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National Automatic Merchandising Association

Trade association PAC FEC C00235762

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$8K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $320K

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 Automatic Merchandising 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
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Banking6 of 86/8
Minting/Money/Gold Standard 6 of 8 · Transportation 5 of 8 · 1 more · Show all 8
  • Minting/Money/Gold Standard6 of 86/8
  • Transportation5 of 85/8
  • Intelligence2 of 82/8

Bills named in the filings 17 bills, this period

12 more, 11 named in only one filing · Show all 17

From the filings

“Extension of expiring provisions of P.L 115-97 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017) H.R. 1 - The One Big Beautiful Bill (Tax Title) Support”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Creating express Congressional consent to allow program participants to utilize SNAP/EBT as a form of payment in convenience service retail marketplaces (e.g., vending and micro markets) via the reauthorization of the 2018 Farm Bill.”
Q3 2026 filing · Agriculture

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Energy
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • Small Business AdministrationSBA

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 National Automatic Merchandising 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 3 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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