1993-94 Committee Master File This file contains one record for each committee registered with the Federal Election Commission. This includes federal PAC's and Party committees, Campaign committees for Presidential, House and Senate candidates, as well as groups or organizations who are spending money for or against candidates for federal office. The file was compressed using PKZIP. It should be downloaded in binary mode and then PKUNZIPed. When exploded, the file contains about 2.5 megabites of data. The file contains basic information about the committees. The ID number the Commission assigned to the committee is first, along with the name of the committee, the sponsor, where appropriate, the treasurer's name and the committee's address. The file also includes information about what type of committee is being described, along with the candidate's ID number if it is a campaign committee Data Format The Committee Master information has been stored in the file in the following manner: 1993-94 Record Length: 284 Total Records: 10,944 The variables have been formatted in the following ways: Mnemonics Currently Used by the Field Commission Variable Columns Desc COMIN Committee Identification 1-9 X(9) COMNAM Committee Name 10-99 X(90) COMTRS Treasurer's Name 100-137 X(38) COMST1 Street One 138-171 X(34) COMST2 Street Two 172-205 X(34) COMCT City or Town 206-223 X(18) COMST State 224-225 XX COMZIP Zip Code 226-230 X(5) COMDES Committee Designation 231-231 X COMTYPE Committee Type 232-232 X COMPAR Committee Party 233-235 X(3) COMFF Filing Frequency 236-236 X COMSIG2 Interest Group Category 237-237 X COMSPONSOR Connected Organiz's Name 238-275 X(38) COMCAN Candidate Identification 276-284 X(9) STATE VALUES DESIG. ABREV. COUNT STATE NAME AK 53 ALASKA AL 124 ALABAMA AR 84 ARKANSAS AS 9 AMERICAN SAMOA AZ 165 ARIZONA CA 1212 CALIFORNIA CO 121 COLORADO CT 155 CONNECTICUT DC 818 DIST OF COLUMBIA DE 43 DELAWARE FL 407 FLORIDA GA 244 GEORGIA GU 2 GUAM HI 58 HAWAII IA 124 IOWA ID 53 IDAHO IL 499 ILLINOIS IN 186 INDIANA KS 81 KANSAS KY 111 KENTUCKY LA 120 LOUISIANA MA 209 MASSACHUSETTS MD 272 MARYLAND ME 55 MAINE MI 380 MICHIGAN MN 200 MINNESOTA MO 242 MISSOURI MP 1 MARIANA ISLANDS MS 118 MISSISSIPPI MT 39 MONTANA NC 204 NORTH CAROLINA ND 38 NORTH DAKOTA NE 73 NEBRASKA NH 81 NEW HAMPSHIRE NJ 274 NEW JERSEY NM 60 NEW MEXICO NV 88 NEVADA NY 632 NEW YORK OH 381 OHIO OK 124 OKLAHOMA OR 132 OREGON PA 487 PENNSYLVANIA PR 6 PUERTO RICO RI 48 RHODE ISLAND SC 103 SOUTH CAROLINA SD 27 SOUTH DAKOTA TN 187 TENNESSEE TX 641 TEXAS UT 86 UTAH VA 497 VIRGINIA VI 11 VIRGIN ISLANDS VT 30 VERMONT WA 207 WASHINGTON WI 189 WISCONSIN WV 48 WEST VIRGINIA WY 38 WYOMING ZZ 6 FOREIGN COUNTRY PARTY DESIGNATION PARTY COUNT DESCRIPTION AIP 2 AMERICAN INDEPENDENT PARTY AMP 2 AMERICAN PARTY CIT 6 CITIZENS COM 1 COMMUNIST PARTY CRV 4 CONSERVATIVE PARTY CST 1 CONSTITUTIONAL DEM 1714 DEMOCRAT PARTY DFL 12 DEMOCRAT FARM LABOR IND 166 INDEPENDENT LAB 1 LABOR LIB 42 LIBERTARIAN NNE 77 NONE REP 1682 REPUBLICAN PARTY SOC 3 SOCIALIST SWP 4 SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY TX 3 TAXPAYERS UNK 408 UNKNOWN COMTE. DESIG. DESIG COUNT DESCRIPTION A 489 AUTHORIZED BY A CANDIDATE J 99 JOINT FUND RAISER P 4679 PRINCIPAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE OF A CANDIDATE U 2777 UNAUTHORIZED COMTE. TYPE DESIG. TYPE COUNT DESCRIPTION C 206 COMMUNICATION COST D 80 DELEGATE H 3911 HOUSE I 217 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE(PERSON OR GROUP, NOT A COMMITTEE) N 1623 NON-PARTY NON-QUALIFIED P 448 PRESIDENTIAL Q 2995 QUALIFIED NON-PARTY(SEE 2USC SECT.441(A)(4)) S 828 SENATE X 266 NON-QUALIFIED PARTY Y 321 QUALIFIED PARTY(SEE 2USC SECT.441(A)(4)) Z 49 NATIONAL PARTY ORGANIZATION. NON FED ACCT. FILING FREQUENCY DESIG. FF COUNT DESCRIPTION A 608 ADMINISTRATIVELY TERMINATED M 723 MONTHLY Q 7680 QUARTERLY T 1933 TERMINATED SPECIAL INTEREST GRP DESIG. (Applies only to Committee Type N and Q) SIG COUNT DESCRIPTION C 1878 CORPORATION L 410 LABOR M 740 NON-CONNECTED T 854 TRADE/MEMBERSHIP/HEALTH V 56 COOPERATIVE W 149 CORP. W/O CAPITAL STOCK