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. . W a.shi-ngton, D.O., ·December S, 1975. 

Hon. CARL ·ALBERT, · · ·. · 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, . I 

W<UJhington, D.O. · . i· ' DEAR Mn. SPEAKER: In accordance with Section 316(c) of 'the "Fed- eral Election Cam.Paign Act. o~ 1971, ns a!11endecl, ~ U.S.C., 438 ( c), · the Federal Election Commission transmits herewith the proposed 

·re~lation pertaining to the filin~ of required stafements and reports 

by federal candidates and political committees, 11 CFR Part 106, . Document Filing. Accompanying the regulation is the deta.iled statement of exJ>lanation and justification required by the Act. 

:~. The r~v1sed regulatio~ embodies modifications of .the o~i~inal _d~cu-_ 

ment filmg proposal wluch-. emerged after consultation w1tn a variety 

of jnterested. individuals and committees, i~cluding staff_ memberS of, f 

the appropriate· Hot~e and Senate committees, and after analysis of 

the debate on the floor of the House of Represent'atives ori fhe merits, ·-. I 

! of the earlier proposal. .. . . · · . . . . . . . . . In esse~ce the regulation requires House candidates and their committees to. fl.le wit~ th~ .Cler~· of. the House of .Representatives, Senate. · candid~tes and. their committees· to file with the Secreta1:y of the Senate, multicandidate committees SUJ>porting House candidates exclu- · < I sively or Senate candjdates exclusively to report to the Clerk or the f 

Secretary respectively, nnd all other candidates and committees to file. 

with the Commission. In addition, the re~lation. requires the Clerk 

and the Secrct_ary to forward to the Commission, as promptly as possi- . ble, microfilm copies and.-photocopies of_ the original reports filed with 

those offices. . · . . · . . '\Ve h<?pe the House will act promptly on this proposed regulation. · . Smc.~rely yours, · · · · . . · . 

. _ .:c Tnol\IAS ~. CmtTrs, 0 hairman. \. Enclosures. I PART · 106-DOCUMENT . FILING . : 

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l .. · § 106.1 . Place of filing; House candidates and committees. i. 

§ 106.2 · Place of filing; Senate candidates and committees. 

§ 106.3 Place of filing; Presidential candidates and committees. 

§ 106.4 . Place of filii1g; committees and others. 

§ 106.5 Microfilm copies of original reports filed with the Clerk and the Senate 

Secretary forwarded to the Commission~ 

§ 106.6 Reports filed with the Clerk and Secretary; copies transmitted to 

Commission~· · · 

· · A utho1·ity: ~his ~eg~1lation is proposed under the authority of 2 

U.S~C.· § 437d and wdl implement 2_p.S.C. §§ 432,433,434, and§ 438. 

§ 106.1 Place of ft.Ung,- H 011se ca~didates and ~0111/1nittees. 

Repo~·ts and statements and any ·modifications or aniendments 

thereto, required to be filed under Parts 10~, 1Q2, 103 and 105 of these 

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re!Z'lllations by a candidate for nomination or election to the office of 

R~resentative in or·Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress of the United States, and by the candidate's principal campaign 

committee and any other authorized committee of that candidate, shall 

be· filed in original form ,vith ~nd received by the Clerk. of the I-louse 

of Representatives, as custodian for.the Federal Election Commission. 

§ 106.2 .- Place· of filing j Senate candidates and committees. 

Repo·rts and statements and any modifications or ameridment.s . thereto, required to be filed under Parts 101, 102, 103 and 105 of these .. regulations by a candidate for nomination or election to the offic~· of -·­ United States· Senator and by the candidate's principal campaign 

committee and any' other autl1orized committee of that ca.ndidate, shall . be filed in original form with and received by the Secretary of the 

Senate, as custodian for the · Federal ·Election Commission. · 

§ 106.3 Place of filing," P1'esidential ·candidates and committees. 

Reports and statements and any modifications or amendments 

thereto, required to be filed under Parts 101, 102, 103, and 105 of th~se .. regulations by a candidate for nomination or election to the office of · · ·President and Vice President of the United States, and by the.candi- . llate's principal campaign committee and any other authorized com..: 

mittee of that candidate, shall be filed in original form with the Federal Election Commission. · · . · . · . . .. 

§ 106~4 . Place of filing; coni-1nittees and others. · . . 

, ·(a) Reports. and statements, ·and any modifications or amendment& · thereto, required to be filed under Parts 101, 102, 103 and 105 of these 

regulations by political committees ( other than a candidate's principal campaign committee and other authorized committees of a candidate) 

(1) which support only. candidates for nomination or election · · to the office of Representative in, or Deleo-ate or Resident Com­ . missioner t-0, the Congress of the Uriited §tates, shnll be filecl in 

original form with and received by the Clerk of the House of Representatives as custodian for the Federal Election Commission. 

(2) which support only candidates for nomination or election 

to the office of United States Senator, shall be filed with, and re~ · ceived by the Secret.nry of the Senate, as custodian for the Feder~l 

Election Commission. . .· · (b) Reports and statements, and any modifications or amendments 

thereto, required to be filed under Parts 101, 102, 108 and 105 of these · reg-ulations by a 11 other political committees, and all persons making 

independent contributions or expenditures, shall be filed in original 

form with the Federal Election Commission. · . . . 

§ 106.5 Jllicrofihn copies of original 'reports filed 1oith the Ole1'k and . . the Senate Sec:retary f orwa1·ded to the 601nmi8sion. · 

Upon receiving n. report or statement. filed under §§ 106.1.. 106~2 and 

106.4(a), the Sccreturr of thr Senate and the Clerk oft-he I-louse shall 

each forward to. the dommis~ion a microfilm copy of eacli report and 

statement filed with each of them as promptly as possible after receipt· 

' of the original report or state111ent, together with an index to the microfi.hned reports nncl stntements. · _ · '. . ·· 

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§ 106.6 Repo1·ta ·filed with the Olerk and Secretar1J ,· copie, tram- . mitted to the Oommiaaum. . . . 

(a) Upon receiving a statement or report filed under§§ 106.1, 106.2 

and 106~4 (a), the Secretary of the Senate· and the Cl~rk of the House 

of Representatives shall each forward to the Commission, as promptly 

as possible after receipt, a photocopy or photocopies of each report or 

statement.· ·· 

(b) The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House shall 

place on each report and statement received a time and date stamp reflecting the time and date the ~riginal report or statement was received."