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Money / PACs

Directors Guild of America

Dga-Pac the Political Action Committee of the Directors Guild of America Inc

Labor union PAC FEC C00311944

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$5K
Union lobbying, all issues $600K

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the union’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 union’s members; the union itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

Method

Directors Guild of America reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 2 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Copyright/Patent/Trademark8 of 88/8
  • Science/Technology8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code7 of 87/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace3 of 83/8
Arts/Entertainment 2 of 8 · Show all 6
  • Arts/Entertainment2 of 82/8

Bills named in the filings 8 bills, this period

3 more, 5 named in only one filing · Show all 8

From the filings

“Copyright reform. Digital replica legislation. Competition issues in the media industry. Issues related to artificial intelligence. Legislation protecting directors rights of integrity and attribution in the AI context. H.R.H.R.10582/S.5552 - Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act.”
Q3 2026 filing · Copyright/Patent/Trademark
“Tax policy related to domestic production. Section 181 under the Internal Revenue Code (No legislation yet).”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • JusticeDOJ
  • Patent & Trademark OfficePTO
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • U.S. Copyright Office
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 7 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Directors Guild of America, 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 5 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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