---
kind: "section"
citation: "11 C.F.R. § 9032.1"
title: "11"
number: "9032.1"
heading: "Authorized committee."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/11/9032.1"
---

# §9032.1. Authorized committee.

- (a) Notwithstanding the definition at [11 CFR 100.5](/cfr/11/100.5.md), authorized committee means with respect to candidates (as defined at [11 CFR 9032.2](/cfr/11/9032.2.md)) seeking the nomination of a political party for the office of President, any political committee that is authorized by a candidate to solicit or receive contributions or to incur expenditures on behalf of the candidate. The term authorized committee includes the candidate's principal campaign committee designated in accordance with [11 CFR 102.12](/cfr/11/102.12.md), any political committee authorized in writing by the candidate in accordance with [11 CFR 102.13](/cfr/11/102.13.md), and any political committee not disavowed by the candidate in writing pursuant to [11 CFR 100.3(a)(3)](/cfr/11/100.3.md?p=a-3).
- (b) Any withdrawal of an authorization shall be in writing and shall be addressed and filed in the same manner provided for at 11 CFR [102.12](/cfr/11/102.12.md) or [102.13](/cfr/11/102.13.md).
- (c) For the purposes of this subchapter, references to the “candidate” and his or her responsibilities under this subchapter shall also be deemed to refer to the candidate's authorized committee(s).
- (d) An expenditure by an authorized committee on behalf of the candidate who authorized the committee cannot qualify as an independent expenditure.
- (e) A delegate committee, as defined in [11 CFR 100.5(e)(5)](/cfr/11/100.5.md?p=e-5), is not an authorized committee of a candidate unless it also meets the requirements of [11 CFR 9032.1(a)](#a). Expenditures by delegate committees on behalf of a candidate may count against that candidate's expenditure limitation under the circumstances set forth in [11 CFR 110.14](/cfr/11/110.14.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 26 U.S.C. 9032 and 9039(b).

### Source

Source: 56 FR 35929, July 29, 1991, unless otherwise noted.