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The Federal Election Commission and Implementation of Campaign Finance Laws
Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations ![]()
Current Rules
When Congress passed the campaign finance laws (follow the link for a breakdown of those laws), it gave the Federal Election Commission the authority to issue regulations implementing these laws. These regulations are set out in Title 11 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The regulations contain more specific rules and procedures for satisfying the requirements of the law. The Regulations are broken down into parts: Parts 1 - 8 contain the Commission's administrative regulations implementing the Privacy Act, the Government in the Sunshine Act, the Freedom of Information Act, and other administrative laws; Parts 100 - 400 implement the Federal Election Campaign Act, as amended, and apply to all federal candidates and elections, including Presidential candidates and elections. These parts contain most of the rules that apply to federal election activity; Parts 9001 - 9012 implement the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act, and apply to Presidential general election candidates who receive public funding; Parts 9031 - 9039 implement the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act, and apply to Presidential primary election candidates who receive public funding; All FEC Rulemakings FEC Watch closely monitors the rulemakings conducted by the Federal Election Commission. We provide instant access to the FEC's rulemaking notices in portable document format (no need to wait for the GPO web site). The table below lists the rulemakings for which FEC notices are currently available. Click on the name of the rulemaking to read a summary of the rulemaking or access the rulemaking documents. Use the buttons on the left to view a table listing the active, inactive, completed and closed rulemakings FEC Watch is also developing summaries of selected FEC rulemakings dating back to 1996, and will be making these summaries available through the table below as they are completed. Federal Election Campaign Laws Title 11 - Code of Federal Regulations Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 Express Advocacy |