Lobbying Relationship

Client

Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc.

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Lobbying firm

Clark Hill, PLC

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  • Implementation of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey. NASA Space Science and Astronomy Initiatives including James Webb Space Telescope; Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and Science education; and NF Satellite. Commerce, Justice, Science, Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2024, as follows: NASA: Space Science Initiatives; and James Webb Space Telescope. NSF: (a) Major Research Equipment Account & Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure (b) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (c) Gemini Observatory (d) Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) (e) Extremely Large Telescope Program.
  • Astronomy funding generally. Implementation of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey. NASA: Space Science Initiatives; including James Webb Space Telescope; Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and Science education; and NF Satellite. Commerce, Justice, Science, Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2024, as follows: NASA: Space Science Initiatives; Hubble Space Telescope, Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope; and James Webb Space Telescope. NSF: (a) Major Research Equipment Account & Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure (b) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (c) Gemini Observatory (d) Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) (e) Extremely Large Telescope Program.
  • Implementation of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey. NASA Space Science and Astronomy Initiatives including James Webb Space Telescope; Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and Science education; and NF Satellite. Commerce, Justice, Science, Related Agencies Appropriations Act, FY2024, as follows: NASA: Space Science Initiatives; Hubble Space Telescope, Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and James Webb Space Telescope. NSF: (a) Major Research Equipment Account & Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure (b) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (c) Gemini Observatory (d) Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) (e) Extremely Large Telescope Program.

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General Issues: Aerospace, Budget/Appropriations, Science/Technology

Spending: about $860,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2017: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Natl Science Foundation (NSF), Natl Security Council (NSC), Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Office of Management & Budget (OMB)

Bills mentioned

S.442: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Transition Authorization...

Sponsor: Ted Cruz (R-Texas)

H.R.5325: Southwest Border Regional Commission Reauthorization Act of 2018

Sponsor: Julia Brownley (D-Calif.)

S.811: Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Border Security and Disaster...

Sponsor: Marco Rubio (R-Fla.)

H.R.5260: PROSWIFT Act

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

S.3832: Endless Frontier Act

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

H.R.2153: Securing American Leadership in Science and Technology Act of 2021

Sponsor: Frank D. Lucas (R-Okla.)

H.R.2225: National Science Foundation for the Future Act

Sponsor: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

S.1260: United States Innovation and Competition Act of 2021

Sponsor: Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.)

S.CON.RES.14: A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the...

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

H.R.4346: Supreme Court Security Funding Act of 2022

Sponsor: Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)

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Lobbyists

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Lobbyist Covered positions?
Kevin Kelly Chief Counsel/Floor Assistant, Sec. of the Democratic Conference; Chief Clerk/Maj. Staff Dir., Senate VA/HUD Appropriations Subcomm.
Lauren Lipin MilLegAsst/LegCorresp, Congressman C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger
Jasper Thomson Legislative Assistant, Congressman Dave Camp
Derek Ross Legislative Assistant, Congressman Tom Cole
James Burton - Staff Assistant, Senator David Perdue; Special Assistant, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Andrew Miller Leg.Correspondent/Spec.Asst./Staff Asst. - Sen. Ted Cruz Leg.Correspondent/Spec.Asst./Staff Asst. -Sen. Ted Cruz
Kevin F. Kelly n/a
Shadi Nasabzadeh n/a

Disclosures Filed

Once a lobbying engagement begins, the lobbyist or firm is required to file updates four times a year. Those updates sometimes change which lobbyists are involved or add new issues being discussed. When lobbyists stop working for a client, the firm is also supposed to file a report disclosing the end of the relationship.

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Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate

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