[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2009]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR102.14]

[Page 95]
 
                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 102_REGISTRATION, ORGANIZATION, AND RECORDKEEPING BY POLITICAL 
COMMITTEES (2 U.S.C. 433)--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 102.14  Names of political committees (2 U.S.C. 432(e) (4) and (5)).

    (a) The name of each authorized committee shall include the name of 
the candidate who authorized such committee. Except as provided in 
paragraph (b) of this section, no unauthorized committee shall include 
the name of any candidate in its name. For purposes of this paragraph, 
``name'' includes any name under which a committee conducts activities, 
such as solicitations or other communications, including a special 
project name or other designation.
    (b)(1) A delegate committee, as defined at 11 CFR 100.5(e)(5), shall 
include the word delegate(s) in its name and may also include in its 
name the name of the presidential candidate which the delegate committee 
supports.
    (2) A political committee established solely to draft an individual 
or to encourage him or her to become a candidate may include the name of 
such individual in the name of the committee provided the committee's 
name clearly indicates that it is a draft committee.
    (3) An unauthorized political committee may include the name of a 
candidate in the title of a special project name or other communication 
if the title clearly and unambiguously shows opposition to the named 
candidate.
    (c) The name of a separate segregated fund established pursuant to 
11 CFR 102.1(c) shall include the full name of its connected 
organization. Such fund may also use a clearly recognized abbreviation 
or acronym by which the connected organization is commonly known. Both 
the full name and such abbreviation or acronym shall be included on the 
fund's Statement of Organization, on all reports filed by the fund, and 
in all notices required by 11 CFR 109.11 and 110.11. The fund may make 
contributions using its acronym or abbreviated name. A fund established 
by a corporation which has a number of subsidiaries need not include the 
name of each subsidiary in its name. Similarly, a separate segregated 
fund established by a subsidiary need not include in its name the name 
of its parent or another subsidiary of its parent.

[45 FR 15104, Mar. 7, 1980, as amended at 45 FR 21209, Apr. 1, 1980; 57 
FR 31426, July 15, 1992; 59 FR 17269, Apr. 12, 1994; 59 FR 35785, July 
13, 1994; 67 FR 78680, Dec. 26, 2002]