FEC Administrative Improvements Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8738 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8738

     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require
  electronic report filing for persons making certain electioneering
communications and to permit political committees to make disbursements
                          other than by check.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 12, 2026

   Mr. Morelle (for himself, Ms. Lee of Florida, Mr. Steil, and Ms.
   Sewell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                   Committee on House Administration

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                                 A BILL

     To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require
  electronic report filing for persons making certain electioneering
communications and to permit political committees to make disbursements
                          other than by check.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FEC Administrative Improvements
Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING ELECTRONIC FILING.

    Section 304(a)(11)(A)(i) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of
1971 (52 U.S.C. 30104(a)(11)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting ``or makes
electioneering communications'' after ``expenditures''.

SEC. 3. PERMITTING POLITICAL COMMITTEES TO MAKE DISBURSEMENTS BY
              METHODS OTHER THAN CHECK.

    Section 302(h)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52
U.S.C. 30102(h)(1)) is amended by striking ``except by check drawn on
such accounts in accordance with this section'' and inserting ``except
from such accounts''.
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