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Money / PACs

National Chicken Council

National Chicken Council Political Action Committee (FKA) National Broiler Council PAC

Trade association PAC FEC C00034272

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$225K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $780K

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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National Chicken Council 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

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)8 of 88/8
  • Homeland Security8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
Environment/Superfund 7 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 1 of 8 · Show all 7
  • Environment/Superfund7 of 87/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 6 bills, this period

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From the filings

“Market Access Program Foreign Market Development Program Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Regionalization with Trading Partners South Africa Market Access, Trade Barriers World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) Definition of "Poultry"”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)
“OSHA Worker Safety NIOSH Worker Safety Processing Line Speeds Workforce Security”
Q3 2026 filing · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • White House Office
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA

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 National Chicken Council, 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 54 sitting members of Congress and 3 other candidates in 2025–26.

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