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Space Exploration Technologies

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. PAC

Corporate PAC FEC C00411116

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$1.1M
Company lobbying, all issues $5.3M

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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Space Exploration Technologies reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 6 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Aerospace8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Telecommunications8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
Agriculture 7 of 8 · Clean Air and Water (quality) 7 of 8 · 4 more · Show all 11
  • Agriculture7 of 87/8
  • Clean Air and Water (quality)7 of 87/8
  • Environment/Superfund7 of 87/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace3 of 83/8
  • Computer Industry2 of 82/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)2 of 82/8

Bills named in the filings 22 bills, this period

17 more, 17 named in only one filing · Show all 22

From the filings

“Educate Members on the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program and First Responder Network Authority Reauthorization Act of 2026 (H.R. 7386) negotiations.”
Q3 2026 filing · Telecommunications
“Matters related to onshoring advanced manufacturing and polysilicon 232”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • CommerceDOC
  • DefenseDOD
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA
  • Federal Communications CommissionFCC
  • InteriorDOI
  • Natl Aeronautics & Space AdministrationNASA
  • Natl Security CouncilNSC
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • Office of Science & Technology PolicyOSTP
  • 11 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 Space Exploration Technologies, 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 164 sitting members of Congress and 20 other candidates in 2025–26.

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