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1 52 U.S.C. 30101–45. 

2 Id. 30102(e)(1); 11 CFR 101.1(a); see also 52 

U.S.C. 30101(5) (‘‘The term ‘principal campaign 

committee’ means a political committee designated 

and authorized by a candidate under section 

30102(e)(1) of this title.’’); 11 CFR 100.5(e)(1). 

3 52 U.S.C. 30102(e)(1); 11 CFR 101.1(b); see also 

52 U.S.C. 30101(6) (‘‘The term ‘authorized 

committee’ means the principal campaign 

committee or any other political committee 

authorized by a candidate under section 30102(e)(1) 

of this title to receive contributions or make 

expenditures on behalf of such candidate.’’); 11 CFR 

100.5(f)(1). 

4 52 U.S.C. 30102(f)(1). 

5 Id. 30102(f)(2). 

6 11 CFR 104.3(f). 

7 Id. 

8Appropriations, 2000, Public Law 106–58, sec. 

639(a), 113 Stat. 430, 476 (1999); 52 U.S.C. 

30104(a)(11)(A). 

9 11 CFR. 104.18(a) (requiring electronic filing for 

certain political committee); id. § 104.18(b) 

(authorizing other committees to file electronically 

if they choose to do so); Electronic Filing of Reports 

by Political Committees, 65 FR 38415 (June 21, 

2000), https://sers.fec.gov/fosers/showpdf.

htm?docid=382. 

10 52 U.S.C. 30104(a)(11)(B), (d)(2). 

about the compliance guide should be 

sent to Richard Lower at the previously 

mentioned address in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

After consideration of all relevant 

material presented, including the 

information and recommendations 

submitted by the Board and other 

available information, AMS has 

determined that this rule is consistent 

with and will effectuate the declared 

policy of the Act. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 984 

Marketing agreements, Nuts, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Agricultural Marketing 

Service amends 7 CFR part 984 as 

follows: 

PART 984—WALNUTS GROWN IN 

CALIFORNIA 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 984 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 601–674. 

■ 2. Section 984.347 is revised to read 

as follows: 

§ 984.347 Assessment rate. 

On and after September 1, 2024, an 

assessment rate of $0.0125 per inshell 

pound is established for California 

walnuts. 

Erin Morris, 

Associate Administrator, Agricultural 

Marketing Service. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27605 Filed 11–25–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

11 CFR Part 104 

[Notice 2024–26] 

Requirement To File FEC Form 3–Z 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule amends 

Federal Election Commission 

regulations by removing the 

requirement that the principal campaign 

committee of a candidate with multiple 

authorized committees must report 

information on FEC Form 3–Z. 

DATES: The effective date is February 1, 

2025. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amy Rothstein, Assistant General 

Counsel for Policy, or Jennifer 

Waldman, Attorney, 1050 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC, (202) 694–1650 or 

(800) 424–9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission is amending its regulations 

to remove the requirement that the 

principal campaign committee of a 

candidate with multiple authorized 

committees must report information on 

FEC Form 3–Z. 

Transmitting Final Rules to Congress 

Before promulgating rules or 

regulations to carry out the provisions of 

the Federal Election Campaign Act, the 

Commission transmits the rules or 

regulations to the Speaker of the House 

of Representatives and the President of 

the Senate for a thirty-legislative-day 

review period. 52 U.S.C. 30111(d). 

These final rules were transmitted to 

Congress on November 19, 2024. 

