May 2001 Federal Election Commission Volume 27, Number 5

Table of Contents

Audits

1 Audit of Michigan Republican

State Committee

2 Audit of Schumer ’98

1 Advisory Opinions

6 Virginia Special Election

Reporting

Court Cases

6 On Appeal

Compliance

7 Committee Fined for Filing

Report Late

Outreach

7 Public Appearances

7 Conference for Labor and

Membership Organizations

Electronic Filing

7 Electronic Filing Training

7 Index

Compliance Audits

Audit of Michigan

Republican State Committee

The final audit of the Michigan

Republican State Committee

(MRSC), approved by the Commission on February 8, 2001, found that

the MRSC did not allocate all of its

administrative expenses and also

misstated some financial activity

during the 1998 election cycle.

Under Commission regulations, a

political organization that maintains

both federal and nonfederal accounts must allocate all types of

administrative disbursements

between both accounts. 11 CFR

100.8(a), 104.10(b)(4), 106.5(a), (d),

(e), (f) and (g) and 106.6(e). The

MRSC maintains a federal account

and two nonfederal accounts (an

Administrative Account and a State

Account).

Allocation of Administrative

Expenses

According to the MRSC, funds

from the Administrative Account

were not used to influence federal,

state or local elections. The MRSC

did not, therefore, consider disbursements from the Administrative

Account to be campaign related and

did not include transactions from

this account on its federal or state

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AO 2000-30

Nonconnected PAC’s Receipt

and Use of Securities

Pac.com, a nonconnected political action committee, may accept

individual contributions of publiclytraded stocks and stocks that are not

publicly traded, subject to the

contribution limits of the Federal

Election Campaign Act (the Act).

Pac.com may not, however, make

contributions of stock to candidate

committees and other political

committees. Instead, pac.com must

sell the stocks and deposit the

proceeds into its depository account.

It may then use the proceeds to

make monetary contributions via

check or other similar draft on its

depository account.

Receipt of Stock: Publicly and

Nonpublicly Traded

Pac.com may accept individual

contributions of stocks that are

publicly traded on an exchange and

stocks that are not publicly traded,

so long as the contributions are

permissible within the prohibitions

Advisory

Opinions

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Danny L. McDonald, Chairman

David M. Mason, Vice Chairman

Karl J. Sandstrom, Commissioner

Bradley Smith, Commissioner

Scott E. Thomas, Commissioner

Darryl R. Wold, Commissioner

James A. Pehrkon, Staff Director

Lois G. Lerner, Acting General

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Louise D. Wides, Director

Amy Kort, Editor

Jim Wilson, Associate Editor

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disclosure reports. These transactions included administrative

expenses associated with a state

convention, state committee meetings, Republican National Committee conferences and meetings and

the daily operation of the MRSC.

The Commission’s audit found

that approximately $383,281 of

these administrative expenses were

required to be allocated between the

Administrative Account and the

federal account. Therefore, the

federal account must reimburse the

Administrative Account $49,827 to

pay its share of these expenses.

The Commission’s audit also

found $648,165 in allocable administrative expenses that were paid by

the State Account. These expenses

were associated with consulting, a

state convention, get-out-the-vote

(GOTV) phone calls and absentee

voter slate cards. The MRSC’s

federal account must reimburse the

State Account $88,516 to pay the

federal share of these allocable

expenses.

Prior to the final audit report, the

MRSC reimbursed the Administrative Account $3,484 and the State

Account $72,408 using funds from

its federal account. The MRSC also

demonstrated that $51,848 of the

expenses paid by the Administrative

and State Accounts represented

solely nonfederal expenses that did

not need to be allocated. The

Commission’s final audit report

found that the MRSC still needed to

reimburse the Administrative

Account $39,603 and the State

Account $16,108 using funds from

its federal account. The MRSC must

report all of these shared expenses

on Schedule H4.

Misstatement of Financial Activity

The Commission’s audit also

found misstatements in the MRSC’s

reports of its beginning and ending

cash and its total receipts and

disbursements during this period.

