Federal Election Commission

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federal agency of the United States government independent regulatory agency

The Federal Election Commission is an independent U.S. regulatory agency responsible for enforcing federal campaign finance laws, including overseeing the disclosure and limits of contributions and expenditures in national elections.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Federal Election Commission canonical	25
Federal Election Commission centralized campaign finance disclosure system	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal agency of the United States government ⓘ independent regulatory agency ⓘ
abbreviation	FEC ⓘ
appointmentProcess	commissioners appointed by the President of the United States ⓘ commissioners confirmed by the U.S. Senate ⓘ
canImpose	civil penalties for campaign finance violations ⓘ
canTakeActionWith	affirmative vote of at least four commissioners ⓘ
conducts	audits of certain political committees ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateFormed	1975 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1975-04-14 ⓘ
enforces	disclaimer and disclosure requirements for political advertising ⓘ federal campaign finance laws ⓘ limits on contributions to federal candidates ⓘ limits on contributions to political committees ⓘ prohibitions on foreign national contributions in federal elections ⓘ public financing rules for presidential elections ⓘ
formedBy	Federal Election Campaign Act ⓘ
governedBy	six-member bipartisan commission ⓘ
hasHeadquartersIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
investigates	alleged violations of federal campaign finance law ⓘ
issues	regulations implementing federal campaign finance statutes ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
legalBasis	1974 amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act ⓘ Federal Election Campaign Act ⓘ surface form: Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
monitors	electioneering communications in federal elections ⓘ independent expenditures in federal elections ⓘ
numberOfCommissioners	6 ⓘ
oversees	disclosure of campaign finance information ⓘ presidential public funding program ⓘ
parentAgency	none (independent agency) ⓘ
partyBalanceRule	no more than three commissioners from the same political party ⓘ
predecessor	Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ surface form: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (campaign finance disclosure functions) Comptroller General of the United States ⓘ surface form: Comptroller General of the United States (certain campaign finance functions) Secretary of the U.S. Senate (campaign finance disclosure functions) ⓘ
provides	guidance to campaigns and committees on compliance with campaign finance law ⓘ
publishes	advisory opinions ⓘ campaign finance data ⓘ
regulates	campaign contributions in federal elections ⓘ campaign expenditures in federal elections ⓘ candidate committees for federal office ⓘ federal campaign finance ⓘ party committees at the federal level ⓘ political action committees ⓘ
shortName	FEC ⓘ
subjectOf	judicial review in U.S. federal courts ⓘ
supervises	reporting of receipts and disbursements by federal campaigns ⓘ
termLength	6-year staggered terms for commissioners ⓘ
website	https://www.fec.gov/ ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States presidential election → supervisingAgency → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Don McGahn → employer → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

2004 United States presidential election → administeredBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission → defendant → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

2024 United States presidential election → supervisedBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

United States federal elections → regulatedBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

United States Senate elections → supervisedAtFederalLevelBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Subtitle H – Financing of Presidential Election Campaigns → administeredBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Subtitle H – Financing of Presidential Election Campaigns → enforcedBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Trump campaign committee → regulatedBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Federal Election Campaign Act → implementedBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Federal Election Campaign Act → relatedTo → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Secretary of the U.S. Senate (campaign finance disclosure functions) → followedBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

this entity surface form: Federal Election Commission centralized campaign finance disclosure system

Secretary of the U.S. Senate (campaign finance disclosure functions) → cooperatesWith → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

New York congressional districts → oversightBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Republican Party (United States) donor network → regulatedBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

2006 United States House of Representatives elections → supervisingBody → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

1996 United States House of Representatives elections → supervisingBody → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

2002 United States House of Representatives elections → supervisingBody → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

2012 United States Senate election in New York → campaignFinanceRegulator → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

2010 United States House of Representatives elections → oversightBody → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

2008 United States Senate elections → oversawBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

United States House of Representatives elections → monitoredBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

1986 United States House of Representatives elections → supervisingBody → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

2022 United States House of Representatives elections → oversightBody → Federal Election Commission ⓘ

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act → enforcedBy → Federal Election Commission ⓘ