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Semiconductor Industry Association

Semiconductor Industry Association PAC (SIA PAC)

Trade association PAC FEC C00613521

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$21K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $3.2M

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

Semiconductor Industry Association reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists and 3 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
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Environment/Superfund8 of 88/8
  • Immigration8 of 88/8
  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace8 of 88/8
Science/Technology 8 of 8 · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 8 of 8 · 2 more · Show all 9
  • Science/Technology8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Telecommunications8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8

Bills named in the filings 52 bills, this period

47 more, 24 named in only one filing · Show all 52

From the filings

“Implementation and funding of the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 (P.L. 117-167). Chip EQUIP Act (H.R. 6207/S. 3301). Matters relating to the AI Action Plan and AI Export Promotion Plan.”
Q3 2026 filing · Telecommunications
“Federal expenditures on semiconductor R&D, semiconductor manufacturing incentives, basic research and education (Appropriations for Dept of Commerce, NSF, NIST, DARPA, Dept of Defense, Dept of Energy), as authorized by CHIPS & Science Act (P.L. 117-167).”
Q3 2026 filing · Budget/Appropriations

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Bureau of Land ManagementBLM
  • CommerceDOC
  • DefenseDOD
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyDARPA
  • Energy
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • General Services AdministrationGSA
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • LaborDOL
  • 10 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 Semiconductor Industry 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 11 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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