[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR104.6]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 104--REPORTS BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES (2 U.S.C. 434)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 104.6  Form and content of internal communications reports (2 U.S.C. 431(9)(B)(iii)).

    (a) Form. Every membership organization or corporation which makes 
disbursements for communications pursuant to 11 CFR 100.134(a) and 114.3 
shall report to the Commission on FEC Form 7 such costs which are 
directly attributable to any communication expressly advocating the 
election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate (other than a 
communication primarily devoted to subjects other than the election or 
defeat of a clearly identified candidate), if such costs exceed $2,000 
for any election.
    (1) For the purposes of 11 CFR 104.6(a), election means two separate 
processes in a calendar year, to each of which the $2,000 threshold 
described

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above applies separately. The first process is comprised of all primary 
elections for federal office, wherever and whenever held; the second 
process is comprised of all general elections for federal office, 
wherever and whenever held.
    (2) The term election shall also include each special election held 
to fill a vacancy in a Federal office (11 CFR 100.2(f)) or each runoff 
election (11 CFR 100.2(d)).
    (b) Filing dates. Organizations required to report under 11 CFR 
104.6(a) shall file such reports during a calendar year in which a 
regularly scheduled general election is held. Such reports shall be 
filed quarterly in accordance with 11 CFR 104.5(a)(1)(iii) and, with 
respect to any general election, in accordance with 11 CFR 
104.5(a)(1)(i). The organization shall be required to file reports 
beginning with the first reporting period during which the aggregate 
cost for such communications exceeds $2,000 per election as defined in 
11 CFR 104.6(a)(1), and for each quarter thereafter in which the 
organization makes additional disbursements in connection with the same 
election.
    (c) Each report filed under 11 CFR 104.6 shall include, for each 
communication:
    (1) The type of communication (such as direct mail, telephone or 
telegram);
    (2) The date(s) of the communication;
    (3) The name of the candidate, the office sought (and the district 
and state of the office, if applicable), and whether the communication 
was for the primary or general election;
    (4) Whether the communication was in support of or in opposition to, 
a particular candidate; and
    (5) The cost of the communication.

[45 FR 15108, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 67 FR 78680, Dec. 26, 2002]