March 2003 Federal Election Commission Volume 29, Number 3

Table of Contents

Reports

1 New Forms Available

2 New Information Required on

Statements of Candidacy and

Statements of Organization for

Authorized Committees

Outreach

1 FEC Conferences

6 Public Appearances

Information

3 Federal Income Tax Return

Requirements

Alternative Dispute Resolution

3 ADR Program Update

Court Cases

4 New Litigation

Administrative Fines

4 Committees Fined for Nonfiled

and Late Reports

5 Advisory Opinions

Statistics

7 Semiannual PAC Count Shows

Increase in 2002

7 Index

Compliance

FEC Conferences

Conference for Candidates and

Party Committees

The FEC’s March 12-13 conference for House and Senate campaigns and political party

committees is sold out. Individuals

who are unable to attend this

conference should instead consider

attending one of the FEC’s regional

conferences. Both the conference in

Chicago and the conference in San

Diego will address the concerns of

candidates and political party

committees, including the new

requirements of the Bipartisan

Campaign Reform Act of 2002

(BCRA).

Conference for Corporations and

their PACs

The FEC will hold a conference

for corporations and their PACs

April 29-30 in Washington, DC.

Commissioners and experienced

FEC staff will conduct workshops to

explain how the requirements of the

federal election law apply to corporations and their PACs, including

provisions governing fundraising,

contributions, reporting and communications, and some workshops will

Reports Outreach

New Forms Available

The Commission has revised

FEC Forms 1, 2, 3, 3X and 5 and

their supporting Schedules and

instructions to facilitate disclosure

under the Bipartisan Campaign

Reform Act of 2002 (BCRA). The

revisions to Forms 1, 2, 3 and 3X

primarily affect House and Senate

campaigns and state, district and

local political party committees,

while the revisions to Form 5 affect

individuals and qualified nonprofit

corporations filing reports of

independent expenditures.

The Commission has also created

four new forms in order to implement various provisions of the

BCRA:

• FEC Form 9, for use by individuals and qualified nonprofit corporations in reporting electioneering

communications; and

• FEC Forms 10, 11 and 12, which

incorporate various notices required of House and Senate

campaigns under the Millionaires’

Amendment. (Other notices

required under that amendment

have been incorporated into Forms

3 and 3X Schedules.)

The new and revised forms and

instructions were transmitted to

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Federal Election Commission

999 E Street, NW

Washington, DC 20463

800/424-9530

202/694-1100

202/501-3413 (FEC Faxline)

202/219-3336 (TDD for the

 hearing impaired)

Ellen L. Weintraub, Chair

Bradley A. Smith, Vice Chairman

David M. Mason, Commissioner

Danny L. McDonald,

 Commissioner

Scott E. Thomas, Commissioner

Michael E. Toner, Commissioner

James A. Pehrkon, Staff Director

Lawrence H. Norton, General

 Counsel

Published by the Information

 Division

Greg J. Scott, Assistant Staff

 Director

Amy Kort, Editor

http://www.fec.gov

address new requirements under the

BCRA. In addition, a representative

from the Internal Revenue Service

will be available to answer electionrelated tax questions.

The registration fee for this

conference is $385, which covers

the cost of the conference, materials

and meals. Registrations must be

received by March 28. A ten dollar

late fee will be assessed after that

date for late registrations.

The conference will be held at the

Loews L’Enfant Plaza Hotel, 480

L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Washington,

DC. The hotel is located near the

L’Enfant Plaza Metro and Virginia

Railway Express stations. A room

rate of $189 per night is available to

conference attendees. This room

rate is only available for reservations made on or before the registration deadline.

Conference for Trade

Associations, Membership

Organizations and their PACs

The Commission will hold a

conference in Boston for trade

associations and membership

organizations. The conference will

be held May 21-22 and will consist

of a series of interactive workshops

presented by Commissioners and

experienced FEC staff, who will

explain how the requirements of the

federal election law apply to these

organizations and their PACs.

Discussion topics will include

fundraising, reporting and commuCongress on February 10. All

committees, individuals and other

persons must use the new and

revised forms for reports due on or

after March 20, 2003. For example,

the revised forms must be used to

file the March monthly report, for

monthly filers, and the April 15

quarterly report, for quarterly filers.

Paper copies of these forms will be

sent to registered political committees who file on paper, and may also

be downloaded from the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.fec.gov/reporting.html.

