Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 88 Part 1.djvu/1309

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PUBLIC LAW 93-443-OCT. 15, 1974

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States shall be attributed to such candidate's expenditure limitation in each such State, based on the voting age population in such State which can reasonably be expected to be influenced by such expenditure. " (d)(1) At the beginning of each calendar year (commencing in 1976), as there become available necessary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor, the Secretary of Labor shall certify to the Commission and publish in the Federal Register pedera'i'Regi'ster. the per centum diflerence between the price index for the 12 months preceding the beginning of such calendar year and the price index for the base period. Each limitation established by subsection (c) and subsection (f) shall be increased by such per centum dili'erence. Each amount so increased shall be the amount in effect for such calendar year. "(2) For purposes of paragraph (1) — " (A) the term 'price index' means the average over a calendar "Price index." year of the Consumer Price Index (all items—United States city average) published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; and " (B) the term 'base period' means the calendar year 1974. "Base period." " (e)(1) No person may make any expenditure (other than an expenditure made by or on behalf of a candidate within the meaning of subsection (c)(2)(B)) relative to a clearly identified candidate during a calendar year which, when added to all other expenditures made by such person during the year advocating the election or defeat of such candidate, exceeds $1,000. "(2) For purposes of paragraph (1) — " (A) 'clearly identified' means— nH'^^''" '" " (i) the candidate's name appears; " (ii) a photograph or drawing of the candidate appears; or "(iii) the identity of the candidate is apparent by unambiguous reference; and '"(B) 'expenditure' does not include any payment made or "Expenditure." incurred by a corporation or a labor organization which, under the provisions of the last paragraph of section 610, would not constitute an expenditure by such corporation or labor organization. " (f)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law with respect to limitations on expenditures or limitations on contributions, the national coumiittee of a political party and a State committee of a political party, including any subordinate committee of a State committee, may make expenditures in connection with the general election campaign of candidates for Federal office, subject to the limitations contained in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection. "(2) The national committee of a political party may not make any expenditure in connection with the general election campaign of any candidate for President of the United States who is affiliated with such party which exceeds an amount equal to 2 cents multiplied by the voting age population of the United States (as certified under subsection (g)). Any expenditure under this paragraph shall be in addition to any expenditure by a national committee of a political party serving as the principal campaign committee of a candidate for the office of President of the United States. "(3) The national committee of a political party, or a State committee of a political party, including any subordinate committee of a State committee, may not make any expenditure in connection with the general election campaign of a candidate for Federal office in a State who is affiliated with such party which exceeds—

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