• S. 161 and HR. 793 - JOBS Act of 2023 - Supporting the passage of this bill to allow Federal Pell Grant eligibility for short term educational programs and certifications. SMRP supports workforce development and certification efforts.

Duration: January 1, 2015 to present

General Issues: Education, Manufacturing, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Homeland Security

Spending: about $593,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2015: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), Energy - Dept of, White House Office, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)