D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 3, r. 3-3011
No person, including a business contributor and its affiliated entities, may make any contribution, and no person may receive any contribution, which, when totaled with all other contributions from the same person, pertaining to an individual's campaign for nomination as a candidate or election to public office, including both the primary and general elections, or special elections, exceeds the limitations enumerated for each office set forth in §3011.2.
Contributions in support of either individual candidates or their authorized committees, or for the recall of an incumbent, shall be limited to the following:
No person may make contributions to any one political committee or political action committee in any one (1) election that in the aggregate exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000).
No person or business contributor and its affiliated entities shall receive or make a contribution in the form of cash or money order which exceeds one hundred dollars ($100).
For the purposes of the contribution limitations of this section, expenditures for candidates for office shall not be considered contributions or expenditures by or on behalf of a candidate when derived from:
Each loan or advance from a candidate or member of the immediate family of a candidate shall be evidenced by a written instruction that fully discloses:
The amount of each loan or advance from a member of the candidate's immediate family shall be included in computing and applying the limitations on contributions under § 3011, upon receipt by the authorized political committee of the loan or advance from an immediate family member; provided, that the standards for repayment are consistent with the repayment policies of lending institutions in the District of Columbia.
Contributions to a candidate, political committee, political action committee, or an independent expenditure committee shall be attributed to the person actually making the contribution.
Contributions from minor children (under eighteen (18) years old) shall be attributed to their parents or legal guardians unless:
A connected organization, under §3000.8, and each committee established, financed, maintained, or controlled by the connected organization share a single contribution limitation.
A Bitcoin contribution may be accepted if the value of the Bitcoin contribution at the time of transfer does not exceed the contribution limits established by §3011.
A Bitcoin contribution received during the initial transfer shall be rejected and returned to the contributor if it exceeds the contribution limits established by § 3011.
A Bitcoin contribution that does not exceed the contribution limits at the time of transfer shall, within five (5) days of receipt, be liquidated and converted into U.S. dollars on a high volume public Bitcoin exchange website that is open to transactions in the United States.
Each committee that receives a Bitcoin contribution shall be responsible for verifying both the accuracy of the contributor information provided and the Bitcoin value determinations as part of the committee's recordkeeping obligations under §3400.
Each committee that accepts Bitcoin contributions shall require the contributor to affirm on forms soliciting Bitcoin contributions:
No person, including a business contributor, shall make a bundled or cause to make a bundling of contributions from different donors for the purpose of making a single contribution, directly or indirectly, to a candidate or political committee.
No candidate or political committee shall accept, directly or indirectly a bundling of contributions from different donors for the purpose of making a single contribution in support of a candidate for public office.
Each political committee shall disclose in a separate sub-schedule of Schedule A, to be prescribed by the Director, of the R&E Report, where two (2) or more contributions are forwarded from one or more persons, by a person who is not acting with actual authority as an agent or principal of a committee, the following information:
Limitations on bundled contributions under §§3011.16 and 3011.17, shall not apply to hosting a fundraiser, by itself.
Any business entity, as that term is defined in § 29-101.02 of the District of Columbia Official Code, may make contributions in the District of Columbia.
A corporation, its affiliated entities, including its subsidiaries, and each committee established, financed, maintained, or controlled by the corporation and its affiliated entities share a single contribution limitation.
Each business entity is deemed to be a separate entity; provided, that a business entity, which is established, financed, maintained, or controlled (51% or more) by another entity, or shares a controller, whether the controller is another entity or an individual, is considered, for the purposes of the contribution limitations, an affiliated entity of the other business entity.
All contributions by a partnership shall be subject to each contributing partner's individual contribution limitations, under § 3011.
Contributions by a partnership shall be attributed to each partner either by:
No portion of any contribution under §3011.22 shall derive from the profits of a corporation that is a partner.
Each business entity, as that term is defined in § 29-101.02 of the District of Columbia Official Code, is subject to the limitations on contributions set forth in § 3011.
A business contributor consists of:
A business contributor shall certify on a form prescribed by the Director and submitted to the committee for each contribution that it makes that none of its affiliated entities have contributed an amount that, when aggregated with the business contributor's contribution to that committee, would exceed the limits imposed by the Campaign Finance Act.
A business contributor to a political committee, political action committee, or an independent expenditure committee shall provide the committee with the identities of the contributor's affiliated entities that have also contributed to the committee, the date and amount of each contribution and expenditure made.
Limitations on contributions under §§3011.1 - 3011.26 shall not apply to initiative or referendum measures.
With the exception of contributions received to retire debt, a political committee or a candidate shall not receive or accept contributions after the election or defeat of the candidate for office, or after the candidate notifies the Office of Campaign Finance of the intent to terminate the candidacy.
Limitations on contributions under §§3011.1 - 3011.29 shall not apply to candidates seeking certification and participating candidates of the Fair Elections Program, who are subject to the limitations on contributions under § 4205.
Limitations on contributions under this section shall apply to political action committees during nonelection years.
The contribution limits in this section shall not apply to independent expenditure committees.
No covered contractor shall contribute to a prohibited recipient, as defined under §§3011.37, 3011.38 and 3011.39, during the prohibited period, as defined by D.C. Official Code § 1-1161.01(45C). This prohibition shall not include a contribution by a covered contractor who is also a prohibited recipient to finance his or her own election. For the purpose of this section "prohibited period" means from the date of solicitation or similar invitation, or opportunity to contract (excluding leases, surpluses and dispositions), as further defined by D.C. Official Code § 1-1161.01(45C), for the types of contracts described under D.C. Official Code §§ 1-1161.01(10C)(A)(ii)(I), (II), (III), and (IV).
For the purpose of §3011.35, "covered contractor" means any business entity, or a principal of a business entity, seeking or holding a contract or multiple contracts with the District government, with an aggregate value of $250,000.00 or more, as further defined by D.C. Official Code § 1-1161.01(10C) (A)(i).
No covered contractor who is seeking or holding a contract with, or for which the procurement process would be overseen by a District agency subordinate to the Mayor shall make a contribution to the following prohibited recipients:
A covered contractor who is seeking or holding a contract with the Office of the Attorney General shall not make a contribution to the following prohibited recipients:
A covered contractor who is seeking or holding a contract, with the Council, that must come before the Council for its approval, or otherwise be approved by the Council legislatively to take effect shall not contribute to the following prohibited recipients:
For the purposes of expenditures made to reimburse the candidate for the candidate's childcare expenses incurred for campaign related purposes, as prescribed under §3011.5, each receipt for reimbursement shall include, but is not limited to:
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 3, r. 3-3011