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Handy Federal Election donation limits chart (thanks McKenna Long & Aldridge)

A friend of ours over at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP in DC gave us this great donor limits chart (in a business card size). It is a pretty handy tool so here it is for all you campaigners out there:

Donors
Recipients
Special Limits
 
Candidate Committee
PAC (1)
State, District, Local Party Committee (2)
National Party Committee (3
 
Individual
$2,400* per election (4)
$5,000 per year
$10,000 per year combined limit
$30,400 per year*
Biennial limit of $115,500* ($45,600 to all candidates and $69,900 to all PACs and parties (5)
State, District and Local Party Committee
$5,000 per election combined limit
$5,000 per election combined limit
Unlimited transfers to other party committees
 
National Party Committee
$5,000 per election
$5,000 per year
Unlimited transfers to other party committees
$42,600* to Senate candidate per campaign (6)
PAC Multi-Candidate (7)
$5,000 per election
$5,000 per year
$5,000 per year combined limit
$15,000 per year
 
PAC Not Multi-Candidate
$2,400* per election (8)
$5,000 per year
$10,000 per year combined limit
$30,400* per year
 

*These limits are indexed for inflation in odd-numbered years.

(1) These limits apply both to separte segregated funds (SSFs) and political action committees (PACs). Affiliated committees share the same set of limits on contributions made and received.

(2) A state party committee shares its limits with local and district party committees in that state unless a local or district committee's independence can be demonstrated. These limits apply to multicandidate committees only.

(3) A party's national committee, Senate campaign committee and House campaign committee are each considered natinal party committees, and each have separate limits, except with respect to Senate candidates - see Special Limits column.

(4) Each of the following is considered a separate election with a separate limit primary election, caucus or convention with the authority to nominate, runoff election and special election.

(5)No more than $45,600 of this amount may be contributed to state and local parties and PACs.

6) This limit is shared by the national committee and the Senate campaign committee.

(7) A multicandidate committee is a political committee that has been registered for at least 6 months, has received contributions from more than 50 contributors and - with the exception of a state party committee - has made contributions to at least five federal candidates.

(8) A federal candidate's authorized committee(s) may contribute no more than $12,000 per election to another federal candidate's authorized committee(s). 2USC§432(e)(3)(B) and 11CFR 102.12(c)(2).

posted 7:25PM 04/30/2009 by eNilsson Blog Team

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