Committee Classification

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• CommitteeClassification describes the classification of a political committee and is only used in committee feeds.

• It includes elements like NormalizedDesignation, NormalizedType, RawDesignation, RawType, ScopeLevel, StartDate, and EndDate to provide detailed classification information.

• The Committee element includes CommitteeClassificationCollection which contains a full set of CommitteeClassification objects.

• This entity helps categorize committees based on their designation, type, and scope, providing context for their activities.

Note: This entity is only used in committee feeds. It isn't used with pre-election, election, or officeholder feeds.

Use CommitteeClassification to describe the classification of a political committee. The Committee element includes CommitteeClassificationCollection, which contains the full set of CommitteeClassification objects for a given committee in the feed.

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Elements

The following table shows the elements for CommitteeClassification:

Element	Multiplicity	Type	Additional Restrictions	Description
EndDate	1	PartialDate		The latest possible date in which a committee had this classification.
NormalizedDesignation	0 or more	CommitteeDesignationEnum	1 for Federal, 0 or many for State.	The normalized designation of a committee.
NormalizedType	0 or more	CommitteeTypeEnum	1 for Federal, 0 or many for State.	The normalized type of a committee.
RawDesignation	0 or more	String	1 for Federal, 0 or many for State.	The designation of a committee.
RawType	0 or more	String	1 for Federal, 0 or many for State.	The type of a committee.
ScopeLevel	1	IDREF		The IDREF of the related politic district object
StartDate	1	PartialDate		The earliest possible date in which a committee had this classification.

Examples

XML

     <CommitteeClassification>
        <EndDate>2023-02-31</EndDate>
        <NormalizedDesignation>authorized</NormalizedDesignation>
        <NormalizedType>candidate</NormalizedType>
        <RawDesignation>C</RawDesignation>
        <RawType>A</RawType>
        <ScopeLevel>ru000us</ScopeLevel>
        <StartDate>2023-01-01</StartDate>
      </CommitteeClassification>