HR 8738
Passed a chamber
Requires people who make electioneering communications to file reports electronically, and lets political committees make payments by methods other than check.
Official title: FEC Administrative Improvements Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
12-MAY-2026
Referred
12-MAY-2026
Approved by committee
14-MAY-2026
Passed
13-JUL-2026
Senate
Received
14-JUL-2026
- Amends Section 304 of the Federal Election Campaign Act to require electronic filing by persons who make electioneering communications.
- Amends Section 302 to replace the requirement that political committee disbursements be made by check with a rule allowing disbursements from those accounts by other methods.
- Is titled the FEC Administrative Improvements Act.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Introduced in House" (12-MAY-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 13-JUL-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Committee on House Administration (House)
- Rules and Administration Committee (Senate)
Government Operations and Politics
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2 Republicans
1 Democrat