Glossary
The form a member of Congress files within 45 days of a single stock trade, as required by the STOCK Act.
A Periodic Transaction Report (PTR) is the disclosure form a member of Congress files with the House Clerk or Senate Office of Public Records after any individual security transaction over $1,000. PTRs must be filed within 45 days of the trade and become public the same day.
Each PTR contains: - The filer (member of Congress, spouse, or dependent child) - The transaction date and notification date - The asset (stock, options, bond, ETF, mutual fund) - The transaction type — Purchase (P), Sale (S), Sale (Partial), or Exchange (E) - The amount range — STOCK Act brackets only, not exact dollar amounts ($1,001–$15,000, $15,001–$50,000, $50,001–$100,000, $100,001–$250,000, $250,001–$500,000, $500,001–$1,000,000, $1,000,001–$5,000,000, $5,000,001–$25,000,000, $25,000,001–$50,000,000, $50,000,001+) - For options: strike price and expiration date - The capital-gains-over-$200 indicator on sales
House PTRs are filed at disclosures-clerk.house.gov as individual PDFs. Senate PTRs are filed at efdsearch.senate.gov as web forms.
The 45-day window can be extended to 90 days for spouse / dependent transactions, but only by request. Late filings carry a nominal $200 penalty per violation.