3.0.0 416 2023-03-15T19:00:23Z 2023-03-15T19:00:23Z Senate S 2021-02-24 117 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-02-24T21:54:00Z Campaign Finance Transparency Act 117 5331 S 2022-12-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. Related bill CRS For the People Act of 2021 117 1 HR 2021-03-11 Received in the Senate. Related bill CRS Restoring Integrity to America’s Elections Act 117 1414 HR 2021-02-26 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. Related bill CRS For the People Act of 2021 117 1 S 2021-08-11 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 123. Related bill CRS For the People Act of 2021 117 2093 S 2021-09-15 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. (CR S6516-6517) Related bill CRS Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act 117 9623 HR 2022-12-20 Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, House Administration, Ways and Means, Financial Services, Intelligence (Permanent Select), Rules, Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act 117 5315 S 2022-12-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2021-02-24 ssra00 Rules and Administration Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. IntroReferral 2021-02-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Lujan D NM R. 2021-02-24 True Government Operations and Politics Administrative remedies Advisory bodies Civil actions and liability Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Executive agency funding and structure Federal Election Commission (FEC) Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Judicial review and appeals Supreme Court Government Operations and Politics 00 2021-02-24 Introduced in Senate 2021-07-22T14:46:45Z Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act

This bill revises provisions regarding the Federal Election Commission (FEC), including to change FEC membership.

Specifically, the bill reduces the number of appointed members of the FEC from six to five and permits no more than two members to be affiliated with the same political party. Further, it removes the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House as ex officio members.

Next, the bill establishes the Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel to recommend to the President individuals for nomination to the FEC. The President shall appoint the FEC chair, subject to Senate confirmation.

The bill distributes the FEC's powers between the chair and the other FEC members. Further, it requires the FEC to ensure that its forms allow for the use of an accent mark as part of an individual's identification.

The bill modifies the process for (1) the FEC to initiate an investigation, and (2) a party aggrieved by the FEC's dismissal of the party's complaint or the FEC's failure to take action on the party's complaint to seek judicial review in federal court. Additionally, individuals who submit written comments regarding requests for advisory opinions must be given an opportunity to appear at FEC hearings on those requests.

The bill also permanently extends the FEC's administrative penalty authority.

Finally, the bill provides statutory authority for limitations on ex parte communications as applied to FEC members and employees. It also specifies that FEC attorneys may represent the FEC before the Supreme Court.

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