[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 78959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32711]


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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

11 CFR Part 110

[Notice 2002-30]


Contribution Limitations and Prohibitions: Delay of Effective 
Date and Correction

AGENCY:  Federal Election Commission.

ACTION:  Final rule; delay of effective date and correction.

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SUMMARY:  The Federal Election Commission is publishing a correction to 
the final rules governing contributions limitations and prohibitions 
that were published in the Federal Register on November 19, 2002 (67 FR 
69928). The correction: (1) Changes the effective date for revised 11 
CFR 110.9 from January 1 to January 13, 2003; and (2) deletes the word 
``authorized'' in referencing political committees in regulations 
pertaining to reattribution of contributions.

DATES:  As of December 27, 2002, the effective date of 11 CFR 110.9 
that was revised on November 19, 2002 (67 FR 69928) is delayed until 
January 13, 2002. The effective date of the correction to 11 CFR 
110.1(k)(3)(ii) is January 1, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Mai T. Dinh, Acting Assistant 
General Counsel, 999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20463, (202) 694-
1650 or (800) 424-9530.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Federal Election Commission published in 
the Federal Register on November 19, 2002, final rules implementing 
amendments made by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 
(``BCRA'') to the contribution limitations and prohibitions of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended (``FECA'') (67 FR 
69928). These final rules were published with a January 1, 2003 
effective date. Among other things, the final rules revised 11 CFR 
110.9 so that it now addresses only violations of the contributions and 
expenditure limitations rather than four miscellaneous topics, 
including fraudulent misrepresentation. The general fraudulent 
misrepresentation provision formerly found at 11 CFR 110.9(b) was moved 
to new 11 CFR 110.16(a) in another BCRA rulemaking entitled 
``Disclaimers, Fraudulent Solicitation, Civil Penalties, and Personal 
Use of Campaign Funds.'' The Commission had anticipated that the 
effective dates for the ``Contribution Limitations and Prohibitions'' 
and ``Disclaimers, Fraudulent Solicitation, Civil Penalties, and 
Personal Use of Campaign Funds'' rulemaking projects would be January 
1, 2003. However, due to scheduling changes, the effective date for 
``Disclaimers, Fraudulent Solicitation, Civil Penalties, and Personal 
Use of Campaign Funds'' is now January 13, 2002. Consequently, this 
correction delays the effective date for the final rules at 11 CFR 
110.9 to January 13, 2003. The effective date remains January 1, 2003 
for all other final rules governing contribution limitations and 
prohibitions that were published in the Federal Register on November 
19, 2002.
    The final rules published on November 19, 2002 also addressed the 
procedure governing the reattribution of excessive contributions from 
one contributor to another in 11 CFR 110.1(k). The final rules at 11 
CFR 110.1(k)(3)(ii)(A)(1) and 110.1(k)(3)(ii)(B)(2), which describe 
steps a recipient political committee must take when reattributing 
excessive contributions from one contributor to another, inadvertently 
included the word ``authorized'' before the phrase ``political 
committee.'' As made clear in the Explanation and Justification 
accompanying the final rules, the reattribution procedure is available 
to all political committees, not just authorized committees. See 67 FR 
69932. Thus, this correction deletes the word ``authorized'' in 11 CFR 
110.1(k)(3)(ii)(A)(1) and 110.1(k)(3)(ii)(B)(2).

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication of final regulations on November 19, 
2002 (67 FR 69928), which were the subject of FR Doc. 2002-00022, is 
corrected as follows:
    On page 69948, in the first and second columns, respectively, 
remove ``authorized'' from 11 CFR 110.1(k)(3)(ii)(A)(1) and 
110.1(k)(3)(ii)(B)(2).

    Dated: December 23, 2002.
Ellen L. Weintraub,
Vice Chair, Federal Election Commission.
[FR Doc. 02-32711 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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