reports by political committees and candidates

reports by political committees and candidates Sec. 206. (a) The treasurer of each political committee supporting a candidate, and each candidate, required to register under this Act, shall file with the Director, and with the applicable principal campaign committee, reports of receipts and expenditures on forms to be prescribed or approved by the Director. Except for the first such report which shall be filed on the twenty-first day after the date of enactment of this Act, such reports shall be filed on the 10th day of March, June, August, October, and December in each year during which there is held an election for the office such candidate is seeking, and on the fifteenth and fifth days next preceding the date on which such election is held, and also by the 31st day of January of each year. In addition such reports shall be filed on the 31st day of July of each year in which there is no such election. Such reports shall be complete as of such date as the Director may prescribe, which shall not be more than five days before the date of filing, except that any contribution of $200 or more received after the closing date prescribed by the Director for the last report required to be filed prior to the election shall be reported within twenty-four hours after its receipt. (b) Each report under this section shall disclose— (1) the amount of cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period; (2) the full name and mailing address (including the occupation and the principal place of business, if any) of each person who has made one or more contributions to or for such committee or candidate (including the purchase of tickets for events such as dinners, luncheons, rallies, and similar fundraising events) within the calendar year in an aggregate amount or value in excess of $50 or more, together with the amount and date of such contributions: 88 Stat. 453 (3) the total sum of individual contributions made to or for such committee or candidate during the reporting period and not reported under paragraph (2); (4) the name and address of each political committee or candidate from which the reporting committee or the candidate received, or to which that committee or candidate made, any transfer of funds, together with the amounts and dates of all transfers; (5) each loan to or from any person within the calendar year in an aggregate amount or values of $50 or more, together with the full names and mailing addresses (including the occupation and the principal place of business, if any) of the lender and endorsers, if any, and the date and amount of such loans; (6) the net amount of proceeds from (A) the sale of tickets to each dinner, luncheon, rally, and other fundraising events organized by such committee; (B) mass collections made at such events; and (C) sales by such committee of items such as political campaign pins, buttons, badges, flags, emblems, hats, banners, literature, and similar materials; (7) each contribution, rebate, refund, or other receipt of $50 or more not otherwise listed under paragraphs (2) through (6) ; (8) the total sum of all receipts by or for such committee or candidate during the reporting period; (9) the full name and mailing address (including the occupation and the principal place of business, if any) of each person to whom expenditures have been made by such committee or on behalf of such committee or candidate within the calendar year in an aggregate amount or value of $10 or more, the amount, date, and purpose of each such expenditure and the name and address of, and office sought by, each candidate on whose behalf such expenditure was made; (10) the total sum of expenditures made by such committee or candidate during the calendar year; (11) the amount and nature of debts and obligations owed by or to the committee, in such form as the Director may prescribe and a continuous reporting of its debts and obligations after the election at such periods as the Director may require until such debts and obligations are extinguished; and (12) such other information as may be required by the Director. (c) The reports to be filed under subsection (a) shall be cumulative during the calendar year to which they relate, but where there has been no change in an item reported in a previous report during such year, only the unchanged amount need be carried forward. If no contributions or expenditures have been accepted or expended during a calendar year, the treasurer of the political committee or candidate shall file a statement to that effect. (d) Each treasurer of a political committee, each candidate for election to office, and each treasurer appointed by a candidate, shall file with the Director weekly reports of cash contributions on forms to be prescribed or approved by the Director.