{"abstract":"The Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2000, amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (hereinafter \"the Act\" or \"FECA\") to permit the Federal Election Commission to impose civil money penalties for violations of the reporting requirements of the FECA that occur between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2001. The amendments are intended to expedite and streamline the Commission's enforcement procedures. The Commission is proposing amendments to its compliance procedure regulations to implement the new program. Please note that the proposed rules that follow do not represent a final decision by the Commission on the issues presented by this rulemaking. Further information is provided in the supplementary information that follows.","action":"Notice of proposed rulemaking.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION","name":"Federal Election Commission","id":165,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/federal-election-commission","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/165","parent_id":null,"slug":"federal-election-commission"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2000/03/29/00-7618.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":104,"title":11},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":111,"title":11}],"citation":"65 FR 16534","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2000-04-28","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments must be received on or before April 28, 2000.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["Notice 2000-6"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"00-7618","effective_on":null,"end_page":16541,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2000/03/29/00-7618.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2000/03/29/00-7618/administrative-fines","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/00-7618?publication_date=2000-03-29","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2000-03-29/00-7618/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":8,"page_views":{"count":32,"last_updated":"2026-08-25 02:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-03-29/pdf/00-7618.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2000-03-29","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2000/03/29/00-7618.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":16534,"subtype":null,"title":"Administrative Fines","toc_doc":null,"toc_subject":null,"topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Campaign funds","Elections","Law enforcement","Political committees and parties","Reporting and recordkeeping requirements"],"type":"Proposed Rule","volume":65}