Instructions for filling out the new

and revised forms are also available

at this web address.

For electronic filers, the software

formats for FECFile, the FEC’s free

reporting software, will be available

to filers in early March, and may be

downloaded at http://www.fec.gov/

elecfil/electron.html. Electronic

filers using commercial software

should contact their vendors to

determine when the updated format

for their software will be available.

(PACs that file electronically should

note that some line numbers on

Form 3X have changed; thus they

will need to file using the new

formats even though their reporting

scheme has not been altered.)✦

—Amy Kort

Reports

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New Information Required

on Statements of Candidacy

and Statements of

Organization for Authorized

Committees

Under the Commission’s regulations implementing the Bipartisan

Campaign Reform Act’s “Millionaires’ Amendment,” House and

Senate candidates must now disclose additional information on their

FEC Form 2, Statement of Candidacy, and FEC Form 1, Statement of

Organization. See the February

2003 Record, page 2.

Under the new rules, which took

effect February 26, House and

Senate candidates must disclose on

Form 2 the amount by which their

personal spending for the primary

and general elections will exceed

the applicable threshold amount set

out in the regulations:

• For House candidates the threshold

amount is $350,000;

• For Senate candidates the threshold amount is $150,000 plus an

amount equal to $0.04 multiplied

by the voting age population in

their state. 11 CFR 101.1(a) and

400.9.

Additionally, the principal

campaign committees of House and

Senate candidates must disclose on

FEC Form 1 the committee’s fax

number, if available, and e-mail

address. 11 CFR 102.2(a)(1)(viii).

Filing Amended Statements

Candidates and committees who

have already filed FEC Forms 1 and

2 for an upcoming election cycle

and have not included this information should file amendments to these

documents. The Commission has

recently issued revised reporting

forms and software that allow for

the disclosure of this information,

and committees should file all

reports and amendments using the

new forms or software. Please note

that electronic filers must file all

statements and reports

electronically.✦

—Amy Kort

Outreach

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Information

nications, and workshops will

address any provisions of the BCRA

that apply to these groups. In

addition, a representative from the

Internal Revenue Service will be

available to answer election-related

tax questions.

The registration fee for this

conference is $385, which covers

the cost of the conference, materials

and meals. Registrations must be

received by April 27. A ten dollar

late fee will be assessed after that

date for late registrations.

The conference will take place at

the Royal Sonesta Hotel, located at

5 Cambridge Parkway, Boston, MA.

A room rate of $179 per night is

available to conference attendees

who make room reservations on or

before April 27.

Federal Income Tax Return

Requirements

Although Pub. L. 107-276,

adopted in November 2002, scaledback the filing requirements for

section 527 political organizations,

political committees that file under

the Federal Election Campaign Act

(FECA) may still have a tax-filing

requirement.

A political committee that has

taxable income in excess of the

$100 specific deduction in a taxable

year must file IRS Form 1120-POL,

U.S. Income Tax Return for Certain

Political Organizations. Form

1120-POL is due by the 15th day of

the 3rd month after the end of the

organization’s taxable year. In most

cases, the due date will be March

15.

Political organizations may

request a six-month extension of the

filing deadline by filing Form 7004,

Application for Automatic Extension

of Time to File Corporate Income

Tax Return. This extension must be

filed by the due date of Form 1120-

POL. There is a penalty for failure

to file Form 1120-POL.

Conference Schedule

for 2003

Conference for Corporations

and their PACs

April 29-30, 2003

Washington, DC

Conference for Trade

Associations, Membership

Organizations and their PACs

May 21-22, 2003

Boston, MA

Conference for Labor

Organizations and their PACs

June 17-18, 2003

Washington, DC

Regional Conference for House

and Senate Campaigns,

Political Party Committees and

Corporate/Labor/Trade PACs

September 9-10, 2003

Chicago, IL

Regional Conference for House

and Senate Campaigns,

Political Party Committees and

Corporate/Labor/Trade PACs

October 28-29, 2003

San Diego, CA

Registration Information

Complete conference registration

information is now available online.

