{"abstract":"The Commission is amending its administrative fines regulations to reduce the civil money penalties for political committees with less than $50,000 in financial activity in a reporting period that file reports late or that do not file them at all. The revised rules create two additional levels-of-activity brackets for such committees to make further distinctions in the amount of the civil money penalty assessed. The amendments also change the method for calculating the \"level of activity\" on which civil money penalties are based for unauthorized committees by excluding certain non-Federal activity from the calculation. Additionally, these amended rules: clarify how late filers and non-filers will be notified of reason-to- believe findings, final determinations and other actions; and clarify the factors that will not be considered \"extraordinary circumstances\" when findings or penalties are challenged. Further information is provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION that follows.","action":"Final rules and transmittal of regulations to Congress.","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/2003/03/17/03-5957.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":111,"title":11}],"citation":"68 FR 12572","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"April 16, 2003.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["NOTICE 2003-6"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"03-5957","effective_on":null,"end_page":12580,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2003/03/17/03-5957.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/03/17/03-5957/administrative-fines","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/03-5957?publication_date=2003-03-17","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2003-03-17/03-5957/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":9,"page_views":{"count":40,"last_updated":"2026-07-26 08:15:03 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2003-03-17/pdf/03-5957.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2003-03-17","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2003/03/17/03-5957.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":12572,"subtype":null,"title":"Administrative Fines","toc_doc":"Administrative fines; civil money penalties reduction for political committees that file reports late or not at all","toc_subject":"Compliance procedures:","topics":["Administrative practice and procedure","Elections","Law enforcement"],"type":"Rule","volume":68}