NON-PARTY, DETAILED FILE ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION LOCATION 1) Candidate ID # assigned by the Commission. The 1-9 ID first character indicates the Federal office sought (Presidency, Senate, or House). 2) Candidate This item gives the name of the candi- 10-47 Name date, as reported on the Statement of Candidacy (FEC Form 2). 3) Cmte Type Number 2 equals non-party (PAC). 48 4) Cmte Sig This column contains a code for the 49 special-interest-group classification of the committee. This categorizes the organization with which the committee has reported being connected. In most cases, these sponsoring organizations cannot use treasury funds to directly make political contributions. The law does, however, permit them to pay the overhead costs of these committees. C= Committee is connected with a cor- poration. L= Committee is connected with a labor organization. T= Committee is connected with a trade, membership or health organization. V= Committee is connected with a coop- erative. W= Organization is associated with a corporation without capital stock. M= No Connected Organization reported. 5) Contrib This figure represents the total amount 50-59 of the committees' contributions to the candidate during 1995-96. Contribu- tions are donations of monies or in- kind contributions of services, goods, or properties. This value is taken from the schedules that support Line 21. 6) Indep Expend This value represents the total amount 60-69 For of independent expenditures made by the committee in support of the candi- date. Independent expenditures are expenditures made without consultation with the candidate. The figure is taken from the schedules that support Line 22. 7) Indep Expend This column represents the total 70-79 Against amount of independent expenditures made by the committee against the candidate. Independent expendi- tures are expenditures made without consultation with the candidate. The figure is taken from the sche- dules that support Line 22. 8) Comm Cost This figure represents the total 80-89 For amount of communications costs made by an organization in sup- port of the candidate. Communi- cation costs are treasury funds spent by corporations, labor unions, and other membership organizations to make internal communications which advocate the election or defeat of a clearly identified Federal can- didate. These expenditures need not be reported until they exceed $2000 per election for all candidates (not including communications primarily devoted to other than the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate.) 9) Comm Cost This figure represents the total 90-99 Agn amount of communications costs made by an organization against the candidate. Communication costs are treasury funds spent by corporations, labor unions, and other membership organizations to make in- ternal communications which advo- cate the election or defeat of a clearly identified Federal candi- date. These expenditures need not be reported until they exceed $2000 per election for all candidates (not including communications primarily devoted to other than the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate.) ATTRIBUTE DESCRIPTION LOCATION 10) Cmte ID This field contains the 9 character 100-108 ID # assigned by the Commission to the committee. The first character is the letter "C" followed by eight numeric characters. 11) Filler 109 12) Cmte This item includes all incoming 110-119 Receipts funds reported by the committee on Line 6c. 13) Cmte Dis- This item includes all outgoing 120-129 bursements funds reported by the committee on line 7. 14) Cmte State This field contains the two-letter 130-131 alphabetic abbreviation of the state in which the committee maintains its headquarters. 15) Candidate This column contains the office sought 132 Office by the candidate. 0=President, 1=House 2=Senate. 16) Incumbent/ This field contains the status of the 133 Challenger candidate. I=incumbent. Incumbents Status are candidates who have held office dur- ing 1995-96. C=Challenger/Other. This category includes not only challengers, but also all candidates who are not classified as either an incumbent, a challenger, or an open-seat candidate. (E.g., those who participated in an open-seat contest in a previous election cycle who are repaying debts for that campaign but did not run in 1995-96. O=Open Seat. Open-seat candidates are those candidates who seek an of- fice which is not currently being sought by an incumbent. Contribu- tions to candidates participating in special elections to fill vacant seats are coded to the open-seat category. However, post-election contributions to the winner of the special election are coded as con- tributions to an incumbent. 17) Candidate Party of candidate. 1=Democratic, 134 Party 2=Republican, 3=Other 18) Spec Elec Blank=regular election candidate 135 Cand. S=special election candidate. Special election candidates who ran again in the regular 1996 election are coded S for transactions made up to 20 days after the special election (i.e., the ending date for the post-special elec- tion report) and blank for transactions made after that date. 19) filler 136-145