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Basf

Basf Corporation Employees Political Action Committee

Corporate PAC FEC C00340075

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$289K
Company lobbying, all issues $4.3M

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. 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

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Basf 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

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Chemicals/Chemical Industry8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Energy/Nuclear8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
Homeland Security 8 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · 5 more · Show all 12
  • Homeland Security8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues6 of 86/8
  • Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)5 of 85/8
  • Manufacturing1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 54 bills, this period

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From the filings

“P.L.117-169 - Inflation Reduction Act. H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful Bill Act. H.R.8477 - American Energy Dominance Act. H.R.9340 - Ratepayer Protection Act. BASF supports the Section 45Z tax credit, expansion and/or restoration of related incentives, and broader support for the use of biobased technologies.”
Q3 2026 filing · Energy/Nuclear
“2026 Farm Bill: Among other things, BASF supports the inclusion of language related to mass balance in the new Farm Bill.”
Q3 2026 filing · Agriculture

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Energy
  • StateDOS
  • White House Office
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • CommerceDOC
  • Surface Transportation BoardSTB
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • DefenseDOD
  • 9 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 Basf, 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 63 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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