3rd Quarter - Report — SOUTHWEST AIRLINES for SOUTHWEST AIRLINES (2025)

Firm

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

Client

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

Income

—

Expenses

$390,000

Expense method

C: businesses, Internal Revenue Code section 162(e)

What was lobbied

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

Aviation/Airlines/Airports AVI

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations for FY26 (S. 2465/H.R. 4552; Homeland Security Appropriations for FY26 (H.R. 4213); Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act FY25; ROTOR Act (S. 2503); Safe Operations of Shared Airspace Act of 2025 (S. 1985); a bill to require aircraft operating in Class B airspace in the national airspace system to install and operate ADS-B In and ADS-B Out equipment (S. 1706); SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025 (S. 2387); Dont Miss Your Flight Act (H.R. 3754/S. 1966); Safer Skies Act of 2025 (H.R. 2353). Specific issues include air traffic control operations, modernization, and staffing; aircraft operations, maintenance, and safety; airport access and infrastructure; commercial aviation taxes and fees; Airport and Airways Trust Fund; airline customer service and consumer protection; passengers with disabilities; airlines rewards programs and credit card interchange fees; aviation workforce staffing; aircraft environment and noise issues; sustainable aviation fuels; aviation security, including crew, passenger, baggage and cargo screening; customs and passenger facilitation issues; cybersecurity.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RACHEL BLACK	Reps. Tony Gonzalez, Mayra Flores, Andrew Clyde & Tom Graves
MICHAEL CIAMARRA	Sen. Susan Collins & Sen. Richard Shelby
SIERRA GRIMES New	—
CHRISTA FORNAROTTO LUCAS New	Rep. Jerry Costello
PHILIP MOORE	Senator John Boozman
DAVID M RICHARDSON	—

Contacted: SENATE; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation, Dept of (DOT)

Bills named: S. 2465 (119th), S. 1966 (119th), H.R. 2353 (119th), S. 2387 (119th), S. 1706 (119th), H.R. 4552 (119th), S. 1985 (119th), H.R. 4213 (119th), H.R. 3754 (119th), S. 2503 (119th)

Homeland Security HOM

Homeland Security Appropriations for FY26 (H.R. 4213); SAFEGUARDS Act of 2025 (S. 2387); Safer Skies Act of 2025 (H.R. 2353). Specific issues include aviation workforce staffing; aviation security, including crew, passenger, baggage and cargo screening; customs and passenger facilitation issues; cybersecurity.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RACHEL BLACK	Reps. Tony Gonzalez, Mayra Flores, Andrew Clyde & Tom Graves
MICHAEL CIAMARRA	Senators Susan Collins & Richard Shelby
SIERRA GRIMES New	—
CHRISTA FORNAROTTO LUCAS New	Rep. Jerry Costello
PHILIP MOORE	Senator John Boozman
DAVID M RICHARDSON	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; White House Office; Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Bills named: H.R. 4213 (119th), H.R. 2353 (119th), S. 2387 (119th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations for FY26 (S. 2465/H.R. 4552; Homeland Security Appropriations for FY26 (H.R. 4213); Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act FY25 (H.R. 5166). Specific issues include air traffic control operations, modernization, and staffing; aircraft operations, maintenance, and safety; airport access and infrastructure; commercial aviation taxes and fees; Airport and Airways Trust Fund; airline customer service and consumer protection; passengers with disabilities; aviation workforce staffing; aircraft environment and noise issues; sustainable aviation fuels; aviation security, including crew, passenger, baggage and cargo screening; customs and passenger facilitation issues; cybersecurity.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RACHEL BLACK	Reps. Tony Gonzalez, Mayra Flores, Andrew Clyde & Tom Graves
MICHAEL CIAMARRA	Senators Susan Collins & Richard Shelby
CHRISTA FORNAROTTO LUCAS New	Rep. Jerry Costello
PHILIP MOORE	Senator John Boozman
DAVID M RICHARDSON	—

Contacted: Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Transportation, Dept of (DOT); White House Office; Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Transportation Security Administration (TSA); SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 4552 (119th), H.R. 4213 (119th), S. 2465 (119th), H.R. 5166 (119th)

Banking BAN

GENIUS Act (S. 1582); Credit Card Competition Act. Specifics issues include credit card interchange fees and airline rewards programs.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RACHEL BLACK	Reps. Tony Gonzalez, Mayra Flores, Andrew Clyde & Tom Graves
MICHAEL CIAMARRA	Senators Susan Collins & Richard Shelby
SIERRA GRIMES New	—
CHRISTA FORNAROTTO LUCAS	Rep. Jerry Costello
PHILIP MOORE	Sen. John Boozman
DAVID M RICHARDSON	—

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1582 (119th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Implementing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1). Specific issues include commercial aviation taxes and fees; Airport and Airways Trust Fund; and corporate taxes and extending certain provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
RACHEL BLACK	Reps. Tony Gonzalez, Mayra Flores, Andrew Clyde & Tom Graves
MICHAEL CIAMARRA	Senators Susan Collins & Richard Shelby
SIERRA GRIMES	—
PHILIP MOORE	Senator John Boozman
DAVID M RICHARDSON	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 1 (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.