[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2871-2872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1184]



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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

11 CFR Parts 104 and 110

[Notice 2003-2]


BCRA Technical Corrections

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendments.

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SUMMARY: The Commission published technical amendments to its 
regulations on December 26, 2002, entitled ``BCRA Technical 
Amendments.'' These amendments became effective upon publication. 
However, some of the amendments changed regulations that were 
promulgated but had not become effective as of December 26, 2002, and 
therefore could not take effect. Thus, the Commission is re-
promulgating the technical amendments that did not take effect with the 
original BRCA technical amendments. Further information is provided in 
the supplementary information that follows.

EFFECTIVE DATES: The effective date for the revisions to 11 CFR 
104.3(d)(1), introductory text, is December 31, 2002. The effective 
date for revisions to 11 CFR 110.19(e) is January 1, 2003.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Commission promulgated a series of 
regulations to implement the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 
(``BCRA''), Public Law 107-155, 116 Stat. 81 (March 27, 2002).\1\ As 
part of that effort, the Commission recently published technical 
amendments to its regulations to correct obsolete citations and 
typographical errors. See BCRA Technical Amendments Final Rule, 67 FR 
78679 (Dec. 26, 2002). While these technical amendments became 
effective on December 26, 2002, the final rule amended sections that 
had been promulgated but had not yet been made effective as of that 
date. The affected sections are 11 CFR 104.3(d)(1) and 110.19(e). 
Additionally, the changes to the amendments to 11 CFR 113.1(g)(5) and 
(6), and 114.10(e) that were part of the BCRA Technical Amendments 
Final Rule will not be made because they are no longer necessary.\2\ 
Therefore, the Commission is publishing and establishing the correct 
effective dates for the revisions to 11 CFR 104.3(d)(1) and 110.19(e) 
in this final rule.
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    \1\ See the following rulemakings: Final Rules on Prohibited and 
Excessive Contributions: Non-Federal Funds or Soft, 67 FR 49064 
(July 29, 2002); Final Rules on Reorganization of Regulations on 
Contributions and Expenditures, 67 FR 50582 (Aug. 5, 2002); Final 
Rules on Corrdinated and Independent expenditures, 67 FR (Jan. 3, 
2003); Final Rules on Electioneering Communications, 67 FR 65212 
(October 23, 2002); Final Rules on Contribution Limitations and 
Prohibitions, 67 FR 69928 (Nov. 19, 2002).
    \2\ The appropriate changes to 11 CFR 113.1(g)(5) and (6), and 
114.10(e)(2) have already been made as part of the Final Rules on 
Disclaimers, Fraudulent Solicitation, Civil Penalties, and Personal 
Use of Campaign Funds, 67 FR 76962, 76979 (Dec. 13, 2002), and Final 
Rules on Electioneering Communications, 67 FR at 65212, 
respectively.
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    Because the amendments published herein are merely technical and 
nonsubstantive, they are not a substantive rule requiring notice and 
comment under Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 553. Under the 
``good cause'' exception in 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(3), these 
technical amendments do not need to wait the 30 days after publication 
in the Federal Register to become effective. Rather, the effective date 
for the revisions to 11 CFR 104.3(d)(1) is December 31, 2002; and the 
effective date for 11 CFR 110.19(e) is January 1, 2003.

Certification of No Effect Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 605(b) (Regulatory 
Flexibility Act)

    This final rule does not have a significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities. The amendments in this final rule 
are all technical and nonsubstantive in nature and do not have any 
economic impact on any entity subject to the underlying regulations.

List of Subjects

11 CFR Part 104

    Campaign funds, Political committees and parties, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

11 CFR Part 110

    Campaign funds, Political committees and parties.

    For the reasons set out in the preamble, subchapters A of chapter 1 
of title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations are amended as follows:

PART 104--REPORTS BY POLITICAL COMMITTEES (2 U.S.C. 434)

    1. The authority citation for part 104 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 2 U.S.C. 431(1), 431(8), 431(9), 432(i), 434, 
438(a)(8) and (b), and 439a.


Sec.  104.3  [Amended]

    2. In the table below, for each section indicated in the left 
column, remove the citation indicated in the middle column, and replace 
it with the citation indicated in the right column:

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                 Section                             Remove                               Add
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104.3(d)(1), introductory text..........  100.7(b)(11)...............  100.82(a) through (d).
104.3(d)(1), introductory text..........  100.8(b)(12)...............  100.142(a) through (d).
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PART 110--CONTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS

    3. The authority citation for part 110 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 2 U.S.C. 431(8), 431(9), 432(c)(2), 437d, 438(a)(8), 
441a, 441b, 441d, 441e, 441f, 441g, 441h and 441k.


Sec.  110.19  [Amended]

    4. In the table below, for each section indicated in the left 
column, remove the citation or phrase indicated in the middle column, 
and replace it with the citation or phrase indicated in the right 
column:

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                 Section                             Remove                               Add
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110.19(e) paragraph heading.............  maintain, finance..........  finance, maintain.
110.19(e)...............................  maintain, finance..........  finance, maintain.
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    Dated: January 14, 2003.
Ellen L. Weintraub,
Chair, Federal Election Commission.
[FR Doc. 03-1184 Filed 1-21-03; 8:45 am]
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