At the upcoming open meeting of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on December 12, commissioners will consider a number of draft legislative recommendations concerning several issues, including expanding the prohibition of political contributions from foreign nationals.

Among the 17 different draft recommendations the FEC is considering, one includes asking Congress to revise the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) to prohibit knowingly helping or assisting a foreign national in violating existing prohibitions on contributions.

Additionally, the FEC will consider draft recommendations to further prohibit foreign nationals from involvement with state and local ballot initiatives, referenda, and any recall elections that are not already included in the other prohibitions.

Another legislative recommendation includes amending FECA’s disclosure requirements by requiring the FEC to protect from public disclosure the street names and street numbers of individual contributors.

Political committees and other filers would report full mailing address information confidentially to the FEC, but individuals’ street names and street numbers would not be made available to the public.

The FEC would continue to publicly disclose each contributor’s name, city, state, zip code, occupation, and employer.

Still another legislative recommendation would be asking Congress to expand the types of campaign finance reports required to be filed electronically, rather than on paper, to include electioneering communication reports, inaugural committee reports and reports of communication costs.

If the Commission approves the legislative recommendations, it will prepare transmittal letters to the President and Congress for the chairman’s signature.