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Money / PACs

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Corporate PAC FEC C00485979

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$87K
Paid to lobbying firms $840K

No in-house lobbyists. The figure is what 2 outside firms reported being paid by the company (LD-2, rounded to $10K). 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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Cognizant Technology Solutions reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), through 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

  • Education8 of 88/8
  • Immigration8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Science/Technology8 of 88/8

No bills were named in this period. The filings describe issues without bill numbers.

From the filings

“Issues related to science and technology policy, including artificial intelligence and the CREATE AI Act of 2025”
Q3 2026 filing · Science/Technology
“Issues related to nonimmigrant visas that allows U.S. employers to temporarily employ foreign workers in specialty occupations, like the H-1B program”
Q2 2025 filing · Immigration

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • White House Office
  • LaborDOL
  • StateDOS
  • CommerceDOC

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 Cognizant Technology Solutions, 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 24 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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