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Smithfield Foods

Smithfield Foods Inc Political Action Committee, (HAMPAC)

Corporate PAC FEC C00359075

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$5K
Paid to lobbying firms $1.7M

No in-house lobbyists. The figure is what 2 outside firms reported being paid by the company (LD-2, rounded to $10K). 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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Smithfield Foods reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), through 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

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)7 of 87/8

Bills named in the filings 5 bills, this period

From the filings

“S.5526 - Agricultural Act of 2026 - promoting science-based animal welfare standards, issues related to foreign ownership of agricultural land”
Q3 2026 filing · Agriculture
“H.R. 7688 DPA Modernization Act - consideration of certain agricultural land transactions; S. 2296 National Defense Authorization Act of 2026 - S.A. 6103 Rounds-Cortez Masto-Lummis Amendment”
Q3 2026 filing · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Treasury
  • White House Office

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 5 of 8.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Smithfield Foods, 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 3 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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