26 USC 9008 - Payments for presidential nominating conventions

U.S Code last checked for updates: Sep 27, 2026

§ 9008.

Payments for presidential nominating conventions

(a)

Establishment of accounts

(b)

Entitlement to payments from the fund

(1)

Major parties

(2)

Minor parties

(3)

Payments

(4)

Limitation

(5)

Adjustment of entitlements

(c)

Use of funds

(1)

to defray expenses incurred with respect to a presidential nominating convention (including the payment of deposits) by or on behalf of the national committee receiving such payments; or

(2)

to repay loans the proceeds of which were used to defray such expenses, or otherwise to restore funds (other than contributions to defray such expenses received by such committee) used to defray such expenses.

(d)

Limitation of expenditures

(1)

Major parties

(2)

Minor parties

(3)

Exception

(4)

Provision of legal or accounting services

(e)

Availability of payments

(f)

Transfer to the fund

(g)

Certification by Commission

(h)

Repayments

(i)

Termination of payments for conventions; use of amounts for pediatric research initiative

Effective on the date of the enactment of the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act—

(1)

the entitlement of any major party or minor party to a payment under this section shall terminate; and

(2)

all amounts in each account maintained for the national committee of a major party or minor party under this section shall be transferred to a fund in the Treasury to be known as the “10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund”, which shall be available only for the purpose provided in section 402A(a)(2) of the Public Health Service Act, and only to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

(Added Pub. L. 92–178, title VIII, § 801, Dec. 10, 1971, 85 Stat. 569; amended Pub. L. 93–443, title IV, § 406(a), Oct. 15, 1974, 88 Stat. 1294; Pub. L. 94–283, title III, §§ 303, 307(a), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 498, 501; Pub. L. 96–187, title II, § 202, Jan. 8, 1980, 93 Stat. 1368; Pub. L. 98–355, § 1(a), (b), July 11, 1984, 98 Stat. 394; Pub. L. 113–94, § 2(a), Apr. 3, 2014, 128 Stat. 1085.)

cite as: 26 USC 9008