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Avient

Avient Corp. Political Action Committee

Corporate PAC FEC C00288712

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$1K
Company lobbying, all issues $370K

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’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. In 6 quarters with no in-house report, the figure is what its outside firms reported being paid. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

Avient 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

  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund5 of 85/8
  • Budget/Appropriations3 of 83/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code2 of 82/8
  • Government Issues1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 3 bills, this period

From the filings

“Legislative and regulatory activities related to the Fiber-Forward Made in America Initiative; H.R.8656, Ballistic Armor Made in America Act of 2026.”
Q3 2026 filing · Government Issues
“New Fiber Technology Investment funding; FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R.8800/S.4784); FY2027 Department of Defense Appropriations Act (H.R.9495).”
Q3 2026 filing · Budget/Appropriations

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • DefenseDOD
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • JusticeDOJ

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 3 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Avient, 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 1 sitting member of Congress in 2025–26.

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