Conference registrations will be

accepted on a first-come, firstserved basis. Attendance is limited,

and an FEC conference has already

sold out this year, so please register

early. For registration information:

• Call Sylvester Management

Corporation at 800/246-7277;

• Visit the FEC web site at

www.fec.gov/pages/

infosvc.htm#Conferences; or

• Send an e-mail to

toni@sylvestermanagement.com.✦

—Amy Kort

For more information:

• Visit the IRS web site at

www.irs.gov/polorgs to obtain

copies of required forms, and

additional information about

federal tax requirements; and

• Call the IRS toll free number: 1-

877-829-5500. Staff at this

number answer questions about tax

law filing requirements for political committees, and are available

from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.,

Eastern time, Monday through

Friday.✦

—Submitted by the

Internal Revenue Service

Alternative

Dispute

Resolution

ADR Program Update

The Commission recently

resolved three additional cases

under the Alternative Dispute

Resolution (ADR) program. The

respondents, the alleged violations

of the Federal Election Campaign

Act (the Act) and the penalties

assessed are listed below.

1. The Commission reached

agreement with the Darland Corporation, Iowa Pipeline Associates,

Inc., Pinnacle Bank and Par Electrical Contractors, Inc., concerning

corporate contributions. Iowa

Pipeline Associates, Inc., agreed to

pay a $375 civil penalty, and the

other respondents each agreed to

pay a $300 civil penalty. In addition,

Darland Corporation, Iowa Pipeline

Associates, Inc., and Pinnacle Bank

each agreed to adopt and distribute a

policy prohibiting corporate contributions to election campaigns and

advising any officer and director

that he or she is prohibited from

consenting to any contribution or

expenditure by the corporation in

connection with an election cam-

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Committees Fined for

Nonfiled and Late Reports

The Commission recently

publicized its final action on 18 new

Administrative Fine cases, bringing

the total number of cases released to

the public to 501.

Civil money penalties for late

reports are determined by the

number of days the report was late,

Administrative

Fines

to electronically file the report on

the January 31, 2002, deadline

because of computer problems. The

plaintiffs allege that, at FEC staff’s

suggestion, they filed the report on

January 31 on diskette via certified

registered mail.1

 The plaintiffs heard

from the Commission on February

13 that this disk was not in an

acceptable electronic format and did

not pass the Commission’s validation program.2

 On February 26, the

plaintiffs sent the report on diskette

in an acceptable format via courier.

The Commission received the

diskette the following day.

On June 14, 2002, the Commission found reason to believe that the

plaintiffs violated 2 U.S.C. §434(a)

by failing to file the report on time

and made an initial determination to

assess a $3,100 civil penalty.

According to the complaint, an FEC

Reviewing Officer from the Office

of Administrative Review who had

considered objections filed by the

plaintiffs determined that, because

the disk mailed January 31 was

incorrectly formatted and did not

pass the Commission’s validation

program, the report was not considered to have been filed. On November 25 the Commission made a final

determination that the plaintiffs had

failed to file timely. However, the

Commission lowered the civil

penalty assessed to $1,800 “based

on the filing, which was postmarked

on the filing date, being fourteen

days late, after accounting for the

irradiation process which resulted in

mail delays.”

Court Complaint. Plaintiffs argue

that the Commission’s finding that

the January 31 report was not filed

places the plaintiffs’ “timely,

accurate and complete, albeit

electronically imperfect, report

submission in the same category as

that of a committee who chose to

ignore the deadline completely” and

is contrary to the purpose of the law.

The plaintiffs further contend that

the Commission acknowledged the

“unreasonable and arbitrary” nature

of its finding when it lowered the

civil penalty based on the mail delay

associated with the irradiation

process. According to the complaint,

this reasoning contradicts the

Commission’s premise that the

initial submission was not filed,

because mail delays would be

irrelevant to the filing that passed

the validation program, which was

delivered by courier.

The plaintiffs ask the court to:

• Declare that the FEC’s final

determination was arbitrary,

capricious and contrary to law;

• Declare that the plaintiffs have not

violated 2 U.S.C. §434(a); and

• Order the FEC to set aside its final

determination and penalty assessment.

U.S. District Court for the

District of Massachusetts, 02-12496

PBS.✦

—Amy Kort

1 Reports sent by registered or certified

mail are considered timely filed if they

are postmarked by the filing date.

Reports sent by other means, such as

first class mail, must be received by the

filing date. 11 CFR 104.5(e).

