C.F.R. » Title 11 » CHAPTER I—FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION › SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL › PART 109—COORDINATED AND INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES (52 U.S.C. 30101(17), 30116(a) AND (d), AND PUB. L. 107-155 SEC. 214(C)) › Subpart C—Coordination

11 C.F.R. § 109.20

What does “coordinated” mean?

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(a) Coordinated means made in cooperation, consultation or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, a candidate, a candidate's authorized committee, or a political party committee. For purposes of this subpart C, any reference to a candidate, or a candidate's authorized committee, or a political party committee includes an agent thereof.

(b) Any expenditure that is coordinated within the meaning of paragraph (a) of this section, but that is not made for a coordinated communication under 11 CFR 109.21 or a party coordinated communication under 11 CFR 109.37, is either an in-kind contribution to, or a coordinated party expenditure with respect to, the candidate or political party committee with whom or with which it was coordinated and must be reported as an expenditure made by that candidate or political party committee, unless otherwise exempted under 11 CFR part 100, subparts C or E.

[68 FR 451, Jan. 3, 2003, as amended at 71 FR 33208, June 8, 2006]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 2006–2024 · leading case: Campaign Legal Ctr. v. FEC, 106 F.4th 1175 (D.C. Cir. 2024).
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Campaign Legal Ctr. v. FEC, 106 F.4th 1175 (D.C. Cir. 2024). · cites it 5× “§ 30116(7)(B)(i); 11 C.F.R. §§ 109.20 (b), 109.21. So is the estimated “usual and normal value” of any coordinated gift to the same effect, even if, for example, it was given by a media owner who did not have to shell out money to provide it.”
Campaign Legal Ctr. v. FEC, 31 F.4th 781 (D.C. Cir. 2022). “” 11 C.F.R. § 109.20 . Coordinated expenditures are necessarily in-kind contributions, rather than direct monetary payments.”
Rutt v. Poudre Educ. Ass'n, 151 P.3d 585 (Colo. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “See 11 C.F.R. §§ 109.20 ,109.21 (2006). Rutt argues: [I]n enacting [the Amendment], Colorado voters specifically intended to rely on federal law as a guide to the ban on labor organization contributions.”
Cao v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 688 F. Supp. 2d 498 (E.D. La. 2010). “11 C.F.R. §§ 109.20 , 109.37; see also 2 U.”
Campaign Legal Ctr. v. Fed. Election Comm'n (D.D.C. 2022). · cites it 2× “§ 30116 (a)(7)(B)(i); 11 C.F.R. § 109.20 . So, too, with staff salaries.”
Campaign Legal Ctr. v. Fed. Election Comm'n (D.D.C. 2020). “§ 30116 (a)(7)(B)(i); see 11 C.F.R. § 109.20 (a) (same). By doing so, it “prevent[s] attempts to circumvent the Act through .”
Nrsc v. Fec (6th Cir. 2024). “” 11 C.F.R. § 109.20 . A party committee may not exceed certain coordinated expense thresholds based on a candidate’s state, the office sought, voting-age population, and inflation.”
Nrsc v. Fec (6th Cir. 2024). “” 11 C.F.R. § 109.20 . A party committee may not exceed certain coordinated expense thresholds based on a candidate’s state, the office sought, voting-age population, and inflation.”
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