This file contains one record for each committee registered with the Federal Election Commission. This includes federal political action committees 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 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.
The end-of-line (EOL) marker is line feed '\n' (LF, 0x0A, 10 in decimal). The Committee Master File contains the following information:
| Column Name | Field Name | Position | Null? | Data Type | Description |
| CMTE_ID |
Committee Identification | 1 | N | VARCHAR2(9) |
A 9-character alpha-numeric code assigned to a committee by the Federal Election Commission. The committee ID for a specific committee always remains the same. |
| CMTE_NM |
Committee Name | 2 | Y | VARCHAR2(200) |
|
| TRES_NM |
Treasurer's Name |
3 | Y | VARCHAR2(90) |
The officially registered treasurer for the committee. |
| CMTE_ST1 |
Street One | 4 | Y | VARCHAR2(34) |
|
| CMTE_ST2 |
Street Two |
5 | Y | VARCHAR2(34) |
|
| CMTE_CITY |
City or Town |
6 | Y | VARCHAR2(30) |
|
| CMTE_ST |
State |
7 | Y | VARCHAR2(2) |
|
| CMTE_ZIP |
Zip Code |
8 | Y | VARCHAR2(9) |
|
| CMTE_DSGN |
Committee Designation |
9 | Y | VARCHAR2(1) |
A = Authorized by a candidate B = Lobbyist/Registrant PAC D = Leadership PAC J = Joint fundraiser P = Principal campaign committee of a candidate U = Unauthorized |
| CMTE_TP |
Committee Type |
10 | Y | VARCHAR2(1) |
List of committee type codes |
| CMTE_PTY_AFFILIATION |
Committee Party |
11 | Y | VARCHAR2(3) |
|
| CMTE_FILING_FREQ |
Filing Frequency |
12 | Y | VARCHAR2(1) |
A = Administratively terminated D = Debt M = Monthly filer Q = Quarterly filer T = Terminated W = Waived |
| ORG_TP |
Interest Group Category |
13 | Y | VARCHAR2(1) |
C = Corporation L = Labor organization M = Membership organization T = Trade association V = Cooperative W = Corporation without capital stock |
| CONNECTED_ORG_NM |
Connected Organization's Name |
14 | Y | VARCHAR2(200) |
|
| CAND_ID |
Candidate Identification |
15 | Y | VARCHAR2(9) |
When a committee has a committee type designation of H, S, or P the identification number of the candidate will be entered in this field. |
