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Spotlight PEPPOL BIS Billing 3.0 The EU e-invoicing mandate is here — France Sept 2026, Belgium Jan 2026, Germany 2025.

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X12 113 — Election Campaign and Lobbyist Reporting

The 113 carries election-campaign and lobbyist filings to a public authority: contributors, amounts, beneficiaries, reporting periods.

Purpose

The 113 documents a periodic filing required by the FEC (Federal Election Commission) or state equivalents (Secretary of State, Ethics Commission): filing organization, reporting period, individual transactions (contributions, expenditures, inter-committee transfers), and aggregate totals.

It is the structured equivalent of paper FEC Form 3 or Form LD-2 (Lobbying Disclosure Act). The 113 is acknowledged by an 824 (Application Advice) on element-level rejection. It is a historically low-volume transaction but remains in the X12F catalog.

Envelope structure

The 113 travels within the three X12 envelope levels (ISA/IEA, GS/GE with functional group EL, and ST/SE). Didactic example in release 004010:

x12 example-113.x12 
ISA*00*          *00*          *ZZ*COMMITTEE     *ZZ*FEC           *260514*1100*U*00401*000000113*0*P*>~
GS*EL*COMMITTEE*FEC*20260514*1100*1*X*004010~
ST*113*0001~
BGN*00*FEC-2026-Q2*20260514~
N1*FI*ACME PAC*24*EIN-12-3456789~
DTM*RT*20260401~
DTM*RT*20260630~
LX*1~
N1*PA*JANE DONOR*24*SSN-XXX-XX-1234~
AMT*F*5000.00~
DTM*009*20260415~
LX*2~
N1*PE*BRIDGE PUBLIC AFFAIRS*24*EIN-87-6543210~
AMT*F*12500.00~
DTM*009*20260520~
SE*13*0001~
GE*1*1~
IEA*1*000000113~

Common segments

  • Header — ST, BGN (Beginning Segment), DTM (period start / end).
  • Filer — N1*FI, N3/N4, PER.
  • Transactions — repeated LX loop: N1*PA (Payer / donor) or N1*PE (Payee), AMT, DTM.
  • Attachments — PWK for non-EDI annexes.
  • Summary — SE.

Common pitfalls

  • Contributor PII: names, addresses and last-4 SSN are public in FEC filings, but transport must respect GDPR if the donor resides in the EU — encrypt in transit (AS2 or SFTP), not plaintext.
  • Reporting period: two DTM*RT (period start and end) are mandatory; a single one flips the 113 to 824 rejection.
  • Transaction codes: the FEC publishes its own code list for transaction types (contribution, expenditure, transfer); use the FEC list, not a generic X12 code.

Documentation

The code 113 and the name Election Campaign and Lobbyist Reporting are public and listed on x12.org/products/transaction-sets. The complete structure of loops, qualifiers and code lists is distributed by DISA via the proprietary Implementation Guides (TR3). ediverse.io covers only public concepts, the envelope and didactic examples.