COMMITTEES FINED FOR FILING REPORTS LATE
WASHINGTON -- The Federal Election Commission is releasing 11 more
Administrative Fines cases with $17,700 in civil money penalties, bringing
to 311 the number of cases made public with $425,736 in fines
collected. In addition, there are numerous cases in various stages of the Administrative
Fines process. Closed Administrative Fines case files are available in the FEC’s
Press and Public Records offices.
The Administrative Fine Program, authorized by Congress in 1999 in response to a
legislative recommendation made by the FEC (see News Release May 31, 2000), has a twofold
purpose: to free critical Commission resources for more important and complex enforcement
efforts, and to reduce the number of financial reports filed late or not at all. The
Administrative Fines Program encompasses a range of civil money penalties set high enough
to discourage committees from considering them an acceptable ‘cost of doing
business’, but not so high as to be exorbitant.
Civil money penalties will be determined by the number of days late, the amount of
financial activity involved, and any prior penalties for reporting violations. Election
sensitive reports (reports and notices filed prior to an election) will receive higher
penalties.
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AF 0099 |
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| RESPONDENTS: |
Porter for Congress Committee, Donald J. Grossman, treasurer
(IL) |
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| REPORT: |
October Quarterly 2000 |
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| * LATE/NON-FILER: |
Late |
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| PENALTY: |
$850 civil money penalty |
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AF 0141 |
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| RESPONDENTS: |
Willie Logan for United State Senate, Ronald Thompkins,
treasurer (FL) |
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| REPORT: |
October Quarterly 2000 |
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| * LATE/NON-FILER: |
Late |
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| PENALTY: |
$1,100 civil money penalty (not collected) |
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AF 0176 |
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Philadelphia 2000, Karen Dougherty Buchholz, treasurer (PA) |
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| REPORT: |
October Quarterly 2000 |
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| * LATE/NON-FILER: |
Non-Filer |
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| PENALTY: |
Took no further action. |
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AF 0198 |
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Clarke 2000, Raynel’ L. Trotman, treasurer (NY) |
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| REPORT: |
12 Day Pre-General 2000 |
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| * LATE/NON-FILER: |
Non-Filer |
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| PENALTY: |
$1,000 civil money penalty (not collected) |
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AF 0250 |
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| RESPONDENTS: |
Clarke 2000, Raynel’ L. Trotman, treasurer (NY) |
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| REPORT: |
30 Day Post-General 2000 |
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| * LATE/NON-FILER: |
Non-Filer |
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| PENALTY: |
$1,125 civil money penalty (not collected) |
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AF 0285 |
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| RESPONDENTS: |
Women’s Campaign Fund Inc., Lynn S. Martin, treasurer
(DC) |
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| REPORT: |
30 Day Post-General 2000 |
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| * LATE/NON-FILER: |
Late |
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| PENALTY: |
$1,475 civil money penalty |
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AF 0288 |
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| RESPONDENTS: |
Idaho Republican Party, Lela D. "Kitty" Pumphrey,
treasurer (ID) |
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| REPORT: |
30 Day Post-General 2000 |
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| * LATE/NON-FILER: |
Late |
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| PENALTY: |
$5,550 civil money penalty |
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AF 0304 |
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| RESPONDENTS: |
IUE Committee on Political Education /International Union of
Electric, Electrical, Salaried, Machine, and Furniture Workers AFL-CIO, Edward Fire,
treasurer (DC) |
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| REPORT: |
30 Day Post-General 2000 |
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| * LATE/NON-FILER: |
Non-Filer |
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| PENALTY: |
$2,700 civil money penalty |
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AF 0317 |
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| RESPONDENTS: |
United Association Journeymen and Apprentices of Plumbing and
Pipe Fitting Industry Local 322 Committee for Political Education, James Reed, treasurer
(NJ) |
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| REPORT: |
30 Day Post-General 2000 |
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| * LATE/NON-FILER: |
Non-Filer |
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| PENALTY: |
$900 civil money penalty |
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AF 0338 |
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| RESPONDENTS: |
Ann Arbor National Political Action Committee, Joseph J.
Cella, treasurer (MI) |
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| REPORT: |
12 Day Pre-General 2000 |
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| * LATE/NON-FILER: |
Non-Filer |
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| PENALTY: |
$1,000 civil money penalty |
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AF 0356 |
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| RESPONDENTS: |
The Loose Group, Frank G. Stevenson, Jr., treasurer (GA) |
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| REPORT: |
12 Day Pre-General 2000 |
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| * LATE/NON-FILER: |
Non-Filer |
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| PENALTY: |
$2,000 civil money penalty |
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*Late filers are those committees filing reports after the due date, but within 30 days
of the due date and/or filing election sensitive reports after due date, but prior to four
days before election. Non-filers are committees that have either not filed a report or
filed a report after the parameters outlined above.
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