[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 11, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2008] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 11CFR201.1] [Page 249-250] TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION PART 201_EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS--Table of Contents Sec. 201.1 Purpose and scope. Sec. 201.1 Purpose and scope. 201.2 Definitions. 201.3 Public funding, audits and litigation: Ex parte contacts prohibited. 201.4 Rulemaking proceedings and advisory opinions: Ex parte contacts reported. 201.5 Sanctions. Authority: 2 U.S.C. 437d(a)(8), 437f, 438(a)(8), 438(b); 26 U.S.C. 9007, 9008, 9009(b), 9038, 9039(b). [[Page 250]] Source: 58 FR 59645, Nov. 10, 1993, unless otherwise noted. This part prescribes procedures for handling ex parte communications made in connection with public funding, Commission audits, litigation, rulemaking proceedings and the advisory opinion process. Rules governing such communications made in connection with Commission enforcement actions are found at 11 CFR 111.22, while provisions setting forth employee responsibilities under the Commission's Standards of Conduct rules are found at 11 CFR 7.15.