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(See chart below for the closing date for 

each report). 

Note that these reports are in addition 

to the campaign committee’s year-end 

filing in January 2012. (See chart below 

for the closing date for each report). 

Unauthorized Committees (PACs and 

Party Committees) 

Political committees filing on a semiannual basis in 2011 are subject to 

special election reporting if they make 

previously undisclosed contributions or 

expenditures in connection with the 

New York Special General Election by 

the close of books for the applicable 

report(s). (See chart below for the 

closing date for each report). 

Committees filing monthly that make 

contributions or expenditures in 

connection with the New York Special 

General Election will continue to file 

according to the monthly reporting 

schedule. 

Additional disclosure information in 

connection with the New York Special 

Election may be found on the FEC Web 

site at http://www.fec.gov/info/ 

report_dates_2011.shtml. 

Disclosure of Lobbyist Bundling 

Activity 

Campaign committees, party 

committees and Leadership PACs that 

are otherwise required to file reports in 

connection with the special elections 

must simultaneously file FEC Form 3L 

if they receive two or more bundled 

contributions from lobbyists/registrants 

or lobbyist/registrant PACs that 

aggregate in excess of $16,200 during 

the special election reporting periods 

(see charts below for closing date of 

each period). 11 CFR 104.22(a)(5)(v). 

CALENDAR OF REPORTING DATES FOR NEW YORK SPECIAL ELECTION—COMMITTEES INVOLVED IN THE SPECIAL GENERAL 

(09/13/11) MUST FILE 

Report Close of 

books 1 

Reg./cert. 

& overnight mailing deadline 

Filing deadline 

Pre-General ............................................................................................................................................... 

Post-General .............................................................................................................................................. 

October Quarterly ...................................................................................................................................... 

Year-End .................................................................................................................................................... 

08/24/11 

10/03/11 

.................... 

12/31/11 

08/29/11 

10/13/11 

WAIVED 

01/31/12 

09/01/11 

10/13/11 

01/31/12 

1 These dates indicate the beginning and the end of the reporting period. A reporting period always begins the day after the closing date of the 

last report filed. If the committee is new and has not previously filed a report, the first report must cover all activity that occurred before the committee registered as a political committee with the Commission up through the close of books for the first report due. 

On behalf of the Commission, 

Dated: July 25, 2011. 

Cynthia L. Bauerly, 

Chair, Federal Election Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19311 Filed 7–29–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, August 4, 

2011 at 10 a.m. 

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, 

DC (Ninth Floor) 

STATUS: This meeting will be open to the 

public. 

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

Correction and Approval of the Minutes 

for the Meeting of July 21, 2011 

Draft Advisory Opinion 2011–14: Utah 

Bankers Association and Utah 

Bankers Association Action PAC 

Proposed Final Audit Report on John 

Edwards for President 

Audit Division Recommendation 

Memorandum on Nader for President 

2008 (NFP) 

Management and Administrative 

Matters 

Individuals who plan to attend and 

require special assistance, such as sign 

language interpretation or other 

reasonable accommodations, should 

contact Shawn Woodhead Werth, 

Commission Secretary and Clerk, at 

(202) 694–1040, at least 72 hours prior 

to the hearing date. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Judith Ingram, Press Officer, Telephone: 

(202) 694–1220. 

Shawn Woodhead Werth, 

Secretary and Clerk of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19547 Filed 7–28–11; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

[Notice 2011–11] 

Policy Statement Regarding a Program 

for Requesting Consideration of Legal 

Questions by the Commission 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Policy Statement. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Election 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) is 

adopting a program providing for a 

means by which persons and entities 

may have a legal question considered by 

the Commission earlier in both the 

report review process and the audit 

process. 

DATES: Effective August 1, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lorenzo Holloway, Assistant General 

Counsel, or Allison T. Steinle, Attorney, 

999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20463, (202) 694–1650 or (800) 424– 

9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission is adopting a program 

providing for a means by which persons 

and entities may have a legal question 

considered by the Commission earlier in 

both the report review process and the 

audit process. Specifically, when the 

Office of Compliance (‘‘OC’’) (which 

includes the Reports Analysis Division 

and the Audit Division) requests that a 

person or entity take corrective action 

during the report review or audit 

process, if the person or entity disagrees 

with the request based upon a material 

dispute on a question of law, the person 

or entity may seek Commission 

consideration of the issue pursuant to 

this procedure. 

I. Procedures 

Within 15 business days of a 

determination by the Reports Analysis 

Division or Audit Division that a person 

or entity remains obligated to take 

corrective action to resolve an issue that 

has arisen during the report review or 

audit process, the person or entity may 

seek Commission consideration if a 

material dispute on a question of law 

exists with respect to the recommended 

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corrective action.1 A ‘‘determination’’ 

for purposes of triggering the 15 

business days is either: (1) notification 

to the person or entity of legal guidance 

prepared by the Office of General 

Counsel (‘‘OGC’’) at the request of the 

Reports Analysis Division 

recommending the corrective action; or 

(2) the end of the Committee’s Audit 

Exit Conference response period. 

