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SERS supplemental information Supplemental information The SERS database currently contains public documents from Commission REG projects from the present time back to 1991. Additional REG documents will be added soon. Please check this page from time to time for additional updates. For further information on how to navigate SERS, please refer to the help page, which is accessible throughout SERS by clicking the ? icon. If you have further questions or comments about the SERS database, please email the Commission at SERS-System-Comments@fec.gov.
 Recently updated projects REG 2018-01 Former candidates’ personal useREG 2017-02 Change of address; Technical amendmentsREG 2017-01 Civil monetary penalties inflation adjustments 2018REG 2016-05 Civil monetary penalties inflation adjustments 2017REG 2014-06 Amendment to 11 CFR 110.13(c) (candidate debates)REG 2014-02 Independent expenditures by authorized committees; reporting multistate independent expenditures and electioneering communicationsREG 2011-02 Internet communication disclaimers
 Index of REG names Users may use this index to review available REG projects by name and subject, even if they don’t know the REG number. While the index serves as a quick subject-matter reference, it is not intended to replace the SERS search function or the Commission’s E&J citation and chronological indexes.
 Administrative fine program 2001 extension, REG 2001-032002 revisions, REG 2002-012003 extension, REG 2003-052005 extension, REG 2005-052008 extension, REG 2008-062013 extension, REG 2013-052015 extension, REG 2015-01Administrative fines and forms, petition for rulemaking from Bauer, Robert F., et al., REG 2015-01Best efforts defense, REG 2006-02Creation, REG 1999-09 Agent definition (Shays I), REG 2004-08 Allocation rules repeal (EMILY'S List), REG 2009-02 Brokerage loans and lines of credit, REG 2000-03 Candidate debates Candidate selection criteria, petition for rulemaking from Level the Playing Field, REG 2014-06Petition for rulemaking from Mary Clare Wohlford, William T. Wohlford, and Martin T. Mortimer, REG 1999-04Petition for rulemaking from various media entities, REG 2002-12 Candidate solicitation Shays I revisions, REG 2004-14Shays III revisions, REG 2008-02 Contribution limitations and prohibitions Aggregate limit repeal (McCutcheon), REG 2014-07Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act rules, REG 2002-03Contributions by minors rules repeal, REG 2004-05Contributions from corporations and other organizations to political committees, REG 2015-03Increase in amount limits for authorized committees supporting other authorized committees, REG 2004-15Millionaires’ amendment rules, REG 2002-07Millionaires’ amendment rules repeal (Davis), REG 2008-05Multicandidate committees and biennial contribution limits, REG 2002-08Party contribution limits, REG 2014-10See also: Nonfederal fundsSee also: Technical amendments & reorganization Coordinated communications Shays I revisions, REG 2005-02Shays III revisions, REG 2008-03 Coordinated party expenditures Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act rules, REG 2002-11Repeal (McConnell), REG 2004-02 Corporations and labor organizations  Contributions from corporations and other organizations to political committees, REG 2015-03Independent expenditures and electioneering communications by corporations and labor organizations (Citizens United), REG 2010-01Independent spending by corporations, labor organizations, foreign nationals, and certain political committees (Citizens United), REG 2015-04Independent spending by corporations, labor organizations, foreign nationals, and certain political committees (Citizens United), REG 2015-02  Civil monetary penalties  2001 inflation adjustments, REG 2001-022005 inflation adjustments, REG 2005-012009 inflation adjustments, REG 2009-012013 inflation adjustments, REG 2013-022016 inflation adjustments, REG 2016-022017 inflation adjustments, REG 2016-052018 inflation adjustments, REG 2017-01Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act rules, REG 2002-04Debt collection, REG 2009-03  Disclaimers  Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act rules, REG 2002-04Internet communications, REG 2011-02See also: Technical amendments & reorganization  Electioneering communications  Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act rules, REG 2002-05By corporations and labor organizations (Citizens United & petition for rulemaking from the James Madison Center for Free Speech), REG 2010-01Definition revisions (Shays I), REG 2005-04Documentary exception, REG 2004-06Grassroots lobbying exception, REG 2006-01Independent expenditures and electioneering communications by corporations and labor organizations (Citizens United), REG 2010-01Independent expenditures by authorized committees; reporting