Procedural Changes for Admin Fines

Later this year, the mailing address for administrative fine payments will change, and new processing procedures will take effect.

Committees that have filed reports late or failed to file will send payments for the resulting administrative fines to one of two new mailing addresses. If the committee sends its check or money order by regular U.S. mail, it should be addressed to:

Federal Election Commission
PO Box 979058
St. Louis, MO 63197-9000

If the committee chooses to send its payment by courier or overnight delivery, it should be addressed to:

US Bank – Government Lockbox
FEC # 979058
1005 Convention Plaza
Attn: Government Lockbox,
SL-MO-C2GL
St. Louis, MO 63101

In addition, the Treasury Department has announced the following new procedures for processing payments sent to the administrative fines lockbox: "Personal checks will be converted into electronic funds transfers (EFTs). Your account will be electronically debited for the amount on the check, usually within 24 hours, and the debit will appear on your regular statement. We will destroy your original check and keep a copy of it. In case the EFT cannot be processed for technical reasons, you authorize us to process the copy in lieu of the original check. Should the EFT not be completed because of insufficient funds, we may try to make the transfer twice."

Committees involved in the administrative fines process will receive specific instructions in mailgram notifications.