Explanation and Justification 

I. Background 

A. Act and Commission Regulations 

The Federal Election Campaign Act 

(the ‘‘Act’’) 1 and Commission 

regulations require each candidate to 

register a principal campaign committee 

within 15 days of becoming a 

candidate.2 A candidate may also 

authorize other political committees to 

receive contributions or make 

expenditures on the candidate’s behalf 

by designating the committees in 

writing and filing the designations with 

the candidate’s principal campaign 

committee.3

The Act requires ‘‘each designation, 

statement or report of receipts or 

disbursements made by an authorized 

committee’’ to be filed with the 

candidate’s principal campaign 

committee.4 The Act further requires 

each principal campaign committee, in 

turn, to ‘‘receive’’ these designations, 

statements and reports and to ‘‘compile 

and file’’ them pursuant to the Act.5

In 1980, the Commission promulgated 

a regulation (11 CFR 104.3(f)) to 

implement these requirements: Section 

104.3(f) requires each candidate’s 

principal campaign committee to file 

reports submitted to it by the 

candidate’s other authorized 

committees, along with its own report.6

In addition, § 104.3(f) requires the 

principal campaign committee to file 

FEC Form 3–Z to report specific 

consolidated information gleaned from 

the authorized committees’ reports 

when it submits those reports to the 

Commission.7 It is this FEC Form 3–Z 

that the Commission is now removing. 

When the Commission first started 

requiring FEC Form 3–Z, political 

committees filed their reports only in 

paper form and the Commission made 

the reports publicly available on paper 

and microfiche in the Commission’s 

Public Records room. By requiring a 

candidate’s principal campaign 

committee to consolidate information 

about the financial activity of all of the 

candidate’s authorized committees on 

FEC Form 3–Z, the Commission made it 

easier for the public to obtain a 

comprehensive picture of the 

candidate’s receipts and disbursements 

during the reporting period. 

B. Electronic Filing 

Public access to political committees’ 

reports has expanded dramatically since 

1980, however, due in large part to 

statutory revisions and technological 

developments. In 1999, Congress 

amended the Act to provide for 

electronic filing; 8 as a result, all 

political committees that have or 

reasonably expect to have contributions 

or expenditures exceeding $50,000 in a 

calendar year must electronically file 

their reports directly with the 

Commission, and other persons may do 

so if they choose.9 Further, Congress 

amended the Act to require the 

Commission to make all reports filed 

electronically with the Commission 

publicly available on the internet within 

24 hours of receipt and within 48 hours 

of receipt for reports not filed 

electronically.10

More recently, Congress amended the 

Act to require the Commission to 

maintain a central website ‘‘to make 

accessible to the public all publicly 

available election-related reports and 

information’’ required to be filed under 


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11Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, 

Public Law 107–155, sec. 502, 116 Stat. 115 (2002); 

52 U.S.C. 30112(a). 

12See, e.g., 52 U.S.C. 30104(i)(4) (requiring 

Commission to ensure, ‘‘to the greatest extent 

practicable,’’ that certain information is publicly 

available on its website ‘‘in a manner that is 

searchable, sortable, and downloadable’’). 

13Requirement to File FEC Form 3–Z, 89 FR 

62672 (Aug. 1, 2024), https://www.govinfo.gov/ 

content/pkg/FR-2024-08-01/pdf/2024-16843.pdf. 

the Act.11 The posted reports and 

related information can be searched, 

sorted, and downloaded.12

C. Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 

On August 1, 2024, the Commission 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of proposed rulemaking 

(‘‘NPRM’’) soliciting comments on 

whether it should remove the 

requirement that principal campaign 

committees file Form 3–Z in light of 

statutory changes and technological 

advances.13 The NPRM comment period 

ended on September 3, 2024. The 

Commission received two substantive 

comments in response to the NPRM, 

both in favor of the Commission’s 

proposal. 

II. Revised Changes to 11 CFR 104.3 

After reviewing the public comments 

received in response to the NPRM, the 

Commission is amending § 104.3(f) by 

eliminating the requirement that 

principal campaign committees file FEC 

Form 3–Z. Although FEC Form 3–Z 

served a useful purpose when it was 

introduced more than 40 years ago, the 

information that it provides essentially 

duplicates information that is now filed 

directly with the Commission and 

readily available to the public in a 

searchable, sortable, and downloadable 

format. Accordingly, FEC Form 3–Z has 

been rendered obsolete. 

Certification of No Effect Pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 605(b) (Regulatory Flexibility 

Act) 

The Commission certifies that the 

amendment will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. The 

amendment will simplify the reporting 

requirements for a principal campaign 

committee of a candidate with multiple 

authorized committees. The change will 

not impose new recordkeeping, 

reporting, or financial obligations on 

any political committees. The 

Commission therefore certifies that the 

amendment will not have a significant 

economic impact on a substantial 

number of small entities. 

