The
Federal Election Commission (
FEC) is an
independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the
United States Congress to regulate the
campaign finance legislation in the United States. It was created in a provision of the 1974 amendment to the
Federal Election Campaign Act. It describes its duties as "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."