[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: 11CFR9032.1]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 9032_DEFINITIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  9032.1  Authorized committee.

    (a) Notwithstanding the definition at 11 CFR 100.5, authorized 
committee means with respect to candidates (as defined at 11 CFR 9032.2) 
seeking the nomination of a political party for the office of President, 
any political committee that is authorized by a candidate to solicit or 
receive contributions or to incur expenditures on behalf of the 
candidate. The term authorized committee includes the candidate's 
principal campaign committee designated in accordance with 11 CFR 
102.12, any political committee authorized in writing by the candidate 
in accordance with 11 CFR 102.13, and any political committee not 
disavowed by the candidate in writing pursuant to 11 CFR 100.3(a)(3).
    (b) Any withdrawal of an authorization shall be in writing and shall 
be addressed and filed in the same manner provided for at 11 CFR 102.12 
or 102.13.
    (c) For the purposes of this subchapter, references to the 
``candidate'' and his or her responsibilities under this subchapter 
shall also be deemed to refer to the candidate's authorized 
committee(s).
    (d) An expenditure by an authorized committee on behalf of the 
candidate who authorized the committee cannot qualify as an independent 
expenditure.
    (e) A delegate committee, as defined in 11 CFR 100.5(e)(5), is not 
an authorized committee of a candidate unless it also meets the 
requirements of 11 CFR 9032.1(a). Expenditures by delegate committees on 
behalf of a candidate may count against that candidate's expenditure 
limitation under the circumstances set forth in 11 CFR 110.14.