??100.5 Federal office (52 U.S.C. 30101(3)).Political committee means any group meeting one of the following conditions:(a) Except as provided in 11 CFR 100.5 (b), (c) and (d), any committee, club, association, or other group of persons which receives contributions aggregating in excess of $1,000 or which makes expenditures aggregating in excess of $1,000 during a calendar year is a political comm