A citizen can currently give no more than $2,600 per candidate for federal office per election in a given two-year election cycle. The base limits in the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 as modified by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 which authorize an individual to subsidize up to $2,600 per election to a candidate $32,400 per year to a national party committee; $10,000 per year to a state or local party committee; and $5,000 per year to a political action committee. A national committee, state or local party committee, or multi candidate PAC may in turn subsidize up to $5,000 per election to a contender. The base limits put on with equal force to donations that are in any way set aside or then heading for through an intermediate to a candidate. one example, a donor provides money to a party group but leads the party group to pass the support alongside to a particular contender then the deal is preserved as a support from the original donor to the definite candidate.
