Contribution Limits for 2003-2004
 

	To each candidate or candidate committee per election	To national party committee per calendar year	To state, district & local party committee per calendar year	To any other political committee per calendar year[1] (i.e. PAC)	Special Limits
Individual may give	$2,000*	$25,000*	$10,000 (combined limit)	$5,000	$95,000* overall biennial limit: $37,500* to all candidates $57,500* to all PACs and parties[2]
National Party Committee may give	$5,000	No limit	No limit	$5,000	$35,000* to Senate candidate per campaign[3]
State, District & Local Party Committee may give	$5,000 (combined limit)	No limit	No limit	$5,000 (combined limit)	No limit
PAC (multicandidate)[4] may give	$5,000	$15,000	$5,000 (combined limit)	$5,000	No limit
PAC (not multicandidate) may give	$2,000[5] *	$25,000*	$10,000 (combined limit)	$5,000	No limit

* These contribution limits will be increased for inflation in odd-numbered years, beginning in 2005.

(1) A contribution earmarked for a candidate through a political committee counts against the original contributor’s limit for that candidate. In certain circumstances, the contribution may also count against the contributor’s limit to the PAC. 11 CFR 110.6. See also 11 CFR 110.1(h).

(2) No more than $37,500 of this amount may be contributed to state and local party committees and PACs.

(3) This limit is shared by the national committee and the Senate campaign committee.

(4) A multicandidate committee is a political committee with more than 50 contributors which has been registered for at least 6 months and, with the exception of state party committees, has made contributions to 5 or more candidates for federal office. 11 CFR 100.5(e)(3).

(5) A federal candidate's authorized committee(s) may contribute no more than $1,000 per election to another federal candidate's authorized committee(s). 11 CFR 102.12(c)(2).