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Pet Food Institute

Pet Food Institute PAC (PET PAC)

Trade association PAC FEC C00673368

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$23K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $1.1M

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

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Pet Food Institute reported federal lobbying in 8 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

  • Agriculture8 of 88/8
  • Animals8 of 88/8
  • Budget/Appropriations8 of 88/8
  • Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.)8 of 88/8
  • Fuel/Gas/Oil8 of 88/8
Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries 8 of 8 · Railroads 8 of 8 · 7 more · Show all 14
  • Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries8 of 88/8
  • Railroads8 of 88/8
  • Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)8 of 88/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Transportation8 of 88/8
  • Trucking/Shipping8 of 88/8
  • Taxation/Internal Revenue Code7 of 87/8
  • Economics/Economic Development2 of 82/8
  • Environment/Superfund1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 51 bills, this period

46 more, 35 named in only one filing · Show all 51

From the filings

“1. Supports HR 6832: the Packaging and Claims Knowledge (PACK) Act: To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to include requirements for recyclable, compostable, and reusable claims for packaging for a consumer product.”
Q3 2026 filing · Environment/Superfund
“Provide more efficient oversight of pet food and pet food products”
Q3 2026 filing · Budget/Appropriations, Food Industry (safety, labeling, etc.), Animals

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • AgricultureUSDA
  • Environmental Protection AgencyEPA
  • Food & Drug AdministrationFDA
  • President of the U.S.
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • CommerceDOC
  • Bureau of Industry and SecurityBIS
  • Federal Maritime Commission
  • Natl Economic CouncilNEC
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • 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 Pet Food Institute, 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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See every candidate and member Pet Food Institute gave to directly, how much, and how its money splits between the parties.

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