Title 52 — Voting and Elections
Chapter 301 — Federal Election Campaigns
§ 30126. Prohibition of contributions by minors
Statutory text
An individual who is 17 years old or younger shall not make a contribution to a candidate or a contribution or donation to a committee of a political party.
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.
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
Pub. L. 92–225 title III § 324 · 86 Stat. 3
Enacted · 52 U.S.C. § 30126
(Pub. L. 92–225, title III, § 324, as added Pub. L. 107–155, title III, § 318, Mar. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 109.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 92–225, title III, § 324, as added Pub. L. 107–155, title III, § 318, Mar. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 109.)
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Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 441k of Title 2, The Congress, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Constitutionality
For information regarding the constitutionality of statute prohibiting persons “17 years old or younger” from contributing to candidates or political parties, see the Table of Laws Held Unconstitutional in Whole or in Part by the Supreme Court on the Constitution Annotated website, constitution.congress.gov.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 324 of Pub. L. 92–225 was renumbered section 319, and is classified to section 30121 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective , but not applicable with respect to runoff elections, recounts, or election contests resulting from elections held prior to , 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.
Credits
(Pub. L. 92–225, title III, § 324, as added Pub. L. 107–155, title III, § 318, , 116 Stat. 109.)