[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: 11CFR201.2]

[Page 237]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 201--EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 201.2  Definitions.

    As used in this part:
    (a) Ex parte communication means any written or oral communication 
by any person outside the agency to any Commissioner or any member of a 
Commissioner's staff which imparts information or argument regarding 
prospective Commission action or potential action concerning:
    (1) Any candidate or committee applying for or participating in the 
public funding process, or
    (2) Any ongoing audit, or
    (3) Any pending litigation matter, or
    (4) Any pending rulemaking, or
    (5) Any pending advisory opinion request.
    (b) Ex parte communications does not include the following 
communications.
    (1) Statements by any person publicly made in a public forum; or
    (2) Statements or inquiries by any person limited to the procedural 
status of an open proceeding involving an application for public 
funding, a rulemaking, an advisory opinion request, an audit being 
conducted pursuant to 26 U.S.C. 9007 (a) and (b), 9008 (g) and (h), or 
9038 (a) and (b), or a litigation matter.
    (c) Commissioner means an individual appointed by the President to 
the Federal Election Commission pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437c(a).
    (d) Commissioner's staff means all individuals working under the 
personal supervision of a Commissioner including executive assistants 
and executive secretaries.