Any request for consideration by a 

Committee during the report review 

process or the audit process shall be 

limited to questions of law on material 

issues, when: (1) The legal issue is 

novel, complex, or pertains to an 

unsettled question of law; (2) there has 

been intervening legislation, 

rulemaking, or litigation since the 

Commission last considered the issue; 

or (3) the request to take corrective 

action is contrary to or otherwise 

inconsistent with prior Commission 

matters dealing with the same issue. 

The request must specify the question of 

law at issue and why it is subject to 

Commission consideration. It should 

discuss, when appropriate, prior 

Commission matters raising the same 

issue, relevant court decisions, and any 

other analysis of the issue that may 

assist the Commission in its decisionmaking. The Commission will not 

consider factual disputes under this 

procedure, and any requests for 

consideration other than on questions of 

law on material issues will not be 

granted. 

All requests, including any extension 

requests, should be directed to the 

Commission Secretary, Federal Election 

Commission, 999 E Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20463, and must be 

received within 15 business days of the 

determination of corrective action. 

Upon receipt of a request, the 

Commission Secretary shall forward a 

copy of any request to each 

Commissioner, the General Counsel, 

and the Staff Director. 

Any request for an extension of time 

to file will be considered on a case-bycase basis and will only be granted if 

good cause is shown, and the 

Commission approves the extension 

request by four affirmative votes within 

five business days of receipt of the 

extension request. Within five business 

days of notification to the 

Commissioners of a request for 

consideration of a legal question, if two 

or more Commissioners agree that the 

Commission should consider the 

request, OGC will prepare a 

1 Many disputes involving corrective action 

requests hinge on questions of fact rather than 

questions of law, and thus are not appropriate for 

this procedure. 

recommendation and, within 15 

business days thereafter, circulate the 

recommendation in accordance with all 

applicable Commission directives. 

After the recommendation is 

circulated for a Commission vote, in the 

event of an objection, the matter shall be 

automatically placed on the next 

meeting agenda consistent with the 

Sunshine Act, 5 U.S.C. 552b(g), and 

applicable Commission regulations, 11 

CFR part 2. However, if within 60 

business days of the filing of a request 

for consideration, the Commission has 

not resolved the issue or provided 

guidance on how to proceed with the 

matter by the affirmative vote of four or 

more Commissioners, the OC may 

proceed with the matter. After the 60 

business days has elapsed, any 

requestor will be provided a copy of 

OGC’s recommendation memorandum 

and an accompanying vote certification, 

or if no such certification exists, a cover 

page stating the disposition of the 

memoranda. Confidential information 

will be redacted as necessary. 

After the request review process has 

concluded, or a Final Audit Report has 

been approved, a copy of the request for 

consideration, as well as the 

recommendation memorandum and 

accompanying vote certification or 

disposition memorandum, will be 

placed with the Committee’s filings or 

audit documents on the Commission’s 

website within 30 days. These materials 

will also be placed a Commission 

webpage dedicated to legal questions 

considered by the Commission under 

this program. 

This procedure is not intended to 

circumvent or supplant the Advisory 

Opinion process provided under 2 

U.S.C. 437f and 11 CFR part 112. 

Accordingly, any legal issues that 

qualify for consideration under the 

Advisory Opinion process are not 

appropriate for consideration under this 

new procedure. Additionally, this 

policy statement does not supersede the 

procedures regarding eligibility and 

entitlement to public funds set forth in 

Commission Directive 24 and 11 CFR 

9005.1, 9033.4, 9033.6 or 9033.10. 

II. Annual Review 

No later than July 1 of each year, the 

OC and OGC shall jointly prepare and 

distribute to the Commission a written 

report containing a summary of the 

requests made under the program over 

the previous year and a summary of the 

Commission’s consideration of those 

requests and any action taken thereon. 

The annual report shall also include the 

Chief Compliance Officer’s and the 

General Counsel’s assessment of 

whether, and to what extent, the 

program has promoted efficiency and 

fairness in both the Commission’s report 

review process and in the audit process, 

as well as their recommendations, if 

any, for modifications to the program. 

The Commission may terminate or 

modify this program through additional 

policy statements at any time by an 

affirmative vote of four of its members. 

Dated: July 26, 2011. 

Cynthia L. Bauerly, 

Chair, Federal Election Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19312 Filed 7–29–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH 

REVIEW COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

July 25, 2011. 

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m., Thursday, 

August 4, 2011. 

PLACE: The Richard V. Backley Hearing 

Room, 9th Floor, 601 New Jersey 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The 

Commission will hear oral argument in 

the following matters: Big Ridge, Inc., 

Docket Nos. LAKE 2011–116–R, et al., 

and Peabody Midwest Mining, LLC, 

Docket Nos. LAKE 2011–118–R, et al. 

(Issues include whether the Commission 

should grant an application for 

temporary relief from orders issued by 

the Secretary of Labor requiring that 

mine operators provide certain 

information and records to the 

Secretary.) 

Any person attending this oral 

argument who requires special 

accessibility features and/or auxiliary 

aids, such as sign language interpreters, 

must inform the Commission in advance 

of those needs. Subject to 29 CFR 

2706.150(a)(3) and § 2706.160(d). 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFO: Jean 

Ellen (202) 434–9950 / (202) 708–9300 

for TDD Relay / 1–800–877–8339 for toll 

free. 

Emogene Johnson, 

Administrative Assistant. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19462 Filed 7–28–11; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6735–01–P 

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Trade Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’ or ‘‘FTC’’).