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Title 52, Voting and ElectionsRelease 119-110

§21134 Effective Date; Transition

Title 52 › Subtitle II — Voting Assistance and Election Administration › CHAPTER 209 — ELECTION ADMINISTRATION IMPROVEMENT › SUBCHAPTER VI — TRANSFER TO COMMISSION OF FUNCTIONS UNDER CERTAIN LAWS › § 21134

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The rules start when all members of the Election Assistance Commission are appointed under section 20923. With the other agency’s OK, the Commission can keep using staff from the agencies whose jobs are moved to it for as long as needed to finish a smooth handover. From October 29, 2002 until that start date, the Federal Election Commission’s Office of Election Administration keeps the powers it had on October 29, 2002, including making voluntary rules for voting machines and handling their certification.

Full Legal Text

Title 52, §21134

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(a)Effective date
This subchapter and the amendments made by this subchapter shall take effect upon the appointment of all members of the Election Assistance Commission under section 20923 of this title.
(b)Transition
With the consent of the entity involved, the Election Assistance Commission is authorized to utilize the services of such officers, employees, and other personnel of the entities from which functions have been transferred to the Election Assistance Commission under this subchapter or the amendments made by this subchapter for such period of time as may reasonably be needed to facilitate the orderly transfer of such functions.
(c)No effect on authorities of Office of Election Administration prior to appointment of members of Commission
During the period which begins on October 29, 2002, and ends on the effective date described in subsection (a), the Office of Election Administration of the Federal Election Commission shall continue to have the authority to carry out any of the functions (including the development of voluntary standards for voting systems and procedures for the certification of voting systems) which it has the authority to carry out as of October 29, 2002.

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References in Text

This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was in the original “this title”, meaning title VIII of Pub. L. 107–252, Oct. 29, 2002, 116 Stat. 1725. For complete classification of title VIII to the Code, see Tables. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 15534 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

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52 U.S.C. § 21134

Title 52, Voting and Elections

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110