Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 2
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U.S. Code as of:
01/3/05
Chapter 14 - Notes
SUBCHAPTER I - DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FUNDS
Sec.
431. Definitions.
432. Organization of political committees.
(a) Treasurer; vacancy; official authorizations.
(b) Account of contributions; segregated funds.
(c) Recordkeeping.
(d) Preservation of records and copies of reports.
(e) Principal and additional campaign committees;
designations, status of candidate, authorized
committees, etc.
(f) Filing with and receipt of designations,
statements, and reports by principal campaign
committee.
(g) Filing with and receipt of designations,
statements, and reports by Secretary of
Senate; forwarding to Commission; filing
requirements with Commission; public
inspection and preservation of designations,
etc.
(h) Campaign depositories; designations,
maintenance of accounts, etc.; petty cash fund
for disbursements; record of disbursements.
(i) Reports and records, compliance with
requirements based on best efforts.
433. Registration of political committees.
(a) Statements of organizations.
(b) Contents of statements.
(c) Change of information in statements.
(d) Termination, etc., requirements and
authorities.
434. Reporting requirements.
(a) Receipts and disbursements by treasurers of
political committees; filing requirements.
(b) Contents of reports.
(c) Statements by other than political committees;
filing; contents; indices of expenditures.
(d) Filing by facsimile device or electronic mail.
(e) Political committees.
(f) Disclosure of electioneering communications.
(g) Time for reporting certain expenditures.
(h) Reports from Inaugural Committees.
435, 436. Repealed.
437. Reports on convention financing.
437a, 437b. Repealed.
437c. Federal Election Commission.
(a) Establishment; membership; term of office;
vacancies; qualifications; compensation;
chairman and vice chairman.
(b) Administration, enforcement, and formulation of
policy; exclusive jurisdiction of civil
enforcement; Congressional authorities or
functions with respect to elections for
Federal office.
(c) Voting requirements; delegation of authorities.
(d) Meetings.
(e) Rules for conduct of activities; judicial
notice of seal; principal office.
(f) Staff director and general counsel; appointment
and compensation; appointment and compensation
of personnel and procurement of intermittent
services by staff director; use of assistance,
personnel, and facilities of Federal agencies
and departments; counsel for defense of
actions.
437d. Powers of Commission.
(a) Specific authorities.
(b) Judicial orders for compliance with subpenas
and orders of Commission; contempt of court.
(c) Civil liability for disclosure of information.
(d) Concurrent transmissions to Congress or Member
of budget estimates, etc.; prior submission of
legislative recommendations, testimony, or
comments on legislation.
(e) Exclusive civil remedy for enforcement.
437e. Repealed.
437f. Advisory opinions.
(a) Requests by persons, candidates, or authorized
committees; subject matter; time for response.
(b) Procedures applicable to initial proposal of
rules or regulations, and advisory opinions.
(c) Persons entitled to rely upon opinions; scope
of protection for good faith reliance.
(d) Requests made public; submission of written
comments by interested public.
437g. Enforcement.
(a) Administrative and judicial practice and
procedure.
(b) Notice to persons not filing required reports
prior to institution of enforcement action;
publication of identity of persons and unfiled
reports.
(c) Reports by Attorney General of apparent
violations.
(d) Penalties; defenses; mitigation of offenses.
437h. Judicial review.
438. Administrative provisions.
(a) Duties of Commission.
(b) Audits and field investigations.
(c) Statutory provisions applicable to forms and
information-gathering activities.
(d) Rules, regulations, or forms; issuance,
procedures applicable, etc.
(e) Scope of protection for good faith reliance
upon rules or regulations.
(f) Promulgation of rules, regulations, and forms
by Commission and Internal Revenue Service;
report to Congress on cooperative efforts.
438a. Maintenance of website of election reports.
(a) In general.
(b) Election-related report.
(c) Coordination with other agencies.
439. Statements filed with State officers; "appropriate
State" defined; duties of State officers; waiver of
duplicate filing requirement for States with
electronic access.
(a) Statements filed; "appropriate State" defined.
(b) Duties of State officers.
(c) Waiver; electronic access.
439a. Use of contributed amounts for certain purposes.
(a) Permitted uses.
(b) Prohibited use.
439b. Repealed.
439c. Authorization of appropriations.
440, 441. Repealed.
441a. Limitations on contributions and expenditures.
(a) Dollar limits on contributions.
(b) Dollar limits on expenditures by candidates for
office of President of United States.
(c) Increases on limits based on increases in price
index.
(d) Expenditures by national committee, State
committee, or subordinate committee of State
committee in connection with general election
campaign of candidates for Federal office.
(e) Certification and publication of estimated
voting age population.
(f) Prohibited contributions and expenditures.
(g) Attribution of multi-State expenditures to
candidate's expenditure limitation in each
State.
(h) Senatorial candidates.
(i) Increased limit to allow response to
expenditures from personal funds.
(j) Limitation on repayment of personal loans.
441a-1. Modification of certain limits for House candidates in
response to personal fund expenditures of opponents.
(a) Availability of increased limit.
(b) Notification of expenditures from personal
funds.
441b. Contributions or expenditures by national banks,
corporations, or labor organizations.
(a) In general.
(b) Definitions; particular activities prohibited
or allowed.
(c) Rules relating to electioneering
communications.
441c. Contributions by government contractors.
(a) Prohibition.
(b) Separate segregated funds.
(c) "Labor organization" defined.
441d. Publication and distribution of statements and
solicitations.
(a) Identification of funding and authorizing
sources.
(b) Charge for newspaper or magazine space.
(c) Specification.
(d) Additional requirements.
441e. Contributions and donations by foreign nationals.
(a) Prohibition.
(b) "Foreign national" defined.
441f. Contributions in name of another prohibited.
441g. Limitation on contribution of currency.
441h. Fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority.
(a) In general.
(b) Fraudulent solicitation of funds.
441i. Soft money of political parties.
(a) National committees.
(b) State, district, and local committees.
(c) Fundraising costs.
(d) Tax-exempt organizations.
(e) Federal candidates.
(f) State candidates.
441j. Repealed.
441k. Prohibition of contributions by minors.
442. Authority to procure technical support and other
services and incur travel expenses; payment of such
expenses.
SUBCHAPTER II - GENERAL PROVISIONS
451. Extension of credit by regulated industries;
regulations.
452. Prohibition against use of certain Federal funds for
election activities.
453. State laws affected.
(a) In general.
(b) State and local committees of political
parties.
454. Partial invalidity.
455. Period of limitations.
456. Repealed.
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