FEC sets Aug. 20 deadline for PAC and party committees’ monthly reports

The Federal Election Commission has set Aug. 20, 2026, as the deadline for monthly-filing political action committees and party committees to submit campaign-finance reports covering activity through July 31.

The reports will provide the next nationwide public disclosure of political money raised and spent by covered committees as the 2026 general-election campaign period approaches. The deadline applies across the United States and is a scheduled transparency event, not yet a release of the money those committees have raised or spent.

Under the FEC’s August reporting notice, monthly-filing PACs and party committees must close their books on July 31 and file their reports by Aug. 20. Electronic reports must be received and validated by 11:59 p.m. Eastern on the deadline.

For monthly-filing PACs and parties, the pre-general report is due Oct. 22. It will cover activity from Oct. 1 through Oct. 14, giving the public a required disclosure of financial activity during an important stretch of the general-election campaign.