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Money / PACs

Semi

Trade association PAC FEC C00381012

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$500
Trade association lobbying, all issues $2.8M

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

Method

Semi reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 4 outside firms. 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
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
Science/Technology 7 of 8 · Copyright/Patent/Trademark 5 of 8 · 5 more · Show all 12
  • Science/Technology7 of 87/8
  • Copyright/Patent/Trademark5 of 85/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace4 of 84/8
  • Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)4 of 84/8
  • Energy/Nuclear2 of 82/8
  • Economics/Economic Development1 of 81/8
  • Immigration1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 37 bills, this period

32 more, 9 named in only one filing · Show all 37

From the filings

“Microelectronics supply chain related issues and initiatives H.R.8800/S.4784, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, Government Purpose Rights provisions and proposed Amendment #6691 related issues”
Q3 2026 filing · Defense
“Critical mineral extraction and processing related issues Project Vault, Critical mineral related issues Grid Capacity related issues”
Q3 2026 filing · Energy/Nuclear

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Bureau of Industry and SecurityBIS
  • CommerceDOC
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Natl Institute of Standards & TechnologyNIST
  • Treasury
  • Natl Science FoundationNSF
  • Office of Science & Technology PolicyOSTP
  • StateDOS
  • LaborDOL
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • 10 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 Semi, 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 1 sitting member of Congress in 2025–26.

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