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Sierra Club Independent Action

Membership group PAC FEC C00135368

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$22K
Membership group lobbying, all issues $870K

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the membership group’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 membership group’s members; the membership group itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Sierra Club Independent Action 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

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Disaster Planning/Emergencies8 of 88/8
  • Education8 of 88/8
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
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  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Government Issues8 of 88/8
  • Manufacturing8 of 88/8
  • Natural Resources8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Animals7 of 87/8
  • Clean Air and Water (quality)7 of 87/8
  • Science/Technology7 of 87/8
  • Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries4 of 84/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities3 of 83/8
  • Fuel/Gas/Oil2 of 82/8
  • Housing2 of 82/8
  • Veterans2 of 82/8
  • Constitution1 of 81/8
  • Urban Development/Municipalities1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 234 bills, this period

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From the filings

“HOUSE: H.R. 2122: IMPACT Act 2.0 (Support) SENATE: S. 1067: Concrete and Asphalt Innovation Act (Support) NYI: NYI: Steel Modernization Act (Support) NYI: Low-Emissions steel and iron bill (Support)”
Q3 2026 filing · Manufacturing
“HOUSE: H.R. 1286: Fair Trade for Working Families (Support) H.R. 8744: TREE Act (Support) SENATE: S. 3523: Clean Competition Act (Support) NYI: NYI: Green AGOA Act (Support)”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • CommerceDOC
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Bureau of Land ManagementBLM
  • Council on Environmental QualityCEQ
  • Energy
  • Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionFERC
  • General Services AdministrationGSA
  • InteriorDOI
  • 6 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 7 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Sierra Club Independent Action, 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 13 sitting members of Congress and 6 other candidates in 2025–26.

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