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American Hotel and Lodging Association

Trade association PAC FEC C00001198

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$878K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $5.6M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the trade association’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the trade association’s employees or members; the trade association itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

American Hotel and Lodging Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 6 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
  • Immigration8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice8 of 88/8
Small Business 8 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · 7 more · Show all 14
  • Small Business8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Telecommunications8 of 88/8
  • Travel/Tourism8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)5 of 85/8
  • Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)4 of 84/8
  • Housing2 of 82/8
  • Civil Rights/Civil Liberties1 of 81/8
  • Computer Industry1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 55 bills, this period

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From the filings

“Immigration reform proposals. Issues related to the H-2B Visa program. Issues related to changes to TPS workforce authorizations. H.R. 3734: Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act.”
Q3 2026 filing · Immigration
“Issues related to the prevention and eradication of human trafficking in lodging facilities.”
Q3 2026 filing · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • CommerceDOC
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Trade CommissionFTC
  • General Services AdministrationGSA
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • LaborDOL
  • Natl Labor Relations BoardNLRB
  • StateDOS
  • White House Office
  • TransportationDOT
  • 6 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by American Hotel and Lodging Association, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 211 sitting members of Congress and 12 other candidates in 2025–26.

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