Federal Election Commission (FEC) Law and Legal Definition
In 1975, Congress created the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to administer and enforce the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). The statute that governs the financing of federal elections. The duties of the FEC, which is an independent regulatory agency, are to disclose campaign finance information, to enforce the provisions of the law such as the limits and prohibitions on contributions, and to oversee the public funding of Presidential elections.
Legal Definition list
- Federal Election Commission (FEC)
- Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA)
- Federal Election Activity
- Federal Election
- Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford/Ford Loan Program [Education]
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Federal Emission Test Procedure
- Federal Employee
- Federal Employees Compensation Act
- Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP)
- Federal Employees Retirement System [FERS]
Related Legal Terms
- 9/11 Commission Act
- Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States
- Active Voters [Federal Elections]
- Actuarial Documents [Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]
- Actuarially Appropriate [Federal Crop Insurance Corporation]
- Actus Inceptus Cujus Perfectio Pendet Ex Voluntate Partium Revocari Potest, Si Autem Pendet Ex Voluntate Tertiae Personae, Vel Ex Contingenti, Revocar
- Administrative Committee of the Federal Register
- Administrative Governor [Federal Reserve System]
- Adverse Effect Wage Rate
- Adverse Selection
