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Money / PACs

Security Traders Association

Trade association PAC FEC C00326256

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$3K
Paid to lobbying firms $240K

No in-house lobbyists. The figure is what 1 outside firm reported being paid by the trade association (LD-2, rounded to $10K). 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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Security Traders Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), through 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

  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8

From the filings

“Equity market structure, trading, and listing and delisting issues. H.R. 3383, INVEST Act of 2025; securities fraud prevention; Section 31 transaction fees.”
Q3 2026 filing · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
“Equity market structure, trading, and listing issues.”
Q4 2025 filing · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Securities & Exchange CommissionSEC

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 Security Traders 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 2 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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