Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 2


   

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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