List of Subjects in 11 CFR Part 104 

Campaign funds, Political committees 

and parties, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, the Federal Election 

Commission amends 11 CFR part 104 as 

follows: 

PART 104—REPORTS BY POLITICAL 

COMMITTEES AND OTHER PERSONS 

(52 U.S.C. 30104) 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 104 

is revised to read as follows: 

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30101(1), 30101(8), 

30101(9), 30102(f), (g), and (i), 30104, 

30111(a)(8) and (b), 30114, and 30116 and 36 

U.S.C. 510. 

■ 2. Amend § 104.3 by revising 

paragraph (f) to read as follows: 

§ 104.3 Contents of reports (52 U.S.C. 

30104(b), 30114). 

* * * * * 

(f) Consolidated reports. Each 

principal campaign committee shall 

consolidate in each report those reports 

required to be filed with it. Such 

consolidated reports shall include: 

(1) Reports submitted to it by any 

authorized committees; and 

(2) The principal campaign 

committee’s own reports. 

* * * * * 

Dated: November 19, 2024. 

On behalf of the Commission. 

Sean J. Cooksey, 

Chairman, Federal Election Commission. 

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BILLING CODE 6715–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 39 

[Docket No. FAA–2024–1888; Project 

Identifier MCAI–2024–00190–T; Amendment 

39–22879; AD 2024–22–08] 

RIN 2120–AA64 

Airworthiness Directives; Airbus SAS 

Airplanes 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The FAA is adopting a new 

airworthiness directive (AD) for certain 

Airbus SAS Model Airbus A350–941 

and –1041 airplanes. This AD was 

prompted by a determination that the 

lower attachment studs on the aft galley 

complex may be installed incorrectly 

due to a missing instruction in the 

maintenance procedure task. This AD 

requires a one-time inspection of the 

lower attachment studs on the aft galley 

complex, and depending on findings, 

accomplishment of applicable corrective 

actions, as specified in a European 

Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) 

AD, which is incorporated by reference. 

The FAA is issuing this AD to address 

the unsafe condition on these products. 

DATES: This AD is effective December 

31, 2024. 

The Director of the Federal Register 

approved the incorporation by reference 

of a certain publication listed in this AD 

as of December 31, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: 

AD Docket: You may examine the AD 

docket at regulations.gov under Docket 

No. FAA–2024–1888; or in person at 

Docket Operations between 9 a.m. and 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except 

Federal holidays. The AD docket 

contains this final rule, the mandatory 

continuing airworthiness information 

(MCAI), any comments received, and 

other information. The address for 

Docket Operations is U.S. Department of 

Transportation, Docket Operations, M– 

30, West Building Ground Floor, Room 

W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 

Washington, DC 20590. 

Material Incorporated by Reference: 

• For EASA material identified in this 

AD, contact EASA, Konrad-AdenauerUfer 3, 50668 Cologne, Germany; 

telephone +49 221 8999 000; email 

ADs@easa.europa.eu; website 

easa.europa.eu. You may find this 

material on the EASA website at 

ad.easa.europa.eu. 

• You may view this material at the 

FAA, Airworthiness Products Section, 

Operational Safety Branch, 2200 South 

216th St., Des Moines, WA. For 

information on the availability of this 

material at the FAA, call 206–231–3195. 

It is also available at regulations.gov 

under Docket No. FAA–2024–1888. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dat 

Le, Aviation Safety Engineer, FAA, 1600 

Stewart Avenue, Suite 410, Westbury, 

NY 11590; telephone 516–228–7300; 

email 9-avs-nyaco-cos@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The FAA issued a notice of proposed 

rulemaking (NPRM) to amend 14 CFR 

part 39 by adding an AD that would 

apply to certain Airbus SAS Model 

Airbus A350–941 and –1041 airplanes. 

The NPRM published in the Federal 

Register on July 17, 2024 (89 FR 58081). 

The NPRM was prompted by AD 2024– 

0073, dated March 18, 2024, issued by 

EASA, which is the Technical Agent for 


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