INDEPENDENCE USA PAC (C00532705) — 2018 cycle receipts

Two keys: Independence USA PAC and 2018

LobbyVault stores committees separately from election cycles. Crossing INDEPENDENCE USA PAC with 2018 yields $65,188,915.10 in receipts. Disbursements on the same pair are $64,694,471.00. INDEPENDENCE USA PAC is an independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O). The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite type O together with that flag; do not invent a different committee class.

The committee hub at /committees/C00532705/ mixes every cycle this committee appears in; this tie isolates 2018 only. Adding other-cycle receipts from that hub into $65,188,915.10 would break the join. 2018 is a midterm FEC two-year window.

Receipts of $65,188,915.10 and disbursements of $64,694,471.00 sit close together for Independence USA PAC in this cycle cell. The arithmetic gap is $494,444.10. Closeness is not proof the books are closed, and it is not a cash-on-hand figure. This packet does not publish cash on hand or an individual-contributions column for Independence USA PAC in 2018. Do not read $65,188,915.10 or $64,694,471.00 as federal contract or grant funding. FEC receipts and USAspending obligations are different datasets and different statutes.

This slug ends in -2. The disambiguator on this page is FEC committee ID C00532705 together with receipts $65,188,915.10 for 2018. Cite C00532705 in any comparison against a similarly named file so the row cannot collapse into another committee or another harvest of the same pair.

Type O as stored, not as a nickname

The committee page linked from this file is C00532705. That hub is not limited to 2018. Quote $65,188,915.10 only with 2018 attached. Quote the hub only as the committee overlay. Independence USA PAC in 2018 is the join.

2018 is a closed FEC election cycle in this extract. Type O, receipts $65,188,915.10, disbursements $64,694,471.00. Other type-O committees and other 2018 filers stay on other pages. The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite type O together with that flag; do not invent a different committee class.

Receipts versus disbursements without a burn rate

A 2018 searcher who wants every committee should leave this URL for the cycle hub. A searcher who wants Independence USA PAC in every cycle should leave for the committee hub. Staying here keeps both filters: C00532705 and 2018, receipts $65,188,915.10, disbursements $64,694,471.00.

Do not treat $65,188,915.10 as cash on hand for 2018 unless a cash line is present and equal to that figure. Committees spend, refund, and transfer. Receipts of $65,188,915.10 and disbursements of $64,694,471.00 sit close together for Independence USA PAC in this cycle cell. The arithmetic gap is $494,444.10. Closeness is not proof the books are closed, and it is not a cash-on-hand figure.

Four internal links, no extra paths

Every reuse of $65,188,915.10 should still say receipts, Independence USA PAC, and 2018. Every reuse of $64,694,471.00 should still say disbursements, Independence USA PAC, and 2018. Every reuse of C00532705 should still say the committee ID. That discipline is the point of a tie page.

2018 is a closed FEC election cycle in this extract. The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite type O together with that flag; do not invent a different committee class. Independent expenditures by other IDs remain another table. Do not read $65,188,915.10 or $64,694,471.00 as federal contract or grant funding. FEC receipts and USAspending obligations are different datasets and different statutes.

What this JSON snapshot is not

Coverage is committee receipts and disbursements for C00532705 in 2018: $65,188,915.10 and $64,694,471.00. Anything else a reader might want — donors, occupations, states, payees — is not in this packet unless an extra column is quoted from facts. This is a committee × cycle page, not a donor-detail page. Do not invent contractor names, award recipients, or donor names to illustrate $65,188,915.10.

Committee type is O (an independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O)). The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite type O together with that flag; do not invent a different committee class. Those flags do not expand coverage to other IDs. Other type-O committees and other 2018 filers stay on other pages. This packet does not publish cash on hand or an individual-contributions column for Independence USA PAC in 2018.

Repeat the join for C00532705

What stays outside $65,188,915.10: other committees’ 2018 receipts, other cycles for C00532705, donor-level itemizations, independent expenditures by a different ID, and USAspending obligations. What stays inside: the committee-cycle cell for INDEPENDENCE USA PAC in 2018.

Repeat the join in one sentence for citation: committee INDEPENDENCE USA PAC (C00532705), election cycle 2018, receipts $65,188,915.10, disbursements $64,694,471.00, FEC type O, Super PAC flag 1. Other type-O committees and other 2018 filers stay on other pages. The 2018 election-cycle hub still mixes every other committee. All committees and All FEC ties are indexes, not extra dollar columns.

What a reader may not do with $65,188,915.10: treat it as a donor roster, treat it as a 2018 grand total for every committee, or treat it as money that funded USAspending awards. What a reader may do: quote the pair, quote disbursements $64,694,471.00 with its own label, quote the source FEC.gov, and follow the four internal links.

No occupation split, no state split, and no named-donor list appears here. If a later extract revises $65,188,915.10 or $64,694,471.00, the live Independence USA PAC overlay and the live 2018 page control. This JSON file is a snapshot of packet facts, not a third disclosure system. 2018 is a closed FEC election cycle in this extract.

Questions

How much did Independence USA PAC raise in 2018?

INDEPENDENCE USA PAC reported $65,188,915.10 in FEC receipts in the 2018 election cycle under committee ID C00532705. Disbursements for the same committee-and-cycle cell are $64,694,471.00. The committee is an independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O). The packet Super PAC flag is 1. Cite type O together with that flag; do not invent a different committee class. Those dollar columns are committee aggregates, not a list of named donors. Source: FEC.gov.

Is Independence USA PAC a Super PAC in this 2018 file?

The packet Super PAC flag is 1. FEC committee type is O, so INDEPENDENCE USA PAC is an independent expenditure-only committee (FEC type O). Cite both fields as stored rather than recoding the committee into another ID or another year’s cell. Receipts remain $65,188,915.10 and disbursements remain $64,694,471.00 for cycle 2018 only. Source: FEC.gov.

Is C00532705 the same committee in other cycles?

The ID C00532705 is the committee key. Other cycles for that ID are other ties or the committee hub, not this cell. This page quotes only 2018: receipts $65,188,915.10, disbursements $64,694,471.00. Do not add those other cycles to $65,188,915.10 here. The packet does not publish an all-years total for Independence USA PAC.

Did Independence USA PAC receipts pay for federal awards in 2018?

No. $65,188,915.10 is an FEC committee receipt total for INDEPENDENCE USA PAC in 2018. USAspending awards are a different dataset and a different statute. This join does not treat campaign receipts as contract or grant funding. Disbursements of $64,694,471.00 are also campaign-finance figures, not federal obligations. Source: FEC.gov.