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  • FEC Record: Outreach

2015 edition of Federal Election Campaign Laws now available

March 30, 2015

Thumbnail of 52 U.S.C.Printed copies of the 2015 edition of Federal Election Campaign Laws are now available from the Commission. The compilation contains all federal campaign finance statutes (including those recently re-codified under Title 52, United States Code (U.S.C.)), along with a conversion table showing the changes from Title 2 U.S.C. to Title 52 U.S.C. It incorporates recent changes to the statute made in 2014 concerning new party accounts and the termination of public funding for presidential nominating conventions.

Federal Election Campaign Laws also contains relevant statutes administered by other government agencies governing the financing of federal elections, including:

  • Sections of the tax code administered by the Internal Revenue Service that govern tax-exempt 501(c) groups and section 527 political organizations (additional provisions of 26 U.S.C. also apply);
  • Laws administered by the Federal Communications Commission that govern broadcast communications; and
  • Criminal provisions administered by the Department of Justice that relate to elections and political activity.

Contact the Commission''s Information Division at (800) 424-9530 (press 6, when prompted) to order printed copies of Federal Election Campaign Laws at no charge. You may also email the Information Division to place an order at info@fec.gov.

The compilation is also available in PDF format on the Commission's website at https://transition.fec.gov/law/feca/feca.pdf.

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  • Author 
    • Dorothy Yeager
    • Enterprise Resource Analyst