> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** This entity is only used in committee feeds. It isn't used with pre-election, election, or officeholder feeds.

Use `Committee` to describe a political committee. The
[`ElectionReport`](https://developers.google.com/civics-data/reference/election-report) element
includes `CommitteeCollection`, which contains the full set of Committee objects
in a committee feed.

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### Attributes

The following table shows the attributes for `Committee`:

| Attribute | Required? | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `objectId` | Required | `ID` | Unique internal identifier that's used by other elements to reference this element. |

### Elements

The following table shows the elements for `Committee`:

| Element | Multiplicity | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `AffiliationCollection` | 1 | [](https://developers.google.com/civics-data/reference/affiliation)`Affiliation` | Contains the affiliations for a committee. An Affiliation is used to indicate an affiliation between a committee and a Person or a Party. An affiliation must contain either a PersonId or a PartyId but not both. |
| `CommitteeClassificationCollection` | 1 | [](https://developers.google.com/civics-data/reference/committee-classification) `CommitteeClassification` | Contains the classifications for a committee. |
| `CommitteeScopeGpUnitIds` | 1 | `IDREFS` | Contains the `objectId` elements of any [`GpUnit`](https://developers.google.com/civics-data/reference/gp-unit) elements the committee belongs to. This is either federal or references the state a committee belongs to. |
| `ContactInformation` | 0 or 1 | [`ContactInformation`](https://developers.google.com/civics-data/reference/contact-information) | Provides various forms of contact information. This element must contain an [annotated URI](https://developers.google.com/civics-data/reference/uri-annotation) that's annotated with `wikipedia` to specify the canonical Wikipedia page of the party. Also provide any other known *official* social media or website URIs for the party. |
| `ExternalIdentifiers` | 1 | [`ExternalIdentifiers`](https://developers.google.com/civics-data/reference/external-identifier) | Associates an ID with the committee. A [stable identifier](https://developers.google.com/civics-data/guides/stable-identifiers) is required. The `ExternalIdentifiers` element of `Committee` lets you provide additional information with particular values for `OtherType`. For more details, see [Additional types for `ExternalIdentifiers`](https://developers.google.com/civics-data/reference/committee#additional-types-external-identifiers). |
| `Name` | 1 | [`InternationalizedText`](https://developers.google.com/civics-data/reference/internationalized-text) | Official name of the committee. |

### Additional types for ExternalIdentifiers

In the `ExternalIdentifiers` element of `Committee`, provide additional data
with a `Type` of `other`, along with values for `OtherType` and `Value`. The
following table shows possible values for these elements:

| Identifier | `Type` | `OtherType` | Example values | Multiplicity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRS EIN (Tax ID) | `other` | `ein` | `012345678` | 0 or 1 | The IRS EIN (Tax ID) of a committee. |
| FEC Committee ID | `national-level` | N/A | `C00100005` | 0 or 1 | FEC Committee ID of a committee. |
| State Committee ID | `state-level` | N/A | `va-id-123` | 0 or more | State Committee ID of a committee. |

### Examples

### XML

```xml
    <Committee objectId="com-001">
      <AffiliationCollection>
        <Affiliation>
          <EndDate>2023-02-22</EndDate>
          <PartyId>par-0001</PartyId>
          <StartDate>2023-01-01</StartDate>
        </Affiliation>
        <Affiliation>
          <EndDate>2023-02-22</EndDate>
          <PersonId>per-10861a</PersonId>
          <StartDate>2023-01-01</StartDate>
        </Affiliation>
      </AffiliationCollection>
      <CommitteeClassificationCollection>
        <CommitteeClassification>
          <EndDate>2023-02-22</EndDate>
          <NormalizedDesignation>authorized</NormalizedDesignation>
          <NormalizedType>candidate</NormalizedType>
          <RawDesignation>C</RawDesignation>
          <RawType>A</RawType>
          <ScopeLevel>ru-000us</ScopeLevel>
          <StartDate>2023-01-01</StartDate>
        </CommitteeClassification>
        <CommitteeClassification>
          <EndDate>2023-02-22</EndDate>
          <NormalizedDesignation>authorized</NormalizedDesignation>
          <NormalizedType>candidate</NormalizedType>
          <RawDesignation>va_specific_type_as_string</RawDesignation>
          <RawType>va_specific_type_as_string</RawType>
          <ScopeLevel>ru-0002</ScopeLevel>
          <StartDate>2023-01-01</StartDate>
        </CommitteeClassification>
      </CommitteeClassificationCollection>
      <CommitteeScopeGpUnitIds>ru-000us ru-0002</CommitteeScopeGpUnitIds>
      <ContactInformation>
        <Uri Annotation="official-website">http://www.fake.url</Uri>
      </ContactInformation>
      <ExternalIdentifiers>
        <ExternalIdentifier>
          <Type>other</Type>
          <OtherType>stable</OtherType>
          <Value>com-001</Value>
        </ExternalIdentifier>
        <ExternalIdentifier>
          <Type>national-level</Type>
          <Value>fec-committee-id-123</Value>
        </ExternalIdentifier>
        <ExternalIdentifier>
          <Type>state-level</Type>
          <Value>va-committee-id-123</Value>
        </ExternalIdentifier>
        <ExternalIdentifier>
          <Type>other</Type>
          <OtherType>ein</OtherType>
          <Value>12-3456789</Value>
        </ExternalIdentifier>
      </ExternalIdentifiers>
      <Name>
        <Text language="en">Example Committee</Text>
      </Name>
    </Committee>
    
```