,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aece  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #e1 #bjai,mrs4
 ,mc,bath 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 campaign      
activities by chief ,state election     
administration officials4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,election ,official ,integrity ,act of  
#bjai4  #b4 ,prohibition on campaign    
activities by chief ,state election     
administration officials  7a7 ,in       
,general ,title ,,iii of the ,federal   
,election ,campaign ,act of #aiga 7#eb  
,u4,s4,c4 #cjaja 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 in case of     
recusal from administration of elections
 involving official or immediate family 
member  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 candidate1 but only if--  7,a7 such
 official recuses himself or herself    
from all of the official's              
responsibilities for the administration 
of such election2 and  7,b7 the official
 who assumes responsibility for         
supervising the administration of the   
election does not report directly to    
such official4  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
 #bjai4