The funds filed a claim in New York to recoup "hundreds of millions of dollars".

The Federal Elections Commission already requires Presidential candidates who take public funds to file computerized records of their contributions and spending.

The agency has set plans to vote in mid-July on a requirement that hedge funds file registration statements with the agency.

The fund filed a friend-of-the-court brief for the plaintiffs in the New York case.

But the fund has not filed lawsuits against First Capital or its partners, he said.

In 2004, faith-based organizations filed 129 resolutions, while socially responsible funds filed 56 resolutions.

The fund also filed for 500 shares of auction rate transferable securities, which are expected to be $100,000 a share.

More than a dozen new mutual funds focusing on dividend-paying stocks have filed for registration.

It failed to have enough funds to prepare and file an annual report with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the spring of 1983.

The fund has filed suit in Illinois to have the amendment enforced.