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Moreover, in accordance with section 

6(a)(3)(B) of E.O. 12866, the preamble to 

these revisions notes the legal basis and 

benefits of, as well as the need for, the 

regulatory action. There should be no 

appreciable increase in costs to OGE or 

the executive branch of the federal 

government in administering these 

regulatory amendments, since the 

provisions only clarify OGE’s original 

intent regarding sole and exclusive 

agency authority under the executive 

branchwide government ethics 

regulations. Finally, this rulemaking is 

not economically significant under the 

Executive Order and will not interfere 

with State, local or tribal governments. 

Executive Order 12988 

As Director of the Office of 

Government Ethics, I have reviewed this 

final amendatory rulemaking in light of 

section 3 of Executive Order 12988, 

Civil Justice Reform, and certify that it 

meets the applicable standards provided 

therein. 

List of Subjects 

5 CFR Part 2634 

Certificates of divestiture, Conflict of 

interests, Government employees, 

Penalties, Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Trusts and trustees. 

5 CFR Part 2638 

Conflict of interests, Government 

employees, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: September 21, 2007. 

Robert I. Cusick, 

Director, Office of Government Ethics. 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, the Office of Government 

Ethics is amending parts 2634 and 2638 

of subchapter B of chapter XVI of title 

5 of the Code of Federal Regulations as 

follows: 

Title 5—Administrative Personnel 

CHAPTER XVI—OFFICE OF GOVERNMENT 

ETHICS 

SUBCHAPTER B—GOVERNMENT ETHICS 

PART 2634—EXECUTIVE BRANCH 

FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, QUALIFIED 

TRUSTS, AND CERTIFICATES OF 

DIVESTITURE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 2634 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in 

Government Act of 1978); 26 U.S.C. 1043; 

Pub. L. 101–410, 104 Stat. 890, 28 U.S.C. 

2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation 

Adjustment Act of 1990), as amended by Sec. 

31001, Pub. L. 104–134, 110 Stat. 1321 (Debt 

Collection Improvement Act of 1996); E.O. 

12674, 54 FR 15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 

215, as modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 

3 CFR, 1990 Comp., p. 306. 

Subpart I—Confidential Financial 

Disclosure Reports 

■ 2. Section 2634.906 is amended by 

removing the note and revising the 

regulatory text of the section to read as 

follows: 

§ 2634.906 Review of confidential filer 

status. 

The head of each agency, or an officer 

designated by the head of the agency for 

that purpose, shall review any 

complaint by an individual that his 

position has been improperly 

determined by the agency to be one 

which requires the submission of a 

confidential financial disclosure report 

pursuant to this subpart. A decision by 

the agency head or designee regarding 

the complaint shall be final. 

PART 2638—OFFICE OF 

GOVERNMENT ETHICS AND 

EXECUTIVE AGENCY ETHICS 

PROGRAM RESPONSIBILITIES 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 2638 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. App. (Ethics in 

Government Act of 1978); E.O. 12674, 54 FR 

15159, 3 CFR, 1989 Comp., p. 215, as 

modified by E.O. 12731, 55 FR 42547, 3 CFR, 

1990 Comp., p. 306. 

Subpart A—General Provisions 

■ 4. Section 2638.101 is amended by 

adding a new paragraph (c) to read as 

follows: 

§ 2638.101 Authority and purpose. 

* * * * * 

(c) Agency authority. Subject only to 

the authority of the Office of 

Government Ethics as the supervising 

ethics office for the executive branch, all 

authority conferred on agencies in this 

subchapter B of chapter XVI of title 5 of 

the Code of Federal Regulations is sole 

and exclusive authority. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Agricultural Marketing Service 

7 CFR Part 28 

[Docket Number: AMS–CN–07–0060; CN–

07–003B] 

RIN 0581–AC75 

2007 Crop Cotton Classification 

Services and User Fees to Growers 

AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, 

USDA. 

