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Money / PACs

National Council of Textile Organizations

National Council of Textile Organizations Inc Political Action Committee

Trade association PAC FEC C00405555

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$41K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $160K

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. 1 report listed less than $5,000 and counts as $0 here. 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

National Council of Textile Organizations reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 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

  • Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Manufacturing8 of 88/8
  • Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
Homeland Security 7 of 8 · Economics/Economic Development 1 of 8 · Show all 7
  • Homeland Security7 of 87/8
  • Economics/Economic Development1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 8 bills, this period

3 more, 5 named in only one filing · Show all 8

From the filings

“H.R. 1840, The Closing the De Minimis Loophole Act Section 321 de minimis policy and Section 301 penalty exclusions S. 1185, The FIGHTING For America Act - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 - Customs enforcement and oversight”
Q4 2025 filing · Homeland Security
“Miscellaneous Tariff Bill - support efforts to pass new MTB to provide relief to domestic manufacturers to acquire specified raw materials and products that are not domestically produced”
Q3 2026 filing · Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • CommerceDOC
  • DefenseDOD
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • StateDOS
  • U.S. International Trade CommissionITC
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • Defense Logistics Agency

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 National Council of Textile Organizations, 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 13 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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