1st Quarter - Report — PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION for PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION (2026)

Firm

PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Client

PACIFIC LEGAL FOUNDATION

Income

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Expenses

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No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.

What was lobbied

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

Agriculture AGR

Issues regarding USDA Matters

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOSEPH LUPPINO-ESPOSITO	Legal Extern, US Attorney General's Office (09/2009-12/2009)
JOHN RICHARD NAGLE New	Intern, Rep. Rod Blum (IA-1)(01/2015-05/2015); Legislative Assistant, US House (04/2023-07/2025)

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Clean Air and Water (quality) CAW

Issues regarding the Clean Water Act (CWA);

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN RICHARD NAGLE New	Intern, Rep. Rod Blum (IA-1)(01/2015-05/2015); Legislative Assistant, US House (04/2023-07/2025)

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

Issues regarding DEI/Government Contracting; Issues regarding Equality and SFFA (Students for Fair Admission); H.R.10216 - Ending Racism in Government Contracting Act; Issues regarding the Next Civil Rights Act (NCRA); S.382 - Dismantle DEI Act of 2025

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS CLIFFORD New	Law Clerk, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) (08/2023-12/2023)
JOSEPH LUPPINO-ESPOSITO	Legal Extern, US Attorney General's Office (09/2009-12/2009)
JOHN RICHARD NAGLE New	Intern, Rep. Rod Blum (IA-1)(01/2015-05/2015); Legislative Assistant, US House (04/2023-07/2025)
MADDIE SALAMONE New	Legal Extern, Federal Communications Commission (08/2016-12/2016)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: S. 382 (119th), H.R. 10216 (119th)

Energy/Nuclear ENG

Issues regarding Nuclear Energy

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN RICHARD NAGLE New	Intern, Rep. Rod Blum (IA-1)(01/2015-05/2015); Legislative Assistant, US House (04/2023-07/2025)

Contacted: Energy, Dept of; SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Environment/Superfund ENV

Issues regarding the Endangered Species Act (ESA); H.R.1897 - ESA Amendments Act of 2025; Issues regarding National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Reform; Issues regarding Permitting Reform; Issues regarding Prairie Pothole/Wetlands

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
JOHN RICHARD NAGLE New	Intern, Rep. Rod Blum (IA-1)(01/2015-05/2015); Legislative Assistant, US House (04/2023-07/2025)

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Bills named: H.R. 1897 (119th)

Government Issues GOV

Issues regarding the Administrative State; Issues regarding the Congressional Review Act (CRA); Issues regarding a Government Accountability Office (GAO) decision in Alaska; Issues regarding PLF Litigation; Issues regarding Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS CLIFFORD New	Law Clerk, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) (08/2023-12/2023)
JOSEPH LUPPINO-ESPOSITO	Legal Extern, US Attorney General's Office (09/2009-12/2009)
JOHN RICHARD NAGLE New	Intern, Rep. Rod Blum (IA-1)(01/2015-05/2015); Legislative Assistant, US House (04/2023-07/2025)
MADDIE SALAMONE New	Legal Extern, Federal Communications Commission (08/2016-12/2016)

Contacted: SENATE; Executive Office of the President (EOP); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Housing HOU

H.R.6644 - 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act; Issues regarding Housing

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS CLIFFORD New	Law Clerk, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) (08/2023-12/2023)
JOSEPH LUPPINO-ESPOSITO	Legal Extern, US Attorney General's Office (09/2009-12/2009)
JOHN RICHARD NAGLE New	Intern, Rep. Rod Blum (IA-1)(01/2015-05/2015); Legislative Assistant, US House (04/2023-07/2025)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD); Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.R. 6644 (119th)

Marine/Maritime/Boating/Fisheries MAR

Issues regarding Maritime Deregulation; Issues regarding the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Speed Rule

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS CLIFFORD New	Law Clerk, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) (08/2023-12/2023)

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP); Maritime Administration (MARAD)

Natural Resources NAT

H.J.Res.140 - Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Bureau of Land Management relating to Public Land Order No. 7917 for Withdrawal of Federal Lands; Cook, Lake, and Saint Louis Counties, MN.; Issues regarding the National Parks/NPS; Public Land Order (PLO) 7917; Issues regarding Timber/Forest Policy

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
NICHOLAS CLIFFORD New	Law Clerk, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) (08/2023-12/2023)
JOSEPH LUPPINO-ESPOSITO	Legal Extern, US Attorney General's Office (09/2009-12/2009)
JOHN RICHARD NAGLE New	Intern, Rep. Rod Blum (IA-1)(01/2015-05/2015); Legislative Assistant, US House (04/2023-07/2025)

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Park Service (NPS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Executive Office of the President (EOP)

Bills named: H.J.Res. 140 (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.