Prior to the final audit report, the

MRSC filed amended financial

disclosure reports to correct these

misstatements.✦

Audits

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Audit of Schumer ’98

On April 2, 2001, the Commission approved the final audit report

of Schumer ’98 (the Committee),

the principal campaign committee

for Senator Charles E. Schumer (the

Candidate). The report found that,

during the 1998 election cycle, the

Committee did not:

• Refund, reassign or redesignate

excessive contributions in a timely

matter;

• Properly state some financial

activity;

• Properly disclose receipt of

transfers from the Candidate’s

1996 congressional committee;

• Properly itemize contribution

refunds and contributions from

political action committees

(PACs);

• Properly disclose disbursements;

• File 48-hour notices in a timely

manner; and

• Properly allocate joint fundraising

expenses.

Report of Excessive Contributions

Under Commission regulations,

once a committee has deposited a

contribution that is in excess of the

contributor’s limits, the committee

must refund the excessive portion of

the contribution, or otherwise

remedy the excessive contribution,

within 60 days of the treasurer’s

receipt of the contribution. Commission regulations allow a committee

to ask a contributor to redesignate

and/or reattribute the portion of the

contribution that exceeds the

contributor’s limit; the reattribution

or redesignation must be received

by the committee within 60 days of

the committee’s receipt of the

excessive contribution. 11 CFR

103.3(b)(3) and 110.1 (b)(5)(i)(A)

and (C).

In this case, the audit report

found that contributions to the

Committee totaling $951,454 were

in excess of the contribution limits.

The Committee refunded,

reattributed or redesignated $97,050

of these funds, but not within the

time frame required by Commission

regulations. The audit report found

that $854,404 in excessive contributions still required refunds.

Misstatement of Financial Activity

The Commission’s audit found

that the Committee had a material

misstatement of its bank activity

with respect to cash on hand on

December 31, 1998. The Committee

filed amended reports to correct

these misstatements.

Transfers from Candidate’s

Congressional Committee

The Committee did not report

receiving transfers totaling $229,848

from the Candidate’s 1996 congressional committee (Friends of
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Schumer).1 Additionally, the

Committee improperly reported

contributions which were received

after the 1996 general election and

were included in these transfers. The

Committee filed amended disclosure

reports, which disclosed the transfers and those contributors whose

contributions were received after the

1996 general election.

Itemizations of Contributions and

Contribution Refunds

The Committee did not itemize

political committee contributions

totaling $67,950, and it did not

itemize contribution refunds totaling

$58,225.2

 The Committee subsequently filed amended disclosure

reports itemizing these contributions

and refunds.

Disclosure of Disbursements

The Committee improperly

disclosed disbursements totaling

$6,354,835. The majority of errors

consisted of multiple disbursements

that were added together and

disclosed as a single entry per

reporting period for each payee. The

Committee filed amended disclosure

reports which properly disclosed

these disbursements, including the

date and amount of each disbursement.

Filing of 48-Hour Notices

Authorized committees must file

special notices regarding contributions of $1,000 or more received

less than 20 days but more than 48

hours before the election in which

the candidate is running. 2 U.S.C.

§434(a)(4)(B)(6). For the primary

and general elections of 1998, the

Committee did not file notices for

57 last-minute contributions.

Additionally, 180 notices were filed

late.

Joint Fundraising Activities

Under Commission regulations,

committees engaged in a joint

fundraising effort must allocate

expenses according to the formula

used to distribute proceeds. 11 CFR

102.17(c). The Committee was

involved in two joint fundraising

activities, the representatives of

which were Victory in New York

(Victory) and Win New York (Win).

In the case of Victory, the

Commission’s audit found that the

Committee either did not pay its

proportionate share of expenses or

did not report all contributions

related to the activity. In response,

the Committee provided a detailed

schedule of all Victory contributions

and also filed amended memo

Schedules A, which disclosed

additional contributor information.

In regards to Win, $3,750 in

expenses were identified as allocated to the Committee. The Committee received $176,850 in joint

fundraising proceeds, or 24.3

percent. Win received the rest,

$549,764 or 75.7 percent. Win did

not report any joint fundraising

expenses on its original disclosure

reports through December 1998.

