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Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assoc

Trade association PAC FEC C00128678

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$109K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $774K

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

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Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assoc reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 4 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Manufacturing7 of 87/8
Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills) 5 of 8 · Trade (domestic/foreign) 5 of 8 · 2 more · Show all 9
  • Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)5 of 85/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)5 of 85/8
  • Budget/Appropriations2 of 82/8
  • Energy/Nuclear1 of 81/8

From the filings

“Energy Appropriations, Renewable Fuel Standard, Farm Bill, Tariffs, Manufacturing”
Q3 2026 filing · Manufacturing, Energy/Nuclear, Environment/Superfund, Agriculture, Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
“Issues related to tariffs.”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign), Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Army
  • Council on Environmental QualityCEQ
  • DefenseDOD
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • White House Office
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • CommerceDOC

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 Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers Assoc, 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 46 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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