ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) – Governor Spitzer has created a federal political action committee that will allow him to contribute to candidates running for office all over the country.

The move by the millionaire governor, already drawing mention as a potential future Democratic presidential contender, lets him build up potentially valuable political chits should he want to move onto the national stage. The donations could also help him as he seeks to exert influence on issues being decided by the federal government.

“The PAC will be exclusively used to support other candidates and committees,” said Allyson Giard, a Spitzer campaign spokeswoman, on Wednesday.

Documents creating the federal PAC were sent to the Federal Election Commission on March 15. The committee has not yet filed any reports outlining how much money it has raised or spent. It must do that by July 31. Federal campaign laws limit individual donations to the PAC to $5,000 annually.

The new committee’s e-mail address is linked to Spitzer’s own state campaign committee, “Spitzer 2010,” and its officials, Ms. Giard and Jerry Barbanel, also run the freshman governor’s state campaign committee.

Mr. Spitzer won election as governor in November with a record-setting 66 percent of the vote after three-term Republican Governor Pataki chose not to seek re-election.

Mr. Pataki, who is still considering a possible 2008 presidential run, also has a federal PAC that he has used in recent years to raise his national profile and contribute to federal campaigns across the country.