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REPOR'l' OF 'l'IIE AUDIT DIVIS ION

ON 'rUB

P1\'l' FULr...IN\-JID)~H ROR CONGRESS CO:·IHI'l'TEE

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'J'hi £ report i.s hased up0n dn uUcI it of the Pu t Full in\·:j dcr

for COtlq r (~~ s Commi t tee (" the Commi t tee ") undertaken by lht" l\ud i t

J).ivi~;i.0n of the Fcdcrill Election Commiss:ion in accordance 'vi th th('

C()mmi::~.~i()n'~; audit: policy to determine \vhcthcr there ha~) 1Jl~cn

compl,L.-illCC \'Jith the provigions of the l"edcrnl l;~lcction Campaign

]\c; l o[ 1971, liS nnlcndcd (It the l\ctn). The aud i t '.-las con<.luC'tcd pursuanL tn Section 438(d) (8) of Title 2, United States Code, \.,hich

dircct·~~ th0 COlmni ssion to muke from tin\e to time audi ts and field

in\ycr;tiSZltions v!ith respect to reports and statem(~nts filed under

th~~ pro\:-ir.;iolls of the Act.

The ComTl1itlec registered \·li.th the Clerk of the House of

Rcpre~~nt~tivcs on June 7, 1974, in support of Pat Fullinwjdcr,

C,,11Hl.i.(Ll:"C: for the Offjcc or u.~·~. Rcprescnt~ti.\'(' from the l~t

Con(Jr(':;~:·iO]It.l.l. District of l\rizol1l1. 'rhe Co;mni tt.t'C Il1l1inLai IH.'"l i -e~;

hcadqll:l1.-L~·r~; in rrcmpe, i\ri~ona.

'rhe i.lu<.1it co\"ercd lhr~ period Jonu~lry 1, 1975, tlll~

,'1.~-t'\.~Li·.'(~ diltc of the .l\ct a~~ aJll("llctcd, Lhro\lCjh S(~pt(~albcr 20, 1977,

l h.(~ i i 11, i 1 eovpr~1gc; da t:(~ ot the t:ermi lld ti 011 report fi led by the

C():\~i~ll t t·~\· ~. 'i'he COlhm.i t tC(~ r('portpJ ~l hcqinni n'1 caf;h h"'lJ.~lllCl' d t.

~1~1nu ..ll·Y 1, 1975 of CB39.2G, rcccipt~J for the: period o[ ~~82,9]2.3·1,

t-.ot~tl t.::·:pc·ndi tur(~s for t.he }>(!r iOll of- $B3., 771. 21 ilnu clo~; i 1\9

Ct-l~;ll L,t1..::nce dt: ~·~l~ptcmbcr 30, 1977 of $-0-.

'rh i:; 'HH.1i t ~-('p()rt iB b:1s(~<..1 on dncu1~1\~nt.~ (lnd ...·.'orJ::i.nq

P"! )('l-r-; :.t1~-'pn!-t 1.11·:1 0i1Ctl nf i ts (~ctual fit:':ltemcntr;. 'i'hcy forlH

part of lIH' 1-(~C01-d upon \~hich the Commission h"fiCU i tG decision!;

on till' 1:1.~tl(~l::; in thi;.' r(:,pnrt .:lnt1 \vcre avail~ble to Commi!j~ionl~r:..i

lllHl ill 'pl.'(Jpl: i,l Lc ~; tarf for rev ic\oJ.

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'rhe pri.nci.p~l officers of the Commi.ttee were Mr. I,oui~

Lee Hhnclen, Chdirman and t-1r. Robert A. lIenninCJ, TrCil!.iUrer, durinq

the period of the audit.

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The auc1i t included !;uch tc~;t:..) llS v(~rti.f.i.ci1tion of total

reported receipts anu e:-:pendi turcs ~lnd indi.vidual transdctions;

rev.i e\·l of rcqu i.red !;upport.i.nfJ documentation; anulysir.i of

Cowmi l t(~e dl~b t~-; ilnd 01>.1 i~Fl tions; and, ~';)\1ch other aut! i t: pl:occdurcf;

as <1~l.'II\' 'd n(~cc~;sary under the circumstancc!•.

