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PUBLIC LAW 92-178-DEC. 10, 1971 "(e)

[85 STAT.

KICKBACKS AND ILLEGAL PAYMENTS.—

"(1) I t shall be unlawful for any person knowingly and willfully to give or accept any kickback or any illegal payment in connection with any q^ualined campaign expense of eligible candidates or their authorized committees. "(2) Any person who violates paragraph (1) shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. " (3) I n addition to the penalty provided by paragraph (2), any person who accepts any kickback or illegal payment in connection with any qualified campaign expense of eligible candidates or their authorized committees shall pay to the Secretary, for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury, an amount equal to 125 percent of the kickback or payment received. "(f)

68A Stat. 163. 26 USC 501.

Penalty.

U N A U T H O R I Z E D EXPENDITURES AND Ct>NTRiBUTiONS.—

"(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), it shall be unlawful for any political committee which is not an authorized committee with respect to the eligible candidates of a political party for President and Vice President in a presidential election knowingly and willfully to incur expenditures to further the election of such candidates, which would constitute qualified campaign expenses if incurred by an authorized committee of such candidates, in an aggregate amount exceeding $1,000. "(2) This subsection shall not apply to (A) expenditures by a broadcaster regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, or by a periodical publication, in reporting the news or in taking editorial positions, or (B) expenditures by any organization described in section 501(c) which is exempt from tax under section 501(a) in communicating to its members the views of that organization. u^g^ ^j^y political committcc which violates paragraph (1) shall be fined not more than $5,000, and any officer or member of such committee who knowingly and willfully consents to such violation and any other individual who knowingly and willfully violates paragraph (1) shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. " (g) UNAUTHORIZED DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.—

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"(1) I t shall be unlawful for any individual to disclose any information obtained under the provisions of this chapter except as may be required by law. " (2) Any person who violates paragraph (1) shall be fined not more than $5,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. "SEC. 9013. EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHAPTER. "The provisions of this chapter shall take effect on January 1, 1973. "CHAPTER 96. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN F U N D ADVISORY BOARD

Anie, p. 563.

•'SEC. 9021. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY BOARD. " (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD.—There is hereby established an advisory board to be known as the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Advisory Board (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 'Board'). I t shall be the duty and function of the Board to counsel and assist the Comptroller General of the United States in the performance of the duties and functions imposed on him under the Presiden^j^l Election Campaign Fund Act.

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