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Senate Bill 1683
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Aug 1, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
Aug 1, 2017
Latest Action
Aug 1, 2017
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
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Bill Number
1683
Congress
115
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Joe Donnelly
Indiana
Senate Votes (0)
House Votes (0)
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
Introduced in Senate
August 1, 2017
Related Bills (1)
Apr 06, 2017
Introduced in House
14
Sponsorship
House Bill 2034
Restoring Integrity to America's Elections Act
Introduced
Type
Identical Bill
Identical Bill
A bill that is word-for-word identical to another bill. Bills are characterized as identical to each other at the introduced stage only, even though a later (e.g., reported or passed) version of a bill might meet the same criteria for text similarity. Companion measures, procedurally-related measures, and legislation with text similarities are other related bill types.
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CRS
Actions (2)
08/01/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
08/01/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
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