Lobbying Relationship

Client

Security Manufacturers Coalition ("SMC")

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Lobbying firm

Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP

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  • Aviation and intermodal security; security screening equipment acquisition policies.
  • Homeland security; restoration of Passenger Security Fee (H.R. 1171, S.472).

Duration: to

General Issues: Aviation/Aircraft/Airlines, Homeland Security

Spending: about $120,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2020: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Homeland Security - Dept of (DHS), U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

H.R.1171: FASTER Act

Sponsor: Peter A. DeFazio (D-Ore.)

S.472: FASTER Act

Sponsor: Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.)

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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?
Clarine Nardi Riddle ​Former Chief of Staff, Senator Joseph Lieberman, (2003-2013)
Mark Robertson Associate General Counsel, DHS
John Thomas Former Chief of Staff, Cong. Scott W. Taylor, (2016-2018) Former Chief of Staff, Cong. Scott Rigell, (2016-2017); Former Chief of Staff, Cong. Scott W. Taylor, (2017-2018)
Mark J. Robertson Associate General Counsel, DHS

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.

Termination
Q3 Report
Q2 Report
Registration

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

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