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American Car Rental Association

American Car Rental Association Political Action Committee

Trade association PAC FEC C00612010

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$17K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $100K

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 Car Rental Association reported federal lobbying in 5 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 1 outside firm. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Transportation5 of 85/8

Bills named in the filings 4 bills, this period

From the filings

“H.R. 6687 - The Data Rights for Information and Vehicle Electronics in Real-time (DRIVER) Act H.R.6734/S. 3494 - Auto Data Privacy and Autonomy Act Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Safety Parity and Vehicle Recalls Graves Amendment (liability protection) (Surface Transportation Reauthorization)”
Q3 2026 filing · Transportation
“Discussions applicable to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration vehicle recall standards for peer-to-peer sharing/leasing enterprises. Discussions in support of HR-6687, the DRIVER ACT.”
Q1 2026 filing · Transportation

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Natl Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationNHTSA
  • TransportationDOT

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 2 of 5.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by American Car Rental 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 7 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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