[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: 11CFR400.31]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 400_INCREASED LIMITS FOR CANDIDATES OPPOSING SELF-FINANCED 
CANDIDATES--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart C_Determining When the Increased Limits Apply
 
Sec.  400.31  Preventing disproportionate advantage resulting from 
increased contribution and coordinated party expenditure limits.

    (a) Applicability. This section applies to elections to the office 
of United States Senator, and to the office of Representative in, or 
Delegate or Resident Commission to, the Congress.
    (b) Persons with responsibilities under this section. A candidate 
and the candidate's authorized committee that accepts contributions 
under the increased limits pursuant to this part, and any national or 
State political party committee (including a national Congressional 
campaign committee) that makes coordinated party expenditures on behalf 
of the candidate under the increased expenditure limits pursuant to this 
part, must comply with this section.
    (c) Information to be monitored. Any person described in paragraph 
(b) of this section must monitor all of the following amounts while 
accepting contributions, or making coordinated party expenditures, 
respectively, under the increased limits:
    (1) The aggregate amount of contributions previously accepted by the 
candidate and the candidate's authorized committee under the increased 
limits.
    (2) The aggregate amount of coordinated party expenditures in 
connection with the general election campaign of the candidate 
previously made by any political party committee under the increased 
limits.
    (3) The opposition personal funds amount related to each opposing 
candidate.
    (d) Senate elections--(1) Responsibilities of candidates and their 
authorized committees. (i) A candidate and the candidate's authorized 
committee must

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not accept that amount of any contribution above the applicable limit if 
the sum of that amount of the contribution above the applicable limit 
plus the aggregate amounts described in paragraphs (c)(1) of this 
section and the aggregate amounts described in paragraph (c)(2) of this 
section is greater than 110% of the opposition personal funds amount.
    (ii) When the aggregate amounts described in paragraph (c)(1) of 
this section plus the aggregate amounts described in paragraph (c)(2) of 
this section exceed 110% of the opposition personal funds amount, the 
candidate or the candidate's authorized committee must inform the 
national and State committees of their political party and the 
Commission, by facsimile or electronic mail, of this information within 
24 hours of reaching 110% of the opposition personal funds amount.
    (2) Responsibilities of the national and State committees of the 
political party. A national or State political party committee must not 
make, pursuant to this part, a coordinated party expenditure in 
connection with a candidate's general election campaign in excess of the 
expenditure limitations under 11 CFR 109.32(b) if the sum of the amount 
of that expenditure plus the aggregate amounts described in paragraph 
(c)(1) of this section and the aggregate amounts described in paragraph 
(c)(2) of this section with regard to that candidate is greater than 
110% of the opposition personal funds amount.
    (e) House of Representatives elections--(1) Responsibilities of 
candidates and their authorized committees. (i) A candidate and the 
candidate's authorized committee must not accept that amount of any 
contribution above the applicable limit if the sum of that amount of the 
contribution above the applicable limit plus the aggregate amounts 
described in paragraphs (c)(1) of this section and the aggregate amounts 
described in paragraph (c)(2) of this section is greater than 100% of 
the opposition personal funds amount.
    (ii) When the aggregate amounts described in paragraph (c)(1) of 
this section plus the aggregate amounts described in paragraph (c)(2) of 
this section exceed 100% of the opposition personal funds amount, the 
candidate or the candidate's authorized committee must inform the 
national and State committees of their political party and the 
Commission, by facsimile machine or electronic mail, of this information 
within 24 hours of reaching 100% of the opposition personal funds 
amount.
    (2) Responsibilities of the national and State committees of the 
political party. A national or State political party committee must not 
make, pursuant to this part, a coordinated party expenditure in 
connection with a candidate's general election campaign in excess of the 
expenditure limitations under 11 CFR 109.32(b) if the sum of the amount 
of that expenditure plus the aggregate amounts described in paragraph 
(c)(1) of this section and the aggregate amounts described in paragraph 
(c)(2) of this section with regard to that candidate is greater than 
100% of the opposition personal funds amount.