AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL
DC · US
Tracked direct giving
$500,000
LDA reported lobbying spend
$44,150,123
Connections
16
Coalition view
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL operates as part of a multi-committee coalition with AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC. Combined tracked totals across all coalition members below give the figure most public sources quote (Sludge, JNS, OpenSecrets).
Combined direct giving + IE support
$777,500
Combined tracked receipts
$59,000
Combined lobbying spend
$68,690,123
Where AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL’s money ended up
Attributed amounts are modeled estimates of how money flowed through intermediary PACs, computed by proportional apportionment of FEC-reported transactions. They are not reported transactions themselves. How we compute this
smallest single documented leg $26K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $10K
smallest single documented leg $25K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $9K
smallest single documented leg $44K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $29K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $22K (larger than the modeled estimate: the leg carried money from other sources too)
smallest single documented leg $10K
Plus 42 additional chains totaling $313K.
Lobbying Activity Detail
Disclosed lobbying expenditures from LDA filings where this entity is the client. Dollar amounts represent what was reported to the Senate Office of Public Records.
Top Lobbying Issues
Lobbying Firms Retained
Bills Referenced in Lobbying Filings
Lobbying data from Senate LDA filings and the LobbyView dataset (MIT/NSF, CC-BY-4.0). Dollar figures represent disclosed expenditures only and may not capture all influence activity. Issue codes follow the LDA general issue classification.
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Donations Given and Outside Spending
Largest 50 records. Rows badged “Spent to support” or “Spent to oppose” are independent expenditures this entity paid to vendors for or against the named candidate. That money was not given to them.
| Recipient | Amount | Date | Cycle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $250,000 | Jun 30, 2023 | 2024 |
| Congressional Leadership Fund | $250,000 | Feb 28, 2024 | 2024 |
Relationships
| Type | Connected To | Details | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lobbied on | Energy Permitting Reform Act | LDA filing: lobbied on Energy Permitting Reform Act, period 3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30), reported amount $5,830,000 | Source |
| Lobbied on | Environmental Protection Agency | ACC lobbies EPA on chemical safety regulations | Source |
| Commented on | Department of the Treasury | Public comment on TREAS-DO-2023-0009: U.S. Investments in Certain National Security Technologies and Products in Countries of Concern | Source |
| Lobbied on | Basel III Endgame Capital Rules (Fed/OCC/FDIC proposal) | LDA filing: lobbied on Basel III Endgame, period 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31), reported amount $4,930,000 | Source |
| Instrument of | Fossil fuel industry | ACC represents petrochemical companies in the fossil fuel supply chain | Editorial |
| Commented on | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | Public comment on CMS-2023-0176: Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Process | Source |
| Retained | CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC | Hired CAPITOL HILL POLICY GROUP LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023) | Source |
| Retained | Ballard Partners | Hired BALLARD PARTNERS to lobby (4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025) | Source |
| Retained | MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. | Hired MEHLMAN CONSULTING, INC. to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023) | Source |
| Retained | INVARIANT LLC | Hired INVARIANT LLC to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023) | Source |
| Retained | OGR | Hired OGR to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023) | Source |
| Retained | FTI GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS | Hired FTI GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023) | Source |
| Retained | HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP | Hired HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP to lobby (1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2023) | Source |
| Retained | CASCADE ASSOCIATES | Hired CASCADE ASSOCIATES to lobby (4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2024) | Source |
| Affiliated with | FOUNDATION FOR CHEMISTRY RESEARCH AND INITIATIVE | IRS 990 Schedule R related organization (tax year 2023) | Source |
| Has as instrument | AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC | Separate segregated fund (trade association PAC) whose connected organization is AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL, per FEC records. | Source |