3rd Quarter - Report

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME for UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME

Firm
Client
Income
—
Expenses
$180,000
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.

Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace LBR

Monitor the following: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Reauthorization, Program and Data Collection related issues Artificial Intelligence, policy and workforce related issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL MARTINEZ —

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Division A - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026, Defense research issues; and Division F, National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026, Research issues H.R.8800/S.4784, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, Defense research issues H.R.8646, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, Water research issues H.R.9495, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027, Defense research issues H.R.9022, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, Research issues H.R.9260, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, Student Aid issues H.R.8595, National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027, Research issues Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027, Research issues Federally-sponsored research indirect cost reimbursement related issues OMB Uniform Guidance, Science agency related provisions Monitor the following: Public Law 119-74, Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, Division B - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, Research issues H.R.8845, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, Research issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL MARTINEZ —
ALESSANDRA S. NEPOLA —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 8595 (119th), H.R. 8800 (119th), H.R. 9495 (119th), H.R. 8845 (119th), S. 4784 (119th), H.R. 8646 (119th), H.R. 9022 (119th), H.R. 9260 (119th)

Defense DEF

H.R.8800/S.4784, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027, Defense research issues H.R.9495, Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2027, Defense research issues Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Division A - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026, Defense research issues Monitor Public Law 119-160, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, Defense research issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALESSANDRA S. NEPOLA —

Contacted: SENATE; Defense, Dept of (DOD); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 4784 (119th), H.R. 8800 (119th), H.R. 9495 (119th)

Education EDU

H.R.9260, Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, Student Aid issues The Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) Monitor the following: Artificial Intelligence, Policy and workforce related issues Title IV, Student Aid programs Americorps Programs Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Reauthorization, Program and Data Collection related issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL MARTINEZ —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 9260 (119th)

Foreign Relations FOR

H.R.8595, National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027, Research issues Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027, Research issues Public Law 119-75, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Division F, National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026, Research issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
ALESSANDRA S. NEPOLA —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: H.R. 8595 (119th)

Immigration IMM

Monitor the following: Immigration related issues in Higher Education Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media, Duration of Status proposed rule related issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL MARTINEZ —

Science/Technology SCI

H.R.8646, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, Water research issues H.R.9022, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027, Research issues Federally-sponsored research indirect cost reimbursement related issues OMB Uniform Guidance, Science agency related provisions Monitor Public Law 119-74, Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026, Division B - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, Research issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL MARTINEZ —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.R. 8646 (119th), H.R. 9022 (119th)

Sports/Athletics SPO

Collegiate Athletics and Name Image Likeness (NIL) H.R.9137/S.4688, Protect College Sports Act of 2026, Entirety Monitor H.R.4312, Student Compensation and Opportunity through Rights and Endorsements Act or the SCORE Act, Entirety

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL MARTINEZ —
ALESSANDRA S. NEPOLA —

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 9137 (119th), S. 4688 (119th), H.R. 4312 (119th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Endowment tax proposals and related issues H.R.9353, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt qualified religious institutions from the excise tax on investment income, Entirety Public Law 119-21, An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14, Endowment tax provisions implementation and related issues

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
CRYSTAL MARTINEZ —
ALESSANDRA S. NEPOLA —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Bills named: H.Con.Res. 14 (119th), H.R. 9353 (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.