Week of April 1 - April 5, 2013
Weekly Digest COMMISSION MEETINGS AND HEARINGS No Commission open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. ADVISORY OPINIONS Request Received AOR 2013-01 (1787 National Committee, Inc.). On April 3, the Commission made public Advisory Opinion Request 2013-01. The 1787 National Committee is a political committee that is registered with the Commission. It asks to be recognized as the national committee of a political party. The Commission will accept written comments on the request during the 10-day period following publication of the request (no later than April 15, 2013) and shall issue a response no later than 60 days after receipt of the complete request, specifically by May 24, 2013. ENFORCEMENT The Commission made public two closed cases and one Statement of Reasons. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Query System. MUR 6542 MUR 6543 ADMINISTRATIVE FINES The Commission made public 23 campaign finance enforcement matters that were resolved through its Administrative Fines (AF) program. AF 2506 – Jim Greenfield for Congress and Dan Hegg, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission terminated proceedings. AF 2520 – Modica for Senate and Julien Modica, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $7,150. AF 2550 – Modica for Senate and Julien Modica, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $8,937. AF 2552 – National Association of Farm Service Agency County Office Employees Inc PPC aka NASCOE PAC and Robert L. Redding Jr., in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $680. AF 2555 – Strong Utah PAC and Michael D. Edmonds, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $3,850. AF 2573 – Bennett for Senate Committee and Joshua A. Tardy, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $135. AF 2576 – Committee to Elect Ernie Beltz Jr for US Congress and Nathan Christopher, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed no civil penalty. AF 2579 – Dan Liljenquist for US Senate and Mike McCauley, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination to take no further action. AF 2581 – Elect Clark Hall and P.R. Clatworthy, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $145. AF 2583 – Hoosiers Supporting Buyer for Congress and Stephanie Mattix, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination assessed a civil penalty of $550. AF 2586 – Kathleen Hicks for Congress and Camille Rodriguez, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed no civil penalty. AF 2590 – Mark Oxner for Congress and Amparo O. Oxner, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $990. AF 2595 – Salomon Torres for Congress and Juan E. Rivera, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $110. AF 2597 – Steve Salazar and Rosario Rodriguez, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed no civil penalty. AF 2600 – Terry White for Indiana and Philip Schnautz, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed no civil penalty. AF 2601 – Texans for Ky Griffin, Rhonda Griffin, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $215. AF 2606 – American Conservative Union and Melissa Bowman, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $1,650. AF 2609 – Libertarian Party of Indiana and Todd Singer, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $2,800. AF 2610 – Natl Assn of Alchoholism/Drug Abuse Counselors Political Action Committee and John Lisy, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $337. AF 2611 – Pipefitters Local Union #524 and Michael Tigue, III, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $320. AF 2613 – Tri-State Maxed Out Women and Marcia Dickstein Sudolsky, in her official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $1,430. AF 2614 – Monterey County Republican Central Committee (Fed.) and Thomas J. Dominy, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $990. AF 2616 – Pittenger for Congress LLC and Charles T. Greer, in his official capacity as treasurer. The Commission made a final determination and assessed a civil penalty of $31,010. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Query System. LITIGATION Free Speech v. FEC (Case 12-8078). On April 1, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued an Order. PRESS RELEASES Appeals Court Issues Opinion in CREW v. FEC (issued April 2) UPCOMING COMMISSION MEETINGS April 9: The Commission is scheduled to hold an executive session. April 11: The Commission is scheduled to hold an open meeting. UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS April 24, Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC. “Seminar/Webinar for Corporations and their PACs.” Additional information is available on the Educational Outreach page of the Commission website. May 22, Federal Election Commission, Washington, DC. “Seminar/Webinar for Trade Associations, Labor Organizations, Membership Organizations and their PACs.” Additional information is available on the Educational Outreach page of the Commission website. UPCOMING REPORTING DUE DATES April 15: April Quarterly Reports are due. For information on quarterly reporting dates, refer to the 2013 Quarterly Reporting page of the Commission website. April 20: April Monthly Reports are due. For more information on monthly reporting dates, refer to the 2013 Monthly Reporting page of the Commission website. OTHER RESOURCES The 2012 edition of the Combined Federal State Disclosure and Election Directory is available in the Public Records section of the Commission website. This publication identifies the federal and state agencies responsible for the disclosure of campaign finances, lobbying, personal finances, public financing, candidates on the ballot, election results, spending on state initiatives and other financial filings. An index to the Record news articles published in 2012 is available on the Commission website. The Record news page is available in the Publications section of the Commission website. Sign up to receive email notification when new articles are posted. The FEC Annual Reports from 1975-2006 are now available on the website. Beginning in 2007, the Commission consolidated its Annual Report with its Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) to provide a single account of the agency''''s activities for each fiscal year. Printed copies of the 2012 edition of Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations are now available and can be downloaded from the website. To order, call (800)424-9530 (press 6) or send an email to info@fec.gov. Instructional videos are available on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/user/FECTube?feature=watch. These videos are also available on the Commission''''s E-Learning resources page at http://www.fec.gov/info/elearning.shtml.
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