Citation index: Parts 114, 115 and 116
The citation index lists numerically, then chronologically, all regulations that have a written Explanation and Justification (E&J).
For each regulation listed, the index provides the subject and the year the rule took effect. Be aware that a citation may cover different subjects over the years. The conversion tables trace the periodic reorganization and renumbering of regulations. The Appendix lists previous citations for any current regulation that has been renumbered. Users of this index are referred to the Appendix by an asterisk next to the subject category in this index. If the E&J simply explains an amendment to the regulation, but not a change in Commission policy or citation, only the year and the page are given for the E&J. To locate a particular E&J for a regulation, simply look up the citation, then match up the subject and year, and click on the year listed.
Part 114: Corporate and labor organization activity
| Citation | Subsection | Subject | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 114.1 | - | Definitions | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1980 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1992 |
| - | - | - | 1994 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 1999 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | - | - | 2024 |
| - | (a) | Contribution and expenditure | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1980 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1992 |
| - | - | - | 1994 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (a)(1) | Contribution and expenditure | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1980 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | (a)(2) | Exemptions | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1980 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1992 |
| - | - | - | 1994 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (a)(2)(i) | Communications | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (a)(2)(ii) | Voter drives | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (a)(2)(iii) | Separate segregated fund | 1977 |
| - | (a)(2)(iv) | Honoraria | 1977 |
| - | - | Section removed and reserved | 1992 |
| - | (a)(2)(v) | Corporate vendors | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (a)(2)(vi) | Legal or accounting services rendered to party | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1980 |
| - | (a)(2)(vii) | Legal or accounting services rendered to campaign | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1980 |
| - | (a)(2)(viii) | Convention activity | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1994 |
| - | (a)(2)(ix) | Donations to building fund | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1980 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | (a)(2)(x) | Activity permitted by part 114 | 2014 |
| - | (b) | Establishment, administration and solicitation costs | 1977 |
| - | (c) | Executive or administrative personnel | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (c)(2)(iii) | Former personnel who aren't stockholders | 1977 |
| - | (c)(2)(iv) | Consultants | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (c)(3) | Individuals on commission | 1977 |
| - | (d) | Labor organization | 1977 |
| - | (e) | Members | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1993 |
| - | - | - | 1999 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (e)(1) | Membership association | 1993 |
| - | - | - | 1999 |
| - | (e)(2) | Definition of member | 1993 |
| - | - | - | 1999 |
| - | (e)(2)(i) | Investment or ownership stake | 1993 |
| - | (e)(2)(ii) | Dues and voting rights | 1993 |
| - | Annual membership dues | 1999 | |
| - | (e)(2)(iii) | Significant voting rights | 1993 |
| - | (e)(3) | Special cases | 1993 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (e)(4) | Members of local union | 1993 |
| - | (e)(5) | Multi-tiered organizations | 1999 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (e)(6) | Inapplicability of State law | 1999 |
| - | (f) | Method of facilitating the making of voluntary contributions | 1977 |
| - | (g) | Method of soliciting voluntary contributions | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 2024 |
| - | (h) | Stockholder | 1977 |
| - | (i) | Voluntary contributions | 1977 |
| - | (j) | Restricted class for communications | 1996 |
| 114.2 | - | Prohibitions on contributions and expenditures | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1995 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2005 |
| - | - | Prohibitions on contributions, expenditures and electioneering communications | 2007 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | - | - | 2016 |
| - | (a) | Prohibition on national banks and federally chartered corporation | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2005 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (a)(1) | Application of laws to national bank and federally chartered corporation | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (b) | Prohibition on any corporation | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1995 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2007 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | - | - | 2016 |
