United Technologies Corporation (UTC) (NYSE: UTX) is an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in the United Technologies Building in Hartford, Connecticut. It researches, develops, and manufactures high-technology products in numerous areas, including aircraft engines, helicopters, HVAC, fuel cells, elevators and escalators, fire and security, building systems, and industrial products, among others. UTC is also a large military contractor, producing missile systems and military helicopters, most notably the UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. In 2005, it received over $5 billion in military contracts. Louis R. Chênevert is the current CEO.
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Campaign Finance
$10,435,995 GivenFigures are based on itemized contributions reported to the Federal Election Commission and state agencies. Please note that:
- contributions under $200 are not reported, and so are not included in totals.
- only contributions from individuals and organizations to candidates are included. Various accounting measures and more exotic contribution types are excluded.
- contributions are matched based on organization and recipient name reported within each election cycle. Contributions using an incorrect or non-standard version of the name may be missed.
- corporate name changes and mergers may cause figures to differ from those of the Center for Responsive Politics.
- organization totals include known subsidiaries of the organization.
For more information, please see our campaign finance methodology page. Lobbyist bundling data is described on our lobbyist bundling methodology page.
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Bundled Contributions
Money raised by the firm from multiple donors on behalf of the recipient. The firm's own contributions are not included.Recipient Lobbyist Amount John B. Larson $75,075
Lobbying
$96,240,260 SpentFigures are based on lobbying activity reported to the Senate Office of Public Records. Reported dollar amounts are required to be accurate only to the nearest $20,000. For organizations whose primary business is lobbying, we display total income and top clients. For organizations that are not primarily lobbying firms, we display total amount spent on lobbying and top lobbying firms hired.
For more information, please see our lobbying methodology page.
Lobbying on Behalf of United Technologies
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Most Frequently Disclosed Lobbying Issues
- Defense,
- Fed Budget & Appropriations,
- Energy & Nuclear Power,
- Taxes,
- Aerospace,
- Aviation, Airlines & Airports,
- Trade,
- Transportation,
- Science & Technology,
- Environment & Superfund
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Most Frequently Disclosed Bills
Bill No. Title H.R.4213 Tax Extenders Act of 2009 H.R.942 American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011 H.R.422 H.R.1540 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 S.1000 Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2011 H.R.2647 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010 S.1203 Grow Research Opportunities With Taxcredits' Help Act H.R.1 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 H.R.2735 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the look-through treatment of payments between related controlled foreign corporations. S.1577 Greater Research Opportunities With Tax Help Act -
Recent Lobbying Contracts
Date Registrant Summary April 18, 2013 Parsons Strategies Monitor swaps and derivatives legislation and regulations. View registration
Regulations
Mentioned in 650 dockets; Submitted to 38 docketsAll data is based on documents downloaded from Regulations.gov. The first table shows mentions: all documents that include the name of the company anywhere in the document or document metadata. The second table shows submissions: all documents where the submitter metadata included the company name. Each table shows the top 10 dockets, ranked by number of occurrences.
Matches are based on a search for the company name. Variations in the company name, such as acronyms, nicknames or alternate names may cause documents to be missed. The mention of a company name in a document may be incidental and does not necessarily indicate that the company has any relevance to the document. Company names that are common English words may erroneously match with text that is not referring to the company.
Not all agencies submit public comments to Regulations.gov. For a list of participating and non-participating agencies see here. Agencies that do submit to Regulations.gov have varying levels of accuracy and completeness.
Regulations and public comments can be downloaded in bulk here.
The tables show occurrences of "United Technologies" in public comments on proposed federal regulations.
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Documents Submitted by the Organization
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Mentions in Document Text
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Earmarks
$4,000,000 ReceivedFigures are based on both committee earmark disclosures and on analysis of appropriations bill text. Table shows top 10 earmarks, ordered by dollar amount in the final version of the bill.
For more information, see our Earmark Methodology page.
Top Earmarks
| Fiscal Year | Amount | Description |
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| 2010 | $4,000,000 | United Technologies, United Technologies Corporation--Pratt Whitney (Dodd, Lieberman), Honeywell Aerospace (Pastor), and Pratt and Whitney (DeLauro, Larson): Advanced Affordable Turbine Engine Program |
Federal Spending
21 grants; 1,199 contractsFederal grants, contracts and loans are reported by federal agencies using the FPDS and FAADS systems. The data is made available to the public at USASpending.gov. Please note that the completeness and quality of the data varies greatly by agency.
Only grants, contracts and loans with amounts over $1 million are shown.
Because company names are not reported in a standardized manner, we cannot reliably determine the company receiving the contract or award. The results shown here are based on a search for the company name. Individual records may be missed or erroneously included because of name variations. For more information, please see our federal spending methodology page.
