2nd Quarter - Report

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY for GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$50,000
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Education EDU

--Issues related to Summer Learning to Support Building Computer Science Skills for K-12 Students in Rural Georgia in the FY26 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill. --Issues related to funding for the Pell Grant in the FY26 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill. --Issues related to Title VI, International Education, in the FY26 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill. --Issues related to Federal Work-Study in the FY26 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KNOTTS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Manufacturing MAN

--Issues related to the Georgia hardTech Innovation Ecosystem in the FY26 CJS Appropriations bill. --Issues related to FY26 funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KNOTTS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Defense DEF

--Issues related to FY26 funding in the Defense appropriations and authorization bills for Advanced Manufacturing Technology for Hydrogen Energy from Galvanic Aluminum. --Issues related to FY26 funding in the Defense appropriations and authorization bills for projects between Georgia Tech and Georgia's military bases. --Issues related to University Affiliated Research Centers in the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act. --Issues related to FY26 funding for the APEX Accelerators in the Defense Appropriations bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KNOTTS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Economics/Economic Development ECN

--Issues related to Skills, Employment, and Economic Development (SEED) Fellowships in the FY26 Financial Services Appropriations bill. --Issues related to FY25 funding for the Minority Business Development Agency.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KNOTTS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Science/Technology SCI

--Issues related to the Accelerator Science Center in the FY26 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. --Issues related to the National Space Grant College and Fellowship project in the FY26 CJS Appropriations bill. --Issues related to funding for the National Science Foundation in the FY26 CJS Appropriations bill. --Issues related to funding for the National Institutes of Health and the BRAIN Initiative in the FY26 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill. --Issues related to funding for ARPA-E in the FY26 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. --Issues related to funding for the FAA Center of Excellence for Alternative Jet Fuels in the THUD Appropriations bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KNOTTS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Energy/Nuclear ENG

--Issues related to the Inverter-based Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Cyber-Physical Test Bed in the FY26 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. --Issues related to the Georgia Battery Manufacturing Facility Battery Testing Equipment in the FY26 CJS Appropriations bill. --Issues related to funding for Nuclear Energy University Programs in the FY26 Energy and Water Appropriations bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KNOTTS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Natural Resources NAT

--Issues related to the Georgia Critical Mineral Supply Chain Manufacturing Demonstration Center in the FY26 CJS Appropriations bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KNOTTS —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Waste (hazardous/solid/interstate/nuclear) WAS

--Issues related to the Center for Risk Evaluation and Stakeholder Participation in the FY26 Energy and Water Appropriations bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KNOTTS —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Health Issues HCR

--Issues related to FY26 funding for the Assistive Technology program in the Labor/HHS appropriations bill.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ROBERT KNOTTS —

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.