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Money / PACs

Outokumpu Stainless USA

Corporate PAC FEC C00858431

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$12K
Company lobbying, all issues $800K

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

Outokumpu Stainless USA 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

  • Trade (domestic/foreign)8 of 88/8
  • Manufacturing7 of 87/8

No bills were named in this period. The filings describe issues without bill numbers.

From the filings

“Issues related to trade and customs, including USMCA import/export concerns and domestic manufacturing.”
Q3 2026 filing · Manufacturing, Trade (domestic/foreign)
“Issues related to domestic stainless steel manufacturing and international trade policy.”
Q3 2026 filing · Manufacturing, Trade (domestic/foreign)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR
  • Bureau of Industry and SecurityBIS
  • CommerceDOC
  • Executive Office of the PresidentEOP
  • Natl Security CouncilNSC
  • Office of Management & BudgetOMB
  • White House Office

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in 7 of 8.

Every filing since 2015, with the lobbyists named and the quarters each bill appearsEvery filing since 2015 Pro

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Outokumpu Stainless USA, 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 6 sitting members of Congress in 2025–26.

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