Thus, the Commission cannot verify

the accuracy of the Committee’s

reports with respect to the joint

fundraising activity or whether

either participant received or made a

reportable in-kind contribution.✦

1

 Commission regulations allow for

unlimited transfers between a

candidate’s previous federal campaign

committee and his or her current

campaign committee. Such transfers

must be reported. 11 CFR 110.3(c)(4).

2

 The Federal Election Campaign Act

requires that authorized committees

disclose all contributions from all

political committees and that authorized committees report all disbursements for refunds of campaign contributions. 2 U.S.C. §§434(b)(2) and

434(b)(4)(F).

and limitations of the Act. 2 U.S.C.

§441a(a)(1)(C).1

Publicly-Traded Stock. A contribution of publicly-traded stock

would be valued at the closing price

of the stock on the day of its receipt

by pac.com. The price would be the

closing price of that particular class

of corporate stock on the exchange

on which the stock is principally

dealt. 2

Nonpublicly-Traded Stock. In

order to provide a valid basis upon

which nonpublicly-traded stock

could be valued, the contributor

should have such stock appraised by

an independent qualified appraiser.

The appraiser should consider the

factors described by the Internal

Revenue Service for determining the

fair market value of stock of a

closely-held corporation or where

selling prices are unavailable.These

factors include the company’s:

• Net worth;

• Prospective earning power;

• Dividend-paying capacity; and

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1

 Commission regulations define a

contribution as anything of value given

for the purpose of influencing a federal

election and list “securities” as a

specific example of an in-kind contribution. 11 CFR 100.7(a)(1)(iii)(A).

Pac.com will accept contributions of

stock of domestic, for-profit corporations from individual, noncorporate

investors. Commission regulations at

104.13(b) set out how to report

contributions and disposition of stock.

2

 The concept of using the price on the

exchange on which the stock is principally dealt is derived from Page 5 of

Publication 561: Determining the Value

of Donated Property (Rev. February

2000), issued by the Internal Revenue

Service. The standard accounts for the

possibility that the stock may be traded

on more than one exchange. Pac.com

will not accept shares in companies

whose private stock is in SEC registration to make an initial public offering

(IPO) until the IPO is concluded.
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• Other relevant factors, which

include “the goodwill of the

business, the economic outlook in

the particular industry, the

company’s position in the industry

and its management, and the value

of securities of corporations

engaged in the same or similar

business.” For preferred stock, the

most important of the other

relevant factors are its yield,

dividend coverage and protection

of its liquidation preference.

The fair market value of the

contributed stock would be the

greater of:

• The selling price of the stock at its

most recent outside funding event,

as described in the request;3

 and

• The fair market value established

by an independent qualified

appraisal under the standards set

out above.

The fair market value of the

contributed stock must be appraised

using a valuation date as of no more

than 15 days before pac.com’s

receipt of the contribution. If the

stock can be accurately appraised as

of a valuation date less than 15 days

prior to the committee’s date of

receipt, that date should be used.

Upon contributing the stock, the

3

 Pac.com will only accept shares when

the external funding event has occurred

with SEC-qualified “Accredited

Investors,” (as defined in Regulation D

of the Security and Exchange

Commission’s General Rules and

Regulations for the Securities Act of

1993), and the event included sophisticated investors who are not employees,

principals or principal owners or

relatives of such persons. 17 CFR

230.501(a). See also 17 CFR 230.501

through 230.508.4. No stock will be

accepted where such a funding event

closed more than 120 days prior to the

contribution. No discounts, premiums

or other adjustments will be applied or

accepted by pac.com.

contributor should also present a

statement from an independent

qualified appraiser attesting to the

value of the stock and the criteria

and bases the appraiser used, along

with a statement of the selling price

from the most recent outside event.

Retention of Stock

Under Commission regulations,

all receipts by a political committee

must be deposited in the

committee’s depository bank

accounts within ten days of the

treasurer’s receipt of the contribution. Pac.com’s securities account

does not qualify as a depository

account. 2 U.S.C. §432(h)(1), 11

CFR 103.3(a). In past advisory

opinions, however, the Commission

found that a committee could

receive certain kinds of items as inkind contributions without having to

liquidate them and deposit the

monetary proceeds within ten days

of receipt. See AOs 1989-6 and

1980-125. In this case, pac.com can

hold the contributed stocks in a

securities account for disposition at

a later time.

