3rd Quarter - Report

STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS for THE BATTERY ADVOCACY FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION (BATT) COALITION

Period 3rd Quarter 2026 Filed Oct 18, 2026 Signed by Kenneth Wetzel, Jr.

Official filing
Firm
STRATEGIC MARKETING INNOVATIONS
Client
THE BATTERY ADVOCACY FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFORMATION (BATT) COALITION
Income
$250,000
Expenses
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What was lobbied

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Incentives for domestic battery materials markets including the Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Credit and the Section 45W Credit for qualified commercial clean vehicles; Section301 tariff policies; and R&D funding for domestic battery materials

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SAMUEL GILLARD —
JEFFREY LEAHEY —
CHRISTOPHER MICHELBACHER —
CELIA MORTE National Security Advisor for Senator John N. Kennedy Military Legislative Assistant for Senator Kevin Cramer
TERRES ANDREW RONNEBERG —

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of; Commerce, Dept of (DOC)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Incentives for domestic battery materials markets including the Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Credit and the Section 45W Credit for qualified commercial clean vehicles; Section301 tariff policies; and R&D funding for domestic battery materials

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SAMUEL GILLARD —
JEFFREY LEAHEY —
CHRISTOPHER MICHELBACHER —
CELIA MORTE National Security Advisor for Senator John N. Kennedy Military Legislative Assistant for Senator Kevin Cramer
TERRES ANDREW RONNEBERG —

Contacted: Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Defense, Dept of (DOD); Energy, Dept of

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Incentives for domestic battery materials markets including the Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Credit and the Section 45W Credit for qualified commercial clean vehicles; Section301 tariff policies; and R&D funding for domestic battery materials

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SAMUEL GILLARD —
JEFFREY LEAHEY —
CHRISTOPHER MICHELBACHER —
CELIA MORTE National Security Advisor for Senator John N. Kennedy Military Legislative Assistant for Senator Kevin Cramer
TERRES ANDREW RONNEBERG —

Contacted: Defense, Dept of (DOD); Commerce, Dept of (DOC); Energy, Dept of

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.