Technical Corrections, 72783-72784 [2021-27885]

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• Federal Election Commission

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 244 (Thursday, December 23, 2021)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 72783-72784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27885]


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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

11 CFR Parts 1, 104, and 110

[Notice 2021-12]


Technical Corrections

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.

ACTION: Correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: The Commission is making technical corrections to various 
sections of its regulations.

DATES: Effective December 23, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Terrell D. Stansbury, Paralegal, 
[email protected], (202) 694-1650 or (800) 424-9530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The existing rules that are the subject of these corrections are 
part of the continuing series of regulations that the

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Commission has promulgated to implement the Federal Election Campaign 
Act, 52 U.S.C. 30101 through 45 (``FECA''). The Commission is 
promulgating these corrections without advance notice or an opportunity 
for comment because they fall under the ``good cause'' exemption of the 
Administrative Procedure Act (``APA''). 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) The 
Commission finds that notice and comment are unnecessary here because 
these corrections are merely typographical and technical; they effect 
no substantive changes to any rule. For the same reason, these 
corrections fall within the ``good cause'' exception to the delayed 
effective date provisions of the APA and the Congressional Review Act. 
5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3) and 808(2).
    Moreover, because these corrections are exempt from the notice and 
comment procedure of the APA under 5 U.S.C. 553(b), the Commission is 
not required to conduct a regulatory flexibility analysis under 5 
U.S.C. 603 or 604. See 5 U.S.C. 601(2) and 604(a). Nor is the 
Commission required to submit these revisions for congressional review 
under FECA, the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act, 26 U.S.C. 9001 
through 13, or the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act, 
26 U.S.C. 9031 through 42. See 52 U.S.C. 30111(d)(1) and (4) (providing 
for congressional review when Commission ``prescribe[s]'' a ``rule of 
law''); 26 U.S.C. 9009(c)(1) and (4), 9039(c)(1) and (4) (same). 
Accordingly, these corrections are effective upon publication in the 
Federal Register.

Corrections to FECA Rules in Chapter I of Title 11 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations

A. Correction to 11 CFR 1.2

    In 2018, the Commission relocated to a new building with a 
different street address. The Commission is updating this section by 
removing references to the relocation and the Commission's prior 
address.

B. Correction to 11 CFR 104.2

    Most filers now utilize electronic filing rather than paper forms 
to submit reports to the Commission. Accordingly, the Commission is 
revising this section to add that forms may be obtained electronically 
from the Commission's website as well as in paper format at the updated 
street address identified in the definition of ``Commission'' at Sec.  
1.2.

C. Correction to 11 CFR 110.1

    The Commission is revising paragraph (b)(3)(ii)(C) of this section 
because it erroneously refers to Sec.  116.11(b) as the citation for 
the definition of ``personal loans.'' The correct definition is located 
at Sec.  116.11(a).

List of Subjects

11 CFR Part 1

    Privacy.

11 CFR Part 104

    Campaign funds, Political committees and parties, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

11 CFR Part 110

    Campaign funds, Political committees and parties.
    For the reasons set out in the preamble, the Federal Election 
Commission amends 11 CFR chapter I as follows:

PART 1--PRIVACY ACT

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1. The authority citation for part 1 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  5 U.S.C. 552a.

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2. Amend Sec.  1.2 by revising the definition of ``Commission'' to read 
as follows:


Sec.  1.2  Definitions.

* * * * *
    Commission means the Federal Election Commission, its 
Commissioners, and employees. The Commission is located at 1050 First 
Street NE, Washington, DC 20463. The Commission's website is 
www.fec.gov.
* * * * *

PART 104--REPORTS BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND OTHER PERSONS (52 
U.S.C. 30104)

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3. The authority citation for part 104 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30101(1), 30101(8), 30101(9), 30102(g) and 
(i), 30104, 30111(a)(8) and (b), 30114, 30116, 36 U.S.C. 510.


Sec.  104.2  [Amended]

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4. Amend Sec.  104.2(b) by adding ``https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/forms/ or at'' before the words ``the street 
address identified''.

PART--110 CONTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS

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5. The authority citation for part 110 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  52 U.S.C. 30101(8), 30101(9), 30102(c)(2) and (g), 
30104(i)(3), 30111(a)(8), 30116, 30118, 30120, 30121, 30122, 30123, 
30124, and 36 U.S.C. 510.


Sec.  110.1  [Amended]

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6. Amend Sec.  110.1(b)(3)(ii)(C) by removing ``116.11(b)'' and adding 
in its place ``116.11(a)''.

    Dated: December 20, 2021.

    On behalf of the Commission,
Ellen L. Weintraub,
Commissioner, Federal Election Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021-27885 Filed 12-22-21; 8:45 am]
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