INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS - CHANGES Federal Election Commission 999 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20463 Summary: We are now providing weekly update files for information about contributions from individuals of $200 or more. The complete file for idividual contributions is called itcontXX.zip There are three weekly files created, one for contributions which have been added to the data base during the month, one for any records which have been deleted from the data base, and a third file for records which have been changed during the month. You should check the date on the file to determine which month’s processing is contained in the file. This documents the file of changes - contributions changed in the data base during the last calendar week. The record structure is the same as the individual contributions file. Universe: All individual contribution file changes for the current week. Associated Files: Data File: CHGXX.ZIP Frequency Counts: CHGXX.TXT Data Dictionary: INDIV_CHANGES_DICTIONARY.TXT The variables have been formatted in the following ways: Mnemonics Currently Used by the Field Commission Variable Columns Desc. --------------------------------------------------------------- ITEM-FILER Filer Identification Number 1-9 9s ITEM-AMEND Amendment Indicator 10 1s ITEM-REPT Report Type 11-13 3s ITEM-PGI Primary-General Indicator 14 1s ITEM-MICRO Microfilm Location (YYOORRRFFFF) 15-25 11s ITEM-TRANS Transaction Type 26-28 3s ITEM-NAME Contributor/Lender/Transfer Name 29-62 34s ITEM-CTY City/Town 63-80 18s ITEM-ST State 81-82 2s ITEM-ZIP Zip Code 83-87 5s ITEM-OCCU Occupation 88-122 35s IT-TMN Transaction Date - Month 123-124 2d IT-TDY Transaction Date - Day 125-126 2d IT-TCC Transaction Date - Century 127-128 2d IT-TYY Transaction Date - Year 129-130 2d ITEM-AMT Amount 131-137 7n ITEM-OID Other Identification Number 138-146 9s ITEM-RN FEC Record Number 147-153 7s Variable Documentation Filer Identification Number Columns 1-9 String A 9-character alpha-numeric code assigned to a committee by the Federal Election Commission. --------- Amendment Indicator Columns 10-10 String Indicates if the report being filed is new (N), an amendment (A) to a previous report, or a termination (T) report. --------- Report Type Columns 11-13 String Indicates the type of report filed. --------- Primary-General Indicator Columns 14-14 String This code indicates the type of election or if the committee is retiring debt. Numeric codes are for those committees that are retiring previous election cycle debt. Alpha codes are for those committees active in the current election cycle. --------- Microfilm Location (YYOORRRFFFF) Columns 15-25 String Indicates the physical location of the filing. --------- Transaction Type Columns 26-28 String Indicates the type of transaction reported. Transactions with type (10) are soft money transactions reported by national party organizations. These are receipts exempt from limits which may only be used for party building and non-federal elections. Earmarked contributions (15E) are reported by candidates and others who have received contributions that passed through other organizations, rather than coming directly from the contributor. The committee identified in the other id field is the committee that received the contribution and passed it on to the intended recipient. These same transactions are reported by that intermediary committee as either the passing along of original contributor checks to a recipient (24I) or the depositing of a check made out to the committee with a stipulation that it be given to a specific candidate (24T). These earmarked contributions count against the limit of the individual, but not against the limit of the committee passing along the contributions to their intended recipients. --------- Contributor / Lender / Transfer Name Columns 29-62 String Reported name of the contributor. --------- City Columns 63-80 String ---------- State Columns 81-83 String --------- ZIP Code Columns 83-87 String --------- Occupation Columns 88-122 String --------- Month Columns 123-124 Date --------- Day Columns 125-126 Date --------- Year Columns 127-130 Date --------- Amount Columns 131-137 Numeric Reported amount of contribution. --------- Other Identification Number Columns 138-146 String For contributions from individuals this variable is null. For contributions from candidates or other committees this variable will indicate that contributor. --------- FEC Record Number Columns 147-153 String