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Statutory provision Statutory amount 2011–2012 Limitation 

2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(A) ......... $2,000 ............................................................................. $2,500. 

2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(1)(B) ......... $25,000 ........................................................................... $30,800. 

2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)(A) ......... $37,500 ........................................................................... $46,200. 

2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(3)(B) ......... $57,500 (of which no more than $37,500 may be attributable to contributions to political committees that are 

not political committees of national political parties).

$70,800 (of which no more than $46,200 may be attributable to contributions to political committees that are 

not political committees of national political parties) 

The overall biennial limit for 2011–12 is $117,000. 

2 U.S.C. 441a(h) .................. $35,000 ........................................................................... $43,100. 

Lobbyist Bundling Disclosure 

Threshold for 2012 

The Act requires certain political 

committees to disclose contributions 

bundled by lobbyists/registrants and 

lobbyist/registrant political action 

committees once the contributions 

exceed a specified threshold amount. 

The Commission must adjust this 

threshold amount annually to account 

for inflation. The disclosure threshold is 

increased by multiplying the $15,000 

statutory disclosure threshold by 

1.11578, the difference between the 

price index, as certified to the 

Commission by the Secretary of Labor, 

for the 12 months preceding the 

beginning of the calendar year and the 

price index for the base period (calendar 

year 2006). The resulting amount is 

rounded to the nearest multiple of $100. 

See 2 U.S.C. 434(i)(3)(A) and (B), 

441a(c)(1)(B) and 11 CFR 104.22(g). 

Based upon this formula ($15,000 × 

1.11578), the lobbyist bundling 

disclosure threshold for calendar year 

2012 is $16,700. 

Dated: February 14, 2012. 

On behalf of the Commission. 

Caroline C. Hunter, 

Chair, Federal Election Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3841 Filed 2–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

[Notice 2012–01] 

Filing Dates for the Arizona Special 

Election in the 8th Congressional 

District 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of filing dates for special 

election. 

SUMMARY: Arizona has scheduled 

elections on April 17, 2012, and June 

12, 2012, to fill the U.S. House seat in 

the 8th Congressional District vacated 

by Representative Gabrielle Giffords. 

Committees required to file reports in 

connection with the Special Primary 

Election on April 17, 2012, shall file a 

12-day Pre-Primary Report. Committees 

required to file reports in connection 

with both the Special Primary and 

Special General Election on June 12, 

2012, shall file a 12-day Pre-Primary 

Report, a 12-day Pre-General Report, 

and a 30-day Post-General Report. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Elizabeth S. Kurland, Information 

Division, 999 E Street NW., Washington, 

DC 20463; Telephone: (202) 694–1100; 

Toll Free (800) 424–9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Principal Campaign Committees 

All principal campaign committees of 

candidates who participate in the 

Arizona Special Primary and Special 

General Elections shall file a 12-day PrePrimary Report on April 5, 2012; a 12- 

day Pre-General Report on May 31, 

2012; and a 30-day Post-General Report 

on July 12, 2012. (See chart below for 

the closing date for each report). 

All principal campaign committees of 

candidates participating only in the 

Special Primary Election shall file a 12- 

day Pre-Primary Report on April 5, 

2012. (See chart below for the closing 

date for each report). 

Unauthorized Committees (PACs and 

Party Committees) 

Political committees filing on a 

quarterly basis in 2012 are subject to 

special election reporting if they make 

previously undisclosed contributions or 

expenditures in connection with the 

Arizona Special Primary or 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 Arizona Special 

Primary or General Elections will 

continue to file according to the 

monthly reporting schedule. 

Additional disclosure information in 

connection with the Arizona Special 

Election may be found on the FEC Web 

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

report_dates.shtml. 

Disclosure of Lobbyist Bundling 

Activity 

Principal 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 the lobbyist 

bundling disclosure threshold during 

the special election reporting periods 

(see charts below for closing date of 

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

The lobbyist bundling disclosure 

threshold for calendar year 2011 was 

$16,200. This threshold amount may 

change in 2012 based upon the annual 

cost of living adjustment (COLA). Once 

the adjusted threshold amount becomes 

available, the Commission will publish 

it in the Federal Register and post it on 

its Web site. 

CALENDAR OF REPORTING DATES FOR ARIZONA SPECIAL ELECTION

Report Close of 

books 1

Reg./cert. & 

overnight mailing deadline Filing deadline 

COMMITTEES INVOLVED IN ONLY THE SPECIAL PRIMARY (04/17/12) MUST FILE: 

Pre-Primary .................................................................................................................................. 03/28/12 04/02/12 04/05/12 

April Quarterly .............................................................................................................................. WAIVED 

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CALENDAR OF REPORTING DATES FOR ARIZONA SPECIAL ELECTION—Continued 

Report Close of 

books 1

Reg./cert. & 

overnight mailing deadline Filing deadline 

July Quarterly ............................................................................................................................... 06/30/12 07/15/12 2 07/15/12 

COMMITTEES INVOLVED IN BOTH THE SPECIAL PRIMARY (06/12/12) AND SPECIAL GENERAL (06/12/12) MUST FILE: 

Pre-Primary .................................................................................................................................. 03/28/12 04/02/12 04/05/12 

April Quarterly .............................................................................................................................. WAIVED 

Pre-General ................................................................................................................................. 05/23/12 3 05/28/12 05/31/12 

Post-General ................................................................................................................................ 07/02/12 07/12/12 07/12/12 

July Quarterly ............................................................................................................................... WAIVED 

October Quarterly ........................................................................................................................ 09/30/12 10/15/12 10/15/12 

COMMITTEES INVOLVED IN ONLY THE SPECIAL GENERAL (06/12/12) MUST FILE: 

Pre-General ................................................................................................................................. 05/23/12 3 05/28/12 05/31/12 

Post-General ................................................................................................................................ 07/02/12 07/12/12 07/12/12 

July Quarterly ............................................................................................................................... — WAIVED — 

October Quarterly ........................................................................................................................ 09/30/12 10/15/12 10/15/12 

1These dates indicate 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. 2 Notice that this filing deadline falls on a weekend. Filing deadlines are not extended when they fall on nonworking days. Accordingly, reports 

filed by methods other than Registered, Certified, or Overnight Mail, or electronically, must be received before the Commission’s close of business on the last business day before the deadline. 3 Notice that the registered/certified & overnight mailing deadline falls on a federal holiday. The report should be postmarked on or before that 

date. 

Dated: February 14, 2012. 

On behalf of the Commission. 

Caroline C. Hunter, 

Chair, Federal Election Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3818 Filed 2–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than March 16, 

2012. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta 

(Clifford Stanford, Vice President) 1000 

Peachtree Street, NE., Atlanta, Georgia 

30309: 

1. First Volunteer Corporation, 

Chattanooga, Tennessee, to merge with 

Gateway Bancshares, Inc. and thereby 

acquire Gateway Bank & Trust, both of 

Ringgold, Georgia. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, February 15, 2012. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3893 Filed 2–17–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

[Document Identifier: OS–0990–New; 30-day 

Notice] 

Agency Information Collection 

Request. 30-Day Public Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, HHS. 

In compliance with the requirement 

of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the 

Office of the Secretary (OS), Department 

of Health and Human Services, is 

publishing the following summary of a 

proposed collection for public 

comment. Interested persons are invited 

to send comments regarding this burden 

estimate or any other aspect of this 

collection of information, including any 

of the following subjects: (1) The 

necessity and utility of the proposed 

information collection for the proper 

performance of the agency’s functions; 

(2) the accuracy of the estimated 

burden; (3) ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (4) the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology to 

minimize the information collection 

burden. 

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