Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 2 : Section 432


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/3/05
Section 432 - Notes
                                   SOURCE
    (Pub. L. 92-225, title III, Sec. 302, Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 12;
    Pub. L. 93-443, title II, Secs. 202, 208(c)(2), Oct. 15, 1974, 88
    Stat. 1275, 1286; Pub. L. 94-283, title I, Sec. 103, May 11, 1976,
    90 Stat. 480; Pub. L. 96-187, title I, Sec. 102, Jan. 8, 1980, 93
    Stat. 1345; Pub. L. 99-514, Sec. 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095;
    Pub. L. 104-79, Secs. 1(b), 3(a), Dec. 28, 1995, 109 Stat. 791,
    792; Pub. L. 105-61, title VI, Sec. 637, Oct. 10, 1997, 111 Stat.
    1316; Pub. L. 108-447, div. H, title V, Sec. 525, Dec. 8, 2004, 118
    Stat. 3271.)
                            REFERENCES IN TEXT                        
      This Act, referred to in text, means the Federal Election
    Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, as defined by section 431 of this
    title.
                                AMENDMENTS                            
      2004 - Subsec. (e)(3)(B). Pub. L. 108-447 substituted "$2,000"
    for "$1,000".
      1997 - Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 105-55 struck out "and" after
    "Senator," and inserted "and by the Republican and Democratic
    Senatorial Campaign Committees" after "candidate,".
      1995 - Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104-79, Sec. 1(b), inserted at end
    "For any report filed in electronic format under section 434(a)(11)
    of this title, the treasurer shall retain a machine-readable copy
    of the report as the copy preserved under the preceding sentence."
      Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 104-79, Sec. 3(a)(1), (2), redesignated
    par. (2) as (1) and struck out former par. (1) which read as
    follows: "Designations, statements, and reports required to be
    filed under this Act by a candidate or by an authorized committee
    of a candidate for the office of Representative in, or Delegate or
    Resident Commissioner to, the Congress, and by the principal
    campaign committee of such a candidate, shall be filed with the
    Clerk of the House of Representatives, who shall receive such
    designations, statements, and reports as custodian for the
    Commission."
      Subsec. (g)(2). Pub. L. 104-79, Sec. 3(a)(2), (3), redesignated
    par. (3) as (2), struck out "Clerk of the House of Representatives
    and the" before "Secretary of the Senate", and substituted "filed
    with the Secretary" for "filed with them". Former par. (2)
    redesignated (1).
      Subsec. (g)(3). Pub. L. 104-79, Sec. 3(a)(2), (4), redesignated
    par. (4) as (3) and substituted "paragraph (1)" for "paragraphs (1)
    and (2)". Former par. (3) redesignated (2).
      Subsec. (g)(4). Pub. L. 104-79, Sec. 3(a)(2), (5), redesignated
    par. (5) as (4) and struck out "Clerk of the House of
    Representatives and the" before "Secretary of the Senate". Former
    par. (4) redesignated (3).
      Subsec. (g)(5). Pub. L. 104-79, Sec. 3(a)(2), redesignated par.
    (5) as (4).
      1986 - Subsec. (i). Pub. L. 99-514 substituted "Internal Revenue
    Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954", which for
    purposes of codification was translated as "title 26" thus
    requiring no change in text.
      1980 - Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-187 struck out reference to the
    chairman as a person authorized to accept or make a contribution on
    behalf of a political committee.
      Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96-187 redesignated subsec. (b) as par. (1)
    of subsec. (b), substituted "for an authorized political committee
    shall, no later than 10 days after receiving such contribution,
    forward to the treasurer such contribution, and if the amount of
    the contribution is in excess of $50 the name and address of the
    person making the contribution and the date of the receipt." for
    "in excess of $50 for a political committee shall, on demand of the
    treasurer, and in any event within five days after receipt of such
    contribution, render to the treasurer a detailed account thereof,
    including the amount of the contribution and the identification of
    the person making such contribution, and the date on which
    received. All funds of a political committee shall be segregated
    from, and may not be commingled with, any personal funds of
    officers, members, or associates of such committee.", and added
    pars. (2) and (3).
      Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96-187 substituted "The treasurer of a
    political committee shall keep an account of" for "It shall be the
    duty of the treasurer of a political committee to keep a detailed
    and exact account of" in introductory clause; substituted in par.
    (1) "all contributions received by or on behalf of such political
    committee" for "all contributions made to or for such committee";
    substituted in par. (2) "the name and address of any person who
    makes any contribution in excess of $50, together with the date and
    amount of such contribution by any person" for "the identification
    of every person making a contribution in excess of $50, and the
    date and amount thereof and, if a person's contributions
    aggregating more than $100, the account shall include occupation,
    and the principal place of business (if any)"; substituted in par.
    (3) "the identification of any person who makes a contribution or
    contributions aggregating more than $200 during a calendar year,
    together with the date and amount of any such contribution" for
    "all expenditures made by or on behalf of such committee; and";
    substituted in par. (4) "the identification of any political
    committee which makes a contribution, together with the date and
    amount of any such contribution, and" for "the identification of
    every person to whom any expenditure is made, the date and amount
    thereof and the name and address of, and office sought by, each
    candidate on whose behalf such expenditure was made", and added
    par. (5).
      Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96-187 substituted provisions requiring the
    treasurer to preserve all records required by this section and
    copies of all reports to be filed by this subchapter for 3 years
    after the filing of the report for provisions requiring the
    treasurer to keep receipted bills for expenditures in excess of
    $100, and for expenditures of lesser amounts if the aggregate
    amount to the same person during a calendar year exceeds $100, such
    receipts to be kept for a period to be determined by the Secretary.
      Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 96-187 in par. (1) substituted provisions
    requiring a written designation of a political committee no later
    than 15 days after becoming a candidate, with the designation of
    additional committees to be filed with the principal committee, for
    provisions prohibiting the designation of a committee as the
    principal campaign committee of more than one candidate except that
    the presidential candidate may nominate the national committee of a
    political party as his principal campaign committee; in par. (2)
    substituted provisions considering any candidate receiving a
    contribution or loan or making a disbursement as an agent of the
    authorized committees for provisions requiring the filing of any
    report or statement of contributions required to be filed with the
    Commission to be filed instead with the principal campaign
    committee; in par. (3) redesignated existing provisions as
    introductory clause of par. (3)(A), and in such clause as so
    redesignated, substituted provision that no political committee
    which supports or has supported more than one candidate may be
    designated as an authorized committee for provisions requiring
    principal committee to receive reports and statements and to
    compile and file such reports and statements together with its own
    reports and statements with the Commission, and added pars.
    (3)(A)(i), (ii), (4) and (5).
      Subsecs. (f) to (i). Pub. L. 96-187 added subsecs. (f) to (i).
      1976 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94-283, Sec. 103(a), substituted
    "$50" for "$10".
      Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 94-283, Sec. 103(b), substituted "$50"
    for "$10".
      Subsecs. (e), (f). Pub. L. 94-283, Sec. 103(c), (d), redesignated
    subsec. (f) as (e) and in par. (1) of subsec. (e) as so
    redesignated inserted provision that occasional, isolated, or
    incidental support of a candidate not be construed as support for
    such a candidate for purposes of determining whether a political
    committee supports more than one candidate. Former subsec. (e)
    providing for the giving of notice by a candidate that a political
    committee soliciting funds on his behalf is not authorized to do so
    and that he is not responsible for the activities of that committee
    was eliminated.
      1974 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 93-443, Sec. 202(a)(1), substituted
    "of the contribution and the identification" for ", the name and
    address (occupation and principal place of business, if any)".
      Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 93-443, Sec. 202(a)(2), (3), substituted
    "identification" for "full name and mailing address (occupation and
    the principal place of business, if any)" before "of every person"
    and inserted end text reading "and, if a person's contributions
    aggregate more than $100, the account shall include occupation, and
    the principal place of business (if any)".
      Subsec. (c)(4). Pub. L. 93-443, Sec. 202(a)(2), substituted
    "identification" for "full name and mailing address (occupation and
    the principal place of business, if any)" before "of every person".
      Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 93-443, Sec. 208(c)(2), substituted
    "Commission" for "supervisory officers".
      Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 93-443, Sec. 202(b), substituted provisions
    respecting principal campaign committees for prior provisions
    respecting notice of funds solicitation by political committees and
    availability for purchase of annual reports of the political
    committees from the Superintendent of Documents made available
    through the Public Printer, now covered in section 435(b) of this
    title.
                           TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS                       
      Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation abolished and
    functions transferred, see Pub. L. 101-73, title IV, Secs. 401-406,
    Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 354-363, set out as a note under section
    1437 of Title 12, Banks and Banking.

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