ACTION: Interim final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Smith-Doxey 

Amendment of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 473a) to 

the Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act 

of 1927 (7 U.S.C. 471–476) provided 

authority for the USDA to perform 

cotton classification and market news 

services to producers at no cost. Prior to 

that time, authorization for classing 

services was provided through the 

Cotton Standards Act of 1923 (7 U.S.C. 

51–65) and for statistical purposes 

through the Cotton Statistics and 

Estimates Act of 1927. Costs for classing 

services under the Smith-Doxey 

Amendment were supplied through 

appropriated funds until 1981 at which 

time the Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Pub. L. 97–

35) authorized the USDA to begin 

collecting user fees for their services 

and the classing fee structure was 

implemented through the Smith-Doxey 

Amendment. The statutory authority for 

the delivery of classing services and 

collection of applicable fees under the 

Smith-Doxey Amendment will lapse on 

September 30, 2007. This rulemaking is 

necessary to re-establish the regulatory 

authority for the program’s continued 

operation and incorporate the current 

fee structure for the 2007 crop year, 

which was published in the June 1, 

2007, Federal Register (72 FR 30457), 

under the authority of the Cotton 

Standards Act of 1923. 

DATES: Effective Date: October 1, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Darryl Earnest, Deputy Administrator, 

Cotton Program, AMS, USDA, Room 

2639–S, STOP 0224, 1400 Independence 

Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250–

0224. Telephone (202) 720–2145, 

facsimile (202) 690–1718, or e-mail 

darryl.earnest@usda.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Executive Order 12866 

This rule has been determined to be 

not significant for purposes of Executive 

Order 12866; and, therefore has not 

been reviewed by the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). 


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Executive Order 12988 

This rule has been reviewed under 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform. It is not intended to have 

retroactive effect. This rule would not 

preempt any state or local laws, 

regulations, or policies unless they 

present an irreconcilable conflict with 

this rule. There are no administrative 

procedures that may be exhausted prior 

to any judicial challenge to the 

provisions of this rule. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act 

Pursuant to requirements set forth in 

the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (5 

U.S.C. 601–612) AMS has considered 

the economic impact of this action on 

small entities and has determined that 

its implementation will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small businesses. 

The purpose of the RFA is to fit 

regulatory actions to the scale of 

businesses subject to such actions so 

that small businesses will not be 

disproportionately burdened. There are 

an estimated 30,000 cotton growers in 

the U.S. who voluntarily use the AMS 

cotton classing services annually, and 

the majority of these cotton growers are 

small businesses under the criteria 

established by the Small Business 

Administration (13 CFR 121.201). 

Continuing the user fee at the 2006 crop 

level as stated will not significantly 

affect small businesses as defined in the 

RFA because: 

(1) The fee represents a very small 

portion of the cost-per-unit currently 

borne by those entities utilizing the 

services. (The 2006 user fee for 

classification services was $1.85 per 

bale; the fee for the 2007 crop would be 

maintained at $1.85 per bale; the 2007 

crop is estimated at 19,900,000 bales); 

(2) The fee for services will not affect 

competition in the marketplace; 

(3) The use of classification services is 

voluntary. For the 2006 crop, 21,729,000 

bales were produced; and, almost all of 

these bales were voluntarily submitted 

by growers for the classification service; 

(4) Based on the average price paid to 

growers for cotton from the 2005 crop of 

46.9 cents per pound, 500 pound bales 

of cotton are worth an average of 

$234.50 each. The proposed user fee for 

classification services, $1.85 per bale, is 

less than one percent of the value of an 

average bale of cotton; and 

(5) This rule does not change any of 

the provisions in the regulations which 

were in effect for this activity under the 

Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act of 

1927 with the exception of the 

definition of ‘‘Act’’ as these regulations 

will now be authorized under a new 

authority. 

