{"data":{"id":"us/11-cfr-100.78","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"11 CFR 100.78","heading":"Sale of food or beverages by vendor.","body":"The sale of any food or beverage by a vendor (whether incorporated or not) for use in a candidate's campaign, or for use by a political committee of a political party, at a charge less than the normal or comparable commercial rate, is not a contribution, provided that the charge is at least equal to the cost of such food or beverage to the vendor, to the extent that: The aggregate value of such discount given by the vendor on behalf of any single candidate does not exceed $1,000 with respect to any single election; and on behalf of all political committees of each political party does not exceed $2,000 in a calendar year.","path":["Title 11—Federal Elections","CHAPTER I—FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION","SUBCHAPTER A—GENERAL","PART 100—SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS (52 U.S.C. 30101)","Subpart C—Exceptions to Contributions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-11.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:13Z","sha256":"55bc81fbc55d157250f905cb9a4a87b97f6d040ae6a5ddb6969960b7c9e5b9d3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/11-cfr-100.77","next":"us/11-cfr-100.79"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}