2 Under the Commission’s electronic

filing regulations, electronic filers who

instead file on paper or submit a report

that does not pass the validation

program are considered not to have

filed that report. 11 CFR 104.18.

paign. Par Electrical Contractors,

Inc., also agreed to conduct an

internal education and compliance

program to advise corporate officers

or directors that they are prohibited

from making contributions from

corporate funds to federal election

campaigns. (ADR 042—See MUR

5133R)

2. The Commission reached

agreement with John D. Ong

concerning his contributions exceeding the $25,000 annual contribution limit in 1997 and 1999. Mr.

Ong agreed to pay a $15,000 civil

penalty. (ADR 067)

3. The Commission reached

agreement with Jesse L. Jackson,

Jr., concerning the commingling of

campaign activity with personal

business. Mr. Jackson acknowledged that such activity is inconsistent with House rules and the Act,

and will direct staff from his

campaign committee to attend an

FEC-sponsored seminar in order to

better-understand the Act’s requirements. (ADR 071)✦

—Amy Kort

New Litigation

Lovely v. FEC

On December 31, 2002, the

Committee to Elect Bill Sinnott (the

Committee) and its treasurer,

William A. Lovely, III, filed a

complaint in the U.S. District Court

for the District of Massachusetts

challenging the Commission’s final

determination that the Committee

filed its 2001 Year-End report late

and assessment of an $1,800 civil

money penalty under the its administrative fines regulations. 11 CFR

111.30-111.45.

Background. According to the

complaint, the plaintiffs were unable

Court Cases

Alternative Dispute

Resolution

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Committees Fined and Penalties Assessed

1 The Commission took no further action in this case.

2 This civil money penalty has not been collected.

3 This penalty was reduced from $3,975 based on a recalculation of the

number of days late.

 1. Asworth Corporation PAC ____1

2. California Voter Registration 2002 $8,000

 3. Collins for Congress $6252

 4. Committee to Elect Trent Franks to Congress $7002

5. Conservative Leadership PAC $11,2502

 6. Eva Clayton Committee for Congress $2,0122

7. IUOE Local 542 Operating Engineers Political Action Fund $2,7002

 8. Kalogianis for Congress, Inc. $1,2002

 9. Keyes 2000, Inc. $9002

10. MBNA Corporation Federal Political Committee ____1

11. National Italian American PAC $2,7002

12. Norm Dicks for Congress Committee ____1

13. Nortel Networks PAC $1,375

14. Operating Engineers Local 12 Voluntary Legislative Fund $8503

15. RI Republican Party $3,5002

16. Titan Corporation PAC $2,850

17. Voters for Choice/Friends of Family Planning

Year End 2001 $2,700

18. Voters for Choice/Friends of Family Planning

February Monthly 2002 $1,800

the amount of financial activity

involved and any prior penalties for

violations under the administrative

fines regulations. Penalties for late

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, which include

reports and notices filed prior to an

election (i.e., 12 day pre-election,

October quarterly and October

monthly reports), receive higher

penalties. Penalties for 48-hour

notices that are filed late or not at all

are determined by the amount of the

contribution(s) not timely reported

and any prior violations.

The committees and the treasurers 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 committees listed in the chart

below, along with their treasurers,

were assessed civil money penalties

under the administrative fines

regulations.

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).✦

—Amy Kort

Advisory

Opinions

AO 2002-14

National Party Committee’s

Lease of Mailing List and

Sale of Advertising Space

and Trademark License

The national committee of the

Libertarian Party of the United

States, the Libertarian National

Committee, Inc., (LNC), may, under

the circumstances presented, rent its

mailing list at the usual and normal

charge in a bona fide arm’s length

transaction without the rental

payments resulting in a contribution

or donation to the LNC. Profits from

the sale of advertising space in the

Libertarian Party News and from

licensing the party’s trademarks are,

however, contributions under the

Federal Election Campaign Act (the

Act) and subject to the Act’s limits

and prohibitions.

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act

of 2002 (BCRA)

Prior to the BCRA, national party

committees could raise and spend

nonfederal funds using separate

nonfederal accounts. Under these

rules, the LNC had in the past

participated in a number of “business” activities to help advance its

political interests, and deposited the

proceeds from these transactions in

its nonfederal account. These

activities included:

• Renting its mailing list to others;

• Selling advertising space in the

Libertarian Party News; and

• Licensing Libertarian Party

trademarks to t-shirt vendors and

other manufacturers of campaign

items.

In addition, the LNC participated

in list exchanges with outside

organizations in order to expand its

mailing list. The above transactions

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involved corporations, political

committees, tax-exempt organizations and so-called 527 organizations.

