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Exhibit 893

52 U.S.C. § 30104 (reporting requirements), subsections (c) and (f)

Exhibit 893 · Statute

52 U.S.C. § 30104 (reporting requirements), subsections (c) and (f)

Every person who makes a disbursement for the direct costs of producing and airing electioneering communications in an aggregate amount in excess of $10,000 during any calendar year shall, within 24 hours of each disclosure date, file with the Commission a statement containing the information described in paragraph (2).

Independent-expenditure statements by non-committees (over $250) and electioneering-communication statements (over $10,000; 60 days before a general, 30 before a primary; donors of $1,000 or more disclosed only if paid from a segregated account, or from the person's own funds for subparagraph F).

Source
United States Congress
Date
as in force 2026
Quoted from
52 U.S.C. § 30104(f)(1)
Grade
Primary record
Document
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/52/30104
Accessed
2026-11-10
Cited by
Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding POL-5.1
Primary record In Citizens United (2010) the Supreme Court held, 5 to 4, that independent expenditures by corporations do not give rise to corruption or its appearance, and held, 8 to 1, that the disclaimer and disclosure requirements of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act are constitutional. In SpeechNow.org v. FEC (D.C. Circuit, en banc, 26 March 2010) the court held that contributions to groups making only independent expenditures cannot be limited and upheld the registration and reporting requirements for those groups.
Finding POL-5.10
Primary record The D.C. Circuit held on 21 August 2020 that 11 CFR 109.10(e)(1)(vi), which limited disclosure of donors to independent expenditures to donations earmarked for a specific expenditure, conflicts with the statute. In Van Hollen v. FEC the district court held 11 CFR 104.20(c)(9), a purpose-based limit on electioneering-communication donor disclosure, contrary to the statute in 2012 and 2014, and the D.C. Circuit reversed on 18 September 2012 and 21 January 2016 and upheld the regulation.