March 17, 2016 Ms. Jill Sugarman Sr. Campaign Finance & Reviewing Analyst Reports Analysis Division Federal Election Commission 999 E Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20463 Dear Ms. Sugarman: This FEC Form 99 is filed by Bernie 2016 (FEC ID No. C00577130) (the ?Committee?) in response to your Request for Additional Information dated February 11, 2016, regarding the Committee?s 2015 Year End FEC Report (10/01/2015 ? 12/31/2015) (the ?Report?). Item 1. The Committee is preparing and filing an amended Report in which the totals listed on Line(s) 21, 22, 23, 28(a), 28(d) and 30, Column B-P of the Detailed Summary Page(s) have been corrected to reflect the election cycle-to-date totals. Item 2. Regarding the un-itemized receipts listed on Line 17(a)(ii) of the Detailed Summary Page, the Committee hereby confirms that the aggregate total for the election cycle for each un-itemized contribution included in the Line 17(a)(ii) total is under the applicable $200 threshold. Item 3. The Committee has reviewed each of the contribution records listed in the attachment to your letter, and the excess portion of each contribution has been refunded as indicated below. The refunds will be reflected on the appropriate subsequent Committee reports. Daniel Adcock - $150.00 was refunded timely on 1/27/2016 Yoko Allen - $38.65 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Martin Anixter - $300.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Dan Ariely - $2,300.00 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Katherine Arthaud - $1,115.21 was refunded timely on 3/14/2016 Vera Barber - $268.02 was refunded timely on 2/7/2016 James Bartlett - $23.78 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Scott Beaudry - $351.04 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Marcia Bedard - $0.43 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Ray Bellamy - $77.89 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Nancy Braus - $433.49 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Bonnie Brunet - $130.36 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Anna Taylor Caleb - $43.41 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Robert Caper - $165.00 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Kirstin Carel - $51.65 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Shelly Chigier - $12.54 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Liam Connell - $2,700.00 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Sam Courts - $100.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Richard Dahan - $30.35 was refunded timely on 1/15/2016 Peter Dean - $842.00 was refunded timely on 2/16/2016 Deanna Dehlsen - $2,300.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Barbara DeLima - $2,300.00 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Gabrielle Dolphin - $49.18 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Michael Doughney - $47.05 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Charles Drey - $15.00 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 James Eggleston - $238.93 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Kyle Eklund - $315.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Tyler Endsley - $108.09 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 John Eskew - $120.60 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Omran Feili - $300.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Jeff Forbes $0.32 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Ann Frick $65.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 George Girard $300.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Barbara Grasseschi $50.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Kylie Gutry $300.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Iva Hacker-Delany $2,300.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 John Hale - $10.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Deidre Hall $100.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Jeffrey Hallett - $200.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Jennifer Harris - $173.88 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Susan Haugerud - $92.55 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Kenneth Henderson - $54.50 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Victoria Hill - $66.11 was refunded timely on 2/25/2015 Colleen Hinds - $13.38 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Eagle Jones - $300.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Jim Jones - $94.03 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 John Kirk - $145.09 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Katherine Klass - $114.80 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Victor Kohl - $52.89 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Christine Lai - $2,800.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Dal Lamagna - $25.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Joshua Lapple - $300.00 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Frank Lennon - $46.35 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Todd Lockwood - $86.62 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Bill Maher - $2,700.00 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Amy McChesney - $104.28 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Brian McInerney - $2,300.00 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 James McPherson - $38.30 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Maria Mirra - $214.05 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Eben Mishkin - $250.00 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Jeff Moe - $2,500.00 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Stephen Morris - $12.54 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Scott Munro - $27.44 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Michael Myerscough - $300.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Colette Nataf - $0.76 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Bob Oldfather - $146.11 was refunded timely on 1/15/2016 Patton Oswalt - $2,700.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Gerald Palmer - $900.00 was refunded timely on 1/24/2016 Benjamin Pew - $2,300.00 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Sisouvanh Phouthavong - $442.36 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Diane Post - $25.00 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 John Rabinowitz - $250.