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American Psychiatric Association

American Psychiatric Association Political Action Committee

Trade association PAC FEC C00373696

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$349K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $1.5M

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

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American Psychiatric Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 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

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
  • Medicare/Medicaid8 of 88/8
  • Veterans8 of 88/8
  • Education6 of 86/8
Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs 6 of 8 · Immigration 5 of 8 · 3 more · Show all 10
  • Medical/Disease Research/Clinical Labs6 of 86/8
  • Immigration5 of 85/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code3 of 83/8
  • Defense2 of 82/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 216 bills, this period

211 more, 113 named in only one filing · Show all 216

From the filings

“H.R. 2028/ S. 942 - Resident Education Deferred Interest Act (REDI Act) Letter supporting funding for Mental Health Services Professional Demonstration (MHSP) and School-Based Mental Health Services (SBMH) grant programs”
Q3 2026 filing · Education
“Issues pertaining to public mental health programs, Medicare, Medicaid, substance-use disorder care, healthcare workforce and integrated care models.”
Q3 2026 filing · Medicare/Medicaid

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Centers For Medicare and Medicaid ServicesCMS
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • Veterans AffairsVA
  • LaborDOL
  • Education
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services AdministrationSAMHSA
  • Treasury
  • 8 more

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

Every filing since 2015, with the lobbyists named and the quarters each bill appearsEvery filing since 2015 Pro

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by American Psychiatric 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 115 sitting members of Congress and 7 other candidates in 2025–26.

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