Commission approves legislative recommendations for 2012

On May 10, 2012, the Commission unanimously approved five legislative recommendations for 2012 to be submitted for consideration to Congress: (1) to require electronic filing for Senate candidates; (2) to make permanent the administrative fine program; (3) to revise the prohibitions on fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority; (4) to extend the personal use restrictions to all political committees; and (5) to delete the exclusion of the Commission from eligibility for the Senior Executive Service.

Resources:

• 2012 legislative recommendations
• Commission discussion of legislative recommendations (May 10, 2012)