                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                 CHAPTER 14--FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNS
 
                    SUBCHAPTER II--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 455. Period of limitations

    (a) No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for any 
violation of subchapter I of this chapter, unless the indictment is 
found or the information is instituted within 3 years after the date of 
the violation.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law--
        (1) the period of limitations referred to in subsection (a) of 
    this section shall apply with respect to violations referred to in 
    such subsection committed before, on, or after the effective date of 
    this section; and
        (2) no criminal proceeding shall be instituted against any 
    person for any act or omission which was a violation of any 
    provision of subchapter I of this chapter, as in effect on December 
    31, 1974, if such act or omission does not constitute a violation of 
    any such provision, as amended by the Federal Election Campaign Act 
    Amendments of 1974.

Nothing in this subsection shall affect any proceeding pending in any 
court of the United States on January 1, 1975.

(Pub. L. 92-225, title IV, Sec. 406, as added Pub. L. 93-443, title III, 
Sec. 302, Oct. 15, 1974, 88 Stat. 1289; amended Pub. L. 94-283, title I, 
Sec. 115(f), May 11, 1976, 90 Stat. 496.)

                       References in Text

    The Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1974, referred to in 
subsec. (b)(2), is Pub. L. 93-433, Oct. 15, 1974, 88 Stat. 1263, as 
amended. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short 
Title of 1974 Amendment note set out under section 431 of this title and 
Tables.


                               Amendments

    1976--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 94-283, Sec. 115(f)(1), struck out 
references to sections 608, 610, 611, 613, 614, 615, 616, and 617 of 
title 18.
    Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 94-283, Sec. 115(f)(2), struck out 
references to sections 608, 610, 611, and 613 of title 18.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Jan. 1, 1975, see section 410(a) of Pub. L. 93-
443, set out as an Effective Date of 1974 Amendment note under section 
431 of this title.
