204 of the bill) (now 52 U.S.C. §30104), concerning disclosure of bundled contributions
Revisions to 2 U.S.C. §439(a) (Section 601 of the bill) (now 52 U.S.C. §30114), concerning restrictions on the use of campaign funds for noncommercial air travel
Section 721 of the 2006 Appropriations Act
Pub. Law No. 109-115
Section 721 revised 2 U.S.C. §434 (now 52 U.S.C. §30104) to extend the sunset date of the Administrative Fine Program to include most reports that cover activity between July 14, 2000 and December 31, 2008.
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2005
Pub. Law No. 108-447, signed into law December 8, 2004
Contains revisions to 2 U.S.C. §432(e)(3)(B) (now 52 U.S.C. §30101(e)(3)(B)), contained in Division H, Title V, Sec. 525 of H.R. 4818, concerning contributions made by a federal campaign to another federal campaign.
Contains revisions to 2 U.S.C. §439a(a) (now 52 U.S.C. §30114(a)), contained in Division H, Title V, Sec. 532 of H.R. 4818, concerning the use of campaign funds.
Pub. Law No. 107-155, signed into law March 27, 2002
This campaign finance legislation, enacted in 2002, is often referred to as the McCain-Feingold law. BCRA includes several provisions designed to end the use of nonfederal, or "soft money" (money raised outside the limits and prohibitions of federal campaign finance law) for activity affecting federal elections.
FEC Record summaries
Icon of a page Civil penalty program for late or non-filed FEC reports extended to 2023 (H.R. 7120, Pub. Law No. 115-386)
Icon of a page Senate committees must file with the FEC and follow mandatory e-filing rules (H.R. 5895, Pub. Law No. 115-244)
Icon of a page National parties may establish new accounts (H.R. 83, Pub. Law. No. 113-483)
Icon of a page Convention funding eliminated (H.R. 2019, Pub. Law No. 113-94)
Icon of a page New law authorizes administrative fines extension and expansion (H.R. 3487, Pub. Law No. 113-72)
Icon of a page Administrative fine program extended to 2013 (H.R. 6296, Pub. Law No. 110-433)
Icon of a page Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA) (Pub. Law No. 110-81)
FEC welcomes new Senate electronic filing requirement
Archive of legislative recommendations
2007 2009 2011 2012 2013
The Commission did not submit legislative recommendations in 2006, 2008, 2010 or 2019.
Record article summaries
Icon of a page Commission transmits 2018 legislative recommendations