Federal Election Commission 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents
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Technical Amendments and Corrections
The Commission is making technical corrections to various sections of its regulations.
Aggregate Biennial Contribution Limits
The Commission is adopting as a final rule, without change, an interim rule that removed regulatory limits on the aggregate amounts that an individual may contribute to federal candidates and political committees in each two-year election cycle. The Commission is taking this action in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in McCutcheon v. FEC, which held that the aggregate contribution limits are unconstitutional.
Federal Office; Notice of Disposition of Petition for Rulemaking
The Commission announces its disposition of a Petition for Rulemaking (``Petition'') filed on August 28, 2014, by National Convention PBC. The Petition asks the Commission to amend 11 CFR 100.4 to revise the definition of ``federal office'' to include delegates to a constitutional convention. The Commission has decided not to initiate a rulemaking at this time. The Petition and other documents relating to this matter are available on the Commission's Web site, https:// www.fec.gov/fosers/, and in the Commission's Public Records Office.
Rulemaking Petition: Candidate Debates
On September 11, 2014, the Federal Election Commission received a Petition for Rulemaking from Level the Playing Field. The petition asks the Commission to amend its regulation on candidate debates to revise the criteria governing the inclusion of candidates in presidential and vice presidential candidate debates. The Commission seeks comments on this petition.
Independent Expenditures and Electioneering Communications by Corporations and Labor Organizations
The Federal Election Commission is revising its rules regarding corporate and labor organization funding of expenditures, independent expenditures, and electioneering communications. The Commission is issuing these rules in response to a Petition for Rulemaking filed by the James Madison Center for Free Speech petitioning the Commission to amend its regulations in response to the decision of the Supreme Court in Citizens United v. FEC.
Aggregate Biennial Contribution Limits
The Commission is removing regulatory limits on the aggregate amounts that an individual may contribute to federal candidates and political committees in each two-year election cycle. The Commission is taking this action in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision in McCutcheon v. FEC, which held that the aggregate contribution limits are unconstitutional. The Commission is accepting comments on these revisions to its regulations.
Aggregate Biennial Contribution Limits
In addition to publishing in today's Federal Register an Interim Final Rule to remove the aggregate contribution limits from the Commission's regulations, the Commission requests comments on whether to begin a rulemaking to revise other regulations in light of certain language from the Supreme Court's recent decision in McCutcheon v. FEC. The Commission intends to review the comments it receives as it decides what revisions, if any, it will propose making to its rules.
Rulemaking Petition: Federal Office
On August 28, 2014, the Commission received a Petition for Rulemaking from National Convention PBC. The petition asks the Commission to amend 11 CFR 100.4 to include delegates to a constitutional convention in the definition of ``federal office.'' The Commission seeks comments on this petition.
Filing Dates for the Virginia Special Elections in the 7th Congressional District
Virginia has scheduled a special general election on November 4, 2014, to fill the U.S. House of Representatives seat being vacated by Representative Eric I. Cantor. Committees required to file reports in connection with the Special General Election shall file a 12-day Pre-General Report and a Post- General Report.
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