A semi-annual report is required only if the committee exceeded the reporting threshold for bundled contributions during that specific semi-annual period. However, if the threshold has not been exceeded during that particular semi-annual period, a semi-annual report is not required.
The covered period for reporting committees that file reports on a quarterly schedule in an election year includes the semi-annual periods above and also the calendar quarters beginning on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1, as well as the pre-and post-election reporting periods including runoff or special elections , if applicable.
Authorized committees of House and Senate candidates have the same quarterly covered period for a non-election year as in an election year. However, leadership PACs or party committees that file quarterly in an election year file campaign finance reports semi-annually in a non-election year.
Therefore, in a non-election year, these reporting committees must file Form 3L only for the semi-annual covered periods and any pre- and post-special election reporting periods, if applicable. For reporting committees that file normal disclosure reports on a monthly basis, the covered periods include the semi-annual periods above and each month in the calendar year, except that in election years they file for the pre- and post-general election reporting periods in lieu of the November and December reports.
Alternatively, monthly filers may choose to file lobbyist bundling reports on a quarterly basis, provided that they notify the Commission in writing of its intention to do so. The reporting committee may change its filing frequency no more than once per calendar year. Committees that receive earmarked contributions through a conduit are still required to report such conduit activity on their regularly scheduled FEC report.
AO Covered period for national party committee that wishes to file its lobbyist bundling disclosure reports on a quarterly basis. In , with the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, also known as "McCain-Feingold", which prohibited corporate and union expenditures on electioneering communications, bundling became an increasingly popular method of campaign fundraising.
Despite the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court decision that overturned the section of McCain-Feingold banning corporate and union expenditures, the use of bundling has continued to increase.
The Federal Election Commission requires candidate and party committees to report when they receive bundled checks from a lobbyist if there are two or more checks that, in total, exceed the "reporting threshold" for a reporting period. That threshold is annually indexed for inflation by the FEC. The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Bundling campaign finance.
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