3.0.0 421 2017-12-14T16:55:39Z 2017-12-14T16:55:39Z House H HR 2007-01-11 110 hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2007-01-11T15:06:00Z Federal Election Administration Act of 2007 110 478 S 2007-02-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Identical bill CRS 2007-01-11 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2007-01-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M000627 Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] MARTIN MEEHAN D MA T. 5 N S001144 Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CHRISTOPHER SHAYS R CT 4 2007-01-11 True Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Advice and consent of the Senate Authorization Campaign funds Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Civil actions and liability Collection of accounts Confidential communications Congress Congressional elections Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Directories Economics and Public Finance Election administration Election candidates Election fraud Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Federal Election Commission Federal budgets Federal employees Federal officials Fines (Penalties) Freedom of association Freedom of speech Government attorneys Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Grievance procedures Independent regulatory commissions Injunctions Inspectors general Judicial review Law Legislation Liability (Law) Limitation of actions Presidential appointments Presidential elections Public records Right of privacy Sentences (Criminal procedure) Subpoena Transfer of employees Government Operations and Politics 00 2007-01-11 Introduced in House 2007-01-19T21:18:47Z Federal Election Administration Act of 2007 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to replace the Federal Election Commission with the Federal Election Administration (FEA) as an independent establishment to enforce federal campaign finance laws.

Requires enforcement proceedings for violations of campaign finance laws to be conducted before administrative law judges. Allows any final determination made by an administrative law judge to be appealed to the FEA for final agency action, subject to judicial review. Authorizes the FEA to impose civil penalties, issue cease-and-desist orders, and report apparent criminal violations to the appropriate law enforcement authorities. Allows the FEA to conduct audits and field examinations of campaign committees. Prescribes criminal penalties for violations.

Directs the Comptroller General to examine and report to Congress on the Attorney General's enforcement of the criminal provisions of federal campaign finance laws.

]]> Federal Election Administration Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Federal Election Administration Act of 2007 Display Title Federal Election Administration Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to replace the Federal Election Commission with the Federal Election Administration, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2007-01-11T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr421ih/xml/BILLS-110hr421ih.xml 2007-01-11 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.