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American Council of Engineering Companies

American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC/PAC)

Trade association PAC FEC C00010868

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$1.8M
Trade association lobbying, all issues $3.8M

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. In 3 quarters with no in-house report, the figure is what its outside firms reported being paid. 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 Council of Engineering Companies 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

  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Aviation/Airlines/Airports5 of 85/8
  • Budget/Appropriations5 of 85/8
Clean Air and Water (quality) 5 of 8 · Education 5 of 8 · 10 more · Show all 17
  • Clean Air and Water (quality)5 of 85/8
  • Education5 of 85/8
  • Environment/Superfund5 of 85/8
  • Foreign Relations5 of 85/8
  • Government Issues5 of 85/8
  • Health Issues5 of 85/8
  • Immigration5 of 85/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace5 of 85/8
  • Roads/Highway5 of 85/8
  • Torts5 of 85/8
  • Defense4 of 84/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities2 of 82/8

Bills named in the filings 5 bills, this period

From the filings

“S.2296 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.”
Q3 2026 filing · Defense
“Energy and environmental policy.”
Q3 2026 filing · Energy/Nuclear

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • TransportationDOT
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Treasury
  • DefenseDOD
  • Energy
  • Federal Highway AdministrationFHA
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • Small Business AdministrationSBA
  • Army
  • 15 more

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

Every filing since 2015, with the lobbyists named and the quarters each bill appearsEvery filing since 2015 Pro

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by American Council of Engineering Companies, 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 306 sitting members of Congress and 32 other candidates in 2025–26.

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