Disbursement of Stock

The committee may not use the

securities account to make contributions of stock and other securities to

candidate committees or other

political committees. Under the Act

and Commission regulations, all

disbursements by a political committee must be made by check or

similar draft drawn on a committee

depository account. 2 U.S.C.

§432(h)(1), 11 CFR 102.10. Thus,

political committee funds may be

transferred from the depository

account and invested, but they must

be returned to the depository before

being used to make expenditures. 11

CFR 103.3(a). If pac.com wants to

use the stock it receives as contributions in order to make contributions

of its own to other political committees, it must sell the stocks and

deposit the proceeds directly into its

depository accounts. It may then

contribute the proceeds from these

stocks to candidates and committees.

Purchase of Stock as a

Contribution to the Committee

If a stock is purchased directly

from the committee and the purchaser is known, the entire purchase

price is a contribution by the

purchaser, and the purchase (aggregated with other contributions by

the same purchaser to the committee) is subject to the limits of 2

U.S.C. §441a(a)(1)(C).

If the committee sells the stock

through an established market

mechanism whereby it does not

know the identity of the purchaser,

the purchaser will not be considered

a contributor. If a broker arranges

the sale of stock in the ordinary

course of business, it is assumed

that the purchaser would not know

that the stock is owned by the

committee. If these conditions are

not met, and depending on other

facts and circumstances in a stock

sale arranged by a broker on behalf

of pac.com, the purchase may result

in a contribution to pac.com by the

purchaser.

Reporting the Receipt and Sale of

Stock

Receipt of stock. When the

committee receives a contribution of

stock and liquidates the stock at a

later date, it should follow the

reporting procedures set out at 11

CFR 104.13(b) as further explained

in AO 1989-6. It should report as a

memo entry the receipt of the stock

as a contribution, including the

contributor’s name and address (and

other information if the $200

threshold is exceeded) and the fair

market value of the contribution.

Sale of stock. If pac.com sells

stock to a buyer who is known, the

dollar total of the purchase should

be reported as a cash contribution

from the buyer, and the buyer

should be identified. Below this

entry, the committee should report

as a memo entry the identification of

the original contributor(s) of the

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stock being sold and the fair market

value of each of their contributions

at the time received.

If pac.com sells stock through an

established market mechanism to a

buyer who is not known, the dollar

total of the purchase should be

reported as an “other receipt” listing

the broker and explaining that the

amount represents the proceeds

from the sale to an unknown purchaser. Below that, the Committee

should report as a memo entry the

same information about the original

contributors that would be reported

for the sale of stock directly to a

known purchaser.

Date Issued: March 16, 2001;

Length: 9 pages.✦

AO 2001-3

Use of Campaign Funds to

Purchase an Automobile for

Campaign Purposes

The primary campaign committee

for Congressman Gregory Meeks,

Meeks for Congress (“the Committee”), may use campaign funds to

purchase an automobile to be used

primarily for campaign purposes.

This use of campaign funds does not

represent a conversion of campaign

funds to personal use.1

Commission Regulations on

Personal Use

Under the Federal Election

Campaign Act (the Act) and Commission regulations, a candidate and

a candidate’s committee have wide

discretion in making expenditures to

influence the candidate’s election,

but may not convert excess cam1

 Prior to the adoption of its regulations

on personal use, the Commission had

permitted campaign committees to

purchase vehicles for campaign use.

AOs 1992-12 and 1987-2. The Commission had also permitted the purchase

specifically in cases where the candidate had proposed to make reimbursed

personal use of the vehicle. AO 1992-

12.

paign funds to the personal use of

the candidate or any other person.