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'1 t if; t.he opi nion of th{~ i'\udit r:;laff, lKl!;e<.1 upon ex..uninatioll

of l}H' } "port!; ilnd stat.CInents filed anti the records pr(~r~cntcd,

that: (~::C(~pt [or the d('r.i.ci(\nc.i.c~; not~d b(~lo\v, the reportr; and

~:;t~lt(':lil'llL~; of the Pat 1··ull:lll\·.. iciL'lr for COllrJrcsn Comnlittcc fairly

prcs(~rd Lh~ f in311ci al ,H;t:i vi lif_~~ of Lho Commi t tee for the period

covered by the ~udit:. F'urther, c>:ccpt LlS noted be]o\v, no matcriu.l

prohlt'!l:;: in complyilvJ \..rith the Fed(;l'~] Election Canlpl1i.<Jl1 4\Ct \.;erQ

disC'ov(~r(:d durin" the course of the uudi t.

Section -134 (h) (9) of rl'i lle 2, United Stales COlle, rcqt1irc~'~

a p()ljt.i(~i!l cClIl::litlc'(' to di~jcl():~c Lho n;un,,\ dnd ~lddre~)s ol: c~ch

PC!'-~;Oll t () \·:h01:1 CXl)(:~Ild.i. Lur("'~~ hd':(~ h(~('n l~ldde by or on b,,~h(ll [ of tIll'

cOll~m.i.t t I".' \·.:hi.ch in t!H~ ~q(Jrt:\Jatt' f';':C"l~C'd :~.lOn, t:O~lcthcr '.J.1 th the

dHlounL, ddLe, ClIH.1 PUl:P('~j(~ 0.( e'-ll~h ~_;\leh t\xp0Jldit\l~·e.

Sec ti un ·132 (d) () f '1' j L 1 ~, ::, tJni ted S til te~ Code, rcquir(':·

Lho tr(·~~~~~lrcr to obLdill and to L{'~'p .• rC'ceipLcd bill, ~~talin<J thc~

P;ll_LlCUI...l'~;, for every c~}:i'C'nditul(' m,lli(~ by or on b(~hdl[ of a

!'o.lj t.lc'cll l:C'lll!!li t:t(~e ill (~xce~~j ot $100, and [or any sHch (\xpcnd-

.i i·_l.ll·('~; i 11 it l(:~;sL~l: il1l!(.)tl.il l~ .i. f tIlL' dq(.ll~C(.1at:c amoua t of sneh e:-:pl:nd-

.i turt~!.j to the same pel·~;()ll <.ltll- in'l thl..... c~\ll~nd~lr }'c~lr C}~c'-\(~ll~3 $100.

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other (;<>11 tel~1poralleous n:l~n'()1· :u1CIU1il to SUppOl:"t the (~):pcndiLure.

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Our c>:iuni.na ti.on of the COlluni ttcc cxpcnditurc records

revealed that 7{i c~pcndi.turcs (20.49'Z.) from ;1 total of 371 itCIUi:.':abl c c:{pcntli turc::; \-Jcrc not i t.end.zed on the disclosure l.:'cport:n.

'rhe 76 e:·~pellditurC'~ totalled $3, ·'76.56 (4. 05'~) of the $77, U~'l. 95

in itemi~~alJlc c:{pcnditure~. 'l'hlr; \-I~S a rc::;ult of the Connni.Ltcc

not mainlilinin~l an n<Jgrcga tion SYSlC1l1 for expenditures.

Also, our cxamin~tion revealed that the Committee had

un rcce.i ptcd hill~; or contemporaneous mcmorand~ to support: 125

(13.(;9(:.) o[ the 371 itcmizable e):pcnditul·CS. '1'h~ 125 exp(~ndit:.urcs

toLal]c~d ~;31,·1,jl. 22 (40.38~) of .itemizablc t~;-:p(lll(liturc~. J\l our

re(lUc'st the Cun:mlt.Lce agreed to oLtain the mi.~~~iJl<J <.1ocuJll(~nt~lljon.

R('conlmc'ndil t i on

'fIle l\udj t ~;tu[f recommends no further acl i on be t:.lken on

the Clbov(~ mil tterr~ since lill umended report i l('mi zing the 76

cxpcnllilul'eri \-lilS recc1.i.vcd on March :~O, 19"18, and since the

Co:mnittce ha~~ obtained (tnd submi 1_t(~d to the l\.udit stuff adequate

dOC1U:ic:nt.a tj on to support a substan Lia1 amOUll L of the 12:> e:,:p~JH.1iturc~~ •

D. Rcportinq Llno Itemization of

'fransfers fr()1i1 Poli tic(:~l(-~nmm1. t tees

Section 434(b) (4) of Title 2, United States Code, in

part, requires that a report shull disclose the nilme and uddrcs~5

of c;lch political conunittcc fronl \~hich the reporting committ(~c

rccL'iv(',j ~1ny t:r~ln~)l.·l~r 01 funds, toeJcthcr \-lith the amount.. ;':; and

d~l tf.'~ of all lr~ln~) 1" ("rs.

Our c:-:~minutjon of the' Commi ttcc" s r(~cL~i pt r0cords

rc:\'c:11{\d that t.hr~e (3) tr"'lnsfcr~~-:in totallin9 ~~l?S.OO \\'c'rc

rC'i ''" 1- ('tt ~lS un j tvl:1i zed cnn tri btl t.inn~; • A Coml'c:11~ i son () f the

C{":~lii\:i L t(~(~ I S r~p0l:t~; to l:C'por ts of t}H~ polj tical com:!:.t t 1-.eC'~;

i i l(~d \-.,j t-Il the Co~nI:1i.t:s.ion d.i~:;c] OS) n~T l.runs[cr~ to the Pelt

1"u llin\Jid~r fnr Congrcr;~ Co~mit t.C'C~ indic~ tcd four (4) ~ddi ti()n~l

Lr\111~;tl~rs tot~ll:Ln<J $993. ,14 that \,'ere not rcporLcd •

'rhe l\udit st.~[f rccCJ:nntCIlC]s llO further action 011 th.i~ nl~tt0r

r;incc an 'lmcnd:~~(~~lt reporting the four (4) tri"lns[("'rs Llnd i tcmi~:inCj

tilL"' seven (7) transfcr~ Ha~; rccci\'l~d on f\t.:lrch 20, 1978.

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The follo\oJinq matter \oI(l~ noted during the audit for

\'lhich no further- Llctlon .i~; rccommcllclcd.

Our eXiuuina tj on of ci~Jht (0) examples of the COl1ltni t tee I !'l

(~il1llP;1.i qll 1i. tc ra Lure rcvc~il1.cd tha t. four (4) 1ilckcd the notice on

~~oticit.iltion Jl\.·ltC'rid]~; rl'quired by ~c'ct:ion ,135(b) of 'rille 2,

lJni.l.('d ~;lc:lle~} Code. Oll(~ (1) of the' four (4) did hav(~ the

~;olicitdli.on llot.ice r(~qllj l:ed by t hc~ 1971 Act. In additi.on, the

ScUl1t' four ('1) .1(lcl~(~d tlH' '-lllLhorization reql1i.l-ed by St'ct.ion

-1411.<.1 (1) o[ 'l'i.Ll('\ 2, tJni.tc'd StaLf~~; Code. 'J'1H~ Committ:(~e treLlfjUrC'l:

sidd h(~ \Vc.1S nol: involv(~d ill the dt"';;iqn ~nd the prodnction or the

cc=l1Uptliqll l.i.terc.lLucc, hut.. lhouqhL mu~-;t o[ the lj l(~r:lt ur<: had l:h(~

rcquj ."cd duthor.i :·~~lti()n. The 'l'l~c'd~~urcr ;l'Jrcc·d tll;lt for fulnre

~lf~ct~ i r'I1;~ the dpprnprj at (' :~()1.ici td t i.on l1~licc or ~\lLhorizaLion

:.:;Ldt(~lih·llt \'louJd b(~ incJtHl('<! on thp COJ\lm:i.lt(~(·1 s c~mpai<Jn lit(~ralur(~.

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c· Political Par:y Affiliation: Democrat

Major Oppcnenc(s):

Other C~ndica~~s ~udi~=d:

John Rhodes (R)

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'Iotas C.=.st.: G~ner~l E1ec~ion - Rhodes 96,397 Ful1in\'iidcr 68,404

Primary Sl ec-:; on - None

Tot.:.1 rcr $82 .. 932.34

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