Paperwork Reduction Act 

In compliance with OMB regulations 

(5 CFR part 1320), which implement the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520), the information 

collection requirements contained in the 

provisions to be amended by this rule 

have been previously approved by OMB 

and were assigned OMB control number 

0581–AC58. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Cotton Standards Act of 

1923 (7 U.S.C. 51–65) was enacted into 

law on March 4, 1923, to authorize the 

Secretary of Agriculture to establish and 

promote the use of the official cotton 

standards of the United States for the 

classification of cotton by which its 

quality or value may be judged or 

determined for commercial purposes; to 

prevent deception therein and provide 

for the proper application of such 

standards; to establish a classing service 

for the public on a fee basis; and to 

provide for the licensing of qualified 

classers to determine the quality of 

cotton according to the official 

standards. The Act called for the 

Secretary of Agriculture to cause to be 

collected such fees and charges for 

services and materials rendered to 

cover, as nearly as practicable, and after 

taking into consideration net proceeds 

from any sale of samples, the costs 

incident to providing services and 

standards under the sections of the Act 

including administrative and 

supervisory costs. 

The Cotton Statistics and Estimates 

Act of 1927 (7 U.S.C. 471–476) was 

enacted into law March 3, 1927, and 

directed the Secretary of Agriculture to 

collect and publish annually statistics of 

estimates of the grades of the cotton 

carryover each year and to collect and 

publish at least three estimates each 

year of the grades of the current crop as 

ginned. Classing services were 

conducted under this Act to provide 

industry with these estimates of cotton 

quality. Due to the imminent need felt 

by the Secretary of Agriculture to 

provide as much information possible 

regarding the cotton quality and the 

commercial value at the time it was 

sold, an amendment to the Cotton 

Statistics and Estimates Act was passed 

by Congress on April 13, 1937, the 

Smith-Doxey Amendment (7 U.S.C. 

473a). The Amendment authorized and 

directed the Secretary of Agriculture to 

provide free classing and market news 

services to members of organized cotton 

improvement groups. These free 

services were continued until 1981 

when the Omnibus Budget 

Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Pub. L. 97–

35) was enacted on August 13, 1981, 

which contained an amendment to the 

Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act 

known as the ‘‘Cotton Classification 

Act’’ (Pub. L. 97–35, Stat. 373–374) that 

directed the Secretary of Agriculture to 

provide cotton classification services to 

producers, and recover, as nearly as 

practicable, the costs of providing such 

services through imposition of user fees. 

The statutory authority found in the 

Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act of 

1927, which has been used for cotton 

classification activities since 1981, will 

lapse on September 30, 2007. As a result 

of this, the cotton classification service 

will continue to operate under the 

authority of the United States Cotton 

Standards Act of 1923 with all previous 

provisions for program operations and 

fee rates to remain constant. 

Fees for Classification Under the Cotton 

Standards Act 

This rulemaking incorporates the 

current fee structure for the 2007 crop 

year that was published in the Federal 

Register on June 1, 2007 (72 FR 30457). 

The fee rate of $1.85 per bale charged 

to cotton producers for High Volume 

Instrument (HVI) classification services 

during the 2007 harvest season is 

deemed to, as nearly as practicable, 

cover salaries, costs of equipment and 

supplies, and other overhead costs, 

including costs for administration, and 

supervision. 

This rule ensures that classing 

services remain uninterrupted and that 

the fee rate charged to producers for 

classification remains at $1.85 per bale 

during the 2007 harvest season under 

the Cotton Standards Act of 1923. 

Accordingly, § 28.909, paragraph (b) 

would reflect the continuation of the 

HVI classification fee at $1.85 per bale. 

As provided for in the Uniform Cotton 

Classing Fees Act of 1987 (Pub. L. 102–

237), as amended, a 5 cent per bale 

discount would continue to be applied 

to voluntary centralized billing and 

collecting agents as specified in 

§ 28.909(c). 

