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Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)

103 lobbying filings named this agency, 2025 to 2026. Those filers reported $133,864,730.00 of lobbying spend in total, across all the work each filing covers.

An LD-2 reports one money figure for the whole filing, covering every part of government it named. The dollar amounts here are the spend of filings that named Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), not money spent lobbying it. Money counts the latest version of each filing only; filing counts include ones a later amendment restated.

 Issues raised
  1. Retirement 91 filings that named this body and this issue
  2. Health Issues 61 filings that named this body and this issue
  3. Taxation/Internal Revenue Code 51 filings that named this body and this issue
  4. Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace 30 filings that named this body and this issue
  5. Budget/Appropriations 23 filings that named this body and this issue
  6. Energy/Nuclear 21 filings that named this body and this issue
  7. Immigration 21 filings that named this body and this issue
  8. Transportation 21 filings that named this body and this issue
  9. Defense 18 filings that named this body and this issue
  10. Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities 15 filings that named this body and this issue
  11. Trade (domestic/foreign) 15 filings that named this body and this issue
  12. Government Issues 15 filings that named this body and this issue
  13. Education 15 filings that named this body and this issue
  14. Homeland Security 13 filings that named this body and this issue
  15. Small Business 13 filings that named this body and this issue
 Filings by year
  • 2025 68 $87,764,730.00
  • 2026 35 $46,100,000.00

Bar length is filings that year against the busiest year. A year is the filing year, not the date lobbying happened.

 Clients lobbying here
  1. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $106,990,000.00 6 filings
  2. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP $20,254,357.00 6 filings
  3. NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. $2,600,000.00 6 filings
  4. AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL $2,029,178.00 12 filings
  5. ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE $536,195.00 6 filings
  6. WESTERN CONFERENCE OF TEAMSTERS PENSION TRUST $350,000.00 4 filings
  7. RETIREMENT CLEARINGHOUSE $300,000.00 6 filings
  8. UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS $210,000.00 1 filing
  9. ASSOCIATION OF FOOD AND DAIRY RETAILERS, WHOLESALERS AND MANUFACTURERS $150,000.00 2 filings
  10. CENTRAL STATES FUNDS $140,000.00 6 filings
  11. SIGNATORY WALL AND CEILING CONTRACTORS ALLIANCE $120,000.00 3 filings
  12. THE ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE $100,000.00 5 filings
  13. NATIONAL RETIREE LEGISLATIVE NETWORK $45,000.00 3 filings
  14. AMERICAN RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION $20,000.00 1 filing
  15. WESTERN CONFERENCE OF TEAMSTERS PENSION TRUST FUND $20,000.00 6 filings
 Firms filing on their behalf
  1. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. $106,990,000.00 6 filings
  2. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP $20,254,357.00 6 filings
  3. NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. $2,600,000.00 6 filings
  4. AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL $1,739,178.00 6 filings
  5. THE ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE $536,195.00 6 filings
  6. GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED $440,000.00 12 filings
  7. COVINGTON & BURLING LLP $350,000.00 4 filings
  8. DAVIS & HARMAN LLP $290,000.00 14 filings
  9. UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS $210,000.00 1 filing
  10. VENABLE LLP $150,000.00 2 filings
  11. LONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLC $120,000.00 3 filings
  12. DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC $100,000.00 5 filings
  13. ALYSON PARKER $45,000.00 3 filings
  14. POYNER SPRUILL LLP $20,000.00 1 filing
  15. TRUCKER HUSS APC $20,000.00 6 filings

Client and firm names are the filers' own text, not deduplicated: one company can appear under several spellings.

 Bills these filings cite most 12
  • HR 1013
    20 filings · Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025
  • HR 2958
    15 filings · Balance the Scales Act
  • S 1707
    14 filings · Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act
  • S 1831
    14 filings · Auto Reenroll Act of 2025
  • HR 2617
    13 filings · Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023
  • HCONRES 14
    13 filings · Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 20…
  • HR 1650
    13 filings · Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
  • HR 2869
    13 filings · EBSA Investigations Transparency Act
  • S 424
    13 filings · Retirement Fairness for Charities and Educational Institutions Act of 2025
  • S 763
    13 filings · Telehealth Expansion Act of 2025
  • HR 1
    12 filings · One Big Beautiful Bill Act
  • S 5139
    11 filings · Empowering Main Street in America Act of 2024

Bills are parsed from the filings' own activity descriptions, so this is what lobbyists wrote down, not a record of contact with this body about that bill.

