AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE

Registrant on federal lobbying filings · filed 2025 to 2026

$0 Income reported

1 Clients represented

6 Filings counted

0 Former members lobbying

Income is the fees this registrant reported being paid to lobby. It also reported $12,520,000 of in-house lobbying expenses, which is what a registrant files when it lobbies for itself. Everything on this page is grouped by the registrant's LDA id (3060), not by name.

Clients 1

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE $12,520,000 6 filings

Lobbyists named 4

DOUGLAS NATION 1 filing · through 2025 Dep. Chief of Staff, McHenry, 23; Leg. Dir., McHenry, 19-23; Sen. Leg. Asst, McHenry, 15-16; Leg. Asst, McHenry, '14-15; Leg. Corr., McHenry, '11-14; Staff Ass…
JOHN SCHOENECKER 1 filing · through 2025 Tax Counsel for U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, Brady, '17-'19; Senior Investigative Counsel for Senate Committee on Finance, Grassley, '19-'21; Crime Cou…
KRISTIN WHITMAN 1 filing · through 2025 Exec. Clerk, Senate ENRC, 03-05.
MICHAEL WATSON 1 filing · through 2025 Advance Lead, U.S. DOE, 19-21; Spec. Asst; U.S. DOE, 18-19; Leg. Asst, House Oversight & Govt Reform Comm., 18; Staff Asst, House Oversight & Govt Reform Comm.…

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Reported by year 2 years

2026 $4,690,000 2 filings
2025 $7,830,000 4 filings

Issues lobbied 9

The count is how many filings named that issue area. A filing reports one lump figure covering every issue on it, so the money above cannot be split between them.

Agencies and chambers lobbied 20

Commerce, Dept of (DOC) 6
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 6
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 6
Interior, Dept of (DOI) 6
SENATE 6
Treasury, Dept of 6
Energy, Dept of 5
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) 5
White House Office 5
Executive Office of the President (EOP) 4
Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) 3
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 3
Office of Management & Budget (OMB) 3
Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2
Army, Dept of (Corps of Engineers) 1
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 1
Natl Economic Council (NEC) 1
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) 1
State, Dept of (DOS) 1
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) 1

Recent filings 6 total

Q2

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2026 · House · Senate · $2,780,000 expenses · posted Jul 20, 2026

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AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026 · House · Senate · $1,910,000 expenses · posted Apr 20, 2026

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AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE

4th Quarter (Oct 1 - Dec 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $1,920,000 expenses · posted Jan 20, 2026

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AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE

3rd Quarter (July 1 - Sep 30) 2025 · House · Senate · $1,920,000 expenses · posted Oct 20, 2025

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AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) 2025 · House · Senate · $2,070,000 expenses · posted Jul 21, 2025

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AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE

1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2025 · House · Senate · $1,920,000 expenses · posted Apr 21, 2025

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Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, synced daily. Money is self-reported by the filer and often rounded. Lobbying is legal, disclosed activity.