Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Political Action Committee
Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the membership group’s members; the membership group itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.
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MethodAircraft Owners & Pilots 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
- Aviation/Airlines/Airports8/8
Bills named in the filings 37 bills, this period
- H.R. 4146 PAPA Act of 202511 filings
- S. 2175 Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act11 filings
- H.R. 1818 Aviation Workforce Development Act7 filings
- H.R. 1968 Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 Broad bill7 filings
- H.R. 2591 Mental Health in Aviation Act of 20256 filings
32 more, 16 named in only one filing · Show all 37
- S. 1706 A bill to require aircraft operating in Class B airspace in the national airspace system to install and operate ADS-B In and ADS-B Out equipment, and for other purposes.6 filings
- S. 1985 Safe Operations of Shared Airspace Act of 20256 filings
- H.R. 1 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Broad bill6 filings
- H.R. 2932 CLEAR Skies Act5 filings
- H.R. 7613 ALERT Act5 filings
- S. 2465 / H.R. 4552 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 Broad bill5 filings
- H.R. 6086 Aviation Funding Solvency Act4 filings
- S. 1045 Aviation Funding Stability Act of 20254 filings
- S. 3257 John A. Hauser Mental Health in Aviation Act4 filings
- S. 3258 Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 20264 filings
- S. 2503 ROTOR Act3 filings
- S. 3929 / H.R. 8597 Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act3 filings
- H.R. 7148 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 Broad bill3 filings
- H.R. 5634 Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 20262 filings
- S. 2530 CREATE Act2 filings
- H.R. 9170 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027 Broad bill2 filings
- H.R. 2592 Aviation Medication Transparency Act of 20251 filing
- H.R. 2879, 118th National Center for the Advancement of Aviation Act of 20231 filing
- H.R. 4495, 118th Aircraft Noise Reduction Act1 filing
- H.R. 6446, 118th UNLEADED Act1 filing
- H.R. 7323, 118th Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserves Tuition Fairness Act of 20241 filing
- H.R. 7545, 118th To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to include certified community behavioral health clinic services as a State plan option under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.1 filing
- H.R. 7613, 118th Veterans Flight Training Responsibility Act of 20241 filing
- S. 1093, 118th Hawaii Air Tour Management Act of 20231 filing
- S. 1561 / H.R. 1818, 118th Aviation Workforce Development Act1 filing
- S. 1847 / H.R. 4556, 118th General Aviation Airport Access Act1 filing
- S. 2675 / H.R. 7660, 118th Backcountry Aviation Protection Act1 filing
- S. 2839, 118th Air Traffic Controllers Hiring Act of 20231 filing
- S. 5224 Runway SAFE-T Act1 filing
- S. 5572 Modern Skies Act1 filing
- H.R. 6363, 118th Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 Broad bill1 filing
- S. 1939 / H.R. 3935, 118th FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 Broad bill1 filing
From the filings
“H.R. 4146/S. 2175 - Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act - legislation regarding the use of ADS-B data. S. 2530 (ROTOR Act)/ H.R. 7613 (ALERT Act) - Aviation safety legislation impacting the use of ADS-B data and aviation technology.”
“H.R. 4146/S. 2175 - Pilot and Aircraft Privacy Act. Implementation of the GA Title from 2024 FAA Reauthorization. Support House and Senate GA Caucus activities.”
Contacted as listed on the filings
- U.S. House
- U.S. Senate
- FAA
- DOD
- DOT
- DOI
The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.
Every filing since 2015 Pro
Free account See ProSource: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Aircraft Owners & Pilots 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 36 sitting members of Congress and 2 other candidates in 2025–26.
See every candidate and member Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.
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