Commission regulations provide

guidance regarding what would be

considered personal use of campaign funds. Personal use is defined

as “any use of funds in a campaign

account of a present or former

candidate to fulfill a commitment,

obligation or expense of any person

that would exist irrespective of the

candidate’s campaign or duties as a

Federal officeholder.” 11 CFR

113.1(g). Moreover, the Act and

Commission regulations specifically

provide that excess campaign funds

may be used to pay any ordinary

and necessary expenses incurred in

connection with one’s duties as a

federal officeholder. 2 U.S.C. §439a

and 11 CFR 113.2(a).

Commission regulations list a

number of purposes that would

intrinsically constitute personal use.

11 CFR 113.1(g)(1)(i). Where a

specific use is not listed as personal

use, the Commission makes a

determination on a case-by-case

basis whether an expense would fall

within the definition of personal use.

11 CFR 113.1(g)(1)(ii). In defining

what constitutes personal use,

vehicle expenses, unless they are a

de minimis (inconsequential or

insubstantial) amount, are among

those specifically-listed examples to

be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

11 CFR 113.1(g)(1)(ii)(D). Commission regulations further provide

that any personal use of funds does

not constitute an “ordinary and

necessary expense” in connection

with the duties of a federal officeholder. 11 CFR 113.1(g)(5).

If a committee uses campaign

funds to pay expenses associated with

a vehicle used for both personal

activities (beyond a de minimis

amount) and for campaign or officeholder-related activities, the portion of

the expenses associated with personal

activities constitutes a personal use of

campaign funds unless the person

using the vehicle reimburses the

campaign account within thirty days

for the expenses associated with his or

her personal activities. 11 CFR

113.1(g)(1)(ii)(D).

Vehicle Expenses and the

Campaign Committee

In this case, the Committee

would own the automobile, and it

would be used primarily for campaign-related purposes. The Committee is required to keep a mileage

log, updated with each use of the

car, to document the campaign and

noncampaign use. This log would

allow the Committee to comply with

the record-keeping requirements for

committee reports at 11 CFR

104.14(b)(1). The Committee plans

to use the automobile according to a

ratio of 95 percent for campaign

activity and 5 percent for

noncampaign activity. The 5 percent

for noncampaign activity is de

minimis and, therefore, would

require no reimbursement.2

Date Issued: March 12. 2001;

Length: 4 pages.✦

2

 The Congressman planned to reimburse the Committee for any use of the

automobile beyond campaign use,

according to standard IRS mileage

rates. However, some of this use was

planned for the Congressman’s

officeholder duties, including travel

from Washington to his Congressional

District in New York. Commission

regulations at 11 CFR 113.1(g)(1)

(ii)(D) expressly exclude from the

definition of personal use vehicle

expenses that would relate to federal

officeholder duties. Therefore, the

Commission regulations do not require

the Congressman to reimburse the

Committee for these vehicle expenses.

Advisory Opinion Requests

AOR 2001-4

Use of electronic signatures to

authorize payroll deductions (Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.

Political Action Committee)
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Advisory Opinions

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AOR 2001-6

Qualification of state committee

of political party (Maryland Green

Party, March 29, 2001)✦

Alternative Disposition of

Advisory Opinion Request

AOR 2001-5

The requester withdrew the

request for this advisory opinion on

April 12, 2001. AOR 2001-5,

submitted on March 21, 2001,

sought the Commission’s opinion on

the application of FEC allocation

regulations to party committee

litigation expenses that were related

to state law issues.✦

Court Cases

On Appeal

Christine Beaumont v. FEC

On March 6, 2001, the Commission appealed this case to the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth

Circuit. The appeal challenged a

final judgment by the U.S. District

Court for the Eastern District of

North Carolina, Northern Division,

which found that the prohibitions on

corporate contributions and expenditures of the Federal Election

Campaign Act (the Act) and Commission regulations were unconstitutional as applied to North Carolina

Right to Life, Inc., (NCRL), a nonprofit, MCFL-type corporation.1

 The

court found that the statute and

regulations infringed on NCRL’s

First Amendment rights without a

compelling state interest. The court

permanently enjoined the Commission from relying on, enforcing or

prosecuting violations of 2 U.S.C.

§441(b) and 11 CFR 114.2(b) and

114.10—or any other parts of the

Act whose restrictions flow from

these provisions—against the

plaintiffs.

