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PUBLIC LAW 93-443-OCT. 15, 1974

Ante. p. 1280. Post, p, 1299.

Post.

p. 1300.

[88 STAT.

seek nomination for election if he (A) takes the action necessary under the law of a State to qualify himself for nomination for election, (B) receives contributions or incurs qualified campaign expenses, or (C) gives his consent for any other person to receive contributions or to incur qualified campaign expenses on his behalf. "(3) The term 'Commission' means the Federal Election Commission established by section 310(a)(1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971. u(4) Except as provided by section 9034(a), the term 'contribution'— " (A) means a gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money, or anything of value, the payment of which was made on or after the beginning of the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year of the presidential election with respect to which such gift, subscription, loan, advance, or deposit of money, or anything of value, is made, for the purpose of influencing the result of a primary election, " (B) means a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make a contribution for any such purpose, " (C) means funds received by a political committee which are transferred to that committee from another committee, and " (D) means the payment by any person other than a candidate, or his authorized committee, of compensation for the personal services of another person which are rendered to the candidate or committee without charge, but " (E) does not include— "(i) except as provided in subparagraph (D), the value of personal services rendered to or for the benefit of a candidate by an individual who receives no compensation for rendering such service to or for the benefit of the candidate, or " (ii) payments under section 9037. "(5) The term 'matching payment account' means the Presidential Primary Matching Payment Account established under section 9037(a). "(6) The term 'matching payment period' means the period beginning with the beginning of the calendar year in which a general election for the office of President of the United States will be held and ending on the date on which the national convention of the party whose nomination a candidate seeks nominates its candidate for the office of President of the United States, or, in the case of a party which does not make such nomination by national convention, ending on the earlier of (A) the date such party nominates its candidate for the office of President of the United States, or (B) the last day of the last national convention held by a major party during such calendar year. "(7) The term 'primary election' means an election, including a runoff election or a nominating convention or caucus held by a political party, for the selection of delegates to a national nominating convention of a political party, or for the expression of a preference for the nomination of persons for election to the office of President of the United States. "(8) The term 'political committee' means any individual, committee, association, or organization (whether or not incorporated) which accepts contributions or incurs qualified campaign expenses for the purpose of influencing, or attempting to influence, the

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