[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR400.4]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 400_INCREASED LIMITS FOR CANDIDATES OPPOSING SELF-FINANCED CANDIDATES--
 
                     Subpart A_Scope and Definitions
 
Sec.  400.4  Expenditure from personal funds.

    (a) Expenditure from personal funds means the aggregation of all the 
following:
    (1) An expenditure made by a candidate, using the candidate's 
personal funds, for the purpose of influencing the election in which he 
or she is a candidate;
    (2) A contribution or loan made by a candidate to the candidate's 
authorized committee, using the candidate's personal funds (see 11 CFR 
100.33 for definition of personal funds);
    (3) A loan by any person to the candidate's authorized committee 
that is secured using the candidate's personal funds. (see 11 CFR 100.33 
for definition of personal funds); and
    (4) Any obligation to make an expenditure from personal funds that 
is legally enforceable against the candidate.
    (b) An expenditure from personal funds shall be considered to be 
made on the date the funds are deposited into the account designated by 
the candidate's authorized committee as the campaign depository, under 
11 CFR 103.1 and 11 CFR 103.2, on the date the instrument transferring 
the funds is signed, or on the date the contract obligating the personal 
funds is executed, whichever is earlier.