---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 104.2"
title: "11"
number: "104.2"
heading: "Forms."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/104.2"
---

# §104.2. Forms.

- (a) Each report filed by a political committee under [11 CFR part 104](/cfr/11/part104.md) shall be filed on the appropriate FEC form as set forth below at [11 CFR 104.2(e)](#e).
- (b) Forms may be obtained from the Federal Election Commission at https://www.fec.gov/help-candidates-and-committees/forms/.
- (c) A committee may reproduce FEC forms for its own use provided they are not reduced in size.
- (d) With prior approval of the Commission a committee may use, for reporting purposes, computer produced schedules of itemized receipts and disbursements provided they are reduced to the size of FEC forms. The committee shall submit a sample of the proposed format with its request for approval.
- (e) The following forms shall be used by the indicated type of reporting committee:
  - (1) **Presidential committees.** The authorized committees of a candidate for President or Vice President shall file on FEC Form 3-P.
  - (2) **Congressional candidate committees.** The authorized committees of a candidate for the Senate or the House of Representatives shall file on FEC Form 3.
  - (3) **Political Committees Other than Authorized Committees.** Political committees other than authorized committees shall file reports on FEC Form 3-X.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 15108, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 45 FR 21209, Apr. 1, 1980; 50 FR 50778, Dec. 12, 1985; 82 FR 60853, Dec. 26, 2017; 86 FR 72784, Dec. 23, 2021; 89 FR 216, Jan. 2, 2024]

### 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.

### Amendments

[45 FR 15108, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 45 FR 21209, Apr. 1, 1980; 50 FR 50778, Dec. 12, 1985; 82 FR 60853, Dec. 26, 2017; 86 FR 72784, Dec. 23, 2021; 89 FR 216, Jan. 2, 2024]