2nd Quarter - Report

PUBLIC CITIZEN for PUBLIC CITIZEN

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$73,300
Expense method
A: Lobbying Disclosure Act definitions

What was lobbied

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

Banking BAN

oversight of artificial intelligence, Promoting completion of banker pay reform w congressional oversight, Crypto currency bill (Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century Act, H.R.4763), Consumer financial protection

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CANDACE MILNER —
BARTLETT NAYLOR —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4763 (118th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

IRS funding, funding for the CPSC.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Civil Rights/Civil Liberties CIV

access to justice/judiciary issues, Ending Forced Arbitration of Race Discrimination Act of 2023.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MARTHA PEREZ-PEDEMONTI —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Copyright/Patent/Trademark CPT

NO FAKES Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELIZABETH SKERRY —

Contacted: SENATE

Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP

Regulatory reform, Stop Corporate Capture Act (H.R. 1507),GOOD Act (H.R. 890), Guidance Clarity Act (H.R. 4428), REINS Act (H.R. 277), Support for: H.R. 1507, H.R. 4116, H.R. 4206, H.R. 7437; opposition to: H.R. 7440, H.R. 7428, H.R. 5535, H.R. 802, H.J. Res. 122, H.J. Res. 127, H.J. Res. 120, H.J. Res. 125, H.J. Res. 126, H.J. Res. 124. Support for: H.R. 4116, H.R. 4206, H.R. 7437 Settlement Agreement Information Database Act of 2023 (H.R. 300); SMART Act (S. 2801); Comment Integrity and Management Act of 2024 (H.R. 7528) dynamic pricing and consumer financial protection, forced arbitration, product safety, CPSC priorities hearing, product safety and CPSC funding, APRA, COPPA 2.0 bill, facial recognition bill, APRA, deepfakes, KOSA, Defiance Act, AI Task Force, APRA, AICOA, Coppa 2.0 and KOSA,

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
RICHARD ANTHONY MARQUEZ New —
MARTHA PEREZ-PEDEMONTI —
ELIZABETH SKERRY —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)

Bills named: H.R. 4428 (118th), H.R. 7440 (118th), H.R. 7428 (118th), H.R. 4116 (118th), H.R. 7528 (118th), H.R. 5535 (118th), H.J.Res. 122 (118th), H.J.Res. 124 (118th), S. 2801 (118th), H.R. 7437 (118th), H.R. 277 (118th), H.R. 890 (118th), H.R. 1507 (118th), H.J.Res. 125 (118th), H.J.Res. 120 (118th), H.J.Res. 127 (118th), H.R. 300 (118th), H.R. 802 (118th), H.R. 4206 (118th), H.J.Res. 126 (118th)

Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities FIN

Cap One/Discover merger, H.R. 7780 - Restrictions on Retirement Investments, climate and other ESG disclosures, Corporate Lobbying Disclosure, ESG Investment Funds Rule, SEC Corporate Lobbying Disclosure Rule

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JONATHAN GOLINGER —
BARTLETT NAYLOR —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 7780 (118th)

Government Issues GOV

Bright Lines Project, Disclosure of deepfakes in campaign ads (HR5586, S3875), ETHICS Act (HR2678, S1171), Supreme Court Biannual Appointments and Term Limits Act (S3096), AI Transparency in Elections Act (S3875), Deepfake regulation legislation (S1596, S2770, S3875), SAVE Act (HR2584), Supreme Court Biennial Ethics and Term Limits (HR4423, S3096), Gift, Accountability, Reporting and Disclosure Act (GARD Act), Preparing Election Administrators for AI Act (S 3897), Supreme Court Ethics Act (HR 927, S 325), HR 8281. open government and FOIA reform, Transparency in Government Act, FOIA reform.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JONATHAN GOLINGER —
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —
CRAIG HOLMAN —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; White House Office

Bills named: H.R. 4423 (118th), H.R. 2678 (118th), H.R. 927 (118th), H.R. 2584 (118th), H.R. 8281 (118th), H.R. 5586 (118th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R.3421 & S.1655 - Medicare for All, AI in health care

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
EAGAN KEMP —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 3421 (118th), S. 1655 (118th)

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

heat stress bill, NYC council home health aid bill, Asuncion Valdivia Heat Illness, Injury and Fatality Prevention Act of 2023 S.2501/H.R.4897 WPA Act

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
JULEY FULCHER —
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4897 (118th), S. 2501 (118th)

Postal POS

USPS Board of Governor nominations, postal banking, other USPS reform issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —

Contacted: White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Pharmacy PHA

Medicare drug price negotiation eligibility, providing negotiated prices to commercial market and other improvements, Medicare Part D noninterference clause, clinical trial cost transparency, march-in rights and other Bayh-Dole rights, PASTEUR Act, Plain Prescription Prices Act, public pharmaceutical manufacturing, .79 Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act; S.113 Prescription Pricing for the People Act; S.142 Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act; S.148 Stop STALLING Act; S.150, S.954 Affordable Insulin Now Act, weight loss drug pricing.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEVEN KNIEVEL —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 954 (118th), S. 142 (118th), S. 150 (118th), S. 113 (118th), S. 148 (118th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Curtailing Executive Overcompensation (CEO) Act, Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act, Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Pay Act, financial transaction tax and Direct File (Wall Street Tax Act, Tax on Wall Street Speculation). IRS Modernization and funding, progressive tax reform in 2025 and expiration of provisions of 2017 tax law. progressive tax reform and 2025 expiration of provisions of the 2017 tax law, financial transaction tax (Wall Street Tax Act, Tax on Wall Street Speculation), other Wall Street tax reforms (capital gains, executive pay-related reforms, corporate tax)

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
SUSAN ELAINE HARLEY —
BARTLETT NAYLOR —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Treasury, Dept of; SENATE

Telecommunications TEC

AI-generated content in political TV and radio ads NPRM.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ELIZABETH SKERRY —

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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.