(a) [Reserved]
(b) Contributions in the name of another. (1) No person shall—
(i) Make a contribution in the name of another;
(ii) Knowingly permit his or her name to be used to effect that contribution; or
(iii) Knowingly accept a contribution made by one person in the name of another.
(2) Examples of contributions in the name of another include—
(i) Giving money or anything of value, all or part of which was provided to the contributor by another person (the true contributor) without disclosing the source of money or the thing of value to the recipient candidate or committee at the time the contribution is made, see 11 CFR 110.6; or
(ii) Making a contribution of money or anything of value and attributing as the source of the money or thing of value another person when in fact the contributor is the source.
(c) Cash contributions. (1) With respect to any campaign for nomination for election or election to Federal office, no person shall make contributions to a candidate or political committee of currency of the United States, or of any foreign country, which in the aggregate exceed $100.
(2) A candidate or committee receiving a cash contribution in excess of $100 shall promptly return the amount over $100 to the contributor.
(3) A candidate or committee receiving an anonymous cash contribution in excess of $50 shall promptly dispose of the amount over $50. The amount over $50 may be used for any lawful purpose unrelated to any Federal election, campaign, or candidate.
[54 FR 34112, Aug. 17, 1989, and 54 FR 48580, Nov. 24, 1989, as amended at 54 FR 48582, Nov. 24, 1989; 55 FR 1139, Jan. 11, 1990; 67 FR 69948, Nov. 19, 2002; 88 FR 33817, May 25, 2023]
Notes of Decisions
United States v. Kanchanalak, 192 F.3d 1037 (D.C. Cir. 1999).
· cites it 5× “Section 441e provides, in relevant part, that: It shall be unlawful for a foreign national directly or through any other person to make any contribution of money or other thing of value, or to promise expressly or impliedly to make any such contribution, in connection with an…”
John Doe v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 920 F.3d 866 (D.C. Cir. 2019).
· cites it 2× “" 11 C.F.R. § 110.4 (b)(1)(i)-(iv). 3 In this case the Commission, acting on CREW's allegations, voted 6-0 finding reason to believe that the American Conservative Union violated § 30122"by knowingly permitting its name to be used to effect a $1.”
Fed. Election Comm'n v. Swallow, 304 F. Supp. 3d 1113 (D. Utah 2018).
· cites it 11× “The case against Defendant Swallow rests entirely on 11 C.F.R. § 110.4 (b)(1)(iii), which he argues is a regulation beyond the Commission's authority to adopt.”
United States v. O'Donnell, 608 F.3d 546 (9th Cir. 2010).
“§ 441f (emphasis added); see also 11 C.F.R. § 110.4 (b)(2) (applicable regulations).”
United States v. Boender, 691 F. Supp. 2d 833 (N.D. Ill. 2010).
“The agency regulation, adopted more than two decades ago and set out at 11 C.F.R. § 110.4 (b)(2)®, provides that (“[ejxamples of contributions in the name of another include [gjiving money * * * all or part of which was provided to the contributor by another person (the true…”
Citizens for Responsibility & Ethics v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 363 F. Supp. 3d 33 (D.C. Cir. 2018).
“But the Federal Register notice cited by CREW does not purport to define the term "true source;" it simply notes that the amended regulation concerning "contributions in the name of another," 11 C.F.R. § 110.4 (b), is intended to reach "those who initiate or instigate or have…”
— 11 C.F.R. § 110.4(b)(1)(iii) — 1 case
Fed. Election Comm'n v. Swallow, 304 F. Supp. 3d 1113 (D. Utah 2018).
“The case against Defendant Swallow rests entirely on 11 C.F.R. § 110.4 (b)(1)(iii), which he argues is a regulation beyond the Commission's authority to adopt.”
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