American Gas Association PAC

What American Gas Association lobbies on 2026 reports

Besides giving through its PAC, American Gas Association pays lobbyists to press Congress and federal agencies. Each quarter it, or a firm it hires, files a public report under the Lobbying Disclosure Act saying which topics it worked on, what it spent, and whom it contacted. This is what those reports say.

Spent on lobbying in 2026

$1M

Quarterly reports read

12

Bills it named

22

Topics it lobbied on

Each report files its work under official topics. The bar shows how often each topic came up across the reports; open one to read what was filed under it. Naming a bill says the organization lobbied on it, not which side it took.

• Energy/Nuclearin 9 report entries · 13 bills named

  In its own words

  • (ENG) Energy/Nuclear: H.R. 1355, the Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act- Reauthorizes WAP through 2030, authorizes the Weatherization Readiness Program, and raises the statutory Average Cost Per Unit from $6,500 to $12,000, so that households can receive more assistance.
  • Energy Choice Act.
  • H.R. 3699 / S. 1945. - Legislation to Federally preempt States from limiting consumer energy choice (fuel neutral).
  • Permitting Reform.
  • Permitting Our Way to an Energy Resurgence (POWER) Act.
  • Discussion draft legislation released by House Energy & Commerce Committee to streamline federal permitting for energy, pipeline, transmission, and industrial projects, improve permit certainty, and accelerate infrastructure development to support reliable and affordable energy Permitting Reform.
  • Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (S. 5653).
  • Broad legislation that offers permitting policy and related judicial review reforms within the NEPA, Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, National Historic Preservation Act, as well as permit certainty provisions to prevent the executive branch from cancelling permitted projects.
  • Improving Interagency Coordination for Pipeline Reviews Act (H.R. 3668).
  • Assigns FERC the lead role in pipeline permitting and improve coordination among federal and state agencies reviewing permitting applications for interstate natural gas pipelines, Permitting Reform.
  • Promoting Efficient Review for Modern Infrastructure Today (PERMIT) Act (H.R. 3898).
  • Legislation that seeks to ease regulatory requirements, streamline reviews, and provide greater certainty under the Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting process.
  • American Energy and Mineral Infrastructure Act of 2026 (S. 4944), Expedites pipeline development by reforming the NEPA and Clean Water Act permitting processes, and designating FERC as the lead agency to coordinate interstate natural gas pipeline permitting reviews.
  • Gas Electric Coordination - Considering options to guarantee that natural gas supply remains plentiful, safe, reliable and resilient for both natural gas utility customers as well as for power generation.
  • Energy Access - Work relating to continued access to natural gas for direct use.
  • Discussion Draft-Two Product Classes - Work on legislation to establish two separate product classes (condensing and non-condensing) for certain appliances under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
  • Next Generation Pipelines Research and Development Act (H.R. 2613) - Improve federal-private sector pipeline RD&D via new DOE and NIST pipeline programs.
  • H.R. 4690, Reliable Federal Infrastructure Act - Repeal of section 433 of EISA; efforts to enable continued use of fossil fuels in federal buildings.
  • H.R. 4626;
  • Draft Senate EPCA reform text - Changes to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to help ensure it serves its intended purpose of increasing appliance energy efficiency and does not remove or eliminate products H.R.6264 - Path to Affordable Homes Act of 2025 - requires the Department of Energy to assess revised building code standards for certain criteria.
  • Furnace Rule - Department of Energy 95% annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE) standard for furnaces.
  • State Energy Oversight Act -federal funding and oversight of state energy offices End Energy Hardship Act- federal arrears management/PIPP Program Process Rule- Codifying Department of Energy Process Rule.
  • Affordability- natural gas and utility affordability matters.
  • Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development (SPEED) Act (H.R. 4776) NEPA permitting reform legislation that establishes permitting deadlines, reduces duplicative and dilatory environmental reviews, and limits legal challenges.
  • Assigns FERC the lead role in pipeline permitting and improve coordination among federal and state agencies reviewing permitting applications for interstate natural gas pipelines.
  • Energy Star - future of the ENERGY STAR energy-efficiency program.
  • Hydrogen - domestic hydrogen production and end use Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) - need for the greenhouse gas reporting program and its use by gas utilities.
  • Draft State Energy Oversight Act - draft language related to assisting state energy offices Draft Federal Utility Affordability Program- draft language related to a federal arrears management/PIPP Program
  • H.R. 1355, the Weatherization Enhancement and Readiness Act- Reauthorizes WAP through 2030, authorizes the Weatherization Readiness Program, and raises the statutory Average Cost Per Unit from $6,500 to $12,000, so that households can receive more assistance.
  • H.R. 4626, EPCA reform - Changes to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to help ensure it serves its intended purpose of increasing appliance energy efficiency and does not remove or eliminate products.
  • H.R.6264 - Path to Affordable Homes Act of 2025 - requires the Department of Energy to assess revised building code standards for certain criteria.
  • EPCA reform - Changes to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to help ensure it serves its intended purpose of increasing appliance energy efficiency and does not remove or eliminate products;
  • H.R. 3699 / S. 1945 - Legislation to Federally preempt States from limiting consumer energy choice (fuel neutral);
  • Furnace Rule - Department of Energy 95% annual fuel utilization efficiency (AFUE); general energy issues of interest to the natural gas industry.
  • Natural Gas and Energy Infrastructure Issues; HR 9338, Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Act of 2026
  • General energy issues of interest to the natural gas industry.

