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International Bottled Water Association

International Bottled Water Association Political Action Committee

Trade association PAC FEC C00457226

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$2K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $580K

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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International Bottled Water Association 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

  • Beverage Industry8 of 88/8
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)8 of 88/8
  • Natural Resources8 of 88/8
  • Clean Air and Water (quality)1 of 81/8
Environment/Superfund 1 of 8 · Show all 6
  • Environment/Superfund1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 5 bills, this period

From the filings

“H.R. 2145 - Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act (RIAA).”
Q3 2026 filing · Environment/Superfund
“General education regarding bottled water industry; Recycling issues in the Strategies To Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act of 2025 (S. 351), the Recycling Infrastructure and Accessibility Act of 2025 (H.R. 2145), and the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act (H.R. 4109)”
Q3 2026 filing · Consumer Issues/Safety/Products

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • InteriorDOI
  • StateDOS

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 International Bottled Water 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 2 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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