---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 104.6"
title: "11"
number: "104.6"
heading: "Form and content of internal communications reports (52 U.S.C. 30101(9)(B)(iii))."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/104.6"
---

# §104.6. Form and content of internal communications reports (52 U.S.C. 30101(9)(B)(iii)).

- (a) **Form.** Every membership organization or corporation which makes disbursements for communications pursuant to 11 CFR [100.134(a)](/cfr/11/100.134.md?p=a) and [114.3](/cfr/11/114.3.md) shall report to the Commission on FEC Form 7 such costs which are directly attributable to any communication expressly advocating the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate (other than a communication primarily devoted to subjects other than the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate), if such costs exceed $2,000 for any election.
  - (1) For the purposes of [11 CFR 104.6(a)](#a), election means two separate processes in a calendar year, to each of which the $2,000 threshold described above applies separately. The first process is comprised of all primary elections for federal office, wherever and whenever held; the second process is comprised of all general elections for federal office, wherever and whenever held.
  - (2) The term election shall also include each special election held to fill a vacancy in a Federal office ([11 CFR 100.2(f)](/cfr/11/100.2.md?p=f)) or each runoff election ([11 CFR 100.2(d)](/cfr/11/100.2.md?p=d)).
- (b) **Filing dates.** Organizations required to report under [11 CFR 104.6(a)](#a) shall file such reports during a calendar year in which a regularly scheduled general election is held. Such reports shall be filed quarterly in accordance with [11 CFR 104.5(a)(1)](/cfr/11/104.5.md?p=a-1) and, with respect to any general election, in accordance with [11 CFR 104.5(a)(2)(i)](/cfr/11/104.5.md?p=a-2-i). The organization shall be required to file reports beginning with the first reporting period during which the aggregate cost for such communications exceeds $2,000 per election as defined in [11 CFR 104.6(a)(1)](#a-1), and for each quarter thereafter in which the organization makes additional disbursements in connection with the same election.
- (c) Each report filed under 11 CFR 104.6 shall include, for each communication:
  - (1) The type of communication (such as direct mail or telephone);
  - (2) The date(s) of the communication;
  - (3) The name of the candidate, the office sought (and the district and state of the office, if applicable), and whether the communication was for the primary or general election;
  - (4) Whether the communication was in support of or in opposition to, a particular candidate; and
  - (5) **The cost of the communication.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 15108, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 67 FR 78680, Dec. 26, 2002; 79 FR 16663, Mar. 26, 2014; 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 67 FR 78680, Dec. 26, 2002; 79 FR 16663, Mar. 26, 2014; 89 FR 216, Jan. 2, 2024]