§20925 — Title 52 Voting and Elections | U.S. Code

§20925 Powers

Title 52 › Subtitle Subtitle II— Voting Assistance and Election Administration › Chapter 209— ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT › Subchapter II— COMMISSION › Part A— Establishment and General Organization › Subpart 1— election assistance commission › § 20925

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission can hold hearings anywhere and anytime it needs, take testimony, accept evidence, and make witnesses swear to tell the truth. It can get information directly from any federal department or agency, and those agencies must give the information when asked. The Commission can use the U.S. mail like other federal agencies. If the Commission asks, the Administrator of General Services must provide needed administrative help and the Commission will pay for it. The Commission can hire and pay people and federal agencies for supplies and services without following section 6101 of title 41.

Title 52, §20925

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(a)The Commission may hold such hearings for the purpose of carrying out this chapter, sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as the Commission considers advisable to carry out this chapter. The Commission may administer oaths and affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Commission.

(b)The Commission may secure directly from any Federal department or agency such information as the Commission considers necessary to carry out this chapter. Upon request of the Commission, the head of such department or agency shall furnish such information to the Commission.

(c)The Commission may use the United States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other departments and agencies of the Federal Government.

(d)Upon the request of the Commission, the Administrator of General Services shall provide to the Commission, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support services that are necessary to enable the Commission to carry out its duties under this chapter.

(e)The Commission may contract with and compensate persons and Federal agencies for supplies and services without regard to section 6101 of title 41.

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This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a), (b), and (d), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 107–252, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1666, known as the Help America Vote Act of 2002, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 15325 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. In subsec. (e), “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5)” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.