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Health Industry Distributors Association

Trade association PAC FEC C00486498

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$17K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $315K

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

Method

Health Industry Distributors Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 4 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Health Issues8 of 88/8
  • Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)6 of 86/8
  • Transportation6 of 86/8
  • Defense1 of 81/8
Environment/Superfund 1 of 8 · Show all 6
  • Environment/Superfund1 of 81/8

From the filings

“Legislative and executive branch action with respect to tariffs and tariff exclusions on medical products: including Section 122 tariffs and tariff investigations pursuant to Sec 301 and Sec 232 on medical products. Medical Supply Chain Resiliency Act (S. 998/HR 2213)”
Q3 2026 filing · Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)
“Issues related to the distribution of health care products; issues related to pandemic preparedness; issues related to supply chain security and transportation of medical supplies”
Q3 2026 filing · Trade (domestic/foreign), Health Issues

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • CommerceDOC
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • Health & Human ServicesHHS
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • White House Office
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Federal Emergency Management AgencyFEMA
  • Federal Maritime Commission
  • TransportationDOT
  • Centers For Disease Control & PreventionCDC
  • 1 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 Health Industry Distributors 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 13 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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