11 CFR 100.78
§ 100.78 Sale of food or beverages by vendor.
United States · 11 CFR — Federal Elections · Status: effective
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- 11 CFR 100.78, § 100.78 Sale of food or beverages by vendor, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/42139
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Full text
The sale of any food or beverage by a vendor (whether incorporated or not) for use in a candidate's campaign, or for use by a political committee of a political party, at a charge less than the normal or comparable commercial rate, is not a contribution, provided that the charge is at least equal to the cost of such food or beverage to the vendor, to the extent that: The aggregate value of such discount given by the vendor on behalf of any single candidate does not exceed $1,000 with respect to any single election; and on behalf of all political committees of each political party does not exceed $2,000 in a calendar year.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.