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36 Rec. 1 (2010)

handle is hein.usfed/fecrecd0036 and id is 1 raw text is: January 2010 Federal Election Commission Volume 36, Number 1 Commission 1 FEC Elects Chairman and Vice Chair for 2010 Regulations 1 Final Rules on Campaign Travel 5 NPRM on Candidates' and Officeholders' Participation in Party Fundraising Reports 8 Reports Due in 2010 12 Florida Special Election Reporting: 19th District Outreach 14 New Orleans Regional Conference for Campaigns, Party Committees and Corporate/Labor/Trade PACs 14 Year-End Reporting Roundtable 15 Roundtable on New Travel Rules 15 Advisory Opinions 15 Index FEC Elects Chairman and Vice Chair for 2010 On December 17, 2009, the Com- mission unanimously elected Mat- thew S. Petersen as Chairman and Cynthia L. Bauerly as Vice Chair for 2010. Commissioners Petersen and Bauerly were nominated to the Commission by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on June 24, 2008. Chairman Petersen served as Republican chief counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration from 2005 until his appointment to the Commission. In this capacity, he provided counsel on issues relating to federal campaign finance and election administration laws as well as the Standing Rules of the Senate. Chairman Petersen previously served as counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on House Administration. During his tenure, Chairman Petersen was extensively involved in crafting the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (HAVA) and the House-Senate nego- tiations that culminated in HAVA's passage. From 1999 to 2002, he specialized in election and campaign finance law at the law firm of Wiley Rein LLP in Washington, D.C. (continued on page 2) Final Rules on Campaign Travel On November 19, 2009, the Com- mission approved final rules imple- menting provisions of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 (HLOGA) relating to travel on non-commercial aircraft in connection with federal elections. General Rule HLOGA amended the Federal Election Campaign Act (the Act) to prohibit candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, their authorized committees and their leadership PACs1 from making any expenditure for non-commercial air travel, with an exception for travel on government aircraft and on air- craft owned or leased by a candidate or an immediate family member of the candidate. 2 U.S.C. §439a(c)(2) and (3). HLOGA also specified new reimbursement rates that Senate, (continued on page 2) 'HLOGA and Commission regulations define leadership PAC as apolitical committee that is directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained or controlled by a federal candidate or federal officeholder but which is not a candidate's authorized committee or a political party committee. 2 U.S.C. §434(i)(8)(B) and 11 CFR 100.5(e)(6).

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