---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 109.36"
title: "11"
number: "109.36"
heading: "Are there circumstances under which a political party committee is prohibited from making independent expenditures?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/109.36"
---

# §109.36. Are there circumstances under which a political party committee is prohibited from making independent expenditures?


The national committee of a political party must not make independent expenditures in connection with the general election campaign of a candidate for President of the United States if the national committee of that political party is designated as the authorized committee of its Presidential candidate pursuant to [11 CFR 9002.1(c)](/cfr/11/9002.1.md?p=c).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30101(17), 30104(c), 30111(a)(8), 30116, 30120; Sec. 214(c), Pub. L. 107-155, 116 Stat. 81.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 451, Jan. 3, 2003, unless otherwise noted.