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Lee Rhodes - $2,500.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Kim Ridder - $2,500.00 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Antonia Salm - $300.00 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Paul Sasso - $759.29 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Janis Scaramucci - $433.72 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Janna Scherer - $88.65 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Jonathan Sheer - $300.00 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 James Sheridan - $50.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 William Smillie - $291.92 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Twana Sparks - $1,040.06 was refunded timely on 1/15/2016 Lana Spight - $846.12 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Carl Stamm - $25.09 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Symon Stanley - $0.30 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Lisa Stark - $300.00 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Andrew Stone - $273.74 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Katie Stone - $17.13 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Richard Van Tassel - $33.74 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Anil Virkar - $100.00 was refunded timely on 2/25/2016 Barbara Walden - $217.90 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Peter Waller - $500.00 was refunded timely on 1/5/2016 Elisa Warhol - $188.48 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Ronald Weinert - $300.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Hayden White - $300.00 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Mark Wiznitzer - $5.00 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Robert Wolff - $100.00 was refunded timely on 1/4/2016 Patty Wray - $38.70 was refunded timely on 1/31/2016 Item 4. The Committee confirmed the following donors were U.S. Citizens or Permanent Resident Aliens. Amanda Jacobsen Andrea Fasoli Beverly Elder Bradley Thater Carl Smotricz Chaia Ross-Booker Christopher Bailey Christopher Carde Christopher Riley Cynthia Steinberger Dan Good Daniel Ridings Daniel Stephan Danielle Skaw David Nicolai Dean Van Drasek Edward Robbins Elizabeth Petzke Elsie Rockwell Elyse Yeager Ernest Collins Ernest Mehler Francois Ledrappier Helene Pierre Henny Lee Gershuny Ingrid Levene James Krone Jay Fogelman Jeff Winslow John Hatley Joshua Rohrmayer Katherine Littlewood Katja Stotmeister Kenneth Delanoy Lydia Maniatis Matthew Hammond Max Coffey Michael Leiseca Michael Whyte Neal A. Stender Patrick Whitaker Rashel Grindberg Raymond Culp Robert McDaniel Robert Wilcox Sarah Tseng Stacey Blatt Susan George Travis Mooney William Hyerle Yoram Gat Michael Atamas The Committee did not receive confirmation of citizenship or residence status and therefore issued refunds earlier this month to the following donors. These refunds will be reflected in the Committee?s April Monthly Report. Aaron Atkins Aaron Windel Abigail Yue Wang Alaa Ujayli Alan Groves Aleksander Waage Alisaun Fukugaki Anallee Pepper Anders Ecklof Anthony Curwen Bradley Goodman Brooke Lhernould Bruce Stores Charles Grinstead Charles Newman Cheryl Mathieu Christopher Kraybill Clive Moon Craig Higgins Dale Dreckman Daniel Boyd Daniel Coffey Darla Nordstrom David Borgendale David Peacock David Thompson Deaglan McManus Donald Ferrin Donnette Thayer Dorothy Dufour Douglas Kent Erik Hardeng Frederick Woolworth Gary Cornelius Gary Gebhardt Grant Lovering Harry Bingham Imre Bidtnes J Doherty Jane Piper Janis Kenyon Jay Van de Wint Jedediah Sklower Jerimy Abner John Graves John McCreery John Painter Jonathan Sachs Jonathan Schlaff Karl Ehrlich Karl Kaufman Kelly Morrissey Kim McQuaite Kylie Gutry Larry Tabick Laurent Normand Laurie Bloom Leslie Bellas Linn Peterson Malinda Crispin Margaret Kelly Mark Collins Mark Harrick Mark Hodge Mark Tipperman Markus Buechting Mary De Lyrot Michael Hitzhusen Michael Sever Mike Mills Miya Tokumitsu Nicholas Reckert Niki Korda Ossie Sharon Pamela Price Paula Chavez Peter Claghorn Pymma Zatyz Handayani Randal Richins Raquel Luzi Steiner Robert Costanza Ronald Davis Ronald Phillips Ross Dunne Russell Westbrook Rustyn Mesdag Sam Wise Sean Gentry Sophie Siebert Stephanie Miller Stephen Stapleton Susan Bloom Susan Savage Susan Swift Susan Woudenberg Tahir Sharif Terence Kim Terrance Wapshall Thomas McNamara Thomas Shuler Tracy Wyman Victor Policheri Walter Hedrick William Clay William Sherlock Woodruff Benson Item 5. The reported ?Offset to Operating Expenditures? from Southwestern Adventist University was originally thought to be deposit refund for an event that was cancelled.. However, the receipt was received in error and subsequently refunded on 10/19/2015. Similarly, the reported ?Other Receipt? from MassMutual was a refund of $331.34 from a rally held at the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority. The expenditure for this rally was reported as a payment of $35,297.00 that took place on 09/23/2015. MassMutual is the parent organization of Massachusetts Convention Center Authority and all refunds are processed by that parent entity. Item 6. The Committee is preparing and filing an amended Report in which all disbursements in the Report containing the purpose of ?event expense? will reflect more specific purpose descriptions. Item 7. The Committee is preparing and filing an amended Report in which the disbursement of $10,730.46 to People?s Bank on 12/7/2015 has been amended to disclose the itemization which had been inadvertently omitted due to a software error on the original Report. Item 8. The payments with the purpose of ?per diem? were not issued from petty cash. These payments were remitted via checks drawn from the Committee?s account. Item 9. The Committee is preparing and filing an amended Report in which the disbursements for the identified staff reimbursements include the necessary information. Item 10. The Committee is preparing and filing an amended Report in which the disbursements for the identified staff reimbursements to include the necessary information. If you have questions or need further information regarding this response, please contact me, Susan Jackson, at compliance@berniesanders.com. Sincerely, Susan Jackson, Treasurer Bernie 2016, Inc. GSB:7611722.2