On March 15, 2001, the Fourth

Circuit Court of Appeals consolidated this appeal with a previous

appeal, filed on December 22, 2000,

that requested relief from the district

court’s preliminary injunction of

October 26, 2000. That injunction

barred the Commission from relying

on and enforcing the challenged

provisions against the plaintiffs

pending a final decision in the case.

The plaintiffs filed a cross appeal on

March 16, 2001.

U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of

Appeals, 2:00-cv-2-BO(2).✦

1

 In FEC v. Massachusetts Citizens for

Life (MCFL) 479 U.S. 238 (1986), the

Supreme Court concluded that 2 U.S.C.

§441b could not constitutionally

prohibit certain nonprofit corporations

from making independent expenditures.

Commission regulations at 11 CFR

114.10 establish a test to determine

whether a corporation qualifies for

exemption from the Act’s prohibition

against corporate independent expenditures.

Robert J. Dole v. FEC

On February 29, 2001, Robert J.

Dole and Dole/Kemp ’96, Inc.,

(Dole/Kemp), Mr. Dole’s 1996

presidential campaign committee,

filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals

for the District of Columbia Circuit

a petition for review of the Federal

Election Commission’s audit of

Dole/Kemp. On January 29, 2001,

the Commission made a final

determination that the petitioners

must repay $1,416,903.40 to the

U.S. Treasury. See the February

2001 Record, page 8.

On April 2, 2001, the Court of

Appeals granted a joint motion filed

by the petitioners and the Commission to hold the case in abeyance

through May 23, 2001, to allow the

parties an opportunity to engage in

settlement discussions that might

eliminate the need for further

litigation.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the

District of Columbia Circuit, 01-

1095.✦

Virginia Special Election Reporting

 The Special Election to fill the U.S. House seat of the late Congressman

Norman Sisisky in the Fourth Congressional District will be held on June

19, 2001. Note that 48-hour notices are required of authorized committees

that receive contributions of $1,000 or more between May 31 and June 16

for the Special General Election. Committees involved in this election must

follow the reporting schedule below.1

For Committees Involved in the Special General Election:

Close of Reg/Cert Filing

Books Mail Date Date

Pre-General Report May 30 June 4 June 7

Post-General and

Mid-Year Report2 July 9 July 19 July 19

1Reports filed electronically must be submitted by midnight on the filing

date. Reports filed on paper and sent by registered or certified mail must be

postmarked by the mailing date; reports sent by any other means (including

reports sent via first class mail) must be received by the Commission’s close

of business on the filing date.

2

 Committees should file a consolidated Post-General and Mid-Year Report

by the filing date of the Post-General Report, as listed above.
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Compliance

Committee Fined for Filing

Report Late

On April 3, 2001, the Federal

Election Commission publicized its

final action on two new Administrative Fine cases, bringing the total

number of cases to 50. Civil money

penalties for late reports are determined by the number of days the

report was late, the amount of

financial activity involved and any

prior penalties for violations under

the administrative fine regulation.

Penalties for nonfiled reports—and

for reports filed so late as to be

considered nonfiled—are also

determined by the financial activity

for the reporting period and any

prior violations. Election sensitive

reports (reports and notices filed

prior to an election) receive higher

penalties. The committees and the

treasurers of those committees are

assessed civil money penalties when

the Commission makes its final

determination. Unpaid civil money

penalties are referred to the Department of the Treasury for collection.

The Federal Managers’ Association Political Action Committee and

its treasurer were assessed a $325

civil money penalty for filing a late

report.

Northwest Airlines Political

Action Committee and its treasurer

were initially cited as having failed

to file a timely report. The committee and treasurer, however, provided

the Commission with evidence that

they filed their 2000 September

Monthly Report in a timely manner.

Conference for Labor and

Membership Organizations

On June 11-13, the Federal

Election Commission will hold a

conference tailored to meet the

specific needs of labor and membership organizations. (Note, however,

that this conference is not for trade

associations, which have rules

unique to them.)

The conference, which will be

held in the Washington, DC area,

will cover the basic provisions of

the federal election law and explain

the rules governing participation of

labor and membership organizations

and their political action committees

(PACs). Workshops will also

address the new electronic filing

requirements, and a representative

from the IRS will be available to

answer election-related tax questions.

