|
LOBBYING REPORT |
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page
2. Address
Address1 | 6801 Rockledge Drive |
Address2 |
|
City | Bethesda |
State | MD |
Zip Code | 20817 |
Country | USA |
3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)
City |
|
State |
|
Zip Code |
|
Country |
|
|
5. Senate ID# 23031-12
|
||||||||
|
6. House ID# 311450000
|
TYPE OF REPORT | 8. Year | 2024 |
Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) | Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) | Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) | Q4 (10/1 - 12/31) |
9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report
10. Check if this is a Termination Report | Termination Date |
|
11. No Lobbying Issue Activity |
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13 | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12. Lobbying | 13. Organizations | ||||||||
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: | EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were: | ||||||||
|
|
||||||||
|
|
||||||||
Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). | 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options. | ||||||||
Method A.
Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only
Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code |
Signature | Digitally Signed By: Michael McBride |
Date | 1/21/2025 4:49:42 PM |
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code BUD
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 4921/HR 8774 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025 including issues related to aircraft, labor, economic development, procurement, Research Development Test & Evaluation (RDTE) for military agencies, space, helicopters, technology programs; S 4638/HR 8070 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 including issues related procurement, RDTE for military agencies, space, aircraft, helicopters, technology programs; S 4795/HR 9026 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 including issues related to aircraft, technology programs, space; S (not yet introduced)/HR 8752 - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2025 including issues related to aircraft, technology programs; S 4690/HR 9027 - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 including issues related to technology programs; HR 10445 - Further Continuing Appropriations and Disaster Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2025 including issues related to continuing FY 2025 appropriations for federal agencies and providing emergency funding for disaster relief, specifically related to wildfire suppression and technology for firefighting; S 4802/HR 8998 - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 including issues related to funding the Department of Interior, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other related agencies, specifically related to the U.S. Forest Service and programs focusing on Wildland Fire Management and firefighting innovation and technology services
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Air Force - Dept of, Army - Dept of (Other), Navy - Dept of, Defense - Dept of (DOD), State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Interior - Dept of (DOI), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), Agriculture - Dept of (USDA)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Gwendolyn |
Brown |
|
|
|
Morley |
Greene |
|
|
|
Robert |
Head |
|
|
|
Kim |
Lowry |
|
|
|
Joseph |
Nolan |
|
|
|
John |
O'Donnell |
|
|
|
Tami |
Plofchan |
|
|
|
Mary |
Springer Sforza |
|
|
|
Shelly |
Stoneman |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code DEF
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 4638/HR 8070 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Title 8, including issues related to acquisition policy, aircraft, technology programs, land sea and air based tactical missiles, integrated air and missile defense systems, radars and sensors, electronic warfare systems, space programs; S 4921/HR 8774 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025 including issues related to aircraft, technology programs, land sea and air based tactical missiles, integrated air and missile defense systems, radars and sensors, electronic warfare systems, space programs; HR 5009 - To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes including issues related to spectrum for national security and defense programs, dynamic spectrum sharing, use of spectrum analysis tools, and provisions related to environmental remediation, helicopters, land sea and air based tactical missiles, integrated air and missile defense systems, radars and sensors, electronic warfare systems; S 4443/HR 8512 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 including issues related to space programs
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Air Force - Dept of, Army - Dept of (Other), Defense - Dept of (DOD), Navy - Dept of, State - Dept of (DOS), Commerce - Dept of (DOC), Office of Management & Budget (OMB), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP)
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Gwendolyn |
Brown |
|
|
|
Mary Ellen |
Fraser |
|
|
|
Morley |
Greene |
|
|
|
Robert |
Head |
|
|
|
Paul |
Juola |
|
|
|
Michael |
McBride |
|
|
|
Rory |
Maynard |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code AER
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 4443/HR 8512 - Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 including issues related to intelligence matters; S 4638/HR 8070 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 including issues related to military space, strategic programs, missile defense, cyber, technology, intelligence matters; S 4921/HR 8774 - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2025 including issues related to military space, strategic programs, missile defense, cyber, technology, intelligence matters; S 4795/HR 9026 - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 including issues related to aircraft, space, technology programs
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Lorenzo |
Goco |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TAX
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 7024 - Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act of 2024 including issues related to providing tax incentives to promote economic growth, specifically the provision related to the immediate deduction of the cost of U.S. based research and investment investments; S 866 - American Innovation and Jobs Act including issues related to revising and expanding the deductibility of research and development expenditures to allow for the immediate expensing of such expenditures; HR 2673 - American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2023 including issues related to eliminating the five-year amortization requirement for research and experimental expenditures, thus allowing continued expensing of such expenditures in the taxable years in which they are incurred; HR 5688 - Bipartisan HSA Improvement Act of 2023 including issues related to Health Savings Account modernization; HR 5687 - HSA Modernization Act of 2023 including issues related to Health Savings Account modernization; S 127/HR 3561 - Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act of 2023 including issues related to reform and prescription drug pricing
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Gwendolyn |
Brown |
|
|
|
Bob |
Shepler |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TEC
16. Specific lobbying issues
S 4207/HR 7624 - Spectrum and National Security Act of 2024 including issues related to modernizing the nations spectrum governance policy to protect communications networks against foreign adversaries, reauthorize auction authority of the FCC, and strengthen spectrum policy related to national security, and make available additional frequencies for non-federal and federal use; S 3909 - Spectrum Pipeline Act of 2024 including issues related to requiring the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to identify at least 2,500 megahertz of mid-band spectrum that can be reallocated from federal use to non-Federal use or share use in the next 5 years, and for other purposes
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Gwendolyn |
Brown |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.
15. General issue area code TRD
16. Specific lobbying issues
HR 9747 - Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 including issues related to international programs; Congressional Notifications related to potential sales of Lockheed Martin platforms
17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None
U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area
First Name | Last Name | Suffix | Covered Official Position (if applicable) | New |
Carrie |
Desmond |
|
|
19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None
Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.
20. Client new address
Address |
|
||||||
City |
|
State |
|
Zip Code |
|
Country |
|
21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)
City |
|
State |
|
Zip Code |
|
Country |
|
22. New General description of client’s business or activities
LOBBYIST UPDATE
23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client
|
|
||||||||
1 |
|
3 |
|
||||||
2 |
|
4 |
|
ISSUE UPDATE
24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS
25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)
Internet Address:
Name | Address |
Principal Place of Business (city and state or country) |
||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client
1 | 2 | 3 |
FOREIGN ENTITIES
27. Add the following foreign entities:
Name | Address |
Principal place of business (city and state or country) |
Amount of contribution for lobbying activities | Ownership percentage in client | ||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||
|
% |
28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization
1 | 3 | 5 |
2 | 4 | 6 |
CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE
29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery,
extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?
Lobbyist Name | Description of Offense(s) |