American Optometric Association
American Optometric Association Political Action Committee
Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. In 1 quarter with no in-house report, the figure is what its outside firms reported being paid. 1 report listed less than $5,000 and counts as $0 here. 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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MethodAmerican Optometric Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 11 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.
Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26
- Health Issues8/8
- Veterans8/8
- Medicare/Medicaid7/8
- Budget/Appropriations2/8
Bills named in the filings 16 bills, this period
- H.R. 1521 DOC Access Act of 202534 filings
- H.R. 4282 Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act11 filings
- S. 1716 Vision Lab Choice Act of 202510 filings
- H.R. 2483 SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act of 20256 filings
- H.R. 879 Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act of 20256 filings
11 more, 7 named in only one filing · Show all 16
- S. 1424 / H.R. 1385, 118th DOC Access Act of 20234 filings
- H.R. 9393 Lower Costs, More Transparency Act of 20262 filings
- S. 4083 / H.R. 2748, 118th Contact Lens Prescription Verification Modernization Act2 filings
- H.R. 1 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Broad bill2 filings
- H.R. 2474, 118th Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act1 filing
- H.R. 6683, 118th Preserving Seniors’ Access to Physicians Act of 20231 filing
- H.R. 8371, 118th Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act1 filing
- S. 10, 118th VA Clinician Appreciation, Recruitment, Education, Expansion, and Retention Support (CAREERS) Act of 20231 filing
- S. 3393 / H.R. 4531, 118th Support for Patients and Communities Reauthorization Act1 filing
- S. 4935, 118th Physician Fee Stabilization Act1 filing
- S. 5375, 118th Vision Lab Choice Act of 20241 filing
From the filings
“HR1521 HR 4282”
“H.R. 1521, DOC Access Act of 2025 S. 1716, Vision Lab Choice Act”
Contacted as listed on the filings
- U.S. House
- U.S. Senate
- VA
- EOP
- HHS
The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.
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From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count
Gave directly to 247 sitting members of Congress and 34 other candidates in 2025–26.
See every candidate and member American Optometric Association gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.
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