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52 U.S.C. § 30106

Federal Election Commission

United States · Title 52 — VOTING AND ELECTIONS · Status: effective

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52 U.S.C. § 30106, Federal Election Commission, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/493464
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Members of the Commission shall serve for a single term of 6 years, except that of the members first appointed— All decisions of the Commission with respect to the exercise of its duties and powers under the provisions of this Act shall be made by a majority vote of the members of the Commission. A member of the Commission may not delegate to any person his or her vote or any decisionmaking authority or duty vested in the Commission by the provisions of this Act, except that the affirmative vote of 4 members of the Commission shall be required in order for the Commission to take any action in accordance with paragraph (6), (7), (8), or (9) of section 30107(a) of this title or with chapter 95 or chapter 96 of title 26. The Commission shall meet at least once each month and also at the call of any member. The Commission shall prepare written rules for the conduct of its activities, shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed, and shall have its principal office in or near the District of Columbia (but it may meet or exercise any of its powers anywhere in the United States).

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.

  • Amended byPub. L. 93-443(S. 3044)1974-10-15
    Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 94-283(S. 3065)1976-05-11
    Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1976
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 96-187(H.R. 5010)1980-01-08
    Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1979
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 99-514(H.R. 3838)1986-10-22
    Tax Reform Act of 1986
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 105-61(H.R. 2378)1997-10-10
    Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998