  Read everything filed under Energy/Nuclear

  13 bills named

  • H.R. 1355 ↗
  • H.R. 2613 ↗
  • H.R. 3668 ↗
  • H.R. 3699 ↗
  • H.R. 3898 ↗
  • H.R. 4626 ↗
  • H.R. 4690 ↗
  • H.R. 4776 ↗
  • H.R. 6264 ↗
  • H.R. 9338 ↗
  • S. 1945 ↗
  • S. 4944 ↗
  • S. 5653 ↗

  Offices it contacted

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • SENATE
  • Energy, Dept of
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Budget/Appropriationsin 5 report entries · 4 bills named

  In its own words

  • (BUD) Budget/Appropriations: H.R.7148 - Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026- supports funding for LIHEAP for FY26.
  • H.R.6938 - Commerce, Justice, Science;
  • Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026- supports FY26 funding for research and development for natural gas technologies; support of the Weatherization Assistance Program.
  • H.R.2486/S.1214 Heating and Cooling Relief Act - Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) alteration legislation.
  • FY27 Energy, Water & Related Agencies Appropriations Legislation - Supported research and development for natural gas technologies; support of the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP); opposed use of DOE funds for limiting access to natural gas direct use.
  • FY27 Labor-HHS Appropriations Legislation - Support fully authorized regular LIHEAP funding at $5.1 Billion and ensure the administrative process is in place to carry out the program.
  • Appropriations bill language- supporting no funds to implement the Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings rule/Section 433 of the Energy Independence and Security Act.
  • Appropriations report language- on updated cost analysis, with new cost assumptions, for any rule pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act finalized since January 1, 2022.

  Read everything filed under Budget/Appropriations
• Homeland Securityin 4 report entries · 3 bills named

  In its own words

  • (HOM) Homeland Security Legislation to reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) of 2015 through 2035 This law, and the DHS programs it underpins, is the basis for public-private cyberthreat information sharing and related legal, regulatory, and public disclosure protections that protect private sector engagement. o HR. 5079, the Widespread Information Management for the Welfare of Infrastructure and Government Act (WIMWIG Act), bipartisan bill to update and reauthorize CISA thru 2035. o S.1337, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Extension Act, provides a clean ten-year CISA extension. o Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee (HSGAC) draft CISA modification and 2- year reauthorization legislation Draft Cybersecurity Regulatory Harmonization Legislation - Codify processes to streamline multi-agency cybersecurity regulatory, incident reporting, and cyber threat data sharing into a simpler overall regime with limited multi-agency requirements.
  • H.R.5062 - Pipeline Security Act - Codifies TSA pipeline cybersecurity activities and develops a personnel strategy to ensure TSA has qualified staff.
  • Draft Pipeline Cybersecurity Legislation - Language that would require TSA to move forward with pipeline cybersecurity regulation and alter the TSA quasi-regulatory emergency security directive process.