Growers or their designated agents 

receiving classification data would 

continue to incur no additional fees if 

classification data is requested only 

once. The fee for each additional 

retrieval of classification data in 

§ 28.910 would remain at 5 cents per 

bale. The fee in § 28.910(b) for an owner 

receiving classification data from the 

National database would remain at 5 

cents per bale, and the minimum charge 

of $5.00 for services provided per 

monthly billing period would remain 

the same. The provisions of § 28.910(c) 

concerning the fee for new classification 

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an owner without reclassification of the 

cotton will remain the same at 15 cents 

per bale or a minimum of $5.00 per 

sheet. 

The fee for review classification in 

§ 28.911 would be maintained at $1.85 

per bale. 

The fee for returning samples after 

classification in § 28.911 would remain 

at 40 cents per sample. 

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, good cause 

exists for not postponing the effective 

date of this rule until 30 days after 

publication in the Federal Register 

because the current authority under 

which USDA performs cotton 

classification and charges user fees will 

lapse on September 30, 2007. 

List of Subjects in 7 CFR Part 28 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Cotton, Cotton samples, 

Grades, Market news, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Standards, 

Staples, Testing, Warehouses. 

■ For the reasons set forth in the 

preamble, 7 CFR part 28, subpart B, is 

revised to read as follows: 

PART 28—COTTON CLASSING, 

TESTING, AND STANDARDS 

Subpart D—Cotton Classification and 

Market News Service for Producers 

Definitions 

Sec. 

28.901 Definitions. 

Administration 

28.902 Director. 

Classification and Market News Services 

28.903 Classification of samples. 

28.904 Market news. 

Sampling 

28.906 Sampling arrangements. 

28.907 Responsibilities of licensed gins or 

warehouses. 

28.908 Samples. 

28.909 Costs. 

Classification 

28.910 Classification of samples and 

issuance of classification data. 

28.911 Review classification. 

Limitation of Services 

28.917 Limitation of services. 

Subpart D—Cotton Classification and 

Market News Service for Producers 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 51–65; 7 U.S.C. 471–

476. 

Definitions 

§ 28.901 Definitions. 

When used in the regulations in this 

subpart: 

(a) Act means the United States 

Cotton Standards Act of 1923, as 

amended (7 U.S.C. 51–65) and the 

Cotton Statistics and Estimates Act of 

1927 (7 U.S.C. 471–476), unless 

otherwise noted. 

(b) Service means the Agricultural 

Marketing Service of the United States 

Department of Agriculture. 

(c) Administrator means the 

Administrator of the Agricultural 

Marketing Service, or any officer or 

employee of the Service to whom 

authority has heretofore been delegated, 

or to whom authority may hereafter be 

delegated to act for the Administrator. 

(d) Division means the Cotton 

Division of the Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

(e) Director means the Director of the 

Cotton Division, or any officer or 

employee of the Division to whom 

authority has heretofore been delegated 

or to whom authority may hereafter be 

delegated, to act for the Director. 

(f) Producer means any individual, 

partnership, corporation, association, 

trust, estate, or other legal entity, a state 

or political subdivision thereof, or any 

agency of such state or political 

subdivision producing American 

Upland or American Pima cotton in the 

capacity of landowner, landlord, tenant, 

or sharecropper. 

Administration 

§ 28.902 Director. 

The Director shall perform for and 

under the supervision of the 

Administrator, such duties as the 

Administrator may require in enforcing 

the regulations in this subpart. 

Classification and Market News 

Services 

§ 28.903 Classification of samples. 

The Director, or an authorized 

representative, upon the receipt of a 

producer’s cotton sample which 

complies with the regulations in this 

subpart shall, as hereinafter provided, 

furnish to such producer or to an agent 

designated by the producer the 

classification in accordance with the 

official cotton standards of the United 

States. 

§ 28.904 Market news. 

The Director shall cause to be 

distributed to producers of cotton and to 

others on request, timely information on 

prices for various qualities of cotton. 

Sampling 

§ 28.906 Sampling arrangements. 

(a) Cotton must be sampled by a gin 

or warehouse that holds a valid license 

to sample cotton issued pursuant to 

§§ 28.20 through 28.22. 

