[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR400.20]

[Page 269]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 400_INCREASED LIMITS FOR CANDIDATES OPPOSING SELF-FINANCED 
CANDIDATES--Table of Contents
 
            Subpart B_Notification and Reporting Requirements
 
Sec.  400.20   Declaration of intent.


    (a) Senate and House of Representatives. (1) When and where filed. 
Within 15 days of becoming candidate, the candidate must file a 
Declaration of Intent with the Commission and with each opposing 
candidate.
    (2) Contents of declaration. The Declaration of Intent must state 
the total amount of expenditures from personal funds that the candidate 
intends to make with respect to the election that will exceed the 
threshold amount as defined in 11 CFR 400.9. A candidate who does not 
intend to make expenditures from personal funds that will exceed the 
threshold amount as defined in 11 CFR 400.9 may state the amount as $0.
    (b) Methods of filing--(1) Senate. Declarations of Intent must be 
noted on the candidate's Statement of Candidacy, FEC Form 2. (See 11 CFR 
101.1.) The candidate must send a copy of his or her Statement of 
Candidacy to the Commission using a facsimile machine or electronic mail 
in addition to filing his or her official copy of the Statement of 
Candidacy on paper with the Secretary of the Senate. The candidate must 
send by facsimile machine or electronically mail his or her FEC Form 2 
or the information required therein by 11 CFR 101.1, including the 
amount by which the candidate intends to exceed the threshold amount, to 
each opposing candidate.
    (2) House of Representatives. Declarations of Intent must be noted 
on the candidate's Statement of Candidacy, FEC Form 2. (See 11 CFR 
101.1.) FEC Form 2 must be filed electronically in accordance with 11 
CFR 104.18 if the candidate intends to exceed the threshold amount 
defined in 11 CFR 400.9(b). Candidates must send by facsimile machine or 
electronically mail his or her FEC Form 2 or the information required 
therein by 11 CFR 101.1, including the amount by which he or she intends 
to exceed the threshold amount, to each opposing candidate.