House Republicans, primarily serving on the Committee on House Administration, have filed a bill to terminate the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and are demanding accountability of the federal agency tasked with providing assistance to states and counties with election administration. 

The bill consolidates the EAC’s duties with other agencies, terminates taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and pockets the savings towards deficit reduction.  A newer version of the bill can be found by searching for H.R. 260 here. 

Interesting enough, the Executive Order establishing the Presidential Commission on Election Administration states that the “Commission shall be informed by, and shall strive to avoid duplicating, the efforts of other governmental entities.”  A review of election administration issues the new Commission is tasked with already reveals a significant amount of duplication of effort with the decade old EAC.  Perhaps the reasoning is if the EAC is terminated, there is no longer a duplication of effort.