Note: Company names in federal spending data are not standardized. The table below is included only as a sample of what is available in the data and has not been reviewed for accuracy or completeness. To investigate the data further, use the links at the bottom of the table.
| Type | Recipient Name | Year | Agency | Description | Amount |
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United Technologies Corporation | 2011 | CONTRACT DEFINITIZATION; 907,285,396 FUNDING INCREASE TO FULLY FUND CONTRACT. | $910,155,145 | |
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United Technologies Corp | 2006 | $669,197,122 | ||
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United Technologies Corporation | 2009 | LRIP 3 DEFINITIZATION | $571,114,320 | |
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United Technologies Corp | 2003 | $450,000,000 | ||
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United Technologies Corp | 2005 | $442,786,718 | ||
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United Technologies Corp | 2004 | $426,150,000 | ||
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United Technologies Corp | 2002 | $406,721,347 | ||
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United Technologies Corp | 2007 | $400,000,000 | ||
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United Technologies Corp | 2009 | INCREMENTAL FUNDING FY09 NAVY AND FY09 AF FUNDS | $400,000,000 | |
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United Technologies Corp | 2006 | $368,467,800 |
Contractor Misconduct
18 InstancesThis information is collected by the Project On Government Oversight from press releases, court documents, news reports and other public records. It is not meant to be an exhaustive account of all instances of federal contractor misconduct.
More information on each instance, including primary source documents, is available on POGO's site by clicking on the instance description. More information on POGO's methodology is available here.
| Misconduct Type | Hired By | Incident | Year | Disposition | Penalty |
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| Antitrust | None | Price Fixing | 2007 | Fine | $295,000,000 |
| Import/Export | None | Illegal Export of Military Software to China | 2012 | Pleaded Guilty | $75,700,800 |
| Government Contract Fraud | Defense - Air Force | Defective F-15 and F-16 Engine Turbine Blade Replacements | 2008 | Settlement | $50,325,000 |
| Government Contract Fraud | Defense - General | United States v. United Technologies (Preparing False Purchase Orders and Submitting False Invoices) | 1997 | Settlement | $14,800,000 |
| Environment | None | Clean Water Act Violations (2007) | 2007 | Pleaded Guilty | $12,000,000 |
| Government Contract Fraud | Defense - Air Force | Submitting False Invoices on Jet Engine Contract | 2008 | Judgment Against Defendant | $7,090,000 |
| Environment | None | CERCLA Cleanup of Memphis Site | 2009 | Settlement | $3,207,936 |
| Government Contract Fraud | NASA | NASA Contract False Claims | 2010 | Settlement | $2,988,819 |
| Government Contract Fraud | Defense - Army | Black Hawk False Claims Settlement | 2009 | Settlement | $2,941,000 |
| Defective Pricing | Defense - Army | Blackhawk Spare Parts Overcharging | 2011 | Investigative Finding | $1,000,000 |
EPA Violations
27 Enforcement ActionsFigures are based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency’s ECHO website. The ECHO database contains federal and state environmental enforcement actions. Data displayed here includes only those actions that began after 2000 and resulted in fines of over $1 million.
Actions where the company was the sole defendant are listed first. Actions where the company is one of multiple defendants are listed subsequently.
For more information see our EPA methodology page.
| Case Name | Defendant | Date | Locations | Amount |
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| San Gabriel / Puente Valley (Carrier) | Carrier Corporation | 2006 | City Of Industry, ... | $28,493,750 |
| San Gabriel / Puente Valley - Uao | Carrier Corporation | 2001 | City Of Industry, ... | $10,000,000 |
| Southeast Rockford Groundwater Consent Decree (Cercla) | Hamilton Sustrand | 2008 | Rockford, Il | $7,900,000 |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation (Beede Waste Oil Superfund Site) | Pratt & Whitney (+94 others) | 2008 | Plaistow, Nh | $30,607,481 |
| Little Mississinewa River Unilateral Admin Order (Cercla) | United Technologies Corporation (+1 others) | 2005 | Union City, In | $29,000,000 |
| 3m Company | United Technologies Corporation (+106 others) | 2008 | Wood Ridge, Nj | $18,000,000 |
| Casmalia - De Minimis Aoc | United Technologies (+191 others) | 2004 | Casmalia, Ca | $11,900,000 |
| Agere Systems, Et Al | Carrier Corporation (United Technologies) (+138 others) | 2007 | Elkton, Md | $11,300,000 |
| Omega Chemical Site | Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation (+101 others) | 2005 | Whittier, Ca | $10,147,354 |
| Lwd, Inc. | Hamilton Sundstrand Corp. (+84 others) | 2007 | Calvert City, Ky | $10,000,000 |
Advisory Committees
45 people on 32 committeesData is based on disclosures required by the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). Matches are based on the occurrence of the company name in the committee member affiliation. Variations in company names may cause some matches to be missed.
The table shows only the top 10 agencies. To search and download raw records from the complete dataset see the FACA data section.
Table shows employees of "United Technologies" that sat on federal advisory committees.
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