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    <CFRTITLE>11</CFRTITLE>
    <CFRTITLETEXT>Federal Elections</CFRTITLETEXT>
    <VOL>1</VOL>
    <DATE>2011-01-01</DATE>
    <ORIGINALDATE>2011-01-01</ORIGINALDATE>
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    <TITLE>Are there circumstances under which a political party committee is prohibited from making independent expenditures?</TITLE>
    <GRANULENUM>109.36</GRANULENUM>
    <HEADING>Section 109.36</HEADING>
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      <PARENT HEADING="Title 11" SEQ="4">Federal Elections</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="CHAPTER I" SEQ="3">FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="SUBCHAPTER A" SEQ="2">GENERAL</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="PART 109" SEQ="1">COORDINATED AND INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES (2 U.S.C. 431(17), 441a(a) AND (d), AND PUB. L. 107-155 SEC. 214(c))</PARENT>
      <PARENT HEADING="Subpart D" SEQ="0">Special Provisions for Political Party Committees</PARENT>
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    <SECTNO>§ 109.36</SECTNO>
    <SUBJECT>Are there circumstances under which a political party committee is prohibited from making independent expenditures?</SUBJECT>
    <P>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).</P>
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