Federal Election Commission January 9, 2007 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Political committees and other persons required to file campaign finance reports with the FEC must itemize certain disbursements and, for each itemized disbursement, must provide information including a brief description of the purpose of the disbursement. The ``purpose of disbursement'' entry, when considered along with the identity of the disbursement recipient, must be sufficiently specific to make the purpose of the disbursement clear. The guidance below includes a non-exhaustive list of ``purpose of disbursement'' entries that are generally acceptable, and a non- exhaustive list of terms that are generally not acceptable.