On November 6, 2002, however,

provisions of the BCRA took effect

that banned national party committees from soliciting, receiving,

directing, transferring or spending

nonfederal funds. 2 U.S.C. §441i(a)

and 11 CFR 300.10(a).

Mailing Lists

The LNC has developed its own

mailing list over a period of time,

rather than simply purchasing a list

or lists from other sources. The

LNC developed the list to use

primarily for its own political or

campaign purposes, and not for sale

or lease to others. Indeed, the lease

of the list by the LNC was only a

small percentage of the LNC’s

overall use of it. Under these

circumstances, the LNC may

continue to lease this mailing list to

any person, committee or organization without receiving contribution

so long as:

• The list, or the leased portion of

the list, has an ascertainable fair

market value; and

• The list is leased at the usual and

normal charge in a bona fide,

arm’s length transaction, and is

used in a commercially-reasonable

manner consistent with such an

arm’s length agreement.

The Commission determined that

under these circumstances and given

the nature of the list’s development

and use, the rental payments would

not be a contribution, donation or

transfer of funds or any other thing

of value subject to the Act’s limits

and prohibitions. Thus, rental

payments could come from sources

otherwise prohibited from contributing to a national party committee

and in amounts in excess of the

contribution limits. Receipts from

rental payments would be considered federal funds usable by the

LNC for any purposes permitted

under the Act and Commission

regulations.

Likewise, the LNC may exchange

its mailing lists, or portions of the

lists, of equal value with any outside

organization, provided that the lists

or list portions that are exchanged

are of equal value. When such

exchanges of equal value occur,

which are not reportable under the

Act, no contribution, donation or

transfer of funds or any other thing

of value takes place under the Act or

Commission regulations. See 2

U.S.C. §441i(a) and 11 CFR

300.10(a).

Advertising and Trademarks

While a broad and open market

exists for mailing lists through

which a fair market value may

usually be determined, it is difficult,

if not impossible, to determine the

fair market value for advertising

space in the Libertarian Party News

and for the licensing of the Libertarian Party trademarks. In addition,

the sale of advertising space in a

political committee’s newsletter is

inherently susceptible to use for

political fundraising rather than for

commercial purposes. As a result,

payments for either advertising

space or trademark licensing would

be treated as a contribution in its full

amount and subject to the Act’s

limits and prohibitions.

However, because a federal

candidate’s principal campaign

committee may make unlimited

transfers to a national party committee, it may purchase advertising

space or acquire a limited trademark

license from the LNC without

making a contribution. 2 U.S.C.

§439a(a)(4) and 11 CFR 113.2(c).

However, if the principal campaign

committee pays less than the usual

and normal charge for such an item,

then the difference between the

amount paid and the usual and

normal charge would be a contribution from the LNC to the candidate.

Similarly, because state party

committees can, subject to certain

restrictions, transfer federal funds to

a national party committee, their

purchase of advertising space or a

trademark license would be considered a transfer of funds not subject

to the Act’s limits. 2 U.S.C.

§441a(a)(4) and 11 CFR

102.6(a)(1)(ii). Nevertheless, the

funds making up the transfer would

be subject to the limits, prohibitions

and (if applicable) reporting requirements of the Act. 2 U.S.C. §441i(a)

and 11 CFR 300.10(a).

Date Issued: January 31, 2002;