 Filings that named it 103
Q3 amendment
AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL for AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30) · District of Columbia · $330,000.00 expenses · posted Sep 10, 2026
View → Q2 amendment
AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL for AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · District of Columbia · $270,000.00 expenses · posted Sep 10, 2026
View → Q1 amendment
AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL for AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · District of Columbia · $280,000.00 expenses · posted Sep 10, 2026
View → Q2 report
VENABLE LLP for ASSOCIATION OF FOOD AND DAIRY RETAILERS, WHOLESALERS AND MANUFACTURERS
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · Illinois · $80,000.00 income · posted Jul 20, 2026
View → Q2 report
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP for WESTERN CONFERENCE OF TEAMSTERS PENSION TRUST
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · Washington · $160,000.00 income · posted Jul 20, 2026
View → Q2 report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. for CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · District of Columbia · $16,950,000.00 expenses · posted Jul 20, 2026
View → Q2 report
AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL for AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · District of Columbia · $214,000.00 expenses · Amended later · posted Jul 20, 2026
View → Q2 report
MINDSET ADVOCACY, LLC for NATIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE FOR MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS (NCCMP)
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · District of Columbia · posted Jul 20, 2026
View → Q2 report
GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED for RETIREMENT CLEARINGHOUSE
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · North Carolina · $50,000.00 income · posted Jul 17, 2026
View → Q2 report
GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED for CENTRAL STATES FUNDS
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · Illinois · $80,000.00 income · posted Jul 17, 2026
View → Q2 report
DAVIS & HARMAN LLP for AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · District of Columbia · $30,000.00 income · posted Jul 17, 2026
View → Q2 report
DAVIS & HARMAN LLP for NATIONWIDE INSURANCE COMPANIES
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · District of Columbia · posted Jul 17, 2026
View → Q2 report
DAVIS & HARMAN LLP for WILLIS NORTH AMERICA INC
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · Pennsylvania · posted Jul 17, 2026
View → Q2 report
GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP for GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · Virginia · $3,420,000.00 expenses · posted Jul 17, 2026
View → Q1 amendment
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. for CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · District of Columbia · $19,750,000.00 expenses · posted Jul 14, 2026
View → Q2 report
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. for NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · District of Columbia · $600,000.00 expenses · posted Jul 14, 2026
View → Q2 report
TRUCKER HUSS APC for WESTERN CONFERENCE OF TEAMSTERS PENSION TRUST FUND
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · Washington · $10,000.00 income · posted Jul 14, 2026
View → Q2 report
THE ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE for ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · District of Columbia · $70,000.00 expenses · posted Jul 14, 2026
View → Q2 report
LONGBOW PUBLIC POLICY GROUP, LLC for SIGNATORY WALL AND CEILING CONTRACTORS ALLIANCE
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · Minnesota · $40,000.00 income · posted Jul 10, 2026
View → Q2 report
ROBERT N. PYLE & ASSOCIATES, INC. for INDEPENDENT BAKERS ASSOCIATION
2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30) · District of Columbia · posted Jul 1, 2026
View → Q1 report
NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC. for NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION, INC.
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · District of Columbia · $600,000.00 expenses · posted Jun 3, 2026
View → Q1 amendment
UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS for UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS
1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · District of Columbia · $210,000.00 expenses · posted May 1, 2026
View → Q1 report
GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED for RETIREMENT CLEARINGHOUSE
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · North Carolina · $50,000.00 income · posted Apr 20, 2026
View → Q1 report
GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED for CENTRAL STATES FUNDS
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · Illinois · $30,000.00 income · posted Apr 20, 2026
View → Q1 report
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. for CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A.
1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31) · District of Columbia · $19,750,000.00 expenses · Amended later · posted Apr 20, 2026
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Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. "Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC)" is the filers' own entry from the LDA's list of government bodies. Rollups on this page refresh every six hours.

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