11 CFR § 111.42 - Will the enforcement file be made available to the public?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t11/s111.42"
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title: "11 CFR § 111.42 - Will the enforcement file be made available to the public?"
title_number: 11
title_name: "Federal Elections"
section_number: "111.42"
section_name: "Will the enforcement file be made available to the public?"
chapter_name: "FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "111"
part_name: "COMPLIANCE PROCEDURE (52 U.S.C. 30109, 30107(a))"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "52 U.S.C. 30102(i), 30109, 30107(a), 30111(a)(8); 28 U.S.C. 2461 note; 31 U.S.C. 3701, 3711, 3716-3719, and 3720A, as amended; 31 CFR parts 285 and 900-904."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 15120, Mar. 7, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 111.42 Will the enforcement file be made available to the public?

(a) Yes; the Commission shall make the enforcement file available to the public.

(b) If neither the Commission nor the respondent commences a civil action, the Commission shall make the enforcement file available to the public pursuant to 11 CFR 4.4(a)(3).

(c) If a civil action is commenced, the Commission shall make the enforcement file available pursuant to 11 CFR 111.20(c).