principal campaign committee

principal campaign committee Sec. 202. (a) Each candidate for office shall designate in writing one political committee as his principal campaign committee. The principal campaign committee shall receive all reports made by any other political committee accepting contributions or making expenditures for the purpose of influencing the nomination for election, or election, of the candidate who designated it as his principal campaign committee. The principal committee may require additional reports to be made to it by any such political committee and may designate the time and number of all reports. No political committee may be designated as the principal campaign committee of more than one candidate, except a principal campaign committee supporting the nomination or election of a candidate as an official of a political party may support the nomination or election of more than one such candidate, but may not support the nomination or election of a candidate for any public office. (b) Each statement (including the statement of organization required under section 204) or report that a political committee is required to file with or furnish to the Director under the provisions of this Act shall also be furnished, if that political committee is not a principal campaign committee, to the campaign committee for the candidate on whose behalf that political committee is accepting or making, or intends to accept or make, contributions or expenditures. (c) The treasurer of each political committee which is a principal campaign committee, and each candidate, shall receive all reports and88 Stat. 451 statements filed with or furnished to it or him by other political committees, consolidate, and furnish the reports and statements to the Director, together with the reports and statements of the principal campaign committee of which he is treasurer or which was designated by him, in accordance with the provisions of this title and regulations prescribed by the Board.