(a) The name of each authorized committee shall include the name of the candidate who authorized such committee. Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, no unauthorized committee shall include the name of any candidate in its name. For purposes of this paragraph, “name” includes any name under which a committee conducts activities, such as solicitations or other communications, including a special project name or other designation.
(b)(1) A delegate committee, as defined at 11 CFR 100.5(e)(5), shall include the word delegate(s) in its name and may also include in its name the name of the presidential candidate which the delegate committee supports.
(2) A political committee established solely to draft an individual or to encourage him or her to become a candidate may include the name of such individual in the name of the committee provided the committee's name clearly indicates that it is a draft committee.
(3) An unauthorized political committee may include the name of a candidate in the title of a special project name or other communication if the title clearly and unambiguously shows opposition to the named candidate.
(c) The name of a separate segregated fund established pursuant to 11 CFR 102.1(c) shall include the full name of its connected organization. Such fund may also use a clearly recognized abbreviation or acronym by which the connected organization is commonly known. Both the full name and such abbreviation or acronym shall be included on the fund's Statement of Organization, on all reports filed by the fund, and in all notices required by 11 CFR 109.11 and 110.11. The fund may make contributions using its acronym or abbreviated name. A fund established by a corporation which has a number of subsidiaries need not include the name of each subsidiary in its name. Similarly, a separate segregated fund established by a subsidiary need not include in its name the name of its parent or another subsidiary of its parent.
[45 FR 15104, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 45 FR 21209, Apr. 1, 1980; 57 FR 31426, July 15, 1992; 59 FR 17269, Apr. 12, 1994; 59 FR 35785, July 13, 1994; 67 FR 78680, Dec. 26, 2002]
Notes of Decisions
Pursuing Am.'s Greatness v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 831 F.3d 500 (D.C. Cir. 2016).
· cites it 4× “11 C.F.R. § 102.14 (a) (extending FECA’s naming requirements to “any name under which a committee conducts activities, such as solicitations or other communications, including a special project name”).”
Common Cause v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 842 F.2d 436 (D.C. Cir. 1988).
· cites it 2× “11 C.F.R. § 102.14 (a) (1987). . The money raised by the fundraising projects was deposited in the accounts of the sponsoring political committees and all of the projects’ financial activities were reported in disclosures filed by the committees under their official names.”
Jerome Dewald v. Gene Wriggelsworth, 748 F.3d 295 (6th Cir. 2014).
· cites it 2× “§§ 432 (b)(4), 441d(a)(3), and 438(a)(4) as well as 11 C.F.R. §§ 102.14 (a), 110.11, and 104.”
Pursuing Am.'s Greatness v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 363 F. Supp. 3d 94 (D.C. Cir. 2019).
· cites it 7× “CHUTKAN, United States District Judge On October 12, 2016, this court issued a preliminary injunction enjoining Defendant Federal Election Commission ("FEC") from enforcing 11 C.F.R. § 102.14 (a) against Plaintiff Pursuing America's Greatness ("PAG") "in connection with its…”
STOP Hillary PAC v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 166 F. Supp. 3d 643 (E.D. Va. 2015).
· cites it 5× “11 C.F.R. § 102.14 (a)-(b) (1980). The purpose of § 30102(e)(4), including its Name Prohibition, is simple: to alleviate the constant public confusion surrounding Political Action Committees (“PACs”).”
Pursuing Am.'s Greatness v. Fed. Election Comm'n (D.D.C. 2019).
· cites it 5× “14 (a) against Plaintiff Pursuing America’s Greatness (“PAG”) “in connection with its ownership and operation of certain websites, none of which will solicit contributions or otherwise conduct fundraising activities.” ECF No. 31. Section 102.14(a) prohibits unauthorized…”
Doctors for a Healthy Montana v. Fox (D. Mont. 2020).
“Circuit addressed 11 C.F.R. § 102.14 , which extends § 30102(e)(4)’s ground rules to “any name under which a committee conducts activities, such as solicitations or other communications, including a special project name or other designation.”
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Common Cause v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 842 F.2d 436 (D.C. Cir. 1988).
“11 C.F.R. § 102.14 (a) (1987). . The money raised by the fundraising projects was deposited in the accounts of the sponsoring political committees and all of the projects’ financial activities were reported in disclosures filed by the committees under their official names.”
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