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The Surety & Fidelity Association of America

Trade association PAC FEC C00691618

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$69K
Trade association lobbying, all issues $240K

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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The Surety & Fidelity Association of America 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

  • Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities8 of 88/8
  • Insurance8 of 88/8
  • Transportation3 of 83/8

From the filings

“Issues on surety bonding as it relates to water infrastructure projects. H.R. 1285, the Water Infrastructure Subcontractor & Taxpayer Protection Act S. 570, the Water Infrastructure Subcontractor & Taxpayer Protection Act”
Q3 2026 filing · Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities
“Issues on surety bonding as it relates to water infrastructure projects. H.R. 1285, the Water Infrastructure Subcontractor & Taxpayer Protection Act S. 570, the Water Infrastructure Subcontractor & Taxpayer Protection Act Issues related to broadband deployment.”
Q3 2026 filing · Insurance

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate

The House and Senate appear in every quarter.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by The Surety & Fidelity Association of America, 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 21 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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