Rulemaking Petition: Contributions From Corporations and Other Organizations to Political Committees, 45115 [2015-18495]
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[Notice 2015–10]
Rulemaking Petition: Contributions
From Corporations and Other
Organizations to Political Committees
Federal Election Commission.
Rulemaking petition; notice of
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
On May 14, 2015, the Federal
Election Commission received a Petition
for Rulemaking that asks the
Commission to revise existing rules
concerning the reporting of
contributions to political committees
from corporations and other
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organizations. The Commission seeks
comments on this petition.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before October 27, 2015.
ADDRESSES: All comments must be in
writing. Commenters are encouraged to
submit comments electronically via the
Commission’s Web site at https://
www.fec.gov/fosers, reference REG
2015–03, or by email to
ContributionPetition2015@fec.gov.
Alternatively, commenters may submit
comments in paper form, addressed to
the Federal Election Commission, Attn.:
Robert M. Knop, Assistant General
Counsel, 999 E Street NW., Washington,
DC 20463.
Each commenter must provide, at a
minimum, his or her first name, last
name, city, state, and zip code. All
properly submitted comments,
including attachments, will become part
of the public record, and the
Commission will make comments
available for public viewing on the
Commission’s Web site and in the
Commission’s Public Records room.
Accordingly, commenters should not
provide in their comments any
information that they do not wish to
make public, such as a home street
address, personal email address, date of
birth, phone number, social security
number, or driver’s license number, or
any information that is restricted from
disclosure, such as trade secrets or
commercial or financial information
that is privileged or confidential.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert M. Knop, Assistant General
Counsel, or Mr. Sean J. Wright,
Attorney, Office of General Counsel, 999
E Street NW., Washington, DC 20463,
(202) 694–1650 or (800) 424–9530.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May
14, 2015, the Federal Election
Commission received a Petition for
Rulemaking from Make Your Laws PAC,
Inc. and Make Your Laws Advocacy,
Inc. The petition asks the Commission
to modify its regulations requiring
disclosure of contributions from
corporations and other organizations to
political committees.
The Federal Election Campaign Act,
52 U.S.C. 30101–46 (the ‘‘Act’’), and
Commission regulations require all
political committees to abide by certain
organizational, record-keeping, and
reporting requirements. See 52 U.S.C.
30102, 30103, 30104; 11 CFR 102.1,
102.2, 102.7, 104.3. This includes
maintaining records of contribution
receipts and disbursements, reporting
independent expenditures, and filing
periodic disclosure reports that identify
the source of each contribution
exceeding $200. See 11 CFR
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104.3(a)(4)(i), 104.4, 104.5(c).
Commission regulations also require
every person who makes electioneering
communications aggregating in excess
of $10,000 in a calendar year and every
person (other than a political
committee) that makes independent
expenditures in excess of $250 with
respect to a given election in a calendar
year to report certain information to the
Commission. 11 CFR 104.20(b) and (c),
109.10(b) and (e); 52 U.S.C. 30104(c)(1)
and (2), (f).
The petition asks the Commission to
establish a new rule requiring that ‘‘any
person, other than a natural person,
contributing an aggregate of more than
$1,000 in any calendar year to any
political committee, whether directly or
indirectly’’ (emphasis omitted), must do
so from an account subject to certain
reporting requirements. Specifically, the
petition asks the Commission to require
that these accounts disclose ‘‘the
original source of all election-related
contributions and expenditures,
traceable through all intermediary
entities to a natural person, regardless of
the amounts or entities involved’’
(emphasis omitted). The petition also
asks the Commission to apply to these
accounts the identification requirements
of 11 CFR 100.12; the Act’s prohibition
on foreign national contributions, 52
U.S.C. 30121; allocation rules for
administrative expenses; and, in some
circumstances, the Act’s limitations on
contributions to political committees.
The Commission seeks comments on
the petition. The public may inspect the
petition on the Commission’s Web site
at https://www.fec.gov/fosers, or in the
Commission’s Public Records Office,
999 E Street NW., Washington, DC
20463, Monday through Friday, from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. Interested persons may
also obtain a copy of the petition by
dialing the Commission’s Faxline
service at (202) 501–3413 and following
its instructions. Request document
#279.
The Commission will not consider the
petition’s merits until after the comment
period closes. If the Commission
decides that the petition has merit, it
may begin a rulemaking proceeding.
The Commission will announce any
action that it takes in the Federal
Register.
