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S 2611 114th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Executive agency funding and structure Federal Election Commission (FEC) Government studies and investigations

Federal Election Administration Act of 2016

Introduced: March 1, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Mar 1, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Mar 1, 2016
Introduced in Senate
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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.

What's happening now March 1, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 5439 Related bill Federal Election Administration Act of 2016
  • S 6 Related bill We the People Act of 2016
  • HR 5494 Related bill We the People Act of 2016
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Independent 1
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Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · May 23, 2016
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King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · May 17, 2016
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 3, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2611: Federal Election Administration Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2611/
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"S. 2611: Federal Election Administration Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2611/.
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S. 2611, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2611/.
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