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American Iron and Steel Institute

Trade association PAC FEC C00295097

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$17K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $1.1M

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

Method

American Iron and Steel Institute reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
Trade (domestic/foreign) 8 of 8 · Transportation 8 of 8 · Show all 7
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8

From the filings

“Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) implementation Buy America Act / Buy America procurement policies Build America, Buy America Act Highway Trust Fund S. 4149 the Mass Timber Federal Buildings Act of 2024 Water Resources Development Act of 2024”
Q4 2024 filing · Transportation
“OSHA Heat Protection Standard Proposal MSHA Crystalline Silica Regulation”
Q3 2026 filing · Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • CommerceDOC
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Highway AdministrationFHA
  • General Services AdministrationGSA
  • Housing & Urban DevelopmentHUD
  • Internal Revenue ServiceIRS
  • Mine Safety & Health AdministrationMSHA
  • Occupational Safety & Health AdministrationOSHA
  • TransportationDOT
  • 5 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 American Iron and Steel Institute, 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 12 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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