Treatment of payments for child care and other personal use services as authorized campaign expenditure

(a) Personal use services as authorized campaign expenditure Section 313 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30114) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (d) Treatment of payments for child care and other personal use services as authorized campaign expenditure (1) Authorized expenditures For purposes of subsection (a), the payment by an authorized committee of a candidate for any of the personal use services described in paragraph (2) shall be treated as an authorized expenditure if the services are necessary to enable the participation of the candidate in campaign-connected activities or to enable the candidate to carry out duties as a holder of Federal office. (2) Personal use services described (A) Services described Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the personal use services described in this paragraph are as follows: (i) Child care services. (ii) Elder care services. (iii) Services similar to the services described in subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) which are provided on behalf of any dependent who is a qualifying relative under section 152 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (iv) Health insurance premiums. (B) Exception for candidates holding Federal office In the case of a candidate who holds Federal office, the personal use services described in this paragraph do not include health insurance premiums.. (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.