FEC Lobbyist Committees

This dataset lists political committees that have indicated that they are a lobbyist/registrant PAC on their Statement of Organization (Form 1).

Campaigns and leadership PACs controlled by candidates must disclose contributions beyond a certain threshold if they have been bundled by a lobbyist/registrant PAC. A bundled contribution is any contribution that is either:

• Forwarded to a reporting committee by a lobbyist/registrant or lobbyist/registrant PAC or
• Received by the reporting committee and credited to a lobbyist/registrant or lobbyist/registrant PAC through "records, designations, or other means of recognizing that a certain amount of money has been raised"

A political committee’s status depends on who established or controls it, so the political committee's status may change from time to time. Therefore, this dataset includes all Statements of Organization filed after a committee indicates that it is a lobbyist/registrant. The list also has a status indicator of “yes” or “no” because the committee’s status can change over time as well as the date the Statements were filed.