Registration

The conference registration fee is

$375. A late registration fee of $10

will be added effective May 26.

Conference registrations are

accepted on a first-come, first-serve

basis. Attendance is limited, and

FEC conferences regularly sell out,

so please register early. Individuals

may register for the conference on

line at Sylvester Management

Corporation’s secure Web page at

www.fec.gov/pages/

infosvc.htm#Conferences or by

calling Sylvester Management

Corporation at 800/246-7277.✦

Outreach

FECfile 4 Required;

Training Sessions

Reminder

After June 30, 2001, version 2.0

of the electronic filing format

(which was superseded February 1,

2001, by version 3.0) will no longer

be an acceptable format for submitting electronic FEC reports. After

this date, FECfile users must file all

reports using FECfile 4. Committees

using other software should contact

their software vendor.

Training

In May the FEC will offer

Electronic Filing Training Sessions

that will focus on using the

Commission’s free FECFile 4

electronic filing software. Training

sessions, which are provided free of

charge, will be held at the Federal

Election Commission. For more

specific information, contact Jeff

Chumley at 202/694-1321.✦

Public Appearances

May 7, 2001

National Community Pharmacists

Association

Washington, DC

Vice Chairman Mason

Electronic

Filing

The first number in each citation

refers to the “number” (month) of

the 2001 Record issue in which the

article appeared. The second

number, following the colon,

indicates the page number in that

issue. For example, “1:4” means

that the article is in the January

issue on page 4.

Advisory Opinions

Alternative disposition of 2001-5,

5:6

2000-24: Preemption of state

election law mandating fixed

allocation ratio for administrative

and voter drive expenses, 2:2

Index

Therefore, the Commission took no

further action in this case.

Closed Administrative Fine case

files are available through the FEC

Press Office, at 800/424-9530 (press

2) and the Public Records Office, at

800/424-9530 (press 3).✦
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Federal Election Commission RECORD May 2001

2000-27: Status of party as state

committee, 3:6

2000-28: Disaffiliation of trade

associations and their PACs, 2:3

2000-30: Nonconnected PAC’s

receipt and use of securities, 5:1

2000-32: Reporting uncollectable

loan, 1:9

2000-34: Name and acronym of

SSF, 2:5

2000-35: Status of party as state

committee, 1:10

2000-36: Disaffiliation of

nonconnected PACs, 2:5

2000-37: Use of campaign funds to

purchase and present Liberty

Medals, 2:6

2000-38: Registration of party

committee due to delegate

expenses, 2:7

2000-39: Status of party as state

committee, 2:8

2000-40: Donations to legal defense

fund of Member of Congress, 3:7

2001-1: Use of political party’s

office building fund to pay

building renovation costs and

fundraising expenses of building

fund, 4:5

2001-2: Status of party as state

committee, 4:6

2001-3: Use of campaign funds to

purchase an automobile for

campaign purposes, 5:5

Compliance

Committees fined under Administrative Fines Program, 2:6, 4:7, 5:7

MUR 4762: Prohibited union

contributions and other violations,

2:9

MUR 5029: Contributions in the

name of another made by corporation and government contractor,

2:10

Court Cases

_____ v. FEC

– Beaumont, 2:8, 3:2, 5:6

– Buchanan, 1:10

– DNC, 2:8. 3:2

– Dole, 5:6

– Miles for Senate, 3:3

– Nader, 4:8

– Natural Law Party of the United

States of America, 1:10, 2:8, 3:2

Other

– Hooker v. All Campaign Contributors, 1:10

– Hooker v. Sundquist, 4:8

Regulations

Advanced Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking on definition of

“political committee,” 4:1

Final rules for general public

political communications coordinated with candidates and party

committees; independent expenditures, 1:2

Reports

Amendments to Statements of

Organization, 2:1

California special election, 3:5

Committees required to file tax

returns, 3:4

Nevada state filing waiver, 2:2

Pennsylvania special election, 4:5

Reports due in 2001, 1:4

Virginia special election, 5:6

Index

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