[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2009]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR104.21]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 104_REPORTS BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES AND OTHER PERSONS 
(2 U.S.C. 434)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 104.21  Reporting by inaugural committees.

    (a) Definitions--(1) Inaugural committee. Inaugural committee means 
the committee appointed by the President-elect to be in charge of the 
Presidential inaugural ceremony and functions and activities connected 
with the inaugural ceremony.
    (2) Donation. For purposes of this section, donation has the same 
meaning as in 11 CFR 300.2(e).
    (b) Initial letter-filing by inaugural committees. (1) In order to 
be considered the inaugural committee under 36 U.S.C. Chapter 5, within 
15 days of appointment by the President-elect, the appointed committee 
must file a signed letter with the Commission containing the following:
    (i) The name and address of the inaugural committee;
    (ii) The name of the chairperson, or the name and title of another 
officer who will serve as the point of contact; and
    (iii) A statement agreeing to comply with paragraphs (c) and (d) of 
this section and with 11 CFR 110.20(j).
    (2) Upon receipt of the letter filed under this paragraph (b), the 
Commission will assign a FEC committee identification number to the 
inaugural committee. The inaugural committee must include this FEC 
committee identification number on all reports and supplements thereto 
required under paragraph (c) of this section, as well as on all 
communications with the Commission concerning the letter filed under 
this paragraph (b).
    (c) Reporting requirements for inaugural committees--(1) Who must 
report. The chairperson or other officer identified in the letter-filing 
required by paragraph (b) of this section must file a report and any 
supplements thereto as required by this paragraph (c). Such person must 
sign the report and any supplements thereto in accordance with 11 CFR 
104.14(a). The signature on the report and any supplements thereto 
certifies that the contents are true, correct, and complete, to the best 
of knowledge of the chairperson or other officer identified in the 
letter-filing required by paragraph (b) of this section.
    (2) When to file. A report, and any supplements thereto, must be 
timely

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filed in accordance with 11 CFR 100.19 as follows:
    (i) Report. An inaugural committee must file a report with the 
Commission no later than the 90th day following the date on which the 
Presidential inaugural ceremony is held.
    (ii) Supplements to the report. (A) An inaugural committee must file 
a supplement to its report if it accepts a reportable donation, or makes 
a refund during the 90 days following the end of the covering period of 
its original report or its most recent supplement.
    (B) Any supplement must be filed no later than the 90th day 
following the filing date of an original report, or if a supplement has 
already been filed, the filing date of the most recent supplement.
    (3) Where to file. All letters, reports, and any supplements 
thereto, as required under this section, shall be filed with the Federal 
Election Commission, 999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20463.
    (4) How to file. An inaugural committee must file its letter, 
report, and any supplements thereto, in original form; however, an 
inaugural committee may choose to file its reports in an electronic 
format that meets the requirements of 11 CFR 104.18.
    (5) Form. An inaugural committee must file the report required by 
this paragraph on FEC Form 13.
    (6) Content of report. Each report, and any supplements thereto, 
filed with the Commission under this section must contain the following:
    (i) Covering period beginning and ending dates, as follows:
    (A) The covering period of a report means the period of time 
beginning on the date of the inaugural committee's appointment by the 
President-elect and ending no earlier than 15 days before the day on 
which the inaugural committee files its report with the Commission.
    (B) The covering period of a supplement to the report means the 
period of time beginning on the day after the ending date of the 
covering period of the original report, or the most recent supplement 
thereto, and ending no earlier than 15 days before the day on which the 
inaugural committee files such supplement with the Commission.
    (ii) Cumulative totals from the date of the inaugural committee's 
appointment by the President-elect for all:
    (A) Donations reported under paragraph (c)(6)(iii) of this section;
    (B) Refunds reported under paragraph (c)(6)(iv) of this section; and
    (C) Net reported donations;
    (iii) Itemization of previously unreported donations of $200 or 
more, and donations that aggregate $200 or more, including:
    (A) The full name of each person who made such a donation, including 
first name, middle name or initial, if available, and last name, in the 
case of an individual;
    (B) The address of each such person;
    (C) The amount of each such donation; and
    (D) The date of receipt of each such donation; and
    (iv) Itemization of previously unreported refunds of previously, or 
contemporaneously, reported donations, including:
    (A) The full name of each person to whom such a refund was made, 
including first name, middle name or initial, if available, and last 
name, in the case of an individual;
    (B) The address of each such person;
    (C) The amount of each such refund; and
    (D) The date of each such refund.
    (d) Recordkeeping. All inaugural committees must maintain records in 
accordance with 11 CFR 104.14.

[69 FR 59779, Oct. 6, 2004]