Regulation of electronic nicotine delivery products as a less harmful alternative for adult smokers.
Regulation of electronic nicotine delivery system products as a less harmful alternative for adult smokers.
Duration: October 10, 2019
to
present
May Have Ended?
General Issues: Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection , Health Issues , Science/Technology , Tobacco
Spending: about $220,000 (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 2019: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate
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.
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.
This representation may have ended. No reports have been filed in the past 160 days, though termination paperwork has not been released.
3rd Quarter, 2020
In Q3, THE WATTS GROUP PLLC lobbied for Juul Labs Inc. , earning $40,000. The report was filed on Oct. 19, 2020.
Original Filing: 301214722.xml
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of electronic nicotine delivery products as a less harmful alternative for adult smokers.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of electronic nicotine delivery system products as a less harmful alternative for adult smokers.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of electronic nicotine delivery system products as a less harmful alternative for adult smokers.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
2nd Quarter, 2020
In Q2, THE WATTS GROUP PLLC lobbied for Juul Labs Inc. , earning $60,000. The report was filed on July 22, 2020.
Original Filing: 301203421.xml
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of electronic nicotine delivery products as a less harmful alternative for adult smokers.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of electronic nicotine delivery system products as a less harmful alternative for adult smokers.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of electronic nicotine delivery system products as a less harmful alternative for adult smokers.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
1st Quarter, 2020
In Q1, THE WATTS GROUP PLLC lobbied for Juul Labs Inc. , earning $60,000. The report was filed on April 15, 2020.
Original Filing: 301167669.xml
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of vaping products designed to improve the lives of adult smokers.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection Science/Technology
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of vaping products designed to improve the lives of adult smokers.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
4th Quarter, 2019
THE WATTS GROUP PLLC amended a lobbying report for representation of Juul Labs Inc. in Q42019 on Jan. 30, 2020.
Original Filing: 301130874.xml
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of vaping products designed to improve the lives of adult smokers. Support proposals to prohibit the sale of tobacco or vaping products to individuals under the age of 21. H.R. 2411/S. 1258, Tobacco to 21 Act.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of vaping products designed to improve the lives of adult smokers.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of vaping products designed to improve the lives of adult smokers.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
4th Quarter, 2019
In Q4, THE WATTS GROUP PLLC lobbied for Juul Labs Inc. , earning $60,000. The report was filed on Jan. 28, 2020.
Original Filing: 301130610.xml
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of vaping products designed to improve the lives of adult smokers. Support proposals to prohibit the sale of tobacco or vaping products to individuals under the age of 21. H.R. 2411/S. 1258, Tobacco to 21 Act.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
Type of Issue
Consumer Issues/Safety/Protection
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of vaping products designed to improve the lives of adult smokers.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. Senate U.S. House of Representatives
Lobbying Issues
Regulation of vaping products designed to improve the lives of adult smokers.
Agencies Lobbied
U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate
4th Quarter, 2019
THE WATTS GROUP PLLC filed a lobbying registration on Jan. 27, 2020 to represent Juul Labs Inc., effective Oct. 10, 2019.
Original Filing: 301130572.xml
Issue(s) they said they’d lobby about: Regulation of e-cigarettes and vaping products designed to improve the lives of adult smokers. Support proposals to prohibit the sale of tobacco or vaping products to individuals under the age of 21. H.R. 2411/S. 1258. .
Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives and Secretary of the Senate