26 U.S.C. § 9034
Section 9034 · Entitlement of eligible candidates to payments
Amended 3 times on record
Applied in 12 court decisions — leading case Bush-Quayle '92 Primary Committee, Inc. v. Federal Election Commission (1997)
Most recently applied in 537 F. Supp. 2d 359 - Green Party of CT v. Garfield (March 2008)
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Every candidate who is eligible to receive payments under section 9033 is entitled to payments under section 9037 in an amount equal to the amount of each contribution received by such candidate on or after the beginning of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year of the presidential election with respect to which such candidate is seeking nomination, or by his authorized committees, disregarding any amount of contributions from any person to the extent that the total of the amounts contributed by such person on or after the beginning of such preceding calendar year exceeds $250. For purposes of this subsection and section 9033(b), the term “contribution” means a gift of money made by a written instrument which identifies the person making the contribution by full name and mailing address, but does not include a subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money, or anything of value or anything described in subparagraph (B), (C), or (D) of section 9032(4).
The total amount of payments to which a candidate is entitled under subsection (a) shall not exceed 50 percent of the expenditure limitation applicable under section 315(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.
Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel
References in Text
Section 315(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, referred to in subsec. (b), is classified to section 441a(b)(1)(A) of Title 2, The Congress.
Amendments
2007—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 110–172 substituted “section 315(b)(1)(A)” for “section 320(b)(1)(A)”.
1976—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 94–283 substituted “section 320(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971” for “section 608(c)(1)(A) of title 18, United States Code”.