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52 U.S.C. 30102: Organization of political committees

Created in 1972 by Public Law 92-225. Changed by 8 later laws. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

3 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 26 U.S.C. 527, 52 U.S.C. 30101, 52 U.S.C. 30103.

11 parts of federal rules cite it as their authority, written by Federal Election Commission (11).

This Congress

No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

    How it got here

    2018

    • Pub. L. 115–244 amended subsec. (g) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: (Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019) Law text · (g)

    2004

    • Pub. L. 108–447 substituted "$2,000" for "$1,000". (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005) Law text · (e)

    1997

    • Pub. L. 105–61 struck out "and" after "Senator," and inserted "and by the Republican and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committees" after "candidate,". (Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1998) Law text · (g)

    1995

    • Pub. L. 104–79, §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." Law text · (d)
    • Pub. L. 104–79, §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 i… Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 104–79, §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). Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 104–79, §3(a)(2), (4), redesignated par. (4) as (3) and substituted "paragraph (1)" for "paragraphs (1) and (2)". Former par. (3) redesignated (2). Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 104–79, §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). Law text · (g)
    • Pub. L. 104–79, §3(a)(2), redesignated par. (5) as (4). Law text · (g)

    1986

    • 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. · (i)

    1980

    • 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. · (a)
    • 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 t… · (b)
    • 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… · (c)
    • 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 expendit… · (d)
    • 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 designatio… · (e)
    • Pub. L. 96–187 added subsecs. (f) to (i). · (f), (g), (h), (i)

    1976

    • Pub. L. 94–283, §103(a), substituted "$50" for "$10". · (b)
    • Pub. L. 94–283, §103(b), substituted "$50" for "$10". · (c)
    • Pub. L. 94–283, §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 … · (e), (f)

    1974

    • Pub. L. 93–443, §202(a)(1), substituted "of the contribution and the identification" for ", the name and address (occupation and principal place of business, if any)". · (b)
    • Pub. L. 93–443, §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 s… · (c)
    • Pub. L. 93–443, §202(a)(2), substituted "identification" for "full name and mailing address (occupation and the principal place of business, if any)" before "of every person". · (c)
    • Pub. L. 93–443, §208(c)(2), substituted "Commission" for "supervisory officers". · (d)
    • Pub. L. 93–443, §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… · (f)

    Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.