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Samsung Electronics America

Samsung Electronics America Inc Political Action Committee

Corporate PAC FEC C00590315

FollowFEC filings
Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$256K
Company lobbying, all issues $9.2M

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’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 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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Samsung Electronics America reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 7 outside firms. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Computer Industry8 of 88/8
  • Education8 of 88/8
  • Foreign Relations8 of 88/8
  • Government Issues8 of 88/8
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 8 of 8 · Manufacturing 8 of 8 · 8 more · Show all 15
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
  • Manufacturing8 of 88/8
  • Science/Technology8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Telecommunications8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Health Issues5 of 85/8
  • Energy/Nuclear4 of 84/8
  • Copyright/Patent/Trademark2 of 82/8
  • Defense1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 12 bills, this period

7 more, 5 named in only one filing · Show all 12

From the filings

“Investment in the US by foreign-held companies, CHIPS and Science Act advocacy and implementation, PL 117-167; S. 2296 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026; grid and energy bills that would impact data centers.”
Q3 2026 filing · Manufacturing
“Issues related to digital divide, STEM education and issues related to workforce development.”
Q3 2026 filing · Education

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration ServicesBCIS
  • CommerceDOC
  • DefenseDOD
  • Energy
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Natl Aeronautics & Space AdministrationNASA
  • Natl Institute of Standards & TechnologyNIST
  • Natl Science FoundationNSF
  • StateDOS
  • Treasury
  • 11 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 Samsung Electronics America, 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 74 sitting members of Congress and 2 other candidates in 2025–26.

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See every candidate and member Samsung Electronics America gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.

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