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National Potato Council

National Potato Council Potato Political Action Commitee

Trade association PAC FEC C00154104

FollowFEC filings
Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$19K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $508K

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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National Potato Council 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
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)8 of 88/8
  • Immigration8 of 88/8
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · Trade (domestic/foreign) 8 of 8 · 1 more · Show all 8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8

Bills named in the filings 12 bills, this period

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From the filings

“Pesticide regulation. Clean Water Act (Waters of the United States and NPDES Legislation). Endangered Species Act Reform. H.R.4288 Agricultural Labeling Uniformity Act S.269 Protect America's Children from Toxic Pesticides Act of 2023 FY2026 and FY2027 EPA Appropriations”
Q3 2026 filing · Environment/Superfund
“Issues pertaining to trade and tariffs; issues related to FY27 appropriations; issues pertaining to specialty crop research; issues pertaining to the farm bill; issues pertaining to agriculture labor; issues pertaining to nutrition; and issues pertaining to the Technical Assistance for Specialty Crops (TASC) program.”
Q3 2026 filing · Agriculture

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • LaborDOL
  • StateDOS
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • Securities & Exchange CommissionSEC

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 National Potato Council, 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 10 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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