- Record: Senate Floor
- Section type: Amendments
- Chamber: Senate
- Date: March 20, 2026
- Congress: 119th Congress
- Why this source matters: This section came from the Senate floor portion of the record.
SA 4712. Mr. KIM submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 1383, to establish the Veterans Advisory Committee on Equal Access, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. . EXTENSION OF THE STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS FOR
OFFENSES UNDER THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN
ACT OF 1971.
(a) Short Title.—This section may be cited as the “FECA
Reinforcement Act of 2026”.
(b) Civil Offenses.—Section 309(a) of the Federal Election
Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30109(a)) is amended by
inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraph:
“(10) No person shall be subject to a civil penalty under
this subsection with respect to a violation of this Act
unless a complaint is filed with the Commission with respect
to the violation under paragraph (1), or the Commission
responds to information with respect to the violation which
is ascertained in the normal course of carrying out its
supervisory responsibilities under paragraph (2), not later
than 10 years after the date on which the violation
occurred.”.
(c) Criminal Offenses.—Section 406(a) of the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30145(a)) is amended
by striking “5 years” and inserting “10 years”.
(d) Sunset.—The amendments made under subsections (b) and
(c) shall sunset on the date that is 8 years after the date
of enactment of this Act.