Format for PAC/Party summary file (webk00.zip)

This file contains one record for each PAC or Party committee who has filed at least one financial report with the Federal Election Commission during the relevant election cycle. The information contained in each record is as follows;



RECORD FORMAT:
        ID       9      Characters   				FEC ID number of the committee
        NAME     90     Characters
        TYPE     1      Character				Committee Type - see below
        DESIG    1      Character				Committee designation - see below
        FF       1      Character					Filing Frequency - M= monthly
									  Q = quarterly
									   T = terminated

        Total Receipts       10 CHARACTERS 1 SIGN 9 INTEGERS i.e., +000019617
        Transfers From Affiliates                     "
        Contributions Received from Individuals                     "
        Contributions received from Other Political Committees                    "
        Contributions from the Candidate (Not Applicable)                     "
        Candidate Loans (Not Applicable)                     "
        Total Loans Received                     "
        Total Disbursements                     "
        Transfers To Affiliates                     "
        Refunds to Individuals                     "
        Refunds to Other Political Committees                    "
        Candidate Loan Repayments (Not Applicable)                    "
        Loan Repayments                    "
        Cash Beginning of Year 1                   "
        Cash Close of Period                    "
        Debts Owed By                    "
        Nonfederal Transfers Received                    "
        Contributions Made to Other Committees                    "
        Independent Expenditures Made                     "
        Party Coordinated Expenditures Made                     "
        Nonfederal  Share of Expenditures                  "
        THRU-DATE.
                MONTH   2 INTEGERS
                DAY     2 INTEGERS
                YEAR    4 INTEGERS


COMTE. TYPE            

   TYPE        DESCRIPTION

C = Communication Cost
D = Delegate
E = Electioneering Communication
H = House
I = Independent Expenditor (Person or Group)
N = PAC - Nonqualified
O = Independent Expenditure-Only (Super PACs)
P = Presidential
Q = PAC - Qualified
S = Senate
U = Single Candidate Independent Expenditure
X = Party Nonqualified
Y = Party Qualified
Z = National Party Nonfederal Account 
             


COMTE. DESIG.                               

A		 AUTHORIZED BY A CANDIDATE
J		 JOINT FUND RAISER
P		 PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF A CANDIDATE
U		 UNAUTHORIZED
B		 LOBBYIST/REGISTRANT PAC
D		 LEADERSHIP PAC