è Data Format The itemized Committee Contributions to/Disbursements on Behalf of Candidates information has been stored in the following manner: Record length - 66 Number of records - 227,005 The variables have been formatted in the following ways: Mnemonics Currently Used by the Field Commission Variable Columns Desc. --------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM-FILER Identification Number 1-9 x(9) ITEM-AMEND Amendment Indicator 10 x ITEM-REPT Report Type 11-13 xxx ITEM-PGI Primary-General Indicator 14 x ITEM-MICRO Microfilm Location (YYOORRRFFFF) 15-25 9(11) ITEM-TRANS Transaction Type 26-28 xxx IT-TMN Transaction Date - Month 29-30 99 IT-TDY Transaction Date - Day 31-32 99 IT-TYY Transaction Date - Year 33-34 99 ITEM-AMT Amount 35-41 s9(7) ITEM-OID Other Identification Number 42-50 x(9) ITEM-CAND Candidate Identification Number 51-59 x(9) ITEM-RN FEC Record Number 60-66 9(7) PRIMARY/GENERAL INDICATOR COUNT PGI ABREV. DESCRIPTION 96 0 1990 3411 2 1992 62 4 1994 338 6 1996 205 8 1998 108092 G GENERAL 112855 P PRIMARY 471 R RUNOFF 1457 S SPECIAL AMENDMENT INDICATOR COUNT AMEND.INDICATOR 223045 NEW 3671 AMENDMENT 289 TERMINATION REPORT TYPE VALUES COUNT ABREV. REPORT TYPE 183 12C PRE-CONVENTION 19558 12G PRE-GENERAL 2351 12P PRE-PRIMARY 994 12R PRE-RUN-OFF 1410 12S PRE-SPECIAL 22564 30G POST-GENERAL 1200 30R POST-RUN-OFF 1163 30S POST-SPECIAL 39 CA COMPREHENSIVE AMEND 17853 M10 OCTOBER MONTHLY 5135 M11 NOVEMBER MONTHLY 3858 M12 DECEMBER MONTHLY 3007 M2 FEBRUARY MONTHLY 6218 M3 MARCH MONTHLY 13677 M4 APRIL MONTHLY 11097 M5 MAY MONTHLY 12910 M6 JUNE MONTHLY 12539 M7 JULY MONTHLY 8406 M8 AUGUST MONTHLY 9463 M9 SEPTEMBER MONTHLY 13086 MY MID-YEAR REPORT 8743 Q1 APRIL QUARTERLY 12508 Q2 JULY QUARTERLY 16316 Q3 OCTOBER QUARTERLY 168 TER TERMINATION REPORT 22559 YE YEAR-END ITEMIZED TRANSACTION CODES CONTRIBUTIONS TO/DISBURSEMENTS ON BEHALF OF CANDIDATES CODES DISBURSEMENTS: COUNT ABREV. DESCRIPTION 2664 24A INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE AGAINST 5577 24C COORDINATED EXPENDITURE 3368 24E INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE FOR 1744 24F COMMUN COST FOR CANDIDATE (C7) 203781 24K CONTRIBUTION MADE TO NON-AFFILIATED 4 24N COMMUN COST AGAINST CANDIDATE (C7) 58 24R ELECTION RECOUNT DISBURSEMENT 9809 24Z IN-KIND CONTRIB MADE TO REG. FILER Contributions to candidates are either 24K (normal checks) or 24Z (in-kind). Independent expenditures can be made directly by PACs or others and have no limits as long as there is no coordination with the campaign. They can be either in support of a candidate (24E) or against a candidate (24A). Communication costs are made by organizations (corporations, unions, etc.) and are communications directly to their members or appropriate employees. These can also either support a clearly identified candidate (24F) or oppost a candidate (24N). Party committees may make coordinated expenditures (24C) which are limited, based on population of the state with an inflation adjustment for Senate candidates and based on a formula with inflation adjustments for House candidates.