| - | (b)(1) | Prohibited corporate contributions | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | (b)(2)(i) | Prohibited corporate expenditures | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | Removed | 2014 |
| - | (b)(2)(ii) | Prohibited express advocacy beyond restricted class | 2002 |
| - | - | Removed | 2014 |
| - | (b)(2)(iii) | Prohibited electioneering communications | 2002 |
| - | - | Removed | 2007 |
| - | (b)(3) | Electioneering communications | 2007 |
| - | - | Removed | 2014 |
| - | (c) | Coordination of activity with candidates | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (d) | Knowing acceptance of prohibited contribution | 1996 |
| - | (e) | Consent to making of prohibited contribution | 1996 |
| - | (f) | Facilitating the making of contributions | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2005 |
| - | (f)(1) | Facilitating the making of contributions | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | (f)(2) | Examples of facilitation | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2005 |
| - | (f)(2)(i)(A) | Employees engaged in fundraising | 1996 |
| - | (f)(2)(i)(B) | Use of facilities | 1996 |
| - | (f)(2)(i)(C) | Use of list | 1996 |
| - | (f)(2)(i)(D) | Use of meeting rooms | 1996 |
| - | (f)(2)(i)(E) | Catering and food services | 1996 |
| - | (f)(2)(iii) | Soliciting earmarked contributions | 1996 |
| - | (f)(2)(iv) | Use of coercion | 1996 |
| - | (f)(3) | Examples of what is not facilitation if conducted by SSF | 1996 |
| - | (f)(4) | Examples of what is not facilitation if conducted by corporation/labor organization | 1996 |
| - | (f)(4)(iii) | Soliciting earmarked contributions through SSF | 1996 |
| - | (f)(5) | Facilitation is not incidental services provided by corporate member as collecting agent for trade association, including payroll deduction | 2005 |
| 114.3 | - | Partisan communications | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1980 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Communications to restricted class | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (a) | General | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | (a)(1) | Communications with restricted class | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | (a)(2) | Communications by membership organizations | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (b) | Reporting of communications | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1980 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c) | Manner of making | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Communications containing express advocacy | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(1) | Communication of organization's views | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(1)(ii) | News in publications | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(2) | Candidate appearances | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | (c)(2)(iv) | Coverage by news media | 1996 |
| - | (c)(3) | Phone banks | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (c)(4) | Registration and get out the vote drives | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(4)(i) | Aimed at restricted class | 2014 |
| - | (c)(4)(ii) | Nonpartisan drives exempted | 2014 |
| - | (c)(4)(iii) | Drives that are not nonpartisan | 2014 |
| 114.4 | - | Nonpartisan communications | 1977 |
| - | - | Expenditures for communications in connection with a federal election to the restricted class and the general public | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Communications beyond restricted class | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2003 |
| - | - | - | 2007 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (a) | Nonpartisan communications by corporation or labor organization to employees or restricted class | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | General | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (a)(1) | General | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (a)(1)(i) | Nonpartisan communications by corporations and labor organizations | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (a)(1)(ii) | Nonpartisan communications by other organizations | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (a)(2) | Nonpartisan candidate and party appearances on corporate premises or at function | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (a)(2)(ii) | Appearances by presidential and vice presidential candidates | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (a)(3) | Nonpartisan candidate and party appearances on labor organization premises or at function | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (b) | Nonpartisan candidate appearances | 1977 |
| - | - | Nonpartisan communications by corporations and labor organizations to the general public | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Communications to employees beyond restricted class | 1996 |
