United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2006_register executive 2010-09-22 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c80f5736 D09002ee1c80f57a8 United States Federal Election Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Federal Election Commission is revising its regulations regarding communications that are coordinated with Federal candidates and political party committees. The Commission's rules set out a three- prong test for determining whether a communication is "coordinated" with, and therefore an in-kind contribution to, a Federal candidate or a political party committee. These final rules implement the recent decision of the Court of Appeals in Shays v. Federal Election Commission, in which the court determined that the Commission needs to provide a more complete explanation and justification for its rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. To comply with the court's decision, and to address other issues involving the coordinated communication rules, the Commission is issuing these Final Rules and Explanation and Justification. Further information is provided in the supplementary information that follows. 71 FR 33190 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2006-06-08/06-5195 06-5195 fr08jn06-7 6715-01-P Notice 2006-10 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2006-06-08/06-5195 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-06-08/html/06-5195.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-06-08/pdf/06-5195.pdf Elections Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements 22 p. 33190 33211 71 FR 33190 Title 11 Part 109 11 CFR Part 109 Coordinated Communications; Federal Register Vol. 71, Issue RULE 06-5195 FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION 2006-07-10 Notice 2006-10 6715-01-P 06-5195 Final rules and transmittal of rules to Congress.

The Federal Election Commission is revising its regulations regarding communications that are coordinated with Federal candidates and political party committees. The Commission's rules set out a three- prong test for determining whether a communication is "coordinated" with, and therefore an in-kind contribution to, a Federal candidate or a political party committee. These final rules implement the recent decision of the Court of Appeals in Shays v. Federal Election Commission, in which the court determined that the Commission needs to provide a more complete explanation and justification for its rules pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act. To comply with the court's decision, and to address other issues involving the coordinated communication rules, the Commission is issuing these Final Rules and Explanation and Justification. Further information is provided in the supplementary information that follows.

Effective July 10, 2006. Mr. Brad C. Deutsch, Assistant General Counsel, Mr. Ron B. Katwan, Ms. Margaret G. Perl, or Ms. Esa L. Sferra, Attorneys, 999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC 20463, (202) 694-1650 or (800) 424-9530. Elections Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements Coordinated and independent expenditures: Coordinated communications, abcnews.go.com/sections/us/WorldNewsTonight/battlegrounds_poll_040422.html http://nationaljournal.com/members/campaign/2004/swingstates/ http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-battleground04-print.html http://www.cookpolitical.com/column/2004/021704.php http://www.fec.gov/law/law_rulemakings.shtml#coordinated http://www.fec.gov/pdf/nprm/coord_commun/chart_20060407.pdf http://www.fec.gov/pdf/nprm/coord_commun/suppNPRMmaterials.shtml www.tnsmi-cmag.com Vol. 71, no. 110 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2006-06-08 continuing daily deposited born digital 238 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2006-06-08 P0b002ee18094672f 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr08jn06 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2006-06-08 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-06-08/pdf/FR-2006-06-08.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2006-06-08/xml/FR-2006-06-08.xml fdlp 33147 33373 DGPO 2010-09-22 2024-06-06 FR-2006-06-08 machine generated eng FR FR-2006-06-08 71 110