American Wood Council

American Wood Council Political Action Committee (WOOD-PAC)

Trade association PAC FEC C00602698

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count

PAC giving to candidates$46K

Trade association lobbying, all issues $1.4M

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

American Wood Council reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 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

Agriculture8 of 88/8
Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
Disaster Planning/Emergencies8 of 88/8
Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
Manufacturing8 of 88/8

Housing 7 of 8 · Natural Resources 7 of 8 · 3 more · Show all 10

Housing7 of 87/8
Natural Resources7 of 87/8
Energy/Nuclear4 of 84/8
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code2 of 82/8
Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 5 bills, this period

H.R. 2725 Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act of 20257 filings
H.R. 2854 Neighborhood Homes Investment Act7 filings
H.R. 1 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Broad bill6 filings
H.R. 6644 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act Broad bill2 filings
H.R. 5044, 118th Timber Innovation for Building Rural Communities Act1 filing

From the filings

“HR 2854, Neighborhood Homes Investment Act HR 2725, Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act HR 1, the Big, Beautiful Bill HR 6644, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act”

Q3 2026 filing · Housing

“Energy & Water Appropriations Interior Appropriations Agriculture Appropriations NDAA Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Milcon/VA Appropriations Defense Appropriations”

Q3 2026 filing · Budget/Appropriations

Contacted as listed on the filings

U.S. House
U.S. Senate
AgricultureUSDA
CommerceDOC
Energy
Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
U.S. Forest Service
White House Office
Office of Management & BudgetOMB

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 American Wood Council, 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 26 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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