# § 9035. Qualified campaign expense limitations
**(a)** **Expenditure limitations** No candidate shall knowingly incur qualified campaign expenses in excess of the expenditure limitation applicable under section 315(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, and no candidate shall knowingly make expenditures from his personal funds, or the personal funds of his immediate family, in connection with his campaign for nomination for election to the office of President in excess of, in the aggregate, $50,000.
**(b)** **Definition of immediate family** For purposes of this section, the term “immediate family” means a candidate’s spouse, and any child, parent, grandparent, brother, half-brother, sister, or half-sister of the candidate, and the spouses of such persons.
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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 93–443, title IV, § 408(c), Oct. 15, 1974, 88 Stat. 1300; amended Pub. L. 94–283, title III, §§ 305(a), 307(c), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 499, 501; Pub. L. 113–295, div. A, title II, § 220(z), Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 4037.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
Section 315 of The Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified to , Voting and Elections.
### Amendments
2014—Subsec. (a). substituted “section 315(b)(1)(A)” for “section 320(b)(1)(A)”.
1976— substituted “limitations” for “limitation” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted “Expenditure limitations” as heading of subsec. (a) as so redesignated and substituted “section 320(b)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, and no candidate shall knowingly make expenditures from his personal funds, or the personal funds of his immediate family, in connection with his campaign for nomination for election to the office of President in excess of, in the aggregate, $50,000” for “, United States Code”, and added subsec. (b).
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 1976 Amendment
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### Effective Date
Section applicable with respect to taxable years beginning after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 1974 Amendment note under , Voting and Elections.