Length: 6 pages.✦

—Amy Kort

Advisory Opinion Request

AOR 2003-1

Use of PAC’s nonfederal account

to receive and make disbursements

for an annual trip to Washington to

meet Members of Congress and

discuss a policy issue, and whether

allocation is required (NORPAC,

January 27, 2003)✦

Advisory Opinions

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Public Appearances

March 12-14, 2003

Organization of American States

Panama City, Panama

Chair Weintraub

Staff Director Pehrkon

March 17-19, 2003

Carter Center

Atlanta, GA

Commissioner McDonald

March 25, 2003

Greater Washington Society of

Association Executives

Rockville, MD

Elizabeth Kurland

March 25-28, 2003

Global Election Organizations

Network

Mexico City, Mexico

Chair Weintraub
March 2003 Federal Election Commission RECORD

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Trade/ Corp. w/o

Member/ Coop- Capital NonCorporate Labor Health erative Stock connected1 Total

Jul. 95 1,670 334 804 43 129 1,002 3,982

Dec. 95 1,674 334 815 44 129 1,020 4,016

Jul. 96 1,645 332 829 43 126 1,058 4,033

Dec. 96 1,642 332 838 41 123 1,103 4,079

Jul. 97 1,602 332 826 41 118 953 3,875

Dec. 97 1,597 332 825 42 117 931 3,844

Jul. 98 1,565 325 820 43 112 897 3,762

Dec. 98 1,567 321 821 39 115 935 3,798

Jul. 99 1,540 318 826 38 115 941 3,778

Jan. 00 1,548 318 844 38 115 972 3,835

Jul. 00 1,523 316 812 39 114 902 3,706

Jan. 01 1,545 317 860 41 118 1,026 3,907

Jul. 01 1,525 314 872 41 118 1,007 3,877

Jan. 02 1,508 316 891 41 116 1,019 3,891

Jul. 02 1,514 313 882 40 110 1,006 3,865

Jan. 03 1,528 320 975 39 110 1,055 4,027

*

Committees with no activity for the election cycle are not included in the mid-year

and year-end PAC count.

1Nonconnected PACs must use their own funds to pay fundraising and administrative expenses, while the other categories of PACs have corporate or labor “connected organizations” that are permitted to pay those expenses for their PACs. On

the other hand, nonconnected PACs may solicit contributions from the general

public, while solicitations by corporate and labor PACs are restricted.

Semiannual PAC Count

Shows Increase in 2002

According to the FEC’s semiannual political action committee

(PAC) count, 4,027 PACs were

registered with the Commission on

January 1, 2003. This figure represents a 162-committee increase from

the July 1, 2002, count.

Corporate PACs remain the

largest category, with 1,528 committees. Nonconnected PACs

remain the second-largest group,

with 1,055 committees. The chart

below shows the complete mid-year

and year-end PAC figures since 1995.

A complete listing of PAC

statistics is available in the agency’s

January 14, 2003, press release.

The press release is available:

Statistics

The first number in each citation

refers to the “number” (month) of

the 2003 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.

Index

• On the FEC web site at

www.fec.gov/news.html;

• From the Public Records office

(800/424-9530, press 3) and the

Press Office (800/424-9530, press

5); and

• By fax (call the FEC Faxline at

202/501-3413, request document

602).✦

—Amy Kort

Advisory Opinions

2002-12: Disaffiliation of corporations and their PACs, 2:8

2002-14: National party

committee’s lease of mailing list

and sale of advertising space and

trademark license, 3:5

Compliance

Cases resolved under Alternative

Dispute Resolution program,

2:11; 3:3

Committees fined under Administrative Fine program, 1:25; 2:13;

3:4

MUR 5187: Corporate reimbursements of contributions, 1:22

MUR 5208: Facilitation of contributions by national bank, 2:1

Court Cases

_____ v. FEC

– Cunningham, 1:19

– Freedom’s Heritage Forum, 2:8

– Hawaii Right to Life, Inc., 1:20

– Lovely, 3:4

FEC v. _____

– Beaumont, 1:20

– Fulani, 2:8

– Toledano, 1:20

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Accommodations for

Candidate/Party Conference

 The Loews L’Enfant Plaza is

sold out for March 12-13, the

nights of the FEC’s Conference

for Candidates and Political Party

Committees. Rooms are available

to conference attendees at a

special rate of $135 per night at

the Sheraton National in

Arlington, VA. For reservations

call 800/325-3535 and identify

yourself as a member of group

FEC303. The Sheraton National

offers a shuttle to the airport and

subway, and it is a short cab ride

away from the conference site.
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

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Washington, DC 20463

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Federal Election Commission RECORD March 2003

Regulations

BCRA reporting, final rules, 1:14

BCRA technical amendments, 2:6

Biennial limit, clarification, 2:1

Brokerage loans and lines of credit,

effective date, 2:4

Contribution limits increase, 1:6

Contribution limitations and prohibitions; delay of effective date

and correction, 2:6

Coordinated and independent

expenditures, final rules, 1:10

Disclaimers, fraudulent solicitation,

civil penalties and personal use of

campaign funds, final rules, 1:8

Leadership PACs, Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 2:4

Millionaires’ Amendment, interim

final rules, 2:2

Index

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Reports

Draft forms and e-filing formats

available for public comment, 1:2

New forms available, 3:1

Reports due in 2003, 1:3

Statements of Candidacy and

Statements of Organization for

authorized committees require

new information, 3:2