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Money / PACs

American Physical Therapy Association

American Physical Therapy Association Physical Therapy Political Action Committee (PT-PAC)

Membership group PAC FEC C00012880

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$680K
Membership group lobbying, all issues $2.2M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the membership group’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 membership group’s members; the membership group itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

American Physical Therapy Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 2 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
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Education8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
  • Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice8 of 88/8
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs 8 of 8 · Medicare/Medicaid 8 of 8 · 2 more · Show all 9
  • Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs8 of 88/8
  • Medicare/Medicaid8 of 88/8
  • Small Business8 of 88/8
  • Veterans8 of 88/8

Bills named in the filings 44 bills, this period

39 more, 16 named in only one filing · Show all 44

From the filings

“H.R. 2332/S.1101 - States Handling Access to Reciprocity for Employment Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
“Medicare private contracting Student Loan Forgiveness/Student Loan Repayment CARES Act Economic Injury Disaster Loan”
Q3 2026 filing · Small Business

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Agency for Healthcare Research & QualityAHRQ
  • Centers For Disease Control & PreventionCDC
  • Centers For Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCMS
  • DefenseDOD
  • Education
  • Government Accountability OfficeGAO
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • Health Resources & Services AdministrationHRSA
  • LaborDOL
  • Medicare Payment Advisory CommissionMedPAC
  • 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 Physical Therapy 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 183 sitting members of Congress and 13 other candidates in 2025–26.

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