2nd Quarter - Report

THE SMITH-FREE GROUP, LLC for ELECTRIC POWER BOARD OF CHATTANOOGA

Firm
Client
Income
$40,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

2 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Monitored P.L. 119-21 One Big Beautiful Bill Act; provisions pertaining to spectrum auctions Monitored discussions involving the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program Monitored implementation of rural broadband deployment

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN CHRISTIE —
ROBERT HICKMOTT —

Energy/Nuclear ENG

S 579 Department of Energy Quantum Leadership Act of 2025 (all sections of full text) HR 3220 Quantum Sandbox for Near-Term Applications Act of 2025 (all sections of full text) S 1344 Quantum Sandbox for Near-Term Applications Act of 2025 (all sections of full text) Discussions involving proposed National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act Monitored discussions involving Department of Energy Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership Program Monitored nominations to federally authorized commissions

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JOHN CHRISTIE —
ROBERT HICKMOTT —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3220 (119th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.