Rulemakings
Documents relating to recent and ongoing FEC rulemakings are listed by topic
in reverse chronological order. The link to the Rulemaking Archive (for rulemakings for 2008 and before) are also provided. Notices
of Proposed Rulemaking published from 1995 to the present are available through
the Federal Register's website. In addition,
a compilation of the Explanation and Justification (E&J) for FEC Regulations is now available in HTML format.
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Ongoing Projects
Citizens United (2010)
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Funds Received in Response to Solicitations; Allocation of Expenses by Separate Segregated Funds and Nonconnected Committees
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Federal Officeholders' and Candidates' Participation in Certain Non-Federal Fundraising Events (Implementing D.C. Court of Appeal Opinion in Shays v. FEC)
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Federal Election Activity (Implementing D.C. Court of Appeal Opinion in Shays v. FEC)
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Coordinated Communications (Implementing D.C. Court of Appeal Opinion in Shays v. FEC)
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Hybrid Ads
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Standards of Conduct
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Public Access to
Materials Relating to Closed Enforcement Cases
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Recent Projects
Correcting Amendments to FEC Regulations
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Use of Campaign Funds for Non-Commercial Travel (HLOGA) (2009)
- Final Rules [12/7/09]
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- Statement of Chairman Steven T. Walther on Campaign Travel Regulations
- Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [10/23/2007] [PDF; 15 pages]
- RECORD Summary of NPRM
- Comments on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Micah Block [PDF; 2 pages]
- Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21 (by Donald J. Simon, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson and Perry, LLP and Paul S. Ryan, Campaign Legal Center) [PDF; 9 pages]
- U.S. Senators Russell D. Feingold and Barack Obama [PDF; 5 pages]
- Internal Revenue Service, Exempt Organizations Branch, Office of the Division Counsel/Associate Chief Counsel (Tax Exempt and Government Entities) [PDF; 1 page]
- National Republican Senatorial Committee (Chris K. Gober, General Counsel) [PDF; 5 pages]
- Geoff Parker [PDF; 1 pages]
- Republican National Committee (Sean Cairncross, Chief Counsel) [PDF; 4 pages]
- Michael Smith [PDF; 2 pages]
- Press Release Announcing NPRM [10/18/2007]
- Text of Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [10/18/2007] [PDF; 63 pages]
- Press Release Announcing Commission Rulemaking [9/24/07]
- Related Legislation [Signed 9/14/07]
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Reorganization of National Voter Registration Act Regulations (2009)
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Candidate Debates
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Civil Monetary Penalties Inflation Adjustments (2009)
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Disclosure of Bundled Contributions by Lobbyists/Registrants and Lobbyist/Registrant PACs (HLOGA) (2007-09)
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