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American Trucking Associations

Trade association PAC FEC C00002881

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$323K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $4.6M

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

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American Trucking Associations reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 3 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
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice8 of 88/8
Roads/Highway 8 of 8 · Small Business 8 of 8 · 9 more · Show all 16
  • Roads/Highway8 of 88/8
  • Small Business8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Torts8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Trucking/Shipping8 of 88/8
  • Defense2 of 82/8
  • Government Issues1 of 81/8
  • Health Issues1 of 81/8
  • Homeland Security1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 239 bills, this period

234 more, 102 named in only one filing · Show all 239

From the filings

“H.R. 354 - Small Business Growth Act. Small business issues related to Truck Driver Training, Hazardous Materials, Border Security and Safety, Transportation Security, Homeland Security Issues, Trucking/Motor Carrier Issues, Taxes, Fuel, Independent Contractors, Hours of Service.”
Q3 2026 filing · Small Business
“H.R. 252 - Secure Our Ports Act; H.R. 1297 - LPOE Modernization Trust Fund Act; H.R. 1294 / S. 578 - BEST Facilitation Act; H.R. 2444 / S. 257 - Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act; and H.R. 3630 / S. 1852 - International Bridge and Port of Entry Modernization Act.”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Federal Highway AdministrationFHA
  • Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • Internal Revenue ServiceIRS
  • LaborDOL
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • TransportationDOT
  • U.S. International Trade CommissionITC
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • 8 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 Trucking Associations, 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 121 sitting members of Congress and 3 other candidates in 2025–26.

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