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PPG Industries

PPG Industries Inc. PAC

Corporate PAC FEC C00034298

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$62K
Company lobbying, all issues $970K

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

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What they lobby on

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PPG Industries 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
  • Chemicals/Chemical Industry8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
Trade (domestic/foreign) 8 of 8 · Transportation 8 of 8 · 3 more · Show all 10
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)7 of 87/8
  • Manufacturing2 of 82/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 32 bills, this period

27 more, 1 named in only one filing · Show all 32

From the filings

“H.R. 9495/S. 0000 Department of Defense Appropriations for FY2027, research and development H.R. 6500, FY2027 Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act (through 12/11/2026) Monitored budget resolution/reconciliation discussions”
Q3 2026 filing · Budget/Appropriations
“H.R.8800/S.4784 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, issues related to the F-35, PFAS, research and development, defense manufacturing, and House Sect. 815 Funding for DOD coatings”
Q3 2026 filing · Defense

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Highway AdministrationFHA
  • StateDOS
  • TransportationDOT
  • Treasury

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 3 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by PPG Industries, 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 16 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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