2016-25102: Technological Modernization
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The Federal Election Commission requests comment on proposed changes to its regulations to address contributions and expenditures that are made by electronic means, such as through internet-based payment processors or text messaging; to eliminate and update references to outdated technologies; and to address similar issues. The Commission has not made any final decisions about the issues and proposals presented in this rulemaking.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 33 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
- 11 CFR 1 Privacy Act
- 11 CFR 2 Sunshine Regulations; Meetings
- 11 CFR 4 Public Records and the Freedom of Information Act
- 11 CFR 5 Access to Public Disclosure and Media Relations Division Documents
- 11 CFR 6 Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or Activities Conducted by the Federal Election Commission
- 11 CFR 7 Standards of Conduct
- 11 CFR 100 Scope and Definitions (52 U.S.C. 30101)
- 11 CFR 102 Registration, Organization, and Recordkeeping by Political Committees (52 U.S.C. 30103)
- 11 CFR 103 Campaign Depositories (52 U.S.C. 30102(h))
- 11 CFR 104 Reports by Political Committees and Other Persons (52 U.S.C. 30104)
- 11 CFR 105 Document Filing (52 U.S.C. 30102(g))
- 11 CFR 106 Allocations of Candidate and Committee Activities
- 11 CFR 108 Filing Copies of Reports and Statements with State Officers (52 U.S.C. 30113)
- 11 CFR 109 Coordinated and Independent Expenditures (52 U.S.C. 30101(17), 30116(a) and (d), and Pub. L. 107-155 Sec. 214(C))
- 11 CFR 110 Contribution and Expenditure Limitations and Prohibitions
- 11 CFR 111 Compliance Procedure (52 U.S.C. 30109, 30107(a))
- 11 CFR 112 Advisory Opinions (52 U.S.C. 30108)
- 11 CFR 114 Corporate and Labor Organization Activity
- 11 CFR 116 Debts Owed by Candidates and Political Committees
- 11 CFR 200 Petitions for Rulemaking
- 11 CFR 201 Ex Parte Communications
- 11 CFR 300 Non-Federal Funds
- 11 CFR 9002 Definitions
- 11 CFR 9003 Eligibility for Payments
- 11 CFR 9004 Entitlement of Eligible Candidates to Payments; Use of Payments
- 11 CFR 9007 Examinations and Audits; Repayments
- 11 CFR 9032 Definitions
- 11 CFR 9033 Eligibility for Payments
- 11 CFR 9034 Entitlements
- 11 CFR 9035 Expenditure Limitations
- 11 CFR 9036 Review of Matching Fund Submissions and Certification of Payments by Commission
- 11 CFR 9038 Examinations and Audits
- 11 CFR 9039 Review and Investigation Authority
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