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Occidental Petroleum

Occidental Petroleum Corporation Political Action Committee

Corporate PAC FEC C00083857

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$156K
Company lobbying, all issues $17.2M

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

Method

Occidental Petroleum reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 5 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
  • Clean Air and Water (quality)8 of 88/8
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
Fuel/Gas/Oil 8 of 8 · Natural Resources 8 of 8 · 10 more · Show all 17
  • Fuel/Gas/Oil8 of 88/8
  • Natural Resources8 of 88/8
  • Railroads8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Trucking/Shipping8 of 88/8
  • Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear)8 of 88/8
  • Homeland Security7 of 87/8
  • Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries7 of 87/8
  • Government Issues6 of 86/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 4 bills, this period

From the filings

“General issues related to S. 4244 - Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2022; H.R. 7810 - Alan Reinstein Ban Asbestos Now Act of 2022”
Q3 2026 filing · Environment/Superfund
“Items relating to protecting the 45Q tax credit in the tax reconciliation package”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Energy
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • InteriorDOI
  • Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric AdministrationNOAA
  • Natl Transportation Safety BoardNTSB
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Surface Transportation BoardSTB
  • Transportation Security AdministrationTSA
  • Treasury
  • U.S. Coast GuardUSCG
  • 8 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 Occidental Petroleum, 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 42 sitting members of Congress and 4 other candidates in 2025–26.

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