26 U.S.C. § 9032 : US Code - Section 9032: Definitions

Search 26 U.S.C. § 9032 : US Code - Section 9032: Definitions

For the purposes of this chapter -
(1) The term "authorized committee" means, with respect to the
candidates of a political party for President and Vice President
of the United States, any political committee which is authorized
in writing by such candidates to incur expenses to further the
election of such candidates. Such authorization shall be
addressed to the chairman of such political committee, and a copy
of such authorization shall be filed by such candidates with the
Commission. Any withdrawal of any authorization shall also be in
writing and shall be addressed and filed in the same manner as
the authorization.
(2) The term "candidate" means an individual who seeks
nomination for election to be President of the United States. For
purposes of this paragraph, an individual shall be considered to
seek nomination for election if he (A) takes the action necessary
under the law of a State to qualify himself for nomination for
election, (B) receives contributions or incurs qualified campaign
expenses, or (C) gives his consent for any other person to
receive contributions or to incur qualified campaign expenses on
his behalf. The term "candidate" shall not include any individual
who is not actively conducting campaigns in more than one State
in connection with seeking nomination for election to be
President of the United States.
(3) The term "Commission" means the Federal Election Commission
established by section 309(a)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign
Act of 1971.
(4) Except as provided by section 9034(a), the term
"contribution" -
(A) means a gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of
money, or anything of value, the payment of which was made on
or after the beginning of the calendar year immediately
preceding the calendar year of the presidential election with
respect to which such gift, subscription, loan, advance, or
deposit or money, or anything of value, is made, for the
purpose of influencing the result of a primary election,
(B) means a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not
legally enforceable, to make a contribution for any such
purpose,
(C) means funds received by a political committee which are
transferred to that committee from another committee, and
(D) means the payment by any person other than a candidate,
or his authorized committee, of compensation for the personal
services of another person which are rendered to the candidate
or committee without charge, but
(E) does not include -
(i) except as provided in subparagraph (D), the value of
personal services rendered to or for the benefit of a
candidate by an individual who receives no compensation for
rendering such service to or for the benefit of the
candidate, or
(ii) payments under section 9037.
(5) The term "matching payment account" means the Presidential
Primary Matching Payment Account established under section
9037(a).
(6) The term "matching payment period" means the period
beginning with the beginning of the calendar year in which a
general election for the office of President of the United States
will be held and ending on the date on which the national
convention of the party whose nomination a candidate seeks
nominates its candidate for the office of President of the United
States, or, in the case of a party which does not make such
nomination by national convention, ending on the earlier of (A)
the date such party nominates its candidate for the office of
President of the United States, or (B) the last day of the last
national convention held by a major party during such calendar
year.
(7) The term "primary election" means an election, including a
runoff election or a nominating convention or caucus held by a
political party, for the selection of delegates to a national
nominating convention of a political party, or for the expression
of a preference for the nomination of persons for election to the
office of President of the United States.
(8) The term "political committee" means any individual,
committee, association, or organization (whether or not
incorporated) which accepts contributions or incurs qualified
campaign expenses for the purpose of influencing, or attempting
to influence, the nomination of any person for election to the
office of President of the United States.
(9) The term "qualified campaign expense" means a purchase,
payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money
or of anything of value -
(A) incurred by a candidate, or by his authorized committee,
in connection with his campaign for nomination for election,
and
(B) neither the incurring nor payment of which constitutes a
violation of any law of the United States or of the State in
which the expense is incurred or paid.
For purposes of this paragraph, an expense is incurred by a
candidate or by an authorized committee if it is incurred by a
person specifically authorized in writing by the candidate or
committee, as the case may be, to incur such expense on behalf of
the candidate or the committee.
(10) The term "State" means each State of the United States and
the District of Columbia.