---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 104.1"
title: "11"
number: "104.1"
heading: "Scope (52 U.S.C. 30104(a))."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/104.1"
---

# §104.1. Scope (52 U.S.C. 30104(a)).

- (a) **Who must report.** Each treasurer of a political committee required to register under [11 CFR part 102](/cfr/11/part102.md) shall report in accordance with [11 CFR part 104](/cfr/11/part104.md).
- (b) **Who may report.** An individual seeking federal office who has not attained candidate status under [11 CFR 100.3](/cfr/11/100.3.md), the committee of such an individual or any other committee may voluntarily register and report in accordance with 11 CFR parts [102](/cfr/11/part102.md) and [104](/cfr/11/part104.md). An individual shall not become a candidate solely by voluntarily filing a report, nor shall such individual, the individual's committee, nor any other committee be required to file all reports under [11 CFR 104.5](/cfr/11/104.5.md), unless the individual becomes a candidate under [11 CFR 100.3](/cfr/11/100.3.md) or unless the committee becomes a political committee under [11 CFR 100.5](/cfr/11/100.5.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30101(1), 30101(8), 30101(9), 30102(f), (g), and (i), 30104, 30111(a)(8) and (b), 30114, and 30116 and 36 U.S.C. 510.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 15108, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted.