[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 11, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 11CFR300.50]

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                       TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS
 
                 CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
 
PART 300_NON-FEDERAL FUNDS--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart C_Tax-Exempt Organizations
 
Sec.  300.50  Prohibited fundraising by national party committees 
(2 U.S.C. 441i(d)).


    (a) Prohibitions on fundraising and donations. A national committee 
of a political party, including a national congressional campaign 
committee, must not solicit any funds for, or make or direct any 
donations of non-Federal funds to the following organizations:
    (1) An organization that is described in 26 U.S.C. 501(c) and exempt 
from taxation under section 26 U.S.C. 501(a) and that makes expenditures 
or disbursements in connection with an election for Federal office, 
including expenditures or disbursements for Federal election activity;
    (2) An organization that has submitted an application for tax-exempt 
status under 26 U.S.C. 501(c) and that makes expenditures or 
disbursements in connection with an election for Federal office, 
including expenditures or disbursements for Federal election activity; 
or
    (3) An organization described in 26 U.S.C. 527, unless the 
organization is:
    (i) A political committee under 11 CFR 100.5;
    (ii) A State, district, or local committee of a political party; or
    (iii) The authorized campaign committee of a State or local 
candidate;
    (b) Application. This section also applies to:

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    (1) An officer or agent acting on behalf of a national party 
committee, including a national congressional campaign committee;
    (2) An entity that is directly or indirectly established, financed, 
maintained, or controlled by a national party committee, including a 
national congressional campaign committee, or an officer or agent acting 
on behalf of such an entity; or
    (3) An entity that is directly or indirectly established, financed, 
maintained or controlled by an agent of a national committee of a 
political party, including a national congressional campaign committee.
    (c) Determining whether a section 501(c) organization makes 
expenditures or disbursements in connection with Federal elections. In 
determining whether a section 501(c) organization is one that makes 
expenditures or disbursements in connection with a Federal election, 
including expenditures or disbursements for Federal election activity, 
pursuant to paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) of this section, a national 
committee of a political party, including a national congressional 
campaign committee, or any other person described in paragraph (b) of 
this section, may obtain and rely upon a certification from the 
organization that satisfies the criteria described in paragraph (d) of 
this section.
    (d) Certification. A national committee of a political party, 
including a national congressional campaign committee, or any person 
described in paragraph (b) of this section, may rely upon a 
certification that meets all of the following criteria:
    (1) The certification is a signed written statement by an officer or 
other authorized representative of the organization with knowledge of 
the organization's activities;
    (2) The certification states that within the current election cycle, 
the organization has not made, and does not intend to make, expenditures 
or disbursements in connection with an election for Federal office 
(including for Federal election activity); and
    (3) The certification states that the organization or political 
committee does not intend to pay debts incurred from the making of 
expenditures or disbursements in connection with an election for Federal 
office (including for Federal election activity) in a prior election 
cycle.
    (e) Reliance on false certification. If a national committee of a 
political party or any person described in paragraph (b) of this section 
has actual knowledge that the certification is false, the certification 
may not be relied upon.
    (f) Requests for information. It is not prohibited for a national 
party or its agent to respond to a request for information about a tax-
exempt group that shares the party's political or philosophical goals.

[67 FR 49120, July 29, 2002, as amended at 70 FR 12789, Mar. 16, 2005]