FEC approves three Notices of Disposition on petitions for rulemaking

WASHINGTON – At its open meeting today, the Federal Election Commission approved three Notices of Disposition in connection with petitions for rulemaking.

REG 2012-01 (Electioneering Communications Reporting) - Draft Notice of Disposition Prior to the meeting, on March 21, the Commission approved by tally vote the Notice of Disposition of a Petition for Rulemaking by the Center for Individual Freedom. The Commission decided not to initiate a rulemaking in response to the petition, which asked that the Commission revise two regulations on the reporting of electioneering communications, because the regulatory changes sought have already been implemented in a separate rulemaking.

REG 2015-04 (Citizens United II) - Draft Notice of Disposition The Commission approved a Notice of Disposition of two Petitions for Rulemaking by Makes Your Laws PAC, Inc. and Make Your Laws Advocacy, Inc. and Craig Holman and Public Citizen. The Petitions asked the Commission to revise existing regulations and issue new regulations concerning: (1) disclosure of certain financing information regarding independent expenditures and electioneering communications; (2) election-related spending by foreign nationals; (3) solicitations of corporate and labor organization employees and members; and (4) the independence of expenditures made by independent-expenditure-only political committees and accounts. Because there were not four affirmative votes in support of the Petitions, the Commission is not initiating a rulemaking.

REG 2014-09 (Federal Contractors) - Draft Notice of Disposition The Commission approved the Notice of Disposition of a Petition for Rulemaking by Public Citizen, which asked that the Commission amend its regulations regarding federal contractors to include certain factors for determining whether entities of the same corporate family are distinct business entities for purposes of the prohibition on contributions by federal contractors. Because there were not four affirmative votes in support of the petition, the Commission is not initiating a rulemaking.

Commissioner Shana M. Broussard issued a Statement on the Notices of Disposition in REG 2014-09 and REG 2015-04.