3.0.0 2034 2023-01-11T13:36:01Z 2023-01-11T13:36:01Z House HR 2017-04-06 115 [Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 60 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. KILMER:H.R. 2034.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution grantingCongress the authority to make laws governing the time,place, and manner of holding Federal elections.[Page H2791]]]> hsha00 Committee on House Administration House Standing Referred to 2017-04-06T13:12:15Z Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act 115 1683 S 2017-08-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Identical bill CRS 2017-04-06 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsha00 Committee on House Administration 2017-04-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2017-04-06 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000381 Rep. Kilmer, Derek [D-WA-6] Derek Kilmer D WA 6 N R000586 Rep. Renacci, James B. [R-OH-16] James Renacci R OH B. 16 2017-04-06 True R000602 Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] Kathleen Rice D NY M. 4 2017-04-06 True A000369 Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] Mark Amodei R NV E. 2 2017-04-06 True P000608 Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-52] Scott Peters D CA H. 52 2017-04-06 True B001275 Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] Larry Bucshon R IN 8 2017-04-06 True J000255 Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] WALTER JONES R NC B. 3 2017-04-06 True P000598 Rep. Polis, Jared [D-CO-2] Jared Polis D CO 2 2017-04-06 True B001269 Rep. Barletta, Lou [R-PA-11] Lou Barletta R PA 11 2017-04-06 True M001202 Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] Stephanie Murphy D FL N. 7 2017-04-06 True B001297 Rep. Buck, Ken [R-CO-4] Ken Buck R CO 4 2017-04-06 True S001168 Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3] John Sarbanes D MD P. 3 2017-04-06 True F000449 Rep. Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] Jeff Fortenberry R NE 1 2017-10-10 False B001285 Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] Julia Brownley D CA 26 2017-10-10 False Government Operations and Politics Advisory bodies Congressional officers and employees Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Executive agency funding and structure Federal Election Commission (FEC) Federal officials Political parties and affiliation Public participation and lobbying Government Operations and Politics 00 2017-04-06 Introduced in House 2018-03-29T16:07:27Z Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act

This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to: (1) reduce the number of members of the FEC from eight to five, (2) remove the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House as ex officio members, and (3) permit no more than two members to be affiliated with the same political party. A majority of the FEC members serving at the time shall constitute a quorum, except that three shall constitute a quorum if there are only four members serving.

A Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel shall recommend to the President individuals for nomination to the FEC.

The President shall appoint the FEC Chair, subject to Senate confirmation as a member of the FEC.

The powers of the FEC are revised and distributed between the chair and the other FEC members.

Persons who submit written comments regarding requests for advisory opinions must be given an opportunity to appear at FEC hearings on such requests.

]]> Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act Display Title Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act Official Title as Introduced 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 Commission, to distribute the powers of the Commission between the Chair and the remaining members, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act Introduced in House 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115hr2034ih/xml/BILLS-115hr2034ih.xml 2017-04-06 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.