2 USC Ch. 14: Front Matter
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2 USC Ch. 14: Front Matter
From Title 2-THE CONGRESSCHAPTER 14-FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS

CHAPTER 14-FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS

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 Clerk of House of Representatives or 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.
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Repealed.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 Repealed.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.
439.
Statements filed with State officers; "appropriate State" defined; duties of State officers.
439a.
Use of contributed amounts for certain purposes.
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.
441b.
Contributions or expenditures by national banks, corporations, or labor organizations.
441c.
Contributions by government contractors.
(a)
Prohibition.
(b)
Separate segregated funds.
(c)
"Labor organization" defined.
441d.
Publication and distribution of statements and solicitations; charge for newspaper or magazine space.
441e.
Contributions by foreign nationals.
441f.
Contributions in name of another prohibited.
441g.
Limitation on contribution of currency.
441h.
Fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority.
441i.
Repealed.
441j.
Repealed.
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.
454.
Partial invalidity.
455.
Period of limitations.
456.
Repealed.

        

Chapter Referred to in Other Sections

This chapter is referred to in section 61a–9 of this title.