Lobbying Relationship

Client

Americans for Democracy

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Lobbying firm

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld

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  • Puerto Rico self-determination (Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act/HR 1522 and S. 780, Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act/HR 2070)
  • Puerto Rico self-determination (Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act/HR 1522 and S. 780, Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act/HR 2070); Constitutional validity of self-determination options.
  • Puerto Rico self-determination (Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act/HR 1522 and S. 780, Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act/HR 2070).
  • Medicaid resources for Puerto Rico; Build Back Better Act (HR 5376)
  • Supplemental Security Income (SSI) expansion to Puerto Rico; Build Back Better Act (HR 5376)

Duration: to

General Issues: Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Constitution, Economics/Economic Development, Medicare/Medicaid, Welfare, Agriculture

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

Agencies lobbied since 2021: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, White House Office

Bills mentioned

H.R.1522: Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act

Sponsor: Darren Soto (D-Fla.)

S.780: Puerto Rico Statehood Admission Act

Sponsor: Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.)

H.R.2070: Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2021

Sponsor: Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.)

H.R.5305: Extending Government Funding and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act

Sponsor: Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)

H.R.5376: Inflation Reduction Act of 2022

Sponsor: John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)

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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?
Karen Green Cnsl to Rep Robert Matsui, Aug 95-Feb 98;
Jeff Farrow Co-chr, Presidents Interagency Grp on Puerto Rico, 1994-2001, and Co-Chr, Interagency Grp on Insular Areas, 1999-2001;
Jose Borjon CoS, Rep V.Gonzalez, Jan 17- Feb 21; Snr Advsr/Dpty CoS, Rep F.Vela, Jun 14- Jan 17; Comm Drctr, Rep Gallego, Dec 13- Jan 15; Drctr Strtgy/Comm, Rep Reyes, Nov 11- Jan 13; Press Sec, Rep Cuellar, Jan 11- Nov 11; Comm Drctr, Rep Ortiz, Mar 09- Jan 11

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

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