§ 30124. Fraudulent misrepresentation of campaign authority

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1976

   Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971

   Pub. L. 92–225 title III § 322 · 86 Stat. 3

   Enacted · 52 U.S.C. § 30124

   Pub. L. 92–225, title III, § 322, formerly § 327, as added Pub. L. 94–283, title I, § 112(2), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 494

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 92–225, title III, § 322, formerly § 327, as added Pub. L. 94–283, title I, § 112(2), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 494

2. 2002

   Pub. L. 107–155 title III § 309 · 116 Stat. 81

   1. Amended · 52 U.S.C. § 30124

      Pub. L. 107–155 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Inserted · 52 U.S.C. § 30124

      Pub. L. 107–155 inserted heading

   3. Added · 52 U.S.C. § 30124

      Pub. L. 107–155 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 107–155 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 309. PROHIBITION ON FRAUDULENT SOLICITATION OF FUNDS. Section 322 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441h) is amended— (1) by inserting “(a) In General.—” before “No person”; and (2) by adding at the end the following: “(b) Fraudulent Solicitation of Funds.— No person shall— “(1) fraudulently misrepresent the person as speaking, writing, or otherwise acting for or on behalf of any candidate or political party or employee or agent thereof for the purpose of soliciting contributions or donations; or “(2) willfully and knowingly participate in or conspire to participate in any plan, scheme, or design to violate paragraph (1).”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 107–155 effective Nov. 6, 2002, see section 402 of Pub. L. 107–155, set out as an Effective Date of 2002 Amendment; Regulations note under section 30101 of this title.

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