,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #afcf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #ah1 #bjac    
,mrs4 ,davis of ,california 7for        
herself1 ,mr4 ,hastings of ,florida1    
,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,larson of            
,connecticut1 and ,mr4 ,brady of        
,pennsylvania7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,house ,administration  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend the ,federal         
,election ,campaign ,act of #aiga to    
prohibit certain ,state election        
administration officials from actively  
participating in electoral campaigns4   
#a4 ,short ,title ,this ,act may be     
cited as the ,federal ,election         
,integrity ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,findings
 ,congress finds that--  7#a7 chief     
,state election administration officials
 have served on political campaigns for 
,federal candidates whose elections     
those officials will supervise2  7#b7   
such partisan activity by the chief     
,state election administration official1

 an individual charged with certifying  
the validity of an election1 represents 
a fundamental conflict of interest that 
may prevent the official from ensuring a
 fair and accurate election2  7#c7 this 
conflict impedes the legal duty of chief
 ,state election administration         
officials to supervise ,federal         
elections1 undermines the integrity of  
,federal elections1 and diminishes the  
people's confidence in our electoral    
system by casting doubt on the results  
of ,federal elections2  7#d7 the        
,supreme ,court has long recognized that
 ,congress's power to regulate          
,congressional elections under ,article 
,i1 ,section #d1 ,clause #a of the      
,constitution is both plenary and       
powerful2 and  7#e7 the ,supreme ,court 
and numerous appellate courts have      
recognized that the broad power given to
 ,congress over ,congressional elections
 extends to ,presidential elections4    
#c4 ,prohibition on campaign activities 
by chief ,state election administration 

officials  7a7 ,in ,general ,title ,,iii
 of the ,federal ,election ,campaign    
,act of #aiga 7#b ,u4,s4,c4 #dca et     
seq47 is amended by inserting after     
section #cai the following new section3 
#cai;,a4 ,campaign activities by chief  
,state election administration officials
  7a7 ,prohibition ,it shall be unlawful
 for a chief ,state election            
administration official to take an      
active part in political management or  
in a political campaign with respect to 
any election for ,federal office over   
which such official has supervisory     
authority4  7b7 ,chief ,state election  
administration official ,the term chief 
,state election administration official 
means the highest ,state official with  
responsibility for the administration of
 ,federal elections under ,state law4   
7c7 ,active part in political management
 or in a political campaign ,the term   
active part in political management or  
in a political campaign means--  7#a7   
serving as a member of an authorized    

committee of a candidate for ,federal   
office2  7#b7 the use of official       
authority or influence for the purpose  
of interfering with or affecting the    
result of an election for ,federal      
office2  7#c7 the solicitation1         
acceptance1 or receipt of a contribution
 from any person on behalf of a         
candidate for ,federal office2 and  7#d7
 any other act which would be prohibited
 under paragraph 7#b7 or 7#c7 of section
 #gcbc7;b7 of title #e1 ,united ,states 
,code1 if taken by an individual to whom
 such paragraph applies 7other than any 
prohibition on running for public       
office74  7d7 ,exception for ,campaigns 
of ,official or ,immediate ,family      
,members  7#a7 ,in general ,this section
 does not apply to a chief ,state       
election administration official with   
respect to an election for ,federal     
office in which the official or an      
immediate family member of the official 
is a candidate4  7#b7 ,immediate family 
member defined ,in paragraph 7#a71 the  

term immediate family member means1 with
 respect to a candidate1 a father1      
mother1 son1 daughter1 brother1 sister1 
husband1 wife1 father-in-law1 or        
mother-in-law4  4  7b7 ,effective ,date 
,the amendments made by subsection 7a7  
shall apply with respect to elections   
for ,federal office held after ,december
 #bjac4