On behalf of the Commission,
Dated: July 16, 2015.
Ann M. Ravel,
Chair, Federal Election Commission.
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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
11 CFR Parts 102, 104, 110
[Notice 2015-10]
Rulemaking Petition: Contributions From Corporations and Other
Organizations to Political Committees
AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.
ACTION: Rulemaking petition; notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: On May 14, 2015, the Federal Election Commission received a
Petition for Rulemaking that asks the Commission to revise existing
rules concerning the reporting of contributions to political committees
from corporations and other organizations. The Commission seeks
comments on this petition.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 27, 2015.
ADDRESSES: All comments must be in writing. Commenters are encouraged
to submit comments electronically via the Commission's Web site at
https://www.fec.gov/fosers, reference REG 2015-03, or by email to
ContributionPetition2015@fec.gov. Alternatively, commenters may submit
comments in paper form, addressed to the Federal Election Commission,
Attn.: Robert M. Knop, Assistant General Counsel, 999 E Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20463.
Each commenter must provide, at a minimum, his or her first name,
last name, city, state, and zip code. All properly submitted comments,
including attachments, will become part of the public record, and the
Commission will make comments available for public viewing on the
Commission's Web site and in the Commission's Public Records room.
Accordingly, commenters should not provide in their comments any
information that they do not wish to make public, such as a home street
address, personal email address, date of birth, phone number, social
security number, or driver's license number, or any information that is
restricted from disclosure, such as trade secrets or commercial or
financial information that is privileged or confidential.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert M. Knop, Assistant General
Counsel, or Mr. Sean J. Wright, Attorney, Office of General Counsel,
999 E Street NW., Washington, DC 20463, (202) 694-1650 or (800) 424-
9530.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 14, 2015, the Federal Election
Commission received a Petition for Rulemaking from Make Your Laws PAC,
Inc. and Make Your Laws Advocacy, Inc. The petition asks the Commission
to modify its regulations requiring disclosure of contributions from
corporations and other organizations to political committees.
The Federal Election Campaign Act, 52 U.S.C. 30101-46 (the
``Act''), and Commission regulations require all political committees
to abide by certain organizational, record-keeping, and reporting
requirements. See 52 U.S.C. 30102, 30103, 30104; 11 CFR 102.1, 102.2,
102.7, 104.3. This includes maintaining records of contribution
receipts and disbursements, reporting independent expenditures, and
filing periodic disclosure reports that identify the source of each
contribution exceeding $200. See 11 CFR 104.3(a)(4)(i), 104.4,
104.5(c). Commission regulations also require every person who makes
electioneering communications aggregating in excess of $10,000 in a
calendar year and every person (other than a political committee) that
makes independent expenditures in excess of $250 with respect to a
given election in a calendar year to report certain information to the
Commission. 11 CFR 104.20(b) and (c), 109.10(b) and (e); 52 U.S.C.
30104(c)(1) and (2), (f).
The petition asks the Commission to establish a new rule requiring
that ``any person, other than a natural person, contributing an
aggregate of more than $1,000 in any calendar year to any political
committee, whether directly or indirectly'' (emphasis omitted), must do
so from an account subject to certain reporting requirements.
Specifically, the petition asks the Commission to require that these
accounts disclose ``the original source of all election-related
contributions and expenditures, traceable through all intermediary
entities to a natural person, regardless of the amounts or entities
involved'' (emphasis omitted). The petition also asks the Commission to
apply to these accounts the identification requirements of 11 CFR
100.12; the Act's prohibition on foreign national contributions, 52
U.S.C. 30121; allocation rules for administrative expenses; and, in
some circumstances, the Act's limitations on contributions to political
committees.
The Commission seeks comments on the petition. The public may
inspect the petition on the Commission's Web site at https://www.fec.gov/fosers, or in the Commission's Public Records Office, 999 E
Street NW., Washington, DC 20463, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to
5 p.m. Interested persons may also obtain a copy of the petition by
dialing the Commission's Faxline service at (202) 501-3413 and
following its instructions. Request document #279.
The Commission will not consider the petition's merits until after
the comment period closes. If the Commission decides that the petition
has merit, it may begin a rulemaking proceeding. The Commission will
announce any action that it takes in the Federal Register.
On behalf of the Commission,
Dated: July 16, 2015.
Ann M. Ravel,
Chair, Federal Election Commission.
[FR Doc. 2015-18495 Filed 7-28-15; 8:45 am]
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