§ 9035 Qualified campaign expense limitations

OLRC 119-134 · eCFR 2026-10-19 · 2 amending Acts · cited by 2 sections

Enacted 1974 · Pub. L. 93-443 Amended · 2 Acts

Connections Cited by 2 · Cites 0
§ 9035 Qualified campaign expense limitations
    Amended 1976
    • 1976 Pub. L. 94-283 Pub. L. 94–283 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 “section 608(c)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code”, and added subsec. (b).

    Cases: John Glenn Presidential Committee, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission, 822 F.2d 1097 (D.C. Cir. 1987)

    (a) 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.

    Amended 2014
    • 2014 Pub. L. 113-295 Pub. L. 113–295 substituted “section 315(b)(1)(A)” for “section 320(b)(1)(A)”.

    (b) 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.