The FEC Form 6 Report is used for a 48-Hour Notice of Contributions and Loans Received to disclose the receipt of a singular contribution of $1,000 or more within 20 days before an election. Form 6 is intended for Principal Campaign Committees that meet the mentioned threshold.
When filing this report, the following transaction types are supported if a contribution of $1,000 or more. Unless noted, ONLY the whole/parent of the transaction will itemize:
- Monetary Contribution
- Monetary Contribution with tag: Conduit-Donor Check
- Splits of Monetary Contributions with tag: Conduit-Conduit Check
- Inkind Contribution
- Loan Received
- Loan Received Guarantee
- Monetary Contributions received from a Political Committee that is affiliated with the Filer
- Splits of Monetary Contributions with tag: Transfer
The 48-hour Notice requirement does not apply to contributions previously disclosed on reports.
Note that joint fundraising transfers do not have to be reported on 48-hour reports. While the transfer itself doesn’t have to be reported, the original contributions that make up the transfer do.
Standard splits of transactions (example: partner splits) are NOT reported on the Form 6. There is no way on the Form 6 to indicate a transaction is a split or memo, so we do not include that information. The FEC understands additional information will be found on the next standard periodic report.
Additionally, if there is no Employer or Occupation information for a particular Individual, then the words Information Requested will populate instead.