Lobbying Relationship

Client

Perspective Robotics AG d/b/a Fotokite

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Lobbying firm

K&L GATES LLP

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  • Issues related to FAA reauthorization.

Duration: to

General Issues: Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Budget/Appropriations, Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection, Transportation

Spending: about $200,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2018: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Transportation - Dept of (DOT)

Related Foreign Entities: Perspective Robotics AG d/b/a Fotokite (Zurich, SUI); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%; Perspective Robotics AG (8005 Zurich, CH, SUI); contribution to lobbying: $0; ownership 100%

Bills mentioned

S.1405: Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 2017

Sponsor: John Thune (R-S.D.)

H.R.302: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018

Sponsor: Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.)

H.R.4: FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018

Sponsor: Bill Shuster (R-Pa.)

H.R.9058: First Responders Aerial Act of 2022

Sponsor: Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas)

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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?
James T. Walsh U.S. Congressman
Stephen Martinko Staff Asst, Rep Gibbons; LA, Rep Porter; Floor Debate Coord/Dir of Floor Debate, House Rep Conf; LD/Dep CoS/CoS, Rep Shuster; Dep Staff Dir, House T&I Committee
Roderick Hall Asst Administrator for Government Affairs, FAA; Deputy Chief of Staff/LA/District Outreach Director, Rep Johnson
Steven Valentine Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ; General Counsel/LD, Senator Smith
George Riccardo Research Asst., House Transportation Committee; Senior Cong. Affairs Office, Office of the Secretary (DOT); Director of Govt. Affairs, Federal Railroad Administration; Senior Policy Advisor to the Secretary, Department of Transportation
Scott Gelbman Staff Assistant/Legislative Correspondent/Legislative Assistant, Senator Chuck Schumer
Brody Garland Intern, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Intern, Senator Cory Booker
Peter Nelson 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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