Federal Election Campaign Laws (February 2019)

FEDERAL ELECTION

CAMPAIGN LAWS

Compiled by the

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

FEBRUARY 2019

FEDERAL ELECTION

CAMPAIGN LAWS

Compiled by the

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

THE FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20463

COMMISSIONERS

ELLEN L. WEINTRAUB, Chair

MATTHEW S. PETERSEN, Vice Chairman

CAROLINE C. HUNTER, Commissioner

STEVEN T. WALTHER, Commissioner

SECOND EDITION, FEBRUARY 2019

PREFACE

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has prepared this compilation of

Federal campaign laws as an informative service to the general public. There

are three major sections of this compilation:

1. FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN LAWS: The text of the

¡°Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) of 1971,¡± as amended, the

¡°Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act,¡± as amended, and the

¡°Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account Act,¡± as amended, as

codified in titles 52 and 26 of the United States Code. (See Amendments in

1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993,

1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014 and

2018: Pub. L. No. 93-443, Pub. L. No. 94-283, Pub. L. No. 95-216, Pub. L.

No. 96-187, Pub. L. No. 97-51, Pub. L. No. 98-63, Pub. L. No. 98-355, Pub.

L. No. 98-620, Pub. L. No. 100-352, Pub. L. No. 101-194, Pub. L. No. 101280, Pub. L. No. 102-90, Pub. L. No. 102-393, Pub. L. No. 103-66, Pub. L.

No. 103-272, Pub. L. No. 104-79, Pub. L. No. 104-88, Pub. L. No. 104-287,

Pub. L. No. 106-58, Pub. L. No. 106-346, Pub. L. No. 107-155, Pub. L. No.

107-252, Pub. L. No. 108-199, Pub. L. No. 108-447, Pub. L. No. 109-115,

Pub. L. No. 110-5, Pub. L. No. 110-81, Pub. L. No. 110-433, Pub. L. No. 11372, Pub. L. No. 113-94, Pub. L. No. 113-235, Pub. L. No. 115-141, Pub. L.

No. 115-244, and Pub. L. No. 115-386, respectively.)

2. APPENDIX: The text of additional provisions of the United States

Code, which are not in the FECA but may be relevant to persons involved

with Federal elections, current through February 2019.

3. INDEX TO TITLES 52 and 26: A special index prepared by the FEC.

This compilation is presented in codified form, with FECA section numbers

converted to United States Code section numbers, in order to facilitate crossreferences between this pamphlet, the United States Code, and the United

States Code Annotated.

Readers should be aware that some terms in the law are defined differently in

different titles. Thus, the meaning of a particular term may not be consistent

throughout this pamphlet. Note, therefore, the definitions provided in each title

or section.

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