---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 300.10"
title: "11"
number: "300.10"
heading: "General prohibitions on raising and spending non-Federal funds (52 U.S.C. 30125(a) and (c))."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/300.10"
---

# §300.10. General prohibitions on raising and spending non-Federal funds (52 U.S.C. 30125(a) and (c)).

- (a) **Prohibitions.** A national committee of a political party, including a national congressional campaign committee, must not:
  - (1) Solicit, receive, or direct to another person a contribution, donation, or transfer of funds, or any other thing of value that is not subject to the prohibitions, limitations and reporting requirements of the Act;
  - (2) Spend any funds that are not subject to the prohibitions, limitations, and reporting requirements of the Act; or
  - (3) **Solicit, receive, direct, or transfer to another person, or spend, Levin funds.**
- (b) **Fundraising costs.** A national committee of a political party, including a national congressional campaign committee, must use only Federal funds to raise funds that are used, in whole or in part, for expenditures and disbursements for Federal election activity.
- (c) **Application.** This section also applies to:
  - (1) An officer or agent acting on behalf of a national party committee or a national congressional campaign committee; and
  - (2) An entity that is directly or indirectly established, financed, maintained, or controlled by a national party committee or a national congressional campaign committee.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 52 U.S.C. 30104(e), 30111(a)(8), 30116(a), 30125, and 30143.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 49120, July 29, 2002, unless otherwise noted.