multistate independent expenditures and electioneering communications, REG 2014-02Independent spending by corporations, labor organizations, foreign nationals, and certain political committees (Citizens United), REG 2015-04Independent spending by corporations, labor organizations, foreign nationals, and certain political committees (Citizens United), REG 2015-02Reporting, petition for rulemaking from The Center for Individual Freedom, REG 2012-01WRTL exception, REG 2007-02  Express advocacy definition, REG 1999-01 FEC address, REG 2017-02 Federal contractors  Amendment of 11 CFR 115, petition for rulemaking from Public Citizen, REG 2014-09  Federal Election Activity  Federal Election Activity and nonfederal elections, REG 2007-06Political party rules, REG 2016-03Shays I revisions, REG 2004-09Shays III revisions, REG 2008-04  Federal office definition, REG 2014-05 Fraudulent solicitations  Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act rules, REG 2002-04See also: Technical amendments & reorganization  Hybrid ads, REG 2007-01 Inaugural committees, REG 2004-01 Independent expenditures  By corporations and labor organizations (Citizens United & petition for rulemaking from The James Madison Center for Free Speech), REG 2010-01By parties, REG 2002-11By parties (McConnell), REG 2004-02Independent expenditures and electioneering communications by corporations and labor organizations (Citizens United), REG 2010-01Independent expenditures by authorized committees; reporting multistate independent expenditures and electioneering communications, REG 2014-02Independent spending by corporations, labor organizations, foreign nationals, and certain political committees (Citizens United), REG 2015-04Independent spending by corporations, labor organizations, foreign nationals, and certain political committees (Citizens United), REG 2015-02McConnell revisions, REG 2004-02Reporting (pre-BCRA), REG 2000-02Reporting, petition for rulemaking from Representative Chris Van Hollen, REG 2011-01  Internet  Communications, REG 1999-03Communications (Shays I), REG 2004-12Disclaimers, REG 2011-02See also: Technological modernization  Leadership PACs, REG 2002-06 Levin funds, de minimis exception, REG 2004-13 Limited liability partnerships, REG 2012-02 Lobbyist bundling, REG 2007-04 Mailing lists, REG 2003-03 Matching credit and debit card contributions  Authorization, REG 1999-02Required documentation, REG 1999-11  Millionaires’ amendment regulations, see Contribution limitations and prohibitions National Voter Registration Act regulations see technical amendments and reorganizations Nonfederal funds, REG 2002-09 Party donations to tax-exempt organizations revisions, REG 2004-03 Payroll deduction contributions to trade association SSFs, REG 2004-07 Personal use  Former candidates’ and officeholders personal use, REG 2018-012004 amendments, REG 2004-16Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act rules, REG 2002-04See also: Technical amendments & reorganization  Phone banks, REG 2003-04 Political committee  Definition, REG 2000-01Status, 2003-07Supplemental explanation and justification (Shays II), REG 2003-07  Public financing of presidential candidates and committees, REG 2001-01 Reporting  Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act consolidated reporting, REG 2002-02E-filing, REG 1999-08Election cycle reporting, REG 1999-06Filing documents by priority mail, express mail, and overnight delivery, REG 2004-04PAC reporting, REG 1999-07See also: Independent expenditures; Electioneering communications; Technical amendments & reorganizations  Solicit and direct definitions (Shays I), REG 2005-03 Standards of conduct, REG 2003-01 State party payment of salaries and wages (Shays I), REG 2004-10 Technical amendments & reorganizations  2009 CFR, REG 2008-072013 CFR, REG 2013-042015 CFR, REG 2015-062016 CFR, REG 2016-04Change of FEC address, REG 2017-02Reorganization of contribution and expenditure regulations, REG 2002-10Technical amendments to contribution and expenditure definitions, personal use, disclaimers, and reporting, REG 2004-11Transfer of National Voter Registration Act regulations, REG 2008-01  Technological modernization, REG 2013-01 Travel  Campaign travel (Honest Leadership and Open Government Act), REG 2007-03Candidate travel, REG 2003-02  Voting records and voter guides, REG 1999-05


This information is not intended to replace the law or to change its meaning, nor does this information create or confer any rights for or on any person or bind the Federal Election Commission or the public. The reader is encouraged also to consult the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), Commission regulations (Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations), Commission advisory opinions and applicable court decisions.


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