Lobbying Relationship

Client

Toyota

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Lobbying firm

H&M STRATEGIES LLP

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  • supply chain issues impacting the auto industry, including critical minerals for EVs; PART Act (HR 621/S 154); electrification of vehicles; right to repair issues and the SMART Act (HR 1707) and the REPAIR Act (HR 906)
  • general auto innovation issues and artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicle technology
  • budget impacts from the scoring of the Inflation Reduction Act as passed by Congress in 2022 and various subsidies under the IRA; FY24 Interior-Environment appropriations bill and EPA proposed rule requiring that over two-thirds of all vehicles sold in the United States be fully electric in less than nine years.
  • various tax credits and subsidies issued under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as passed by the last Congress; tax and Treasury Dept regulations pertaining to EVs and domestic battery manufacturing
  • EPA greenhouse gas emissions and EPA proposed rule requiring two-thirds of all vehicles sold in the United States be fully electric in less than nine years.

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General Issues: Automotive Industry, Science/Technology, Budget/Appropriations, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Environmental/Superfund, Trade (Domestic & Foreign), Transportation

Spending: about $900,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

Agencies lobbied since 2020: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives

Bills mentioned

H.R.6394: PART Act

Sponsor: James Baird (R-Ind.)

S.5024: PART Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.621: PART Act

Sponsor: James Baird (R-Ind.)

S.154: PART Act

Sponsor: Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)

H.R.1707: SMART Act

Sponsor: Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)

H.R.906: REPAIR Act

Sponsor: Neal Dunn (R-Fla.)

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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?
Ralph Hellmann Leg Assist US House, Leg Director US House, Policy Analyst RSC, Policy Director Whip Office, Policy Director Speaker, Business Liaison Small Business Administration
Nicole Mortier Policy Analyst House Republican Policy Committee, Leg Assist US House Energy & Commerce Member (Rep Stearns), Leg Director US House Energy & Commerce Member (Rep Olson) Policy Analyst House Republican Policy Committee, Intern (Stearns), Leg Assist US House Energy & Commerce Member (Rep Stearns), Leg Director US House Energy & Commerce Member (Rep Olson) Policy Analyst House Republican Policy Committee, Leg Assist US House Energy & Commerce Member (Rep Stearns), Leg Director US House Energy & Commerce Member (Rep Olson). Intern (Rep Stearns)
Kristen Bautz Senior Advisor and Special Projects Coordinator, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Shultz Special Advisor, Rep. Wasserman Shultz

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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