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Renewable Fuels Association

Renewable Fuels Association PAC (RENEWABLE FUELS PAC)

Trade association PAC FEC C00518910

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$57K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $2.3M

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. In 1 quarter with no in-house report, the figure is what its outside firms reported being paid. 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

Renewable Fuels 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

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Fuel/Gas/Oil8 of 88/8
  • Clean Air and Water (quality)7 of 87/8
  • Railroads7 of 87/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code7 of 87/8
Trade (domestic/foreign) 7 of 8 · Energy/Nuclear 4 of 8 · 1 more · Show all 8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)7 of 87/8
  • Energy/Nuclear4 of 84/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 10 bills, this period

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From the filings

“Issues relating to advocating for policies to advance ethanol and year-round E15, including in the FARM Bill, and H.R.1346 - To amend the Clean Air Act with respect to the ethanol waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure under that Act, and for other purposes”
Q3 2026 filing · Agriculture
“Issues raised with regard to Renewable Fuel Standard Legislation to amend or repeal the RFS Amendments to the Clean Air Act regarding fuel standards legislation to change labeling requirements for fuels H.R. 1346/S. 593, Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025”
Q3 2026 filing · Fuel/Gas/Oil

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade BureauTTB
  • CommerceDOC
  • Energy
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Federal Railroad Administration
  • Internal Revenue ServiceIRS
  • Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
  • StateDOS
  • Surface Transportation BoardSTB
  • 6 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 Renewable Fuels 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 17 sitting members of Congress and 2 other candidates in 2025–26.

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