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Money / PACs

The American Waterways Operators

American Waterways Operators-Pac

Trade association PAC FEC C00034678

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$202K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $1.6M

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

Method

The American Waterways Operators reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Clean Air and Water (quality)8 of 88/8
  • Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8

Bills named in the filings 10 bills, this period

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From the filings

“H.R. 4776, Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act; provisions relating to federal agency environment review processes. Federal policy relating to the authorization and funding of inland waterways infrastructure.”
Q1 2026 filing · Transportation
“Federal policy relating to the authorization and funding of inland waterways infrastructure.”
Q3 2026 filing · Transportation

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate

The House and Senate appear in every quarter.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by The American Waterways Operators, 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 89 sitting members of Congress and 2 other candidates in 2025–26.

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