  Read everything filed under Homeland Security
• Defensein 3 report entries

  In its own words

  • (DEF) Defense: National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) - (1) Language supporting a defense carveout for Energy Independence and Security Act Section 433, Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings and language and (2) language to update and reauthorize the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act thru 2035.
  • National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) - language supporting a defense carveout for Energy Independence and Security Act Section 433, Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings and Major Renovations of Federal Buildings.

  Read everything filed under Defense

  Offices it contacted

  • HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  • SENATE
• Taxation/Internal Revenue Codein 3 report entries

  In its own words

  • (TAX) Taxation/Internal Revenue Code: Inflation Reduction Act Implementation o Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax Energy Tax o American Energy Dominance Act Section 179D: Permanently restores the Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction without a scheduled sunset date Section 45L: Extends the New Energy Efficient Home Credit through December 31, 2032 Section 45V: Extends the Clean Hydrogen Production Credit construction deadline from January 1, 2028, to January 1, 2033 o Building energy efficiency tax credit draft language o Energy efficiency tax credits Miscellaneous Corporate Tax Matters o Retaining a low corporate tax rate o Preserving corporate SALT deduction o Parity for capital gains and dividends Tariffs o Impacts of tariffs on consumer energy bills
  • (TAX) Taxation/Internal Revenue Code: Inflation Reduction Act Implementation o Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax Energy Tax o American Energy Dominance Act Miscellaneous Corporate Tax Matters o Retaining a low corporate tax rate o Preserving corporate SALT deduction o Parity for capital gains and dividends Tariffs o Impacts of tariffs on consumer energy bills
  • Inflation Reduction Act Implementation  Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax Miscellaneous Corporate Tax Matters  Retaining a low corporate tax rate  Preserving corporate SALT deduction  Parity for capital gains and dividends Tariffs  Impacts of tariffs on consumer energy bills

  Read everything filed under Taxation/Internal Revenue Code
• Transportationin 3 report entries · 2 bills named

  In its own words

  • (TRA) Transportation Pipeline Safety Reauthorization - House Transportation and Infrastructure and Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate Commerce Committee are all moving pipeline safety reauthorization legislation. o H.R. 5301, Promoting Innovation in Pipeline Efficiency and Safety (PIPES Act) Act of 2025, bipartisan pipeline safety bill passed by House T&I. o Pipeline Integrity, Protection, and Enhancement for Leveraging Investments in the Nations Energy to Assure Safety (PIPELINE Safety Act) Act of 2025, bipartisan pipeline safety legislation passed by the Senate Commerce Committee o Pipeline Safety Authorization Act of 2026, pipeline safety legislation currently under consideration by the House Energy and Commerce Committee.
  • Aldyl A Pipeline.
  • Preventing Future Vintage Plastic Pipeline Tragedies Act (H.R. 8050), legislation requiring operators to report to PHMSA within 3 years the estimated total mileage of Aldyl A pipeline on their systems, and state pipeline safety programs and operator distribution integrity management programs to account for historic plastics [pipes] with known safety issues.
  • Easing Gas/Electric Infrastructure Locating Costs Due to Federally Incentivized Broadband Build-Out - Relating to infrastructure development cost allocation.
  • Easing Gas/Electric Infrastructure Locating Costs Due to Federally Incentivized Broadband Build-Out - Relating to infrastructure development cost allocation

  Read everything filed under Transportation

Who did the lobbying

The organization’s own reports give its total lobbying costs, including any firms it hired; each firm reports what this client paid it.

• American Gas AssociationIts own staff · 3 reports$1M
• Steptoe LLPLobbying firm · 3 reports$90K
• DS2 Group, LLCLobbying firm · 3 reports$60K
• Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLPLobbying firm · 3 reports$30K

Matched by name: these reports are filed for “AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION”, found by searching “AMERICAN GAS ASSOCIATION”. Lobbying and FEC records share no ID, so an organization that lobbies under another name is missed. Source: LDA.gov, accessed Oct 27, 2026. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.