11 C.F.R. § 109.10 How Do Political Committees and Other Persons Report Independent Expenditures?

• Library: Code of Federal Regulations
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through December 31, 2023
• Citation: 11 C.F.R. § 109.10
• Year: 2023

(a) Political committees, including political party committees, must report independent expenditures under 11 CFR 11Independent expenditures by political committees (52 U.S.C. 30104(b), (d), and (g))104.4.

(b) Every person that is not a political committee and that makes independent expenditures aggregating in excess of $250 with respect to a given election in a calendar year shall file a verified statement or report on FEC Form 5 in accordance with 11 CFR 11Independent expenditures by political committees (52 U.S.C. 30104(b), (d), and (g))104.4(e) containing the information required by paragraph (e) of this section. Every person filing a report or statement under this section shall do so in accordance with the quarterly reporting schedule specified in 11 CFR 11Filing dates (52 U.S.C. 30104(a)(2))104.5(a)(1)(i) and (ii) and shall file a report or statement for any quarterly period during which any such independent expenditures that aggregate in excess of $250 are made and in any quarterly reporting period thereafter in which additional independent expenditures are made.

(c) For each election in which a person who is not a political committee makes independent expenditures, the person shall aggregate its independent expenditures made in each calendar year to determine its reporting obligation. When such a person makes independent expenditures aggregating $10,000 or more for an election in any calendar year, up to and including the 20th day before an election, the person must report the independent expenditures on FEC Form 5, or by signed statement if the person is not otherwise required to file electronically under 11 CFR 11Electronic filing of reports (52 U.S.C. 30102(d) and 30104(a)(11))104.18. (See 11 CFR 11Independent expenditures by political committees (52 U.S.C. 30104(b), (d), and (g))104.4(f) for aggregation.) The person making the independent expenditures aggregating $10,000 or more must ensure that the Commission receives the report or statement by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard/Daylight Time on the second day following the date on which a communication is publicly distributed or otherwise publicly disseminated. Each time subsequent independent expenditures relating to the same election aggregate an additional $10,000 or more, the person making the independent expenditures must ensure that the Commission...