[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: 11CFR9008.1] [Page 317] TITLE 11--FEDERAL ELECTIONS CHAPTER I--FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION PART 9008_FEDERAL FINANCING OF PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS-- Table of Contents Subpart A_Expenditures by National Committees and Convention Committees Sec. 9008.1 Scope. Subpart A_Expenditures by National Committees and Convention Committees Sec. 9008.1 Scope. 9008.2 Definitions. 9008.3 Eligibility for payments; registration and reporting. 9008.4 Entitlement to payments from the fund. 9008.5 Adjustment of entitlement. 9008.6 Payment and certification procedures. 9008.7 Use of funds. 9008.8 Limitation of expenditures. 9008.9 Receipt of goods and services from commercial vendors. 9008.10 Documentation of disbursements; net outstanding convention expenses. 9008.11 Examinations and audits. 9008.12 Repayments. 9008.13 Additional audits. 9008.14 Petitions for rehearing: stays of repayment determinations. 9008.15 Extensions of time. 9008.16 Stale-dated committee checks. Subpart B_Host Committees and Municipal Funds Representing a Convention City 9008.50 Scope and definitions. 9008.51 Registration and reports. 9008.52 Receipts and disbursements of host committees. 9008.53 Receipts and disbursements of municipal funds. 9008.54 Examinations and audits. 9008.55 Funding for convention committees, host committees and municipal funds. Authority: 2 U.S.C. 437, 438(a)(8), 441i; 26 U.S.C. 9008, 9009(b). Source: 59 FR 33616, June 29, 1994, unless otherwise noted. (a) This part interprets 2 U.S.C. 437 and 26 U.S.C. 9008. Under 26 U.S.C. 9008(b), the national committees of both major and minor parties are entitled to public funds to defray expenses incurred with respect to a Presidential Nominating convention. Under 26 U.S.C. 9008(d), expenditures with regard to such a convention by a national committee receiving public funds are limited to $4,000,000, as adjusted by the Consumer Price Index. New parties are not entitled to receive any public funds to defray convention expenses. (b) Under 2 U.S.C. 437, each committee or organization which represents a national party in making arrangements for that party's presidential nominating convention is required to file disclosure reports. This reporting obligation extends to all such committees or organizations, regardless of whether or not public funds are used or available to defray convention expenses.