For Immediate Release

News Releases, Media Advisories

PAC COUNT- 1974 TO PRESENT

(semi-annual)

July, 2000

Date Committee Type Total

	Corporate	Labor	Trade/ Membership/ Health	Non- Connected	Cooperative	Corp. Without Stock
12/31/74	89	201	318*				608
11/24/75¹	139	226	357*				722
05/10/76²	294	246	452*				992
12/31/76	433	224	489*				1,146
12/31/77	550	234	438	110	8	20	1,360
12/31/78	785	217	453	162	12	24	1,653
08/00/79	885	226	483	206	13	27	1,840
12/31/79	950	240	514	247	17	32	2,000
07/01/80	1,107	255	544	309	23	41	2,279
12/31/80	1,206	297	576	374	42	56	2,551
07/01/81	1,253	303	579	441	38	64	2,678
12/31/81	1,329	318	614	531	41	68	2,901
07/01/82	1,417	350	627	628	45	82	3,149
12/31/82	1,469	380	649	723	47	103	3,371
07/01/83	1,514	379	664	740	50	114	3,461
12/31/83	1,538	378	643	793	51	122	3,525
07/01/84	1,642	381	662	940	53	125	3,803
12/31/84	1,682	394	698	1,053	52	130	4,009
07/01/85	1,687	393	694	1,039	54	133	4,000
12/31/85	1,710	388	695	1,003	54	142	3,992
07/01/86	1,734	386	707	1,063	56	146	4,092
12/31/86	1,744	384	745	1,077	56	151
07/01/87	1,762	377	795	967	56	152	4,109
12/31/87	1,775	364	865	957	59	145	4,165
07/01/88	1,806	355	766	1,066	60	143	4,196
12/31/88	1,816	354	786	1,115	59	138	4,268
07/01/89	1,802	349	831	1,051	58	143	4,234
12/31/89	1,796	349	777	1,060	59	137	4,178
07/01/90	1,782	346	753	1,115	58	139	4,193
12/31/90	1,795	346	774	1,062	59	136	4,172
07/01/91	1,745	339	749	1,096	57	137	4,123
12/31/91	1,738	338	742	1,083	57	136	4,094
07/01/92	1,731	344	759	1,091	56	144	4,125
12/31/92	1,735	347	770	1,145	56	142	4,195
07/01/93	1,715	338	767	1,011	55	139	4,025
12/31/93	1,789	337	761	1,121	56	146	4,210
07/01/94	1,666	336	777	963	53	138	3,933
12/31/94	1,660	333	792	980	53	136	3,954
07/01/95	1,670	334	804	1,002	43	129	3,982
12/31/95	1,674	334	815	1,020	44	129	4,016
07/01/96	1,645	332	829	1,058	43	126	4,033
12/31/96	1,642	332	838	1,103	41	123	4,079
07/01/97³	1,602	332	826	953	41	118	3,875³
12/31/97	1,597	332	825	931	42	117	3,844
07/01/98	1,565	325	820	897	43	112	3,762
12/31/98	1,567	321	821	935	39	115	3,798
07/01/99	1,540	318	826	941	38	115	3,778
01/01/00	1,548	318	844	972	38	115	3,835
07/01/00	1,523	316	812	902	39	114	3,706

*For 1974-76, these numbers represent all other PACs...no further categorization is available.

1 On November 24, 1975, the Commission issued Advisory Opinion 1975-23 "SUNPAC".

2 On May 11, 1976, Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1976 (P.L. 94-283) were enacted.

3 During the first six months of 1997, 227 PACs were administratively terminated because of inactivity.