2nd Quarter - Report

ADOBE INC for ADOBE INC

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$450,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Computer Industry CPI

IT Modernization and Digital Service delivery issues; Digital Service Delivery IT Acquisition, and Content Authenticity and digital provenance issues; Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI); artificial intelligence; content provenance; privacy; technology in and competition issues; AI innovation and the economy; Content provenance and AI Labelling; IT modernization; Support for H.R. 9112 - CREATOR Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIE BABAYAN —
JACE JOHNSON —
JAMIE LAWRENCE —
JOE MACFARLANE —
MATT SCOTT SCHRADER —

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Economic Council (NEC); Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST); Council of Economic Advisers (CEA); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); SENATE; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); General Services Administration (GSA); Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 9112 (119th)

Defense DEF

Government compliance with PL 115-336; Digital Government, customer experience and content authenticity issues; Government website modernization; support FY 2026 defense budget and appropriations; army on procurement; FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act and Defense Appropriations bill

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES JAROSZ —
JAMIE LAWRENCE —
MATT SCOTT SCHRADER —

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Government Issues GOV

Digital Government; Federal Agency Accessibility; IT modernization; IT Acquisition; Digital provenance; Digital Service delivery; Customer Experience; Content Authenticity/Provenance; Government compliance with Public Law No. 115-336; Cybersecurity issues; Digital Literacy; Issues related to implementation of 21stCentury IDEA; Issues related to customer service generally. Artificial Intelligence; Government digitalization and government form and e-signature modernization; AI transparency issues; website modernization; Government's ability to hire and retain IT talent; government IT modernization and digitization

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES JAROSZ —
JACE JOHNSON —
JAMIE LAWRENCE —
JOE MACFARLANE —
MATT SCOTT SCHRADER —
ALEEKE DALE SPENCE —

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of; Education, Dept of; Office of Personnel Management (OPM); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; General Services Administration (GSA); Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

Copyright enforcement; Intellectual property rights for digital creative artists; Artificial intelligence and content authenticity issues; Intellectual property; Support for the the Preventing Abuse of Digital Replicas Act (PADRA); In support of creators' rights and IP rights; In support of HR 9112- CREATOR Act, copyright for AI-enabled workflows, AI training

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIE BABAYAN —
JAMIE LAWRENCE —
MATT SCOTT SCHRADER —
ALEEKE DALE SPENCE —

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 9112 (119th)

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Accessibility law compliance, tools and regulations; Privacy, Artificial intelligence regulation; Online Subscription Issues and FTC Rulemaking; Subscriptions policy issues; Consumers' access to digital services

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JACE JOHNSON —
JAMIE LAWRENCE —
MATT SCOTT SCHRADER —

Contacted: Federal Trade Commission (FTC); White House Office; SENATE; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Justice, Dept of (DOJ); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Education EDU

Creativity in education and workforce skilling; AI in the classroom reskilling and upsklling

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMIE LAWRENCE —
JOE MACFARLANE —
ALEEKE DALE SPENCE —

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Education, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC); White House Office; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Energy, Dept of; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)

Homeland Security HOM

FY26 Homeland Security Appropriations; FY 2026 Homeland Security Appropriations bill. Digital Service Delivery issues; Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MATT SCOTT SCHRADER —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Science/Technology SCI

Artificial intelligence and content authenticity; Technology policy issues impacting Adobe businesses; Issues related to content provenance, AI technology policies; NPRM: Disclosure and Transparency of Artificial Intelligence-Generated Content in Political Advertisements; AI policy; H.R. 6571 - REAL Act; AI innovation and testing; H.R. 6571- The REAL Act, H.R. 8479 Protecting Cosumers from Deceptive AI Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES JAROSZ —
JACE JOHNSON —
JAMIE LAWRENCE —
JOE MACFARLANE —
MATT SCOTT SCHRADER —
ALEEKE DALE SPENCE —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; White House Office; SENATE; Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP); Energy, Dept of; Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)

Bills named: H.R. 6571 (119th), H.R. 8479 (119th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Antitrust related issues; Competition and innovation related issues; Antitrust related issues and AI and the workplace;

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULIE BABAYAN —
JAMES JAROSZ —
JAMIE LAWRENCE —
JOE MACFARLANE —
MATT SCOTT SCHRADER —

Contacted: Labor, Dept of (DOL); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

In support of the Commerce Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2027 and Labor, Health, and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Act of 2027; Digital Government Modernization issues: FY2027 State, Foreign Operations, and Relations Programs and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriation bills; Lobbied House and Senate in support of FY27 appropriations on MILCON-VA; The Department of Commerce and Justice, Science and Related Agencies Act of 2027, The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Act of 2027

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JAMES JAROSZ —
JAMIE LAWRENCE —
MATT SCOTT SCHRADER —
ALEEKE DALE SPENCE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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.