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H.R. 5439 114th Congress House

Federal Election Administration Act of 2016

Official title: 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: June 9, 2016 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversightElections, voting, political campaign regulationExecutive agency funding and structureFederal Election Commission (FEC)Government studies and investigations
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Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Jun 9, 2016
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 Latest action June 9, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Federal Election Administration Act of 2016

This bill amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to replace the Federal Election Commission with the Federal Election Administration (FEA).

The Government Accountability Office shall conduct: (1) a thorough examination of the Attorney General's enforcement of the criminal provisions of FECA and Internal Revenue Code requirements and prohibitions regarding the Presidential Election Campaign Fund and the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account; and (2) an ongoing study on the level of funding that constitutes an adequate level of resources for the FEA to execute competently the responsibilities imposed on the FEA by this bill.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 3953 Reintroduced Bill Federal Election Administration Act of 2017
  • S 2611 Federal Election Administration Act of 2016
  • HR 5494 We the People Act of 2016
  • S 6 We the People Act of 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5439: Federal Election Administration Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5439/
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"H.R. 5439: Federal Election Administration Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5439/.
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H.R. 5439, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5439/.
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