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Garmin International

Corporate PAC FEC C00660894

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$122K
Company lobbying, all issues $1.7M

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

Method

Garmin International 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

  • Aviation/Airlines/Airports8 of 88/8
  • Consumer Issues/Safety/Products8 of 88/8
  • Defense8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code8 of 88/8
  • Telecommunications8 of 88/8
Homeland Security 7 of 8 · Trade (domestic/foreign) 7 of 8 · 8 more · Show all 15
  • Homeland Security7 of 87/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)7 of 87/8
  • Transportation6 of 86/8
  • Railroads4 of 84/8
  • Trucking/Shipping3 of 83/8
  • Copyright/Patent/Trademark2 of 82/8
  • Science/Technology2 of 82/8
  • Budget/Appropriations1 of 81/8
  • Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries1 of 81/8
  • Natural Resources1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 26 bills, this period

21 more, 13 named in only one filing · Show all 26

From the filings

“Issues related to tax policy in the US-Taiwan Expedited Double Taxation Relief Act (H.R. 33).”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
“Issues related to tax policy in the US-Taiwan Expedited Double Taxation Relief Act (H.R. 33)”
Q3 2026 filing · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • Federal Communications CommissionFCC
  • Treasury
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • CommerceDOC
  • Office of Administration
  • StateDOS
  • Federal Aviation AdministrationFAA
  • Homeland SecurityDHS
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC

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 Garmin International, 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 30 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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