Lobbying Relationship

Client

National Cannabis Industry Association

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Lobbying firm

National Cannabis Industry Association

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  • HR 2891: the SAFE Banking Act. Lobbying Congress to provide banking related safe harbor for cannabis and cannabis-related businesses. S. 2860: The SAFER Banking Act. Lobbying Congress to provide banking related safe harbor for cannabis and cannabis-related businesses.
  • Lobbying Congress to support state-legal cannabis businesses during debate on FY2025 Appropriations funding.
  • Lobbying Congress in support of federal cannabis reform/legalization legislation

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General Issues: Banking, Budget/Appropriations, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Alcohol & Drug Abuse, Agriculture

Spending: about $3,226,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2011: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Justice - Dept of (DOJ), Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), House of Representatives, Senate

Bills mentioned

H.R.2215: SAFE Act of 2017

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

S.1152: SAFE Banking Act

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.975: Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2017

Sponsor: Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.)

H.R.1810: Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2017

Sponsor: Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.)

S.777: Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2017

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.2076: Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

S.1726: Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2015

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.1013: Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-Colo.)

H.R.1014: Marijuana Tax Revenue Act of 2015

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

H.R.1940: Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2015

Sponsor: Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.)

S.2237: Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2015

Sponsor: Bernard Sanders (ID-Vt.)

S.683: Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States Act of 2015

Sponsor: Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

H.R.1538: CARERS Act of 2015

Sponsor: Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)

H.R.1855: Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.987: Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2015

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

H.R.2578: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: John Culberson (R-Texas)

H.R.2029: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016

Sponsor: Charlie Dent (R-Pa.)

H.R.2652: Protecting Patients and Physicians Against Coding Act of 2015

Sponsor: Gary Palmer (R-Ala.)

H.R.2240: Inspector General Access Act of 2015

Sponsor: Cedric Richmond (D-La.)

H.R.2652: Marijuana Businesses Access to Banking Act of 2013

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

H.R.499: Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act of 2013

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-Colo.)

H.R.1523: Respect State Marijuana Laws Act of 2013

Sponsor: Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.)

H.R.2240: Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

H.R.4660: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015

Sponsor: Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.)

H.R.501: Marijuana Tax Equity Act of 2013

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

H.R.1984: Small Business Banking Improvement Act of 2011

Sponsor: Jared Polis (D-Colo.)

H.R.1985: Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2011

Sponsor: Pete Stark (D-Calif.)

H.R.1983: States' Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act

Sponsor: Barney Frank (D-Mass.)

H.R.1: An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the...

Sponsor: Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

H.R.6043: STATES Act

Sponsor: Dave Joyce (R-Ohio)

S.3032: STATES Act

Sponsor: Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

H.R.1595: Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

H.R.2093: STATES Act

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.1028: STATES Act

Sponsor: Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

H.R.1118: Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2019

Sponsor: Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)

S.422: Small Business Tax Equity Act of 2019

Sponsor: Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)

S.1200: SAFE Banking Act of 2019

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

S.597: Marijuana Justice Act of 2019

Sponsor: Cory Booker (D-N.J.)

H.R.1456: Marijuana Justice Act of 2019

Sponsor: Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)

H.R.3884: MORE Act of 2020

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

S.2227: MORE Act of 2019

Sponsor: Kamala Harris (D-Calif.)

H.R.1996: SAFE Banking Act of 2021

Sponsor: Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.)

S.910: SAFE Banking Act of 2021

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

H.R.3617: Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act

Sponsor: Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)

H.R.3105: Common Sense Cannabis Reform for Veterans, Small Businesses, and Medical...

Sponsor: Dave Joyce (R-Ohio)

H.R.2891: Secure And Fair Enforcement Banking Act of 2023

Sponsor: Dave Joyce (R-Ohio)

S.1323: SAFE Banking Act of 2023

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

S.2860: SAFER Banking Act

Sponsor: Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.)

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Lobbyists

Lobbyists named here were listed on a filing related to this lobbying engagement. They may not be working on it now. Occasionally, a single lobbyist whose name is spelled two different ways on filings may be represented twice here.

Lobbyist Covered positions?
Michelle Rutter Government Relations Manager Government Relations Coordinator Deputy Director of Government Relations
Steve Fox Director of Government Relations
Michael Correia Director of Government Relations Director or Government Relations
Madeline Grant Government Relations Manager
Michelle Rutter Friberg Deputy Director of Government Relations

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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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