A purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, or deposit of money or anything of value made with respect to a recount of the results of a Federal election, or an election contest concerning a Federal election, is not an expenditure except that the prohibitions of 11 CFR 110.20 and part 114 apply. [67 FR 50585, Aug. 5, 2002, as amended at 67 FR 78680, Dec. 26, 2002]