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Aca International

Trade association PAC FEC C00034785

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$202K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $1.3M

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

Aca International reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 1 outside firm. 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
  • Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV8 of 88/8
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8

Bills named in the filings 30 bills, this period

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From the filings

“H.R.987 Fair Access to Banking Act S.401 Fair Access to Banking Act H.R.270 FIRM Act Issues related to debanking”
Q3 2026 filing · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
“S.2495 - Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025 H.R.4954 - Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025 Issues related to call blocking and labeling issues related to Offshore calling Issues related to TCPA Reform Telephone Consumer Protection Act issues”
Q3 2026 filing · Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Consumer Financial Protection BureauCFPB
  • Federal Communications CommissionFCC
  • Small Business AdministrationSBA
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Trade CommissionFTC
  • Treasury
  • Office of Policy Development
  • Office of the Comptroller of the CurrencyOCC
  • 1 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 Aca International, 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 38 sitting members of Congress and 4 other candidates in 2025–26.

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