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Federal Election Commission | United States of America
  • Press Release

Advisory Opinions Now on FEC Web Site

August 18, 1999

For Immediate Release: Contact: Ron Harris August 18, 1999 Sharon Snyder Ian Stirton Kelly Huff

ADVISORY OPINIONS NOW ON FEC WEBSITE

WASHINGTON – The Federal Election Commission this week included its historical databank of hundreds of advisory opinions on the FEC Website. Advisory opinions are official Commission responses to questions relating to the application of the Federal Election Campaign Act to a specific, factual situation.

For those with Internet access seeking FEC advisory opinions from 1977 to the present, going to www.fec.gov will provide the new link "Search and Retrieve Commission Advisory Opinions." The process allows a search for specific text that might be included within an advisory opinion or selection based on year and advisory opinion number.

Advisory opinions are numbered consecutively within specific years, such as 1999-1, 1999-2, etc. Only those opinions that have been finalized by the Commission are included on the Website. Draft advisory opinions awaiting Commission action are not included on the Website, but may be obtained via e-mail or paper copy by contacting the FEC’s Public Records Office or Press Office.

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This information is not intended to replace the law or to change its meaning, nor does this information create or confer any rights for or on any person or bind the Federal Election Commission or the public.

The reader is encouraged also to consult the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (52 U.S.C. 30101 et seq.), Commission regulations (Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations), Commission advisory opinions and applicable court decisions.