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AAFA Trade and Customs Committee Lobby Day 2026

American Apparel & Footwear Association
DateNov 10, 2026LocationWashington, DC

Dossier at a glance

The event and the influence behind it

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1Organization
8Registered lobbyists
9LD-2 filings
23Bills named

About this event

American Apparel & Footwear Association members will conduct a Washington lobby day focused on federal trade and customs policy.

Meeting intelligence

What they’re likely bringing to the Hill

Pulse analysis

Positions extracted from the organization’s federal LD-2 disclosures. These are evidence-backed signals—not a confirmed agenda or leave-behind.

Supporting · 1

supportstrengthening maritime security while in opposition of fees and restrictions, o Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act×2
Derived from the organization’s own LD-2 disclosure language.See the public filing preview ↓

Federal disclosure record

Lobbying intelligence

Federal filing

Reported amounts, disclosed lobbyists, and the organization’s exact issue language—drawn from public Lobbying Disclosure Act records.

$1.1MReported federal lobbying amounts8 LD-2 reports and 1 LD-1 registration
2026 Q3$289K
2026 Q2$391K
2026 Q1$383K

Sum of reported income or expenses across linked, version-deduplicated filings. In-house expenses may include outside-firm fees, so this is not a unique organization-wide spending total. Linked filing years: 2026. Newest linked quarterly report: Q3 2026. Newest source posted Oct 20, 2026. Coverage may be incomplete; historical disclosures do not establish a current event agenda or attendance.

Lobbyists named in linked filings8

Missy BransonMS. MISSY BRANSON
Budget & AppropriationsApparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles+1 more
Audrey ClarkAMERICAN APPAREL & FOOTWEAR ASSOCIATION
Apparel/Clothing Industry/TextilesTrade+7 more

Exact issue language · as filed

Budget & Appropriations

FY 2027 Defense Appropriations Bill --all issues related to textiles and apparel, Berry Amendment, Procurement, DPA Title III, IBAS Funding, CMMC, Simplified Acquisition Threshold.

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Topics in Filings

78

Policy topics named in the organization's LD-2 disclosures. These show areas of lobbying activity, not a verified agenda for this event.

USTR×28

+ 77 more topics in the full dossier

Pulled from the org’s own LD-2 disclosures. See the source filings ↓

Federal lobbying footprint

Where the filings concentrate

Federal filing

LDA issue areas ranked by the number of distinct filings in which they appear. Repeat imports of the same filing are counted once.

Apparel/Clothing Industry/Textiles7 filings
Defense7 filings
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products5 filings

+ 7 more issue areas in the full intelligence view

Linked federal legislation

Source-backed event asks and policy context are labeled separately. A policy reference or an LD-2 disclosure is not, by itself, a confirmed meeting ask.

H.R. 960

Protect Our Clothes from PFAS Act

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Sponsor: Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME-1] (D)

Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Evidence: Named in cached lobbying activity; the legacy match count is not a verified filing count. Not an official event agenda.

S. 2677 · Congress 119 ↗

8 disclosure activity matches · not a distinct-filing count

+ 21 more bills named in filings — full list in the dossier

Capitol Hill traffic

Who else is in town that week

Pulse analysis

Other advocacy events within ±7 days can compete for staff time—or reveal useful coalition and scheduling opportunities.

+ 12 more overlapping or related mobilizations in the full Hill traffic map

Event facts

Quick answers

Event source
When is AAFA Trade and Customs Committee Lobby Day 2026?

AAFA Trade and Customs Committee Lobby Day 2026 takes place Nov 10, 2026.

Where is AAFA Trade and Customs Committee Lobby Day 2026 held?

AAFA Trade and Customs Committee Lobby Day 2026 is held at Washington, DC.

Who runs AAFA Trade and Customs Committee Lobby Day 2026?

AAFA Trade and Customs Committee Lobby Day 2026 is organized by American Apparel & Footwear Association.

How do I register for AAFA Trade and Customs Committee Lobby Day 2026?

Registration is handled by American Apparel & Footwear Association — see the official event page for registration details. Official event page →

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