PROPOSED RULES: Administrative fines challenges,
Published: 2006-12-08
The Federal Election Commission seeks public comment on
proposed revisions to its regulations regarding the Commission's
administrative fines program. The administrative fines program is a
streamlined process through which the Commission finds and penalizes
violations of 2 U.S.C. 434(a), which requires committees registered
with the Commission to
PROPOSED RULES: Campaign finance violations; self-reporting submissions,
Published: 2006-12-08
The Commission is seeking comments on a proposed policy
statement to clarify and memorialize its approach to enforcement
actions arising from selfreported violations (also known as sua sponte
submissions). In order to encourage the selfreporting of violations
about which the Commission would not otherwise have learned, the
Commission proposes, in
PROPOSED RULES: Enforcement matters; policy statement,
Published: 2006-12-08
The Federal Election Commission (the ``Commission'') seeks
comments on a proposal to clarify its enforcement policy with respect
to the circumstances under which it intends to consider a political
committee and its treasurer to be in compliance with the recordkeeping
and reporting requirements of the Federal Election Campaign Act, as
amended
PROPOSED RULES: Probable cause hearings; pilot program,
Published: 2006-12-08
The Commission is issuing a proposed policy statement to
establish a pilot program offering probable cause hearings to
respondents in enforcement actions pending before the Commission. The
pilot program would allow respondents to request a hearing directly
before the Commission prior to the Commission's consideration of the
General Counsel's
