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Money / PACs

International Wood Products Association

Trade association PAC FEC C00161190

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$22K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $90K

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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International Wood Products Association 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
  • Chemicals/Chemical Industry8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund2 of 82/8

From the filings

“Funding of, oversight of, and amendments to the Lacey Act. H.R. 2239, Strengthen Wood Product Supply Chains Act of 2025. S. 2804, Strengthen Wood Products Supply Chain Act of 2025. H.R. 8744 TREE Act.”
Q3 2026 filing · Agriculture
“EPA Formaldehyde Emission Standards for Composite Wood Products regulation. Application of the TSCA import certification for composite wood products. EPA risk evaluation for formaldehyde.”
Q3 2026 filing · Chemicals/Chemical Industry

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • CommerceDOC
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Intl Trade AdministrationITA
  • Small Business AdministrationSBA
  • StateDOS
  • U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentUSAID
  • U.S. Customs & Border Protection
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceUSFWS
  • U.S. Forest Service
  • 1 more

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 International Wood Products 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 7 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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See every candidate and member International Wood Products Association gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.

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