(b) The Director, or an authorized 

representative may direct that sampling 

be performed by employees of the 

Department of Agriculture for the 

purpose of appraising the sampling 

procedures at cotton gins or 

warehouses, or for the purpose of 

providing service to producers in 

special cases where a licensed gin or 

warehouse is not available. 

§ 28.907 Responsibilities of licensed gins 

or warehouses. 

Each licensee shall be primarily 

responsible for drawing, identifying, 

handling, and shipping samples of 

cotton in accordance with this subpart 

and with instructions furnished by the 

Director or an authorized representative 

from time to time. 

§ 28.908 Samples. 

(a) Only one sample to be submitted. 

Only one sample from each bale of 

eligible cotton shall be submitted for 

classification under this subpart. This 

does not prohibit the submission of an 

additional sample from a bale for review 

classification if the producer so desires. 

(b) Drawing of samples manual. (1) 

Each cut sample shall be drawn from 

the bale after it is tied out following the 

grinning process, and shall be 

approximately 6 ounces in weight, not 

less than 3 ounces of which are to be 

drawn from each side of the bale: 

Provided, That each sample from a bale 

of American Pima cotton shall be 

approximately 10 ounces in weight, not 

less than 5 ounces of which are to be 

drawn from each side of the bale. 

(2) Where it is necessary to draw two 

sets of samples, a single cut should be 

made in each side of the bale, and the 

portion of cotton removed from each cut 

should be broken in half across the 

layers to provide two complete samples. 

In those cases where this method would 

result in samples of insufficient length, 

it will be acceptable to split the sample 

lengthwise along the layers, provided 

the outside portion from each side is 

submitted for the official classification. 

(c) Mechanical sampling. Samples 

may be drawn in gins equipped with 

mechanical samplers approved by the 

Division and operated according to 

sampling instructions furnished by the 

Director or an authorized representative. 

Such samples shall not be less than 6 

ounces in weight. 

(d) Samples must be representative. 

Each sample must be representative of 

the bale from which drawn. 

(e) Handling samples. Samples shall 

not be dressed or trimmed and shall be 

carefully handled in such manner as not 

to cause loss of leaf, sand, or other 

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representative character. Samples shall 

be handled only by employees of the 

licensee prior to shipment or delivery to 

the cotton classing office of the 

Division. 

(f) Identifying and shipping samples. 

Each sample shall be identified with a 

tag, supplied or approved by the 

Division, bearing the gin or warehouse 

number of the bale from which the 

sample was drawn and the name and 

address of the producer of the bale. The 

tag shall be placed between the two 

halves of the sample, the sample tightly 

rolled and enclosed in a package or bag 

for shipment. Each package or bag shall 

be labeled or marked with the name and 

address of the licensed gin or 

warehouse. The packages shall be 

shipped or delivered direct to the cotton 

classing office serving the territory in 

which the cotton is ginned. Samples 

that where drawn by a mechanical 

sampler at the gin may be transported 

with the bales to the warehouse and 

then shipped or delivered direct to the 

classing office by the warehouse. 

(g) Request for classification. Samples 

received from a licensed gin or 

warehouse with the identification tag 

required in § 28.908(f) shall constitute a 

request for classification service by the 

producer. 

§ 28.909 Costs. 

(a) Costs incident to sampling, 

tagging, and identification of samples 

and transporting samples to points of 

shipment shall be assumed by the 

producer, but tags and containers for the 

shipment of samples and shipping 

charges via U.S. Postal Service or duly 

authorized common carrier will be 

furnished by the service. After 

classification the samples shall become 

the property of the Government. The 

proceeds of the sale of cotton samples 

shall be used to defray the costs of 

providing the services under this 

subpart. 

(b) The cost of High Volume 

Instrument (HVI) cotton classification 

service to producers is $1.85 per bale. 

(c) The Division will periodically bill 

producers or the voluntary agents 

designated by producers for the cost of 

classification. A discount of 5 cents per 

sample will be granted for services 

provided under this section when 

billing is made to voluntary agents. 

Classification 

§ 28.910 Classification of samples and 

issuance of classification data. 

(a)(1) The samples submitted as 

provided in the subpart shall be 

classified by employees of the Division 

and classification memoranda showing 

the official quality determination of 

each sample according to the official 

cotton standards of the United States 

shall be issued by any one of the 

following methods at no additional 

charge: 

(i) Computer diskettes, 

(ii) Computer tapes, or 

(iii) Telecommunications, with all 

long distance telephone line charges 

paid by the receiver of data. 

(2) When an additional copy of the 

classification memorandum is issued by 

any method listed in paragraph (a)(1), 

there will be a charge of five cents per 

bale. If provided as an additional 

method of data transfer, the minimum 

fee for each tape or diskette issued shall 

be $10.00. 

(b) Owners of cotton, other than 

producers, may receive classification 

data showing the official quality 

determination of each sample by means 

of telecommunications from a central 

database to be maintained by the 

Division. The fee for this service shall 

be five cents per bale, with all long 

distance telephone line charges paid by 

the receiver of data. The minimum 

charge assessed for services obtained 

from the central database shall be $5.00 

per monthly billing period. 

(c) Upon request of an owner of cotton 

for which classification memoranda 

have been issued under the subpart, a 

new memorandum shall be issued for 

the business convenience of such owner 

without the reclassification of the 

cotton. Such rewritten memorandum 

shall bear the date of its issuance and 

the date or inclusive dates of the 

original classification. The fee for a new 

memorandum shall be 15 cents per bale 

or a minimum of $5.00 per sheet. 

§ 28.911 Review classification. 

(a) A producer may request one 

review classification for each bale of 

eligible cotton. The fee for review 

classification is $1.85 per bale. 

(b) Samples for review classification 

must be drawn by gins or warehouses 

licensed pursuant to §§ 28.20 through 

28.22, or by employees of the United 

States Department of Agriculture. Each 

sample for review classification shall be 

taken, handled, and submitted 

according to § 28.908 and to 

supplemental instructions issued by the 

Director or an authorized representative 

of the Director. Costs incident to 

sampling, tagging, identification, 

containers, and shipment for samples 

for review classification shall be 

assumed by the producer. After 

classification, the samples shall become 

the property of the Government unless 

the producer requests the return of the 

samples. The proceeds from the sale of 

samples that become Government 

property shall be used to defray the 

costs of providing the services under 

this subpart. Producers who request 

return of their samples after classing 

will pay a fee of 40 cents per sample in 

addition to the fee established above in 

this section. 

Limitations of Services 

§ 28.917 Limitations of services. 

The Director, or an authorized 

representative, may suspend, terminate, 

or withhold cotton classing and market 

news services to any producer upon any 

failure of the producer to comply with 

the act or these regulations. Failure to 

remit fees for classification services 

shall result in loss of service. 

Dated: September 28, 2007. 

Kenneth C. Clayton, 

Acting Administrator, Agricultural Marketing 

Service. 

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 

11 CFR Part 113 

[Notice 2007–18] 

Use of Campaign Funds for Donations 

to Non-Federal Candidates and Any 

Other Lawful Purpose Other Than 

Personal Use 

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Election 

Commission is revising its rules 

regarding the use of campaign funds by 

candidates and other individuals. The 

revision adds to the current list of 

permissible uses of campaign funds in 

Commission regulations: donations to 

non-Federal candidates; and any other 

lawful purpose other than personal use. 

This change conforms the provision 

with those in the Federal Election 

Campaign Act, as amended (‘‘the Act’’). 

Further information is provided in the 

supplementary information that follows. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 2, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Amy L. Rothstein, Assistant General 

Counsel, or Ms. Stacey J. Shin, Attorney, 

999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20463, (202) 694–1650 or (800) 424–

9530. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

313 of the Federal Election Campaign 

Act of 1971, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), 

sets forth permissible uses of 


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