| - | (b)(1) | General | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Candidate appearances on corporate premises or at corporate functions | 1996 |
| - | (b)(1)(i) | Opportunity for other candidates to appear | 1996 |
| - | (b)(1)(iii) | Opportunity for other political parties to appear | 1996 |
| - | (b)(1)(iv) | Solicitation and collection of contributions | 1996 |
| - | (b)(1)(v) | No express advocacy | 1996 |
| - | (b)(1)(vi) | Similar time and location | 1996 |
| - | (b)(2) | Nonpartisan registration and voting communications | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Candidate appearances on labor organization premises or at labor organization functions | 1996 |
| - | (b)(2)(i) | Factors in determination of nonpartisan communication | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (b)(2)(ii) | Media through which a communication may be made | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | No express advocacy | 1996 |
| - | (b)(3) | Official registration and voting information | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (b)(3)(iii) | Printing of registration materials and voter information | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (b)(4) | Appearances on labor organization facilities | 1977 |
| - | - | Voting records | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (b)(5) | Appearances on labor organization facilities | 1977 |
| - | - | Voter guides | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (b)(5)(i) | Nonpartisan voter guides | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Rule invalidated | 1996 |
| - | (b)(5)(i)(A) | Candidates to be included in guide | 1984 |
| - | - | Rule invalidated | 1996 |
| - | (b)(5)(i)(B) | Candidates' responses in voter guide | 1984 |
| - | - | Rule invalidated | 1996 |
| - | (b)(5)(i)(C) | Wording of questions | 1984 |
| - | - | Rule invalidated | 1996 |
| - | (b)(5)(i)(D) | Editorial opinion or support within guide | 1984 |
| - | - | Rule invalidated | 1996 |
| - | (b)(5)(i)(E) | Inclusion of biographical information | 1984 |
| - | - | Rule invalidated | 1996 |
| - | (b)(5)(i)(F) | Area of distribution | 1984 |
| - | - | Rule invalidated | 1996 |
| - | (b)(5)(ii) | Candidates' responses in voter guides | 1983 |
| - | (b)(5)(iii) | Wording of questionnaires in voter guide | 1983 |
| - | (b)(5)(iv) | Express advocacy within voter guide | 1983 |
| - | (b)(5)(v) | Inclusion of biographical information | 1983 |
| - | (b)(5)(vi) | Geographic area | 1983 |
| - | (c) | Nonpartisan registration and voter information | 1977 |
| - | - | Nonpartisan registration and get-out-the-vote drives | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Communications to general public | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2003 |
| - | - | - | 2007 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(1) | Requirements for conducting nonpartisan drives | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 2007 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(1)(ii) | Table for distribution of voting information | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (c)(2) | No candidate endorsement | 1977 |
| - | - | Donation of funds | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Registration and voting communications | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(3) | Use of personnel and facilities | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Official registration and voting information | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(3)(ii) | Distribution of registration forms and absentee ballots | 1996 |
| - | (c)(4) | When co-sponsorship not required | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Voting records | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(5) | Identification of drive sponsors | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Voter guides | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2003 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(5)(i) | Voter guide produced without coordination with campaign | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2003 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(5)(ii) | Voter guide produced with limited contact with campaign | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2003 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(6) | Endorsement | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (c)(6)(ii) | No coordination with campaign | 1996 |
| - | (c)(7) | Candidate appearances at educational institutions | 1996 |
| - | (c)(7)(i) | Institution may charge candidate for use | 1996 |
| - | (c)(7)(ii) | Use of facilities at no charge or reduced charge | 1996 |
| - | (c)(7)(ii)(B) | No express advocacy or favoritism | 1996 |
| - | (c)(8) | Electioneering communications | 2007 |
| - | - | Removed | 2014 |
| - | (d) | Nonpartisan registration and get-out-the-vote drives | 1977 |
| - | - | Candidate appearances at membership organization facilities | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | Registration and get-out-the-vote drives | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | (d)(1) | No express advocacy | 1996 |
| - | - | Voter registration and GOTV drives permitted | 2014 |
| - | (d)(2) | No coordination with candidate or political party | 1996 |
| - | - | Disbursements for certain voter registration and GOTV drives not expenditures | 2014 |
| - | (d)(2)(i) | No express advocacy | 2014 |
| - | (d)(2)(ii) | No targeting voters of favored party | 2014 |
| - | (d)(2)(iii) | Services made available regardless of political preference | 2014 |
| - | (d)(2)(iv) | No payment to register or transport particular voters | 2014 |
| - | (d)(2)(v) | Notification that assistance available regardless of political preference | 2014 |
| - | (d)(3) | No targeting voters of favored party | 1996 |
| - | (d)(4) | Facilities of corporation | 1977 |
| - | - | Services made available regardless of political preference | 1996 |
| - | (d)(5) | No payment to register particular voters | 1996 |
| - | (d)(6) | Notification that assistance available regardless of political preference | 1996 |
| - | (e) | Funding of candidate debates | 1979 |
| - | - | - | 1980 |
| - | - | * Candidate appearances at membership organization facilities or functions | 1996 |
| - | (f) | * Candidate debates | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| 114.5 | - | Separate segregated funds | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1980 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1989 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | (a) | Voluntary contributions to a separate segregated fund | 1977 |
| - | (a)(1) | Money obtained by coercion or condition | 1977 |
| - | (a)(2) | Guideline for contributions | 1977 |
| - | (a)(5) | Required disclosures | 1977 |
| - | (b) | Use of treasury monies | 1977 |
| - | (c) | Membership in separate segregated funds | 1977 |
| - | (d) | Control of funds | 1977 |
| - | (e) | Disclosure | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1980 |
| - | (e)(2)(i) | Separate segregated fund costs incurred for express advocacy communication | 1980 |
| - | - | - | 2002 |
| - | (f) | Contribution limits | 1977 |
| - | (g) | Solicitations | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1989 |
| - | (g)(1) | Affiliation factors | 1989 |
| - | (g)(2) | Solicitations by labor organization | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (h) | Accidental or inadvertent solicitation | 1977 |
| - | (i) | Communications paid for with voluntary contributions | 1977 |
| - | (j) | Acceptance of contributions | 1977 |
| - | (k) | Availability of methods | 1977 |
| - | (l) | Methods permitted by law to labor organizations | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| 114.6 | - | Twice yearly solicitations | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2014 |
| - | - | - | 2019 |
| - | - | - | 2024 |
| - | (c) | Written solicitation | 1977 |
| - | (d) | Custodial arrangement | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2019 |
| - | - | - | 2024 |
| - | (d)(2) | Recordkeeping requirements | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 2024 |
| - | (d)(2)(iii) | Forwarding funds to SSF | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 2024 |
| - | (d)(3)(i) | Confidentiality of records | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2019 |
| - | (d)(5) | Who may serve as custodian | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1996 |
| - | - | - | 2019 |
| - | (e) | Availability of methods | 1977 |
| - | (e)(2) | Restricted to SSF solicitation | 1977 |
| - | (e)(3) | Requirements for corporation | 1977 |
| - | (e)(4) | Notification of labor organization | 1977 |
| - | (e)(5) | Solicitation of labor organization employees | 1977 |
| 114.7 | - | Membership organizations, cooperatives or corporations without capital stock | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1993 |
| - | - | - | 1999 |
| - | (a) | Solicitation rights | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (b) | No waiver of corporate/labor prohibition | 1977 |
| - | (c) | Trade association solicitations | 1977 |
| - | (d) | Incorporated professional organization | 1977 |
| - | (e) | No limit on soliciting restricted class of membership organization | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (g) | Separate segregated fund | 1977 |
| - | (h) | Communication rights | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | (i) | Mutual life insurance company | 1977 |
| - | (j) | Prohibition on soliciting separate segregated funds of members | 1977 |
| - | (k) | Cooperatives | 1993 |
| - | - | - | 1999 |
| - | (k)(1) | Solicitation rights of federated or rural cooperative | 1993 |
| - | (k)(2) | Communication rights of cooperative | 1993 |
| 114.8 | - | Trade associations | 1977 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1983 |
| - | - | - | 1984 |
| - | - | - | 1989 |
| - | - | - | 1989 |
| - | - | - | 1999 |
| - | - | - | 2005 |
| - | - | - | 2024 |
| - | (a) | Definition | 1977 |
| - | (c) | Solicitation of member corporation's restricted class |