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U.S. Travel Association

U.S. Travel Association PAC

Trade association PAC FEC C00457754

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$163K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $6.2M

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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U.S. Travel Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 9 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Aviation/Airlines/Airports8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Homeland Security8 of 88/8
  • Immigration8 of 88/8
  • Natural Resources8 of 88/8
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · Transportation 8 of 8 · 3 more · Show all 10
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Travel/Tourism8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)3 of 83/8
  • Banking1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 58 bills, this period

53 more, 18 named in only one filing · Show all 58

From the filings

“Issues related to travel policy in USMCA review, including S. 3787 and H.R. 7454, the USMCA Travel and Tourism Resiliency Act.”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign)
“Issues related to the reauthorization of Brand USA.”
Q3 2026 filing · Travel/Tourism

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • CommerceDOC
  • General Services AdministrationGSA
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • InteriorDOI
  • Natl Park ServiceNPS
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • StateDOS
  • TransportationDOT
  • White House Office
  • U.S. Customs & Border Protection
  • 3 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 U.S. Travel 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 63 sitting members of Congress and 2 other candidates in 2025–26.

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