[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR110.19]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 110_CONTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS AND PROHIBITIONS--Table 
of Contents
 
Sec.  110.19  Contributions and donations by minors.

    (a) Contributions to candidates. An individual who is 17 years old 
or younger shall not make a contribution to a candidate for Federal 
office, including a contribution to any of the following:
    (1) A principal campaign committee designated pursuant to 11 CFR 
101.1(a);
    (2) Any other political committee authorized by a candidate under 11 
CFR 101.1(b) and 102.13 to receive contributions or make expenditures on 
behalf of such candidate; or
    (3) Any entity directly or indirectly established, financed, 
maintained or controlled by one or more Federal candidates.
    (b) Contributions and donations to committees of political parties. 
An individual who is 17 years old or younger shall not make a 
contribution or donation to:
    (1) A national, State, district, or local committee of a political 
party, including a national congressional campaign committee;
    (2) Any entity directly or indirectly established, financed, 
maintained or controlled by a national, State, district, or local 
committee of a political party, including a national congressional 
campaign committee; or
    (3) Any account of a committee or entity described in paragraphs 
(b)(1) and (b)(2) of this section.
    (c) Contributions to political committees that are not authorized 
committees or committees of political parties. An individual who is 17 
years old or younger may make contributions to a political committee not 
described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section that in the aggregate 
do not exceed the limitations on contributions of 11 CFR 110.1 and 
110.5, if--

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    (1) The decision to contribute is made knowingly and voluntarily by 
that individual;
    (2) The funds, goods, or services contributed are owned or 
controlled exclusively by that individual, such as income earned by that 
individual, the proceeds of a trust for which that individual is the 
beneficiary, or a savings account opened and maintained exclusively in 
that individual's name;
    (3) The contribution is not made from the proceeds of a gift, the 
purpose of which was to provide funds to be contributed, or is not in 
any other way controlled by another individual; and
    (4) The contribution is not earmarked or otherwise directed to one 
or more Federal candidates, authorized committees, political party 
committees, or other organizations covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of 
this section. See 11 CFR 110.6.
    (d) Volunteer Services. Nothing in this section shall prohibit an 
individual who is 17 years old or younger from providing volunteer 
services to any Federal candidate or political committee.
    (e) Definition of directly or indirectly establish, finance, 
maintain or control. Directly or indirectly establish, finance, maintain 
or control has the same meaning as in 11 CFR 300.2(c).

[67 FR 69949, Nov. 19, 2002, as amended at 68 FR 2872, Jan. 22, 2003]