---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 200.2"
title: "11"
number: "200.2"
heading: "Procedural requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/200.2"
---

# §200.2. Procedural requirements.

- (a) Any interested person may file with the Commission a written petition for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a rule implementing any of the following statutes:
  - (1) The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, [52 U.S.C. 30101](/usc/52/30101.md) et seq.;
  - (2) The Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act, as amended, [26 U.S.C. 9001](/usc/26/9001.md) et seq.;
  - (3) The Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act, as amended, [26 U.S.C. 9031](/usc/26/9031.md) et seq.;
  - (4) The Freedom of Information Act, [5 U.S.C. 552](/usc/5/552.md); or
  - (5) **Any other law that the Commission is required to implement and administer.**
- (b) **The petition shall—**
  - (1) **Include the name and address of the petitioner or agent.** An authorized agent of the petitioner may submit the petition, but the agent shall disclose the identity of his or her principal;
  - (2) Identify itself as a petition for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of a rule;
  - (3) Identify the specific section(s) of the regulations to be affected;
  - (4) Set forth the factual and legal grounds on which the petitioner relies, in support of the proposed action; and
  - (5) Be addressed to the Office of General Counsel and filed pursuant to [11 CFR 100.19(g)](/cfr/11/100.19.md?p=g).
- (c) The petition may include draft regulatory language that would effectuate the petitioner's proposal.
- (d) The Commission may, in its discretion, treat a document that fails to conform to the format requirements of [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section as a basis for a sua sponte rulemaking. For example, the Commission may consider whether to initiate a rulemaking project addressing issues raised in an advisory opinion request submitted under [11 CFR 112.1](/cfr/11/112.1.md) or in a complaint filed under [11 CFR 111.4](/cfr/11/111.4.md). However, the Commission need not follow the procedures of [11 CFR 200.3](/cfr/11/200.3.md) in these instances.

## Notes

### Amendments

[57 FR 34510, Aug. 5, 1992, as amended at 79 FR 77849, Dec. 29, 2014; 82 FR 60854, Dec. 26, 2017; 89 FR 218, Jan. 2, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30107(a)(8), 30111(a)(8); 5 U.S.C. 553(e).

### Source

Source: 57 FR 34510, Aug. 5, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[57 FR 34510, Aug. 5, 1992, as amended at 79 FR 77849, Dec. 29, 2014; 82 FR 60854, Dec. 26, 2017; 89 FR 218, Jan. 2, 2024]