Expenditure limitations
No candidate shall knowingly incur qualified campaign expenses in excess of the expenditure limitation applicable under section 315(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, and no candidate shall knowingly make expenditures from his personal funds, or the personal funds of his immediate family, in connection with his campaign for nomination for election to the office of President in excess of, in the aggregate, $50,000.
Definition of immediate family
For purposes of this section, the term “immediate family” means a candidate’s spouse, and any child, parent, grandparent, brother, half-brother, sister, or half-sister of the candidate, and the spouses of such persons.
Pub. L. 93–443, title IV, § 408(c)88 Stat. 1300 Pub. L. 94–283, title III90 Stat. 499 Pub. L. 113–295, div. A, title II, § 220(z)128 Stat. 4037 (Added , , ; amended , §§ 305(a), 307(c), , , 501; , , .)
Editorial Notes
References in Text
section 30116 of Title 52Section 315 of The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified to , Voting and Elections.
Amendments
Pub. L. 113–2952014—Subsec. (a). substituted “section 315(b)(1)(A)” for “section 320(b)(1)(A)”.
Pub. L. 94–283section 608(c)(1)(A) of title 181976— substituted “limitations” for “limitation” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted “Expenditure limitations” as heading of subsec. (a) as so redesignated and substituted “section 320(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, and no candidate shall knowingly make expenditures from his personal funds, or the personal funds of his immediate family, in connection with his campaign for nomination for election to the office of President in excess of, in the aggregate, $50,000” for “, United States Code”, and added subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
Pub. L. 94–283, title III, § 305(d)90 Stat. 499 Pub. L. 99–514, § 2100 Stat. 2095
Effective Date
section 410(c)(1) of Pub. L. 93–443section 30101 of Title 52Section applicable with respect to taxable years beginning after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1974 Amendment note under , Voting and Elections.