Retail Industry Leaders Association

Retail Industry Leaders Association Political Action Committee Aka Retail Leaders PAC

Trade association PAC FEC C00112763

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count

PAC giving to candidates$80K

Trade association lobbying, all issues $3.6M

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

Retail Industry Leaders Association 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

Banking8 of 88/8
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
Health Issues8 of 88/8

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 8 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · 4 more · Show all 11

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
Telecommunications8 of 88/8
Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
Transportation8 of 88/8
Copyright/Patent/Trademark7 of 87/8

Bills named in the filings 12 bills, this period

H.R. 2853 Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 202512 filings
S. 1404 Combating Organized Retail Crime Act6 filings
H.R. 5522 Peace Through Strength Act of 20253 filings
S. 1241 Sanctioning Russia Act of 20253 filings
S. 492 / H.R. 1177 Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act3 filings

7 more, 5 named in only one filing · Show all 12

S. 1525 / H.R. 3074 Common Cents Act2 filings
H.R. 1 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Broad bill2 filings
H.R. 10167 Common Cents Act1 filing
H.R. 7979, 118th End China’s De Minimis Abuse Act1 filing
H.R. 7986, 118th Generalized System of Preferences Reform Act1 filing
H.R. 915, 118th Motor Carrier Safety Selection Standard Act1 filing
S. 567 / H.R. 20, 118th Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2023 Broad bill1 filing

From the filings

“Issues related to corporate taxation and the retail sector. S. 492/H.R. 1177 - Improve and Enhance the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Act”

Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

“Financial services, payments, competition, penny issues, and antitrust issues.”

Q3 2026 filing · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Contacted as listed on the filings

U.S. House
U.S. Senate
CommerceDOC
Consumer Financial Protection BureauCFPB
Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionEEOC
Federal Communications CommissionFCC
Federal Maritime Commission
Federal Reserve System
Federal Trade CommissionFTC
Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
Health & Human ServicesHHS
13 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

Every filing since 2015, with the lobbyists named and the quarters each bill appearsEvery filing since 2015 Pro

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Retail Industry Leaders Association, 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 40 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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