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 PUBLIC LAW 94-283—MAY 11, 1976 election of a designated candidate or candidates to Federal office, nor shall this paragraph apply in the case of legal or accounting services rendered to or on behalf of a candidate or political committee solely for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 or chapter 95 or chapter 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (unless the person paying for such services is a person other than the regular employer of the individual rendering such services), but amounts paid or incurred for such legal or accounting services shall be reported in accordance with the requirements of section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971", (c) Section 591(f)(4) of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating clause (F) through clause (I) as clause (G) through clause (J), respectively; and (2) by inserting immediately after clause (E) the following new clause: " (F) the payment, by any person other than a candidate or political committee, of compensation for legal or accounting services rendered to or on behalf of the national committee of a political party (unless the person paying for such services is a person other than the regular employer of the individual rendering such services), other than services attributable to activities which directly further the election of a designated candidate or candidates to Federal office, or the payment for legal or accounting services rendered to or on behalf of a candidate or political committee solely for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 or of chapter 95 or chapter 96 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (unless the person paying for such services is a person other than the regular employer of the individual rendering such services), but amounts paid or incurred for such legal or accounting services shall be reported under section 304(b) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971;".

90 STAT. 497

2 USC 431 note. 26 USC 9001, 9031.

Ante, p. 480.

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TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE O F 1954 ENTITLEMENT OF ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES TO PAYMENTS

SEC. 301. (a) Section 9004 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 26 USC 9004. (relating to entitlement of eligible candidates to payments) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections: "(d) EXPENDITURES FROM PERSONAL FUNDS.—In order to be eligible to receive any payment under section 9006, the candidate of a major, 26 USC 9006. minor, or new party in an election for the office of President shall certify to the Commission, under penalty of perjury, that such candidate will not knowingly make expenditures from his personal funds, or the personal funds of his immediate family, in connection with his campaign for election to the office of President in excess of, in the aggregate, $50,000. For purposes of this subsection, expenditures from personal funds made by a candidate of a major, minor, or new party for the office of Vice President shall